Apocalyptic Empire

Devlog

• 0.6 released!
  November 16, 2024 by Saumron

  At long last I’m happy to release version 0.6, the ‘’individualism’’ update. As the name suggests, this update gives every single individual person in your empire their own mind and ai, allo... Continue reading

  
• 0.6, and transgender identity after nuclear war.
  October 24, 2024 by Saumron

  Just a little update to say that update 0.6 is slowly getting done. I think I've gone past my predicted finish date, but this is because I keep adding new features! Here's an example. As you'll know i... Continue reading
• Progress towards 0.6
  June 14, 2024 by Saumron

  Hello, while I'm making slow and steady progress towards 0.6 (what I'm calling the ''individualism update''), I thought I'd share a story from inside the game that occured while I was testing the new... Continue reading

  
• Why is nuclear war bad?
  March 30, 2024 by Saumron

  Itch seems to want me to write a long-form devblog related to how I design game mechanics, so here we go. I knew going into development that I wanted to make a political strategy game. Personally thou... Continue reading

  
• Future plans for 0.6
  March 30, 2024 by Saumron

  With the release of 0.5, I thought I’d share what my plans are for 0.6. First off, I expect this update to take longer than 0.5: much of the work for 0.5 was already done when I first released AE, a... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.5.0
  March 30, 2024 by Saumron

  After a great deal of work, 0.5 is finally ready! This patch adds new mechanics related to fuel, slavery, and much more: but the main addition is the ‘nation map’ which allows you to explore the b... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.4.3
  March 15, 2024 by Saumron

  Made some quality of life changes, such as being able to see whether techs are active on the main tech overview, as well as new events to let the player escape a game over screen (at the expense of do... Continue reading

  
• Update 4.2
  March 10, 2024 by Saumron

  Just a quick update, allowing the game to be played in-browser. I'll keep the downloadable version available, if anyone wants to run the game with a higher resolution and framerate... Continue reading

  
• Update 4.1
  March 08, 2024 by Saumron

  After a year in development, I’ve released the first public version of Apocalyptic Empire, V4.1 The rest of the V4 releases will be bugfixes and quality of life changes; I’ll keep an eye out for a... Continue reading