Apocalyptic Empire

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Nuclear hellfire has ravaged the earth, and you must lead your community through the darkness.

 

You will face innumerable threats: starvation, raiders, rebellions and rats.  

 

CONTENT WARNING: Bad language and violence are present in this game (via text, not images). 

To survive, you must master every societal challenge posed by the apocalypse:

 

Technological – You must desperately try to find new sources of fuel and electricity, or let your society regress to a pre-industrial state; can democracy survive when 90% of the population have to work the land?

 

Economic – In a simulated market economy, your people will create, sell and buy numerous goods, all the while blaming every shortage on you. By accident (or malevolent design) you may create vast wealth differences between members of your community.

 

Political – The biggest threat to your power is not raiders or radiation (though you will also have to contend with those), but your own people. Should you displease them, they may vote against you, strike or outright rebel.

 

Divide them up into competing classes: create an underclass of ‘’Men’’ stripped of wages and the right to vote, while ‘’Women’’ reap the rewards, and loyally serve in your armies. Discriminate against religious minorities, and kidnap slaves from other communities.

 

Or forge a different path, one not so strewn with hatred and violence, but be prepared for hell: this dead world is not like our own, and maintaining our values will not be easy.

 

 

If you enjoy Apocalyptic Empire, let me know!

 

Leave a comment or a review (criticism is welcome). The game is perfectly playable as is, but I’ll add more content if people show interest. The downloadable version is also available, if you want to play with a higher resolution and framerate.

(If a download has TESTING in the name, then it is for playtesting new features, expect game-breaking bugs. Only play if you are desperate to see the latest patch.)

Many thanks to ClockworkWolf https://www.artstation.com/clockworkwolf for artwork and Sashy https://itch.io/profile/sashywashypotatomashy for editing!