Show HN: I built a text-based business simulator to replace video courses

A founder dropped a free, text-based business simulator called COREMBA that aims to replace video courses with drills, scenarios, and certifications across 16 areas like Business Strategy and AI Product Strategy. The landing page greets you with a motivational wall of slogans—“Revenue is vanity, cash is sanity” repeats like a battle chant—setting a hardcore operator vibe. But the comments section? Pure drama. One user just said “No” and walked away. The top complaint: the UI (user interface) is “hard on the eyes,” with one calling it “an IRS form.” Another clicked the first CTA (call-to-action), then the next, hit a progress bar saying “decrypting,” and… nothing. Cue the meme: “Escape room, but make it business school.”

Not everyone rage-quit. Some loved the content: “Awesome content reads top notch,” said one fan, while another enjoyed the “theory tidbits” and scenarios but “noped out” of the simulation when the interface got confusing. The vibe of the thread is split—half thrilled by the operator mindset (“Speed is an unfair advantage”), half overwhelmed by what they call an “overdone” design. Users joked the slogan-wall looked like a startup boot camp tattoo, and someone suggested the site follow its own rule: “Complexity is the silent killer of margins”—starting with the buttons. If this sim gets a UX glow-up, the crowd might switch from “No” to “Go.”