# Seedship (space colonization phone game) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984 "2017-12-21T10:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/1 "2017-12-21T10:48:38Z")
I just got this little game on my phone, and it’s great! You play as the computer in charge of a spaceship with 1000 hibernating humans onboard; you make decisions as you explore space to try and find the best planet for them to settle a new colony. A single playthrough only takes 5 to 10 minutes or so, usually, and every playthrough is different. I’ve played through about 20 times and I’m still not sick of it. And it’s free! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/2 "2017-12-21T14:44:57Z")
Hmmm…doesn’t seem to be on iOS. Sounds fun! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/3 "2017-12-22T02:35:19Z")
Bump… anyone else try it yet? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/4 "2017-12-22T02:47:05Z")
If I remember to look at this thread later when I’m at the bar, perhaps I’ll give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/5 "2017-12-22T02:59:22Z")
Play it online here (no download needed): > **[Seedship](https://philome.la/johnayliff/seedship/play/index.html)** > > An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/6 "2017-12-22T04:10:19Z")
5 to 10 minutes!? More like 2 or 3. At least for me. I played through like 5 times in 13 minutes. Top score of 9267 so far. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/7 "2017-12-22T04:13:33Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > 5 to 10 minutes!? More like 2 or 3. At least for me. I played through like 5 times in 13 minutes. Top score of 9267 so far. Depends on whether you actually read the text, perhaps! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/8 "2017-12-22T04:14:53Z")
My top score is about 12k, but I’ve played over 50 times now. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/9 "2017-12-22T04:47:50Z")
1. I started seaworld but my government became a pawn of the wealthy elites. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/10 "2017-12-22T05:15:09Z")
Ha! The explorers trigger a long-dormant defense mechanism, which kills 255 colonists. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/11 "2017-12-22T05:30:14Z")
Cultural guidance for new colonists, records of human history, great paintings, novels, symphonies, videogames—all lost forever in the dark. One of those things is not like the others. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/12 "2017-12-22T11:50:15Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Cultural guidance for new colonists, records of human history, great paintings, novels, symphonies, videogames—all lost forever in the dark. > > One of those things is not like the others. I’ve never had much use for paintings either. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/13 "2017-12-22T14:09:38Z")
Downloaded. Will play over the long weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/14 "2017-12-22T19:21:56Z")
My top score is 14,430; Post Singularity tech with Cosmic Enlightenment. I happened on a really good planet in the third system I visited. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/15 "2017-12-22T19:47:18Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > My top score is 14,430; Post Singularity tech with Cosmic Enlightenment. I happened on a really good planet in the third system I visited. Wow, that’s better than anything I got. I’ve gotten Post-Singularity and Cosmic Enlightenment, but I haven’t gotten much more than 12K – you must have had an integrated society with the native aliens, I think, to get 14K. And that might be the maximum possible! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/16 "2017-12-22T21:04:38Z")
I have not yet been able to kill everyone no matter how awful a planet I choose. The game will come up with a reason why some people survived no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/17 "2017-12-22T21:23:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I have not yet been able to kill everyone no matter how awful a planet I choose. The game will come up with a reason why some people survived no matter what. Oh, it can happen; I’ve had a colony completely die off several times. Generally it seems to require losing at least some colonists before landing, though. Also a hostile planet and a damaged enough science database seems to result in a die off; they don’t get the “genetic engineering for low gravity” or whatever event and just die. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/18 "2017-12-22T21:27:21Z")
Second time I played I lost 700 people off the bat and ended up in a futuristic police state. Fun! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/19 "2017-12-22T22:14:48Z")
What’s the lowest score anyone’s managed while still having a civilization alive? I think I’ve gotten around 4K, something like a medieval slave society. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984/20 "2017-12-22T23:04:17Z")
First try - 11,170 points, living in a “Post-Scarcity Utopia” with friendly aliens nearby and Information Age technology. I only really got dinged cause there’s no water on my planet, but the colonists are extracting it from the rocks just fine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedship-space-colonization-phone-game/804984.md?page=2)