The Last Survey

The Last Survey is a narrative essay in which you play a geologist hired by Brazilian mining company to survey rare earth metal reserves. After a year of research, you find that the planet does not hold enough of these metals to sustain industries using current supply chains. You must present your findings to the company’s CEO, Victor Ferreira, and decide whether your choices can steer your employer away from mineral shortages—or whether your research will be ignored.

Research and choices

The game draws on studies and projections from real-world geoscientists and mineral analysts. It considers the growing demand for minerals used in electric cars, high-efficiency fuel cells, solar panel manufacturing and electronics, including components used to play and produce the game. Your conduct and dialogue choices affect how the story ends.

Art and narrative

The story critiques globalism, extractionist capitalism and executive greed. It features over 1,500 hand-drawn digital, graphite and charcoal illustrations, choose-your-own-adventure monologue and dialogue options, and a dynamic soundtrack by Lewis Kopenhafer.