"Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks and sectarian cults, recruit agents and commanders, corrupt representatives of Free Peoples and sow discord among them, collect magical artifacts and perform sinister plots. Note -- one game takes about 1 hour, but the premise is that the game can be approached several times, each time making different decisions, getting different results and discovering something new.
Game is avalaible for free, online: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion
I am constantly improving the game, adding new content and mechanics, so Your feedback would matter.
If you are hesitant to play the game, I invite you to watch/listen to the reviews:
Indie Sampler (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6f4UCEgWU
[BOKC] BlancoKix (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgNpSKToOSg
OK, so what's about this "politically incorrect"? Is it just a bait? Nope.
Although the game is not parody, there is some humour, usually black one and often, well, politically incorrect. There are some allusions to our modern world - ancient crazy sorcerer-king who demanded his subjects to pretend he is woman, very peaceful orc immigrants, riots in the name of bandits lives which matter, crazy druids who want to ban fires because they are warming the planet etc. There are are also sometimes some controversial themes like slavery, genocide, BDSM etc.
>>0x000002
Thanks for Your interest! As I wrote, game is not supposed to be parody. It is straight-forward dark fantasy most of the time. These elements are more kind of easter eggs/background.
>>0x000003
> Thanks for Your interest! As I wrote, game is not supposed to be parody. It is straight-forward dark fantasy most of the time. These elements are more kind of easter eggs/background.
I see. So far it seems classy enough. I'm playing as Destroyer of Life.
Just out of curiosity, how long does a playthru take?
Also if you want my suggestions so far, I would say since the writing is the primary substance of the game, you're going to want to go over it multiple times and make sure every sentence is perfect. The moment someone loses interest in reading is the moment they stop playing, so you want every sentence to shine. I would say it's not bad writing at all -- just that continuous improvement of the early game's passages will probably bring more players than adding additional content if that makes sense.
EDIT: I also noticed that you edited your post above to add more right leaning political easter eggs or whatever. To be honest, these are kind of cringey and eye rolling to me and I know that when I encounter them they're not going to be amusing to me. It's possible that the majority of your audience are people that appreciate these things and so you're pandering to them, or maybe its an outlet to express feelings. In either case, it's something that will push a lot of people away from your core idea which is a good idea.
For me... I'm tired of everything being extremely left leaning or extremely right leaning. It's really exhausting and I try super hard to avoid both ends of it.
>>0x000004
Thanks for a feedback!
As I wrote, one gameplay lasts about 1 hour.
Yes, you have absolute right that I should make writing as good as possible. But I am not an English native speaker and sometimes some nuances are lost to me. If you have some suggestions which phrases should I change, please mention it.
Speaking about politics - hmm, no I don't think I edited original post to make it more "right leaning". That last paragraph was there from the start :)
>>0x000005
> That last paragraph was there from the start :)
I stand corrected, sorry for the accusation! I just missed some of it. I suppose I should add a feature that makes it more obvious when a post is edited.
In any case, thanks for sharing your project. If you add more features feel free to talk about them here.
>>0x000006
That's OK, it was not severe accusation and I corrected it only for precision's sake ;)
> In any case, thanks for sharing your project.
Thanks for discussing it!
This is like a super mario themed mod
now is the time to get into hacking and modding!!! the wii u and 3ds modding community are thriving. join us
I love the homebrew launcher.
do any other people here play deadshot io
im probabaly th eonly one here but who cares, i want to share this game with y'all
>>0x000002
> thanks for sharing this is so cool
> https://deadshot.io/
your welcome, its kinda fun but my skills gone down recently for some reason
Another Helldivers thread because I don't feel like necroposting.
Do you play Helldivers?
You should play Helldivers.
You should enlist today.
You should spread democracy throughout the galaxy.
Liberty never rests.
Democracy never sleeps.
Fuck the socialist bots.
Fuck the communist bugs.
Join.
band 4 posting propaganda kekw
Mine was nintendogs and I played it on a nintendo ds lite. What was your first game?
>>0x000001
> Mine was nintendogs and I played it on a nintendo ds lite. What was your first game?
original mario on NES
>>0x000001
> Mine was nintendogs and I played it on a nintendo ds lite. What was your first game?
first i can remember was pajama sam no need to hide when its dark outside. i had it on cd rom!
I remember it being a NASCAR game on GameCube or something. Don't recall which one tho
My earliest memory of playing a video game was Pokemon Crystal. I had it until water was spilled into my Gameboy, which was a real tragedy because I didn't learn to read at the time.
Long story short, I eventually got not only a new Gameboy Advance, but also new games such as Mario Kart, the Bionicle platformer, and Pokemon Ruby. The rest was history.
For those of us that like to read (insert vomit emoji here /j)
>>0x000001
> For those of us that like to read
This isn't a traditional text adventure game but it's still my favorite text based game.
https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/-- you can play it in a browser, too. And its open source.
>>0x000010
> anyone play mario romhacks? If you want to try one check out this site
> https://www.smwcentral.net/
I've never tried one because there are so many and I didn't know what was worth playing. Plus my attention span is garbage when it comes to remembering to try new things
>>0x000013
> I didn't know what was worth playing.
For a nice good time with not too much challenge: A Plumber for All Seasons
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=28856
If you want to play the most trippy, modern art exhibit version of Mario of all time: Mario's Mystery Meat
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=23290
I also really like This Hack Needs a Name in the beginner friendly lane:
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=33796
If you want to challenge yourself but still play something that isn't completely impossible for a newb, Of Jumps and Platforms
Brutal Mario demo 7
>>0x000006
> Brutal Mario demo 7
ah yes, that one is pretty cool. Although I think the bosses will be a wall for a lot of people that have never played.
I also like this one.
** Super Mario Bros. Peach's Adventure **
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=25738
Stylistically more like NES levels but more modern vibes.
I think Sonic could be good if they just made it a Mario clone where Sonic can P-Speed from a stationary position using the down spin roll. Then you just design the levels assuming P-speed is free.
you can have that idea if you're a romhacker. Just have to lmk when it comes out :)
i will take another screenshot wwhen it is night cus the lighting is really nice during night time
also if you ask "what minecraft texture pack is that" this is the minetest base game and if you say "ripoff minecraft ewwwww yuck" on a thing i made to remember my friends passing i will assume you are a toddler
anyways here it is
i will post more once it is night time in the game
i will also post on the minetest forums
i wont get emotional here cus its going to need a trigger warning for that soooo
yeah
>>0x000001
> i will take another screenshot wwhen it is night cus the lighting is really nice during night time
> also if you ask "what minecraft texture pack is that" this is the minetest base game and if you say "ripoff minecraft ewwwww yuck" on a thing i made to remember my friends passing i will assume you are a toddler
> anyways here it is
> i will post more once it is night time in the game
> i will also post on the minetest forums
> i wont get emotional here cus its going to need a trigger warning for that soooo
> yeah
other pics
>>0x000001
sorry to hear that.
Just so you know, you can upload up to 4 images per post. Linking to discord uploads makes the site significantly less pleasant to browse and while it's not against the rules to link to third party content, if you're just gonna link images you might as well just upload them. Users are much more likely to look at the content this way.
> cus its going to need a trigger warning
lol you don't need trigger warnings on this board lol