---
title: "Power Crisis"
subtitle: "Manage power, resources, and pollution to keep the city alive. Can you navigate the crisis and lead the city to survival in this GameDev.js Jam 2024 \"Build It with Phaser\" winning entry."
date: 2024-05-20T13:55:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2024/05/power-crisis
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Power Crisis

*Manage power, resources, and pollution to keep the city alive. Can you navigate the crisis and lead the city to survival in this GameDev.js Jam 2024 "Build It with Phaser" winning entry.*

![image](gamedevjs-jam-2024.png)
![image](power-crisis1.png)

Power Crisis by Leo Kuo was entered into the [GameDev.js Jam 2024](https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2024) in the **Build it with Phaser** category, where the Phaser team ranked it in 10th place.

Here is what the Phaser Studio team thought of it:

"Oh dear, I lost so much time to this game! Excellent graphics, perfectly on-theme and stupidly addictive. Would be nice to see it expanded with maybe AI opponents."

![image](power-crisis2.png)

"Power Crisis is a cool board game with resource management mindset mixed in order to build enough energy to be the saviour! Be careful with the nuclear waste! "

[Play Power Crisis](https://leokuo0724.itch.io/power-crisis)

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