DOOMSUNDER

THE TALE OF THE TAKEOVER

HOW SIR SUNDER
SLAYS THE DOOM

Five moves stand between you and your freedom from the Doom. Here is how each one goes.

STEP ONE

Name your doom-inducing apps

Name the feeds that devour your hours like locusts through a field of wheat. Then set your limits: a per-session cap to keep each doomscroll short - say 5 minutes - and a daily total, so you can't guzzle the lot in one sitting.

DoomSunder - set app time limits, per session and per day
STEP TWO

The Doom has you

Reach your limit and Sir Sunder seizes the screen - sword raised, torches lit, ravenous for Doom. It shall not scroll on unchallenged.

DoomSunder takeover screen - The Doom has you, Sir Sunder stands ready
STEP THREE

A quest to break the spell

Sir Sunder sets you a quest - take it up to break the doomscroll's spell. You may walk away, of course, but you cannot change your fate.

DoomSunder quest screen - learn a thing, then answer a question
STEP FOUR

Choose the sentence

Doom slain. Now decide how long the app stays caged - 15 or 30 minutes, or an hour. The longer it's locked up, the more gold Sir Sunder earns for the Keep.

DoomSunder - Doom slain, choose how long to lock the app in the dungeon
STEP FIVE

Into the dungeon it goes

The doom-inducing app is caged where it can't reach you, counting down to its release. Refuse the quest, though, and Sir Sunder turns spiteful - he'll lock it away regardless, for a spell of his choosing.

DoomSunder - the app is locked in the dungeon with a countdown

EVERY QUEST PAYS THE KNIGHT

Gold for the Keep

Each quest you accept earns Sir Sunder gold coins. He spends them restoring his keep, forging new weapons for the fight, and taking in animal companions for the watch.

The Great Hall

Help Sir Sunder restore his decaying keep from the hearth to the banners. It shall be returned to its former glory.

The Forge

A knight is only as strong as the weapon he wields. Forge new weapons for the fight - axe, hammer, mace and stranger steel.

The Menagerie

Even knights get lonely. Gather companions for the keep - hounds and beasts to keep Sir Sunder company on his watch.

THE KNIGHT'S CODE

No tricks, no shame, no noise. The only prize is your own time, returned.

NO DOPAMINE TRICKS

No lootboxes, no leaderboards, no confetti. There is gold - earned only by hours away from the feed, and it buys nothing but small luxuries for Sir Sunder.

NEVER SHAMES YOU

Streaks are shown quietly and lost silently. He is a wall with a sense of humour, not a scold.

STAYS SILENT

No push notifications, ever. He speaks only when the Doom already has you.

YOUR WATCH IS YOUR OWN

Which apps you watch never leaves your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to send it - a feedback raven, or anonymous counts if you ever switch them on (they're off until you say otherwise). Read the privacy policy →

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