Atlanta's water shortage has a video game

How it works: The game's free and simple: Use your rotating inventory of pipes to build out Atlanta's infrastructure before water overwhelms the system.

• Remember to fix broken pipes along the way and watch out for those metal plates. You can also swap out pipes you've installed if they don't contain any water.

Zoom out: Lawrence creates "silly little apps" using Google Sheets to react to news events and board games to summarize research projects.

What they're saying: "When the water main broke and I was sitting around on day three of waiting for my giant stock pot of non-potable water to boil, a friend texted me and said this might be the game theme I've been looking for," she told Axios.

• "I immediately pictured the 'Pipe Mania' game from the late 1980s and ran with it."
• She got the idea on Monday, spent Tuesday designing the game and found a developer partner on Wednesday. They worked from Thursday to Sunday, when they published the game.

The bottom line: The game plays best on desktop and tablet.