Life is a Game: Here’s How To Win"
- Marcus Nikos
- Mar 8
- 12 min read

life might not be a
game but it certainly feels like it so
here is the tutorial and a review I been
playing Earth video game since I spawned
onto the map in 1981 I'm not one of the
most experienced players but I wanted to
make a review or a tutorial here for you
I'm also going to share a few tricks on
how you can hack the game closer to the
end of the video I'm going to share with
you how to truly beat the game and get
on the
leaderboard so basically when you start
the game Earth you're dropped straight
into the tutorial phase and the
developers call this childhood and you
learn the basics how to interact survive
and get by but the thing is this
tutorial barely scratches the surface of
what you'll need to know to play Earth
really well and level up your character
in most games when you choose a
character you get to break down all
their strengths and weaknesses so you
can plan accordingly but in earth that
is not how it works the Deep traits the
the strengths and the flaws that your
character are kept hidden from you on
purpose you don't get any guide telling
you what you're naturally good at or
where you might struggle and the
developers designed it this way you have
to dig you have to work youve got to
explore and understand who your
character really is and most players who
play Earth spend their entire lives
without ever fully
knowing their character's true potential
and they get stuck playing Earth on the
surface level and they miss out on the
depth that could change the way they
experience the entire game one of the
goals that you get in the game is
bringing new players into the game my
character recently committed to another
character named Michelle and we used the
game mechanics and the in-game coins to
bring another user into the game and we
named her Hannah and she's just now
starting the tutorial phase and and this
is a hard Mission so I would wait until
you think your character is ready
because the game mechanics make you
literally walk the character all the way
through the entire tutorial phase if you
decide to make a new character even
though they start going to a different
map location where other characters are
going to help them for like 8 hours a
day this is called school so not all
players get the same tutorial some get a
pretty easy start and some have to face
some serious crap right from the
beginning of the game but no matter what
kind of intro that you get Earth hides a
lot of key details from every character
and you might think you've got your
strengths and weaknesses nailed down but
the truth is there's always more to
uncover there's abilities and traits
that come to light through missions and
unlocking new levels of Earth so the
true goal is to know your character
really deeply so the biggest mistake
that players on Earth make is assuming
that they know their character just
because they've been playing it for a
while but if you really want to thr
Drive you've got to go deeper most
people never reach this level of insight
they're too caught up in reacting to the
game's weird Randomness instead of
taking the time to learn who their
character is the game developers didn't
give you the answers up front and they
won't make it easy for you to find but
once you do earth upgrades from just a
survival game into this badass quest of
self-mastery with brand new level
unlocks and a lot more coins after the
upgrade and then we have glitches here's
one of the biggest things that nobody
tells you when you start playing Earth
your character is probably running way
too many programs at one time if you
imagine having 50 tabs open on your
browser all the time so the game
developers turned off the open programs
alert by default so most players don't
even realize that it's happening and
these programs keep running in the
background they cause your character to
lag and they reduce our critical
abilities our focus and our overall
performance just goes way down down in
Earth these background programs could be
anything from unresolved tasks emotional
baggage that your character tries to
hold on to distractions or habits that
just don't level up your character at
all and then we get into
entropy this is the silent killer if you
don't keep revisiting your systems how
you're earning in-game points and coins
and what you're focusing on and how
you're playing you're going to start
trending toward entropy and this is true
for all video games and entropy is the
slow drift into chaos and disorder that
stops your character from focusing on
what really matters so to beat entropy
you've got to study Earth you have to
study the mechanics of this game its
rules its hidden systems and the more
you understand how the game really works
the better you can control your
character's progress but let's be very
real here most players will not put in
the time which makes leveling up fairly
easy compared to most games and the good
news for you is you don't have to do it
alone you can hire someone to hack your
account for you like a coach coaches
have studied the game they know the
shortcuts and the hacks to get you back
on track faster than if you try to just
figure out the whole game by yourself
and another way to reset your character
and close some of those open programs is
by using certain glitches in the game
one of the most effective glitches might
be psychedelics and if your character is
in a location where psychedelics are
legal you can find them in the in-game
shop and trade some coins for them the
more programs you close and the better
you manage entropy The More You Can
level up earn more coins and do stuff
that is fun in Earth there are five key
mechanics that no amount of AI or any
kind of automation can really take over
and these are the pillars of real
