Jar People Coming to iPhone & iPad
A drop of digital code falls into a glass jar containing a tiny living world, watched by curious Jar People.

A dystopian life simulation

Jar
People

Think Outside the Jar

A little world. A life of its own.
And you, on the other side of the glass.

Watch the trailer00:28

iPhone · iPad · iPhone Duo

Your first day begins here JARCORP Life, by company policy.

Welcome to JarCorp

Your first day.
Their entire world.

You have a new job. Fifty jars. And a population that has no idea you are watching. Create life, introduce knowledge, and discover what happens when a little world starts thinking for itself.

A laboratory pipette releases a glowing drop of digital code onto a cube. One drop of code.
A civilization begins.

The work is simple. Life isn’t.

Small beginnings.
Extraordinary lives.

  1. 01

    Inoculate your jars.

    Choose your digital DNA. Introduce it to a jar. Watch the first moments of a new colony unfold.

  2. 02

    Observe your people.

    Follow lives as they learn, gather, build, and share ideas. Step into your avatar’s world and guide a life from within.

  3. 03

    Publish your papers.

    Turn observations into research, unlock more DNA, and compare your paper count on the optional Game Center leaderboard.

A closer look

Life behind the glass.

Six views into your new line of work.
Select any image to explore.

Swipe or use the arrows to see the full experiment.

Not every specimen belongs here

Control the population.
Face the consequences.

Choose what enters each jar. Shape the world they inherit. But when something unexpected appears, observing may no longer be enough.

Gather resources, craft, and defend the people under your care. The experiment has a wild side.

“For the advancement of JarCorp.”

A fantastical purple spider with glowing eyes, one of the game's monster designs.

See the game in motion

Look beyond the glass.

Your world is waiting. Take a twenty-eight-second look inside.

Jar People · Gameplay trailer · 00:28Download trailer
Read the trailer description

A dropper inoculates a jar with digital DNA. A new colony takes shape. Jar People explore and build; their activities become research papers. The DNA terminal offers new possibilities, and an encounter reveals the dangers inside the jar. The trailer closes with “Jar People — Think Outside the Jar.” Music accompanies the footage; there is no spoken dialogue.

Your place at JarCorp is waiting

Fifty jars.
Your experiment.

Coming to iPhone, iPad & iPhone Duo.

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