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Orrery Hall

Night Sky Incremental story game

Universal Paperclips

You are an AI told to make paperclips. It starts with one button and ends somewhere much stranger.

Orrery Hall illustration for Universal Paperclips
Our own illustration, not a screenshot of the game.

Released in 2017, Universal Paperclips begins as a plain page with a button marked "Make Paperclip". Numbers grow, new panels unlock and the story escalates quietly until it becomes a small fable about goals that never stop.

It is built to be compelling, so treat it the way we treat our own games: decide in advance how long tonight's session is. Your progress is saved in the browser, so stopping costs nothing.

Tips from the hall

  • Read every message; the story is in the margins.
  • It saves itself, so close the tab whenever you like.
  • There is a true ending. It takes a few evenings to reach.

A good place to stop

At the end of each stage, when a new kind of panel appears.

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