success on Earth and every character has
to master them so number one is
connections and love building
relationships with other characters is
one of the most power powerful mechanics
in the game and they're going to really
pay off for you in the long run the
second one is production so meaningful
work is a core mechanic in the earth
game and this isn't just about grinding
for coins it's about developing purpose
so what you produce whether it's
physical or intellectual or creative
gives your character a reason to keep
playing the game it's super important
then we have number three which is
mindset how your character thinks is
everything in this game your internal
game is just as important as the
external and there's no AI that can
replace your ability to grow and adapt
mentally so choose good missions and
good quests to take your character on
and number four is your overall
character Health monitoring your
character's health is super important
for taking the game's quests on and
challenges and this isn't just about
physical health it's about keeping your
character in the best shape mentally and
emotionally and physically they have a
lot of crap that you have to monitor but
it's totally worth it and a healthy
character performs way better making it
easier to get success and earn coins in
the game but it does get tricky the game
is filled with instant Pleasures that
look like you're leveling up but it
gives you a placebo and these are things
that give your character a quick boost
but there's no long-term benefit
enjoyment on the other hand comes from
achieving meaningful goals and staying
aligned with your purpose so the final
goal of the developers is to get you to
understand the game like what is the
purpose of the game game and this is the
meta mechanic of the game so studying
the game itself the more you understand
the rules the mechanics and how they
interact the better you're going to play
this game and you can't Outsource this
to Ai and it's the difference between
just surviving in Earth and truly
thriving and leveling up your character
like
crazy in Earth the real secret to
enjoying the game play is designing your
own quests and of course the developers
have pre-built missions and quests that
you can go on and they're almost
Limitless challenges that keep you busy
but if you want to play like a pro you
need to take full control the players
that are famous for getting the most
points in this game don't actually wait
for the game to give them tasks they
make their own and they shape how their
character story unfolds themselves so
Steven Cotler who's one of the
characters in the game map right now he
wrote a tutorial called The Art of
impossible he lays out a framework
that's perfect for creating your own
quests here on Earth and you can think
of these like custom missions that you
get to choose rather than letting the
game pick for you so number one is
curiosity in Earth it drives your
character toward exploration and new
levels the more you follow curiosity the
more unique and exciting your quests are
going to get if you ignore it you're
going to get stuck in a lot of
predictable crap the second is Passion
this is your Quest Compass guiding
toward missions that matter and when you
connect what excites you with what
you're good at your custom quests get
really easy to put together and the
third is purpose so think of this like
your ultimate quest line in the game
this is the Legacy that your character
is going to leave behind purpose-driven
quests aren't just about completing
tasks they're about creating something
meaningful in the game something that
allows other characters to level up
themselves in a same or similar way it's
one of the ways that you can get the
other players to put your character's
name on crap all around the map and they
will talk about you after you exit the
game then we have autonomy autonomy
gives you control over your character's
Direction instead of accepting default
quests handed to you and then we have
Mastery the more practice and refinement
that you do to your skills the more
powerful your character gets and this
gives you tools to take on even more
challenging quests and it gives you more
coins to use in the shops and as I Pro
tip build your quests that avoid your
character's antiv Vision the dystopian
future that you absolutely don't want in
the game almost every player ignores
this and they never spend time to lay
out the things that they do not want to
occur once your quests get mapped out
it's time to build your mission goals
and you can think of them as checkpoints
along your journey these goals become
the specific task that your character is
going to tackle and and level up and
they'll keep you focused on what matters
and keep out of distraction mode but
then when it comes to distraction mode
there's something called the NPC trap
the developers added a trick to convert
real players into NPCs which is
non-playable characters if you're not
familiar with NPCs they're basically the
characters in video games that don't
have any real control over their actions
they just kind of repeat these routines
over and over without any purpose or
growth like a shopkeeper or something
like that in Earth this trap is very
real and it's right in front of us every
time that your character gets sucked
into social media spends hours Doom
scrolling politics and basically you let
the character get consumed by whatever
media is making them pay attention to
you're walking right into NPC territory
one of the other ways they do this is by
convincing you to keep learning and
gathering information by taking game
tutorials and never using that
information on quests lots of game
tutorials out there most people don't
use them they get addicted to the game
tutorials the developers don't want
every player reaching the higher levels
