On July 6, 2016, Winn released his 25th app,
TerraGenesis, on the iOS App store. Based on real science and data from
NASA, the game lets players
terraform planets across the
Solar System, far-flung systems like
TRAPPIST-1, and even journey through time to explore various stages of the Earth's history. As players terraform, they cultivate entire civilizations through emergent gameplay, tackling societal, economical, ecologic, cultural, and political evolution and issues as they work to create habitable worlds for people to live on. Winn always thought someone should make a game based on terraforming and had only spent a month building the game upon the initial release. At the same time, the public's interest in space entertainment was increasing due to the release of
Ridley Scott's The Martian starring
Matt Damon. Winn was able to create what he calls a "little version" of
TerraGenesis in time for the film's opening. Winn quickly moved on to creating his next app and did not originally think much of
TerraGenesis' release. When the app started to pick up, Winn and his wife were actually living in
New Zealand at the time and were road tripping around for seven months. Winn says, "She was driving and I was on my little MacBook Air in the passenger seat doing bug fixes, pushing out updates on hotel Wi-Fi and stuff.” On October 4, 2017, Edgeworks signed with publishing company
Tilting Point for
TerraGenesis, which market and distribute the title on iOS and Android. On April 4, 2018 Edgeworks Entertainment and publisher Tilting Point announced launching
TerraGenesis on the Google Play store, making it available for Android users. In May 2019, the 5.0 version update of
TerraGenesis was launched, adding a whole host of new features to the game, as well as a completely revamped graphical engine. Two months later on July 20 a "flat planet mode" was added to the game as well as Moon landing inspired events in the game to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Moon Landing. On July 31, 2019, Edgeworks and Tilting Point announced their plans to release
TerraGenesis to the
Microsoft Store in the fall. To showcase the upcoming Microsoft Store launch, Tilting Point and Edgeworks partnered with filmmaker and composer
John D. Boswell on a cinematic video for
TerraGenesis, showcasing the possibilities of space exploration, depicting a sense of wonder and curiosity.
TerraGenesis currently has over 22 million downloads and is available in 12 different languages. A city-builder styled game titled
TerraGenesis: Landfall released on digital storefronts in 2022. == Personal life ==