Energy Wars

Simulate 2 centuries of history, from the industrial revolution to the green revolution, in this fast-paced, challenging, apocalyptic, original and independant strategy game !

- Manage the world's mines of limitated energetical resources (coal, oil, gas, uranium)

- Teach countries how to build dams, windmills, and other renewable energy devices.

- Deal with the crisis and wars generated by the decreasing stocks of resources.

- Switch to green energies before earth is destroyed by pollution and hurricanes.

- Avoid hurricanes to make a rampage amongt your fragile green cities

- Plant trees to calm down pollution a moment

- Protect the key countries and try to exploit their resources wisely

- Deal with the grey empires that spread themselves like a plague in your 165 countries !

DISCLAIMERS :

Some subjects of this game seem to be quite polemic in some countries. Here are some disclaimers about them

1. This indie game does not try to express or convince you about any political point of view. It's main purpose is being a game and a time waister.

2. This indie game doesn't try to convince you about the reality of global warming if you don't believe in it. It's just a videogame using mechanics in a strategy game for you to enjoy as it is. If you want to play it but are bothered about that, you could consider the global warming part of the game (= fossile combustion rises temperature) represents 5% of its overall mechanics (amongst other things like the mechanics of the limitated fossile resources consumption, pollution, economic race, offshore banks, crises, wars, peace ... which don't make much controversy) . If you still are bothered about that, then I can't do anything more about it and I'm sorry if this game doesn't fit your thoughts and beliefs.

3. Scientists have not proved (yet?) that the rise of temperature has something to do with a rise of hurricanes power but I just believe it's a fine idea of gameplay and a good metaphor of the dangers of the rise of temperature. Again, this an old-school videogame, not an essay.

4. The position of mines, climate conditions, proportions of rivers, economic rankings etc. tend to reflect reality but are not the "real reality" ... for sure. If you think there's a problem with a country, please tell me so ! I'll cross check your facts and I'll change its stats in the game if possible.

5. About borders. The map has been made in 2014 from a 2000's source. You may feel borders are not accurate. I'm sorry if it hurts you but this game isn't about borders and can't resolve the conflicts there were about them in the last century.

6. The borders are not the 1850's ones and it may seems a odd because it is said that the game starts in 1850. It's like this because the world was, at the time, very different from now, with lots of differents names, small kingdoms, Empires and colonies and much more problem with borders than now ... It would have been quite difficult to add a way to deal with that across time in a game that try to focus on the story of the burning energies' process. Also, the game needs you to recognize quickly the countries' names of the world so these are some reasons why it has been chosen to keep the beginning of the XXI century's world's (midly accurate) borders.

7. Nuclear power. The game may please and displease both anti-s and pro-s nuclear : when there is a growth, Nuclear is perfectly safe (with no words about radwaste and hurricane-proof !) but when there's a crisis, when countries have no more money, nuclear plants may explode, just like Tchernobyl, meaning with an economic impact. Again, this is a sci-fi game and the developer is not a lobbyist.

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I hope you'll have a nice time playing that not-so serious game and saving planet earth from auto-destruction, numerous times!

Music credits :

JAN125 / http://opengameart.org/content/sage-of-corinth-music

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