of development so they flood the entire
game with these distractions and they
make sure a lot of characters never get
past a certain point it's pretty
brilliant they seduce people with the
easy stuff and before they know it
they've become an NPC just following
Trends and distractions that are out
there so all characters are prone to
this so be careful if you decide to try
out Earth here's the way to hack that
the more you force your character to
focus on what really matters your decade
your year your monthly goals the less
likely you are to fall into this trap so
keep your eyes on the long term you
level up your character a lot faster and
you get to complete missions and quests
instead of wasting your character in low
energy Loops they use low energy because
it conserves memory processing for the
game at this point you start seeing how
much of the game is designed to derail
you and how many people around you are
stuck in the loop and the difference
between a real player and an NPC is that
the NPC reacts and the player chooses
what they want to do so most of them
don't even realize that their character
converted into an NPC because they've
been programmed by the game to believe
they're still playing but they're stuck
on autopilot some of the NPCs uh we need
to harvest coins but most of the
distractions are there to get you to
take on smaller missions and compare
your character stuff to other gear so
that you'll spend coins upgrading your
skins and all the other
stuff once you reach the end of the game
you get access to this character grading
system that the game uses and the game
judges you only while you're exiting
only when you're very close to exiting
and leaving the game you get judged on
these five things so here are the five
secret things that the game is secretly
rating you on to determine if you're
going to go up on the leaderboard first
thing is decision perspective and it's
love versus fear this is the ultimate
test in the game without ever telling
you the developer's designed life on
Earth to evaluate how often you can make
choices rooted in love empathy
connection and compassion versus all
those that are driven by fear like self-
protection and judgment and isolation
the highest rated characters navigate
the game from love a lot more often even
when fear seems like a really easy past
all right so secret grading system
number two is your connection to others
points are scored for collaboration deep
understanding forgiveness the ability to
dissolve the illusion of separation and
the strongest players understand that
they're not competing but are in this
together that's the ultimate trick
because when people think of the word
game they think they're in a game they
think that there's a winner and a loser
but that's the ultimate trick is just
getting this in your head and living
that in your life next is your
adaptability the game is going to throw
endless plot twists at you there's going
to be loss and failure unexpected change
those people who can learn and grow from
adversity score a lot higher and players
who cling too tightly to control and
resist change are going to lose points
like crazy and not even know it next we
have authenticity there is a hidden
bonus for playing your character in
alignment with who you truly are and
it's not about playing by society's
rules or trying to achieve external
success the developers reward characters
who are true to their inter voice their
passions their purpose which most people
don't figure out until they're about to
exit the game completely and the final
secret rating that you're going to get
when you're near the exit of the game is
contribution points are tallied up for
how much you give back to the game world
and it could be through helping other
characters sharing knowledge or leaving
behind something that benefits future
players and basically if you fix things
for characters or improve the game map
somehow you get points for that so
remember Earth is full of distractions
and auto assigned tasks that can keep
you running in circles but the best
players zoom out they set their course
and take control of how their story ends
so it's your game it's your rules if you
learn the game rules well enough then
you can break them that's how you beat
the game and that's how you get on the
leaderboards by playing it on your terms
and don't forget you can always reboot
your character when things get tough
with a psychologist character or one of
the NPCs who will accept coins to fix
some of your settings and the cool thing
about the game is you're never really
stuck in a bad spot in Earth unless you
choose to be overall I'll give it 4 and
a half stars and it's really fun I'm
still in the game right now as I'm
making this video for other characters
if you focus on the points that we
talked about to really truly win the
game here is one more photo of the other
character I connected with and the new
character that we brought into the game
who's in the tutorial phase right now
your points also come from whether or
not these new characters buil build
points too so you'll get points based on
that as well if you're also in the main
map let me know and maybe our characters
will meet up with each other so you made
it to the end most people don't do that
so I know that you're most likely
committed to learning these skills and
I'm willing to bet that you're one of
the few people who realize that these
skills determine true success and they
always have if you want to level up your
skill level and take it from a casual
interest to a serious study click the
link in the descript description and I
promise what you'll see will blow your
mind so until next time if you're
my heart I really hope you got something
impactful from this video and I hope
that your day is the most powerful and
meaningful version of it that it can be