Operations · National grid · Simulated
Gridfall.
Syntax Energy has somehow been handed a country's electricity grid. You are on the desk. Make exactly as much power as people use, get it to them without melting a line, and fix what breaks. Fictional country, simulated physics.
Shift briefing
Never run a power grid? Good. Neither had we.
- Supply has to equal demand, every minute. The frequency number tells you how close you are: 50.00 Hz is perfect, lower means you are short of power.
- Power takes every path at once. Lines between regions have limits. Overload one and it trips, and its load lands on the next one. That is how blackouts spread.
- Everything costs something. Fuel, repairs, rotating outages, public trust. You cannot avoid every cost, only choose which ones to pay.
Start here
First Shift
Never run a power grid? A coach walks you through the job one click at a time. Time stops whenever it needs you to do something.
About ten minutes. Time stops whenever the coach needs you.
Or take a real shift
Difficulty
The standard shift. Assist available but it ignores line limits. The same seed always brings the same weather, breakdowns and surprises, so you can replay a shift or send it to someone.
Runs entirely in your browser. No account, nothing saved. The shift pauses when you switch tabs.