The Story of 'LEV: The Game'

"A fascinating new game to promote longevity research."
- Aubrey De Grey, PhD.

"For years, I have advocated gamification of this vital idea as one of the most powerful ways to change. I am immensely pleased to now witness such an effort taking off."

- Gennady Stolyarov II, http://www.rationalargumentator.com/

In LEV: The Game, you will monitor the health of your avatar, while making smart strategic decisions. Your goal? Let your avatar live a 1000 years! Players will also be able to personalize their avatar, do mini-games, and discover other fun features, all of which will keep the game exciting throughout!

Few game developers can claim they will be able to serve a specific and loyal niche of customers. LEV: The Game is one of those rare gems, being the world’s first game about longevity – the art & science of living long, very long! People have already showed an active interest for our game, as some of the testimonials in the video prove.

We are a small and passionate team of 3: A developer, graphical designer, and concept designer. We have created a first playable version for Android and prepared a lot to expand the game further.

Our biggest challenge is two-fold:

1. Develop the more technically challenging parts of the game (which tend to be the most interesting for players)
2. Spread the word via online marketing

In addition, people have also been asking to play the game on iOS, so we want to make it available for Apple devices as well.

The purpose of this campaign is to help us face these challenges - for your avatar's sake!

Contribute and get perks!

To make this game really great for you, we are looking for 6000 euro. This money will be used on the more difficult coding challenges and make sure we speed up the game´s development progress, so you can play sooner! We'll also use it to spread the game more quickly through online channels, reaching more players.

When you contribute, you will gain full access to the game @ Go Live. You can also unlock additional perks for larger donations, such as the option to have your own personalized avatars in the game. Last but not least, very significant donations will allow you to advertise in the free version of our game, based on agreed terms.

Your support will help us keep the momentum up!

More than a game…

Finally, 'LEV: The game' is not just a game. The concept stems from leading health research. "LEV" stands for "Longevity Escape Velocity", a concept coined by Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D. 

LEV essentially means that a person is expected to live longer and longer thanks to technological progress. And because technology seems to keep evolving faster and faster, that person might, theoretically, never die at all!

Our idea is not to create “just” a genuinely fun game, but to promote the idea that it is okay to watch your health and live a long, healthy and fun life. Doing so acknowledges longevity is becoming a reality thanks to the intense work of many men and women!

Aubrey De Grey (right), holding an early version of LEV: The Game.

Sharing is caring

There are of course other ways you can help. We have an active Facebook page where we share regular updates: Your “Likes” will boost our project’s visibility, and we will consider any ideas you post there for future versions!

Want to play the Alpha version of the game? Then you will need to become a member of our Google Group in order to gain access to it. Just go to our Google Group, become a member, and follow the instructions.

Thank you for your contribution!