Life is Pointless

Life is Pointless is a minimalist game about repeating mundane tasks and earning points as the days pass. Based on the designer’s struggle with depression, it follows a player trying to escape a meaningless existence.

Tasks and points

You repeatedly complete the same routine tasks to build your score. The game continues recording your keyboard presses when it is not in focus, so you can minimize it and use your computer as usual, then return to see how many points those keystrokes earned.

Daily cycle

The game has a day-and-night cycle, a palette of black, white, off-white and dark grey, and two looping music tracks that are six seconds long each. It has no multiplayer, and includes points as its central system.