Tapped Mango

@TappedMango
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Indie Game Deveveloper
Publish or Perish Gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2800420/Publish_or_Perish/
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Tapped MangoMay 22, 2025
Publish or Perish has now been Published for exactly one year! 🎉To celebrate, we updated the game with some tweaks and new visuals. If only we could do this to our already published papers...🥧 Check out our game to see if an academic career is for you!!🧑‍🎓 #indiegame #PhD #PublishOrPerish #Academia
Tapped MangoMay 21, 2025
Since our game is about Publishing papers, we decided to add a convenient export citation button. Any paper that cites our game will be added to the credits. h-index++ 🧑‍🎓 #PublishOrPerish #phd #academia #indiegame #unity
Tapped MangoMay 18, 2025
Hello gamers and academics 🧑‍🎓 , we are updating our level up system for our game by using *AI* to generate *clickbaity* academic emails. What is the sketchiest academic email you received? Let us know! #PublishOrPerish #indiegamedev #academia #gamification
Tapped MangoMar 11, 2025
Are you confused about academic life? Use our simulator to see if it’s for you! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800420/Publish_or_Perish/ Let us know if you have a suggestion on how we can make our game reflect academia better! #PublishOrPerish #indiegame #unity #phd #academia
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Publish or Perish is a game that simulates working in academia. In order to keep your job, you must publish scientific work. Reviewers are here to get you and all you can do is try to survive. Can you publish enough papers to enjoy tenure? (Contains practical advice for academics)

Tapped MangoMar 8, 2025
We upgraded the in-game UI that will be in the game soon! It now includes a pie chart that you can use to tell your colleagues that your preferred dissemination tool is actually the best. #phd #PublishOrPerish #academia #Indiegame
Tapped MangoNov 10, 2024
Question for the Academics: What is your favorite weapon for increasing your h-index? #PublishOrPerish #academia #phd #indiegamedev