Meet Sam 2: The New Millennium

Meet Sam. Again.

It’s December 27, 1999. The world is preparing for a new millennium. Sam is preparing instant noodles.

Six years after his 1993 story, Sam has a used car, a computer that shares the phone line, credit-card debt, and you making his decisions. Help him navigate work, friendship, romance, and everyday responsibilities while the internet promises to change everything.

Each day has four parts. At every decision, choose from four context-sensitive options. Work and dates take two parts, promises have deadlines, and spending all evening online might mean missing an important call.

Build a career in technology, office work, retail, or the trades. Take courses, earn promotions, try freelance work, or gamble on a risky dot-com opportunity. Keep the rent paid, manage the credit card, maintain the car, and leave enough time to eat, sleep, and stay connected.

People remember how Sam treats them. Friendships can grow or drift apart. Romance takes attention. Promises matter. And if Sam adopts Pixel, the cat will expect food, playtime, and a clean litter box—not excuses.

Five chapters carry Sam through the Y2K countdown, the dot-com boom, the crash, and life afterward. His finances, relationships, and decisions carry forward, shaping a personal life summary when the story reaches November 2001.

Can you help Sam build a life worth living—or just a better computer?

Features

• Choice-driven, single-player life simulation with four daily time periods.
• Five story chapters spanning late 1999 to late 2001.
• Four main career tracks, training courses, promotions, and risky dot-com work.
• Rent, utilities, groceries, credit-card debt, and car upkeep.
• Friendships, promises, romance, and consequences that emerge over time.
• Adopt and care for Pixel the cat.
• Dial-up email, chat, downloads, online courses, and personal-homepage building.
• Eight needs and wellbeing meters, plus evolving personality and behaviour.
• Pixel-art apartment scenes, retro desktop styling, and synthesized sound effects.
• Browser autosaving, life-history tracking, and the option to continue after the final chapter.

Developed by Bryan Leurquin