The dawn of the Industrial Age is upon us, great leader! Arrow of Progress is a casual, strategic history-sim and learning game where you lead a nation toward the #1 position as the most advanced from 1816 to 1914, the era of the Industrial Revolution!

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Be Endlessly Informed And Entertained!

  • Immerse yourself and learn about the late First and Second Industrial Revolution!

  • Invest in innovations and be rewarded for strategy and intelligent risk-taking!

  • Win and collect from over 300 scientific and technological innovations!

  • Hire from more than 60 renowned scientists and innovators!

  • Experience over 60 significant historical events!

  • Tackle over 800 questions and master your knowledge!

  • Challenge yourself to achieve the highest worldwide progress on the leaderboard!

Gameplay

Take command of the U.K., U.S., France, or Germany! Compete across thirty one rounds to win the most Progress!

Manage your nation to get a competitive edge over your rivals!

Navigate through important historical events...

Invest wisely and compete for revolutionary discoveries and technologies in the science, transportation, engineering, and resource domains!

Uncover scientific and technological breakthroughs that changed history!

Hire and learn about epic advisors can catapult your nation into the future!

Test your knowledge to win respect (and money!) from patrons!

Compete for Progress to get the number 1 position! Also compete against a worldwide leaderboard!

About

Arrow of Progress is the creation of a small international team. It is a "labor of love" dedicated to the many individuals who have enabled many of us to live better than King Louis XIV.

References

These fantastic references helped create historically accurate information for your consumption!

Science

  • J.L. Heilbron, The Oxford Illustrated Companion to the History of Modern Science (Oxford, 2003). A comprehensive one-volume on science from 1550 to the present.

  • James Trefil, The Nature of Science (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003). An complete tour through the discovery, significance, and working of the universe’s major laws.

Mathematics

  • Clifford A. Pickover, The Math Book (Sterling New York, 2009). 250 milestones in mathematical history.

  • E.T. Bell, Men of Mathematics (Touchstone Books, 1965). A history of ideas as part of a series of biographies of the great mathematicians.

  • Charles River Editors, Charles Babbage (Audiobook, 2020). Charles Babbage was the first to conceive the notion of a programmable and automatic universal computer.

  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gbnfj

  • The Poincaré Conjecture, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0038x8l

Physics

Chemistry

  • Sam Kean, The Disappearing Spoon (Little, Brown and Company, 2010). The history of the periodic table by way of short stories.

Medicine

  • Steve Parker and others, Medicine – The Definitive Illustrated History (DK | Penguin Random House, 2016). An illustrated world history of medicine.

  • Erwin H. Ackerknecht, A Short History of Medicine (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982). A concise and readable introduction to the history of medicine.

  • Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art (Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017). The world of nineteenth-century surgery and how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics.

  • The Great Stink, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gjcm

  • Louis Pasteur, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q317p

  • Empire Podcast Episode 84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale.

Natural Science

Road Transportation

  • Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel (Blackstone Pub, 2023). The life and mysterious death of a great inventor.

  • Richard Snow, I Invented the Modern Age (Scribner, 2013). The rise of Henry Ford.

  • Lawrence Goldstone, Drive! (Ballantine Books, 2016). The early days of the U.S. automobile industry.

Railroads

Maritime

  • Brian Lavery, Smithsonian Ship – The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure (DK Publishing, 2004). An illustrated world maritime history.

  • David McCullough, The Path Between the Seas (Simon & Schuster, 2004). Chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal.

  • The Challenger Expedition 1872-1876, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fcvd

Aviation

  • David McCullough, The Wright Brothers (Simon & Schuster, 2015). With no more than a public high school education and little money, the Wright Brothers take to the air.

Big Picture Engineering

  • Robert Friedel, A Culture of Improvement (The MIT Press, 2007). A sweeping look at technological change.

  • Ian McNeil (Editor), An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (Routledge, 1996). Covers the entire field of the history of technology.

  • Derry and Williams, A Short History of Technology (Oxford University Press, 1961). A very readable history of technology from ancient times to 1900.

