Live and honest

The Dream Meter

Every square moves the needle on a real life. This page never lies.

The big meter
0.0% of the way there

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0 of 1,000,000 squares $0 after fees 0 supporters
This meter counts what actually lands, not what was charged. Creem takes 3.9% plus 40c per order, and handles the sales tax worldwide. Right now that works out around 5.5% of every dollar.
Four goal lines

What the meter is actually for

Milestone 1
$100,000 needs about 105,821 squares

Debt free.

The final payment gets filmed. The $0.00 statement gets posted, full screen, no crop. Some numbers deserve an audience, and that zero has been a long time coming.

Revealed at 150,000 squares
$300,000 needs about 317,461 squares

Goal 2: Sealed.

Sealed. Revealed at 150,000 squares.
Milestone 3
$500,000 needs about 529,101 squares

A house.

Keys in hand, filmed from the empty living room. The echo will be excellent. The first thing on the wall will be a framed print of the grid, obviously.

The big one
1,000,000 every square sold, $1,000,000 raised

The Angel Indie Hacker.

A $50,000 fund writing real angel checks into indie hackers. The grid freezes forever as a monument to everyone on it. And the final 1,000 squares go to auction, so the last chapter writes itself.

Pinky swear, in writing

Honest promises

The fine print, except friendly and in a large font.

The meter is never faked

Real purchases, real numbers, pulled from the same place that renders the grid. No rounding up for vibes.

No fake scarcity ever

No phantom countdowns, no pretend sellouts. There are a million squares. That is plenty for everyone.

Perks, never investments

Squares buy goods, services, and warm feelings. No equity, no returns, no charts pointing up and to the right.

You will never be misled

If a goal changes before its reveal, the card changes. Publicly, same day, with an explanation attached.

Cameras rolling

Milestone moments

Every goal on this page gets filmed. Not recapped later. Filmed.

The meter crosses a line

A goal number gets hit. Confetti is deployed responsibly.

The camera comes out

That week, not someday. The moment gets captured for real.

Unscripted, unpolished

Wins, wobbles, and happy tears included. No cinematic retakes.

Posted for every square owner

You paid a dollar for a pixel party. You get front row seats.

Move the meter. Grab your squares.

Every single square nudges this page closer to the good part.