// The People & Tools Behind The Game
Credits
Pitch & Pixel is an indie project built with a deep respect for 30 years of digital agency history. The game runs on pure web standards — no external frameworks, no runtime dependencies.
🕹️ The Four Eras
ERA 1 · 1995–2001
Web Pioneers
Dial-Up Era
Cowboy mode. GIF animations, table layouts, 56k modems.
ERA 2 · 2002–2010
Dot-com & Web 2.0
CSS, Flash, AJAX
Gold rush mentality — some survive the crash, most don't.
ERA 3 · 2011–2019
Cloud & Social
Mobile Era
Mobile first, flat design, retainer model becomes standard.
ERA 4 · 2020+
AI Era
Remote & AI
Remote work, AI boom. Great time for great strategists.
🎵 Assets & Licences
- Music13 era-specific tracks generated with Google Lyria · manually curated and mastered
- Sound Effects41 sounds from Freesound.org (CC0 + CC-BY) · normalised to −20 dBFS
- Voice (Klammi)Google Gemini TTS "Puck" · German · Opus 96 kbit/s WebM
- Avatars & ImagesGenerated with DALL-E / Google Gemini Image · manually selected and background-removed
- Mascot Videos (Klammi)Google Veo 2.0 · Luma-Key + VP9-Alpha pipeline · 480×480 px
- Logo & BrandingGenerated with Google Gemini · background removed with
rembg
📋 CC-BY Attributions
The following assets are licensed under CC-BY and require attribution:
| Asset | Author | Licence | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applause Two | Littleboot | CC-BY 4.0 | Awards ceremony applause |
| Bumper Hit | GameBoy | CC-BY 4.0 | Pinball: bumper hit |
| 8bit_gun_reload_1 | Soundholder | CC-BY 3.0 | Pinball: plunger |
| 8-bit failure sound | AceOfSpadesProduc100 | CC-BY 4.0 | Pinball: game over |
All other SFX are CC0 (Public Domain) — no attribution required.
🛠️ Tech Stack
Vanilla JavaScript — no framework, no build step, no Node.js at runtime.
Web Audio API
HTMLCanvasElement
localStorage / IndexedDB
CSS Custom Properties
Vanilla JS ES2020
Apache 2 + Let's Encrypt
📐 Note on In-Game Currency
Hourly rates, salaries, and amounts are game abstractions — they do not reflect historically accurate local currency values. The game does not simulate hyperinflation or currency reforms.
💬 Thanks
To all testers, bug reporters, and contributors. The game will be as good as the community makes it.
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