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How it works

Survive IRL is fictional gameplay and preparedness education. It is not an emergency-response service.

  1. 01

    Report what you actually have

    Onboarding asks for broad location (city or ZIP only), household size, pets, transportation, shelter type and real skills. No street addresses, no live coordinates.

  2. 02

    Log your real-life inventory

    Thirteen categories, with quantity, condition, portability and estimated days of supply. Starter presets get you moving in seconds. A single engine turns this into a preparedness score.

  3. 03

    Pick a scenario

    Realistic scenarios (hurricane, wildfire, winter outage, heat, pandemic, infrastructure or conflict disruption) are labeled separately from fictional ones (zombie outbreak, AI systems failure, custom).

  4. 04

    Play day-by-day turns

    Each day generates events from your inventory and skills. Every option shows its tradeoff before you choose. The event log shows exactly why each stat moved.

  5. 05

    Coordinate with neighbors

    Opt in to distance-band discovery, join a neighborhood team, take a role, pledge supplies, run cooperative missions, and build community trust.

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