Start From 0 (Patch 1.1+)
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Posted January 10, 2026. Updated January 27, 2026. Played 2299 times for a total of 916 hours.
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Don't panic! The system is crashing, but your Nanobits may survive the reboot.
Use the sidebar to buy upgrades. Change the difficulty anytime in the settings.
Let's go from 1 bit to Octal Prism?
I created this prototype for the New Year's Incremental Game Jam 2026, inspired by the theme "Inception", and updated the demo for the Patch Notes Game Jam with the theme "Out of Time".
It’s a journey through the "beginnings" of coding—starting with binary and moving through symbols, colors, and octal. The UI isn't quite finished yet (especially for mobile), and there might be a few localization bugs.
I’m definitely willing to keep working on this if people enjoy the concept. Let me know what you think—feedback is always welcome!
Luminous hugs from Colatina, Brasil!
PS: if anyone wants to support me and Start From 0 to grow, there is a "symbolic" bundle, any value is welcome :)
https://itch.io/s/178633/help-start-from-0-to-grow
Special thanks to Raul S. M. (my son), Gil Souza, Guilherme de Souza, Leonardo Oliveira, Kristiano Breno, Nadie Fellini, Genercir, Luciano Araújo, Leidiana Coelho, CardboardEmpress and all the kind people on the game jam discord server :)
itch.iogenerative ai disclosure
It helped me with coding and localization
latest update
January 27, 2026
Patch 1.1+
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New Feature: Difficulty Settings – Choosing Medium or Hard difficulty will now result in a % loss of Nanobits upon reset.
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New Upgrade: Added an upgrade to reduce the percentage of Nanobits lost on reset.
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Audio: Added new background music during gameplay.
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Improvements: Enhanced the Menu UI.
A huge thank you to everyone who commented after the last patch! Your feedback inspired the introduction of Nanobit loss and Difficulty Settings.
Patch 1.1
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New Feature: System Integrity – The system is failing, and you are running "Out of Time" (This is the Patch Notes Game Jam theme!).
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New Upgrades:
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- Increase your System Integrity to stay in the game longer.
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- Speed up color insertion on the Painting Canvas. (This was a community request—you guys were totally right, it needed a boost!)
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New Visuals: Added Crash and Reboot screens to the visual narrative.
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Improvements: Enhanced the UI for mobile users (Still fine-tuning).
Devlog
Well, well, well... here we go again!
Start From 0 took 9th place in its first game jam, and now I’m uploading its first patch and submitting it to the Patch Notes Game Jam!
The first version of SF0 has over 2k plays and amazing comments here on itch.io—and especially on galaxy.click. :) I’m so thankful for that!
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developer response: hi, thank you for playing and commenting! by randomly pause you mean you see the crash screen? it pause and then continue? tell me more please so i can try to figure out what could be?
developer response: thaaaank yooou from Brasil!! happy that you are having fun! ^.^
developer response: Hi! Thanks for playing and commenting! The crashes and reboots are actually part of the game’s core mechanics. You can purchase an upgrade to extend the time before the system reboots. :)
On Easy Mode, you don’t lose any nanobits upon resetting. On Medium, you lose 50%, and on Hard, you lose even more. However, there is an upgrade available to reduce the number of nanobits lost during a reboot. :)
developer response: thank you so much for your comment! i feel the game isn't much about challenge but more about contemplating and visual satisfaction and I agree with you about adding more balance and entertainment value ^.^ luminous hugs from Brasil!
top comments
having more upgrades like an auto booster that gives a little boost or something
developer response: thank you so much! I'll be glad to be able to continue it ^.^ the auto booster upgrade is indeed a must have ^.^
developer response: Lol!!! Nailed it!
developer response: Gemini was used for help with code and localization :)
developer response: thank you from Brasil! you are right, the crash do not make the player lose anything (but time) yet, I'll work more on it after the Patch 1.1 jam!
developer response: thank you for playing , for the suggetion and for your words of support ^.^