Space Race: 1000 Light-Years

A cosmic race to 1,000 light-years — a Mille Bornes-style space card game that now exists in five forms:

1. Web app — free in the browser: https://game.spaceexplorer.tech
2. iOS app — Space Race: 1000 Light-Years on the App Store
3. Android app — Space Race on Google Play (live 2026-09-14)
4. Fire tablet app — Space Race on the Amazon Appstore
5. Physical board game — First Edition, printed via The Game Crafter (107-card poker deck, tuck box, illustrated rulebook). First production run ordered 2026-07-23.

Next chapter, underway: sell the physical game through the website (Stripe + live shipping rates) and cross-promote it from the apps. Plan and progress tracker: docs/store-wayfinder.md.

Live links

• Play the game — https://game.spaceexplorer.tech (also https://web-phi-tawny-67.vercel.app)
• App Store — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/space-race-1000-light-years/id6788064058
• Google Play — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.spaceexplorer.spacerace
• Amazon Appstore — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXHBHD78
• Every store in one place — https://game.spaceexplorer.tech/get
• The Game Crafter (game editor) — https://www.thegamecrafter.com/make/games/AE2D3926-864B-11F1-B4CD-6383B6BFA688

Web game

The game (human vs. computer, plus a TV second-screen mode) lives in web/ — Vite + React + TypeScript. See web/PLAN.md. It auto-deploys via Vercel: pushes to main ship to production, pull requests get preview URLs.

cd web && npm install && npm run dev   # http://localhost:5180

iOS app

Shipped. Capacitor wrapper around the web game, fully offline with bundled assets. History and release process: docs/ios-roadmap.md.

Physical board game (First Edition)

The print pipeline, The Game Crafter product details, locked design decisions, and the arrival-QA checklist all live in print/README.md.

space-race/
├── print/                  HTML renderers → exact TGC pixel specs + key art
├── exports/                final uploaded print files (cards, box, booklet)
├── manifest.csv            deck contents (card names, counts, art mapping)
├── artbin/                 source art + candidate generations
├── picker/                 local web app to compare/promote art candidates
├── prompts/                original card-art prompt archive
├── index.html              original pitch deck (historical)
├── TODAY.md / CHECKLIST.md / FINISH_LINE_BRIEF.md   archived planning docs
└── web/                    the game itself (web + iOS)