  • Patrick N. Allitt, The Industrial Revolution (The Great Courses). The course covers a period of history which deserves our gratitude.

  • Bernard Carlson (Editor), Technology in World History (Oxford University Press, 2005). Covers the role of technology in world history.

  • James Dyson, A History of Great Inventions (Carroll & Graf, 2001). A scientific history that traces the greatest inventions.

  • Donald Cardwell, Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets (Norton, 2001). Technological innovation as the product of the successful interaction between social change, scientific developments, and political vision.

  • Great Britons: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Hosted by Jeremy Clarkson - BBC Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHnVH9jWmU

Civil Engineering

  • Adam Hart-Davis (Editor in Chief), Engineers (Penguin Group UK, 2012). A visual guide to engineers throughout world history.

  • Kirby, Withington, Darling and Kilgour, Engineering in History (Dover, 1956). Steam and the Industrial Revolution plus electricity and the beginnings of applied science.

  • Henry Petroski, Remaking the World (Vintage Books, 1997). James Nasmyth, The Great Eastern, and the Panama Canal among others.

  • Hourly History, Joseph Bazalgette: A Life from Beginning to End

  • Brunel, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvbp1

  • The Great Exhibition of 1851, BBC In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003c19x

Mechanical Engineering

  • Simon Winchester, The Perfectionists (Harper, 2018). The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision.

Chemical Engineering

Captains of Industry

  • H.W. Brands, American Colossus (Anchor, 2011). A few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen transformed the United States from an agrarian economy to a world power.

  • Ron Chernow, Titan (Vintage, 2004). The all-encompassing biography of John D. Rockefeller.

  • William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp (Back Bay Books, 2003). A massive (but perhaps slanted) history of the Krupp family.

  • Charles R. Morris, The Tycoons (Times Books, 2005). Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan.

Electricity

  • John Jenkins, Where Discovery Sparks Imaginations (The American Museum of Radio and Electricity, 2009).

  • Bernard Carlson, Tesla (Princeton University Press, 2015). A careful examination of the eccentric genius.

  • Tom McNichol, AC/DC (Jossey-Bass, 2013). Thomas Edison vs. George Westinghouse.

  • Marc J. Seifer, Wizard (Citadel, 2016). A history of Nicola Tesla, considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology.

  • Randall E. Strauss, The Wizard of Menlo Park (Crown, 2008). Thomas Edison’s greatest invention may have been his own celebrity.

  • Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity -- Jim Al-Khalili BBC Horizon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtp51eZkwoI&t=2s

Communications

  • Marc Raboy, Marconi (Oxford University Press, 2018). Guglielmo Marconi as the first truly global figure in modern communications.

  • J. Munro, Info-Wire (Audiobook, MSAC Philosophy Group, 2021). A brief history of the telegraph.

