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Give Me A Future Worth Fighting For (aftermath.site)
submitted 1 week ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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I want to build a better world, not live in the ruins

I've historically been an enjoyer of post-apocalyptic media, but as our actual times threaten to become as dystopian as our fiction, I'm finding it a bit harder than usual to stomach doom and gloom during my rare moments of free time.

Too many games--even some of the most commercially successful ones--are set in futures that are unpleasant at best and outright despairing at worst. Fallout, The Last Of Us, Horizon, Cyberpunk–they're all a huge bummer. I could go on forever listing games like this, but something that's got me especially downbeat about this preoccupation with pessimism is that it's found even in my favourite place, strategy gaming

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[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I'm right there with you on that one. For years I've dreamt about a post-apo game where you rebuild and look forward to the future, instead of wallowing in misery and barely getting by.
I think a 4X game, or better, something like a Heroes of Might & Magic might be the right scale to do it, but so far nobody seems to have seen the niche waiting to be filled. I dream of filling it myself but I simply don't have the energy for a project that scale. I'm no ConcernedApe or Tarn Adams, ha !

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