Extraction

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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Arrow of Time, LLC (hereinafter referred to as "Provider") collects, uses, and protects your data through the Arrow of Progress application (hereinafter referred to as "Application"). Our commitment is to your privacy and data protection.This privacy policy is applicable to the Application for mobile devices, which was developed by the Provider as a Commercial service. This service is provided "AS IS.”Automatically Collected InformationThe Application collects anonymized information, automatically through Unity Analytics, a 3rd party analytics plugin made for the Unity engine (which this game is built on). This includes, but is not limited to, gameplay statistics, app usage patterns, and device type. The Provider views general activity and progress data across all users. No individual data is tracked by the Provider. The user can opt out, opt in, and delete all related server data from within the application settings at any time.Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device?This Application does not gather precise information about the location of your mobile device.Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application?Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted and saved to external services to aid the Provider in improving the Application and their service.Please note that the Application utilizes third-party services that have their own Privacy Policy about handling data. Below are the links to the Privacy Policy of the third-party service providers used by the Application:* Google Play Services
* UnityThe Provider may disclose Automatically Collected Information:* As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
* When they believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect their rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
* With their trusted services providers who work on their behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.What are my opt-out rights?You can halt all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling the Application or opting out within the settings menu of the Application. No user data will be collected before being shown an opt-in screen.Data Retention Policy, Managing Your InformationThe Provider will retain automatically collected information for up to 24 months and thereafter may store it in aggregate.Data Deletion and AnonymizationOur Application is designed with your privacy in mind. As part of our commitment to protecting your privacy, we collect information in a way that does not directly identify you. This means that once the information is collected and anonymized, it becomes impossible for us to identify the data pertaining to any specific individual. As such, our data collection and analysis are based on anonymized data sets. Also, all data can be deleted from the Application settings menu at any time.Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)We recognize the rights of individuals under the GDPR, including the right to erasure (“the right to be forgotten”). However, the GDPR applies these rights to identifiable data. Since our Application processes data in an anonymized form that does not allow us or anyone to trace data back to an individual, these rights do not apply to the anonymized data collected and processed by our Application. Should you choose to stop using our Application, any data previously collected and anonymized cannot be individually assessed or deleted, except by the user themselves through the Application, as it does not constitute personally identifiable information under the GDPR.Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)Similarly, the CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This includes the right to request the deletion of personal information. However, because our Application only processes anonymized data that cannot be linked back to any individual, these rights do not apply to the information processed by our Application. The anonymized data is beyond the scope of information that can be requested for deletion under the CCPA, as it cannot be associated with any consumer or household. However the user themselves can delete all data from within the Application settings menu.Our CommitmentPlease be assured that our use of anonymized data is aimed at improving user experience and enhancing our Application without compromising individual privacy. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of data privacy and will continue to monitor and adjust our practices in line with legal requirements and best practices.If you have any questions or concerns about our data practices, please contact us at [contact information].Children Under 13The Provider does not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13.The Application does not address anyone under the age of 13. The Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case the Provider discovers that a child under 13 has provided personal information, the Provider will immediately delete this from their servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact the Provider (contact@arrowofprogress.com) so that they will be able to take the necessary actions.SecurityThe Provider is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. The Provider provides physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve their Application. Please be aware that, although we provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.ChangesThis Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. The Provider will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by updating this page with the new Privacy Policy. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.This privacy policy is effective as of 2024-03-25Your ConsentBy using the Application, you are giving your consent to the Provider processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. "Processing,” means using cookies on a computer/hand held device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information.Contact usIf you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about the practices, please contact the Provider via email at contact@arrowofprogress.com.

Terms & Conditions

Welcome to the Arrow of Progress app (hereby referred to as "Application") for mobile devices, developed by Arrow of Time, LLC ("Provider"), as a Commercial service. These terms govern your use of our app, ensuring a beneficial and efficient service for all users. By downloading or using the app, you accept these terms in full. Please read them carefully before use.Intellectual Property
Upon downloading or utilizing the Application, you are automatically agreeing to the following terms.
* Unauthorized copying, modification of the Application, any part of the Application, or our trademarks is strictly prohibited.
* Any attempts to extract the source code of the Application, translate the Application into other languages, or create derivative versions are not permitted.
* All trademarks, copyrights, database rights, and other intellectual property rights related to the Application remain the property of the Provider.The Provider is dedicated to ensuring that the Application is as beneficial and efficient as possible. As such, they reserve the right to modify the Application or charge for their services at any time and for any reason.Third-party Services
Please note that the Application utilizes third-party services that have their own Terms and Conditions. Below are the links to the Terms and Conditions of the third-party service providers used by the Application:* Google Play Services
* UnityWe are not responsible for third-party services and their content.Usage and ResponsibilitiesThe app requires an internet connection, which may incur charges from your network provider.
You are responsible for any charges incurred from using the app, including data usage and roaming charges. The app’s functionality depends on your device's availability and connectivity; we cannot be held responsible for disruptions caused by insufficient charge or network access.Updates and TerminationWe reserve the right to update the app or discontinue its service at any time without notice.
Continued use of the app after updates are released constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.Changes to TermsWe may modify these terms at any time, with updates posted on this page. Regular review of this page is recommended. Changes are effective from their publication date unless otherwise stated.These terms and conditions are effective as of 2024-03-25Contact UsIf you have any questions or suggestions about the Terms and Conditions, please do not hesitate to contact the Provider at contact@arrowofprogress.com.