Despot 3900
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You play as a despot whose power is waning, and the goal is to accumulate as much wealth as possible and survive for as long as you can. Took 72h to make this, but I played by 48h compo rules and everything here is open source and made from scratch!
As despot, you interact with two factions that don't like each other: peasants and nobles. You choose an action to perform every turn.
* *Year*: Each turn advances 6 months.
* *Age*: Despot loses health points every turn after the age of 60, and faster every decade past.
* *Health*: Game ends when health drops to 0.
* *Wealth*: Final score is *Wealth * Age / 10*.
* *Popularity*: The percentage of peasants that are on the despot's side.
* *Loyalty*: The percentage of nobles that are on the despot's side.
* *Revolt Meter*: When full, the peasants launch a revolt against the despot. Starts the count once popularity dips below 50%, and increments every turn with no way to stop it.
* *Coup Meter*: When full, the nobles stage a coup against the despot. Starts the count once loyalty dips below 50%, and increments every turn with no way to stop it.
* *Do Nothing*: Recover health points at the expense of loyalty and popularity.
* *Collect Taxes*: Take money from either peasants or nobles, at the expense of popularity or loyalty, respectively.
* *Give Money*: Give money to one of the two factions to appease them, to the other's ire.
* *Imprison Opponents*: When the Revolt or Coup Meters start to worry you, round up the ring leaders to stave off the inevitable. Need over 50% of the other faction's support.
* *Wage War*: A gamble with large rewards in case of victory and large losses in case of defeat. Incurs some losses even if victorious, if popularity is under 33%.
* Built for 64bit system
* Launch `despot3900.exe`
* Built for 64bit Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18
* You may need to install these libraries: `libSDL2 libSDL2_mixer libpng12`
* Launch `despot3900`
Manual
As despot, you interact with two factions that don't like each other: peasants and nobles. You choose an action to perform every turn.
Stats
* *Year*: Each turn advances 6 months.
* *Age*: Despot loses health points every turn after the age of 60, and faster every decade past.
* *Health*: Game ends when health drops to 0.
* *Wealth*: Final score is *Wealth * Age / 10*.
* *Popularity*: The percentage of peasants that are on the despot's side.
* *Loyalty*: The percentage of nobles that are on the despot's side.
* *Revolt Meter*: When full, the peasants launch a revolt against the despot. Starts the count once popularity dips below 50%, and increments every turn with no way to stop it.
* *Coup Meter*: When full, the nobles stage a coup against the despot. Starts the count once loyalty dips below 50%, and increments every turn with no way to stop it.
Actions
* *Do Nothing*: Recover health points at the expense of loyalty and popularity.
* *Collect Taxes*: Take money from either peasants or nobles, at the expense of popularity or loyalty, respectively.
* *Give Money*: Give money to one of the two factions to appease them, to the other's ire.
* *Imprison Opponents*: When the Revolt or Coup Meters start to worry you, round up the ring leaders to stave off the inevitable. Need over 50% of the other faction's support.
* *Wage War*: A gamble with large rewards in case of victory and large losses in case of defeat. Incurs some losses even if victorious, if popularity is under 33%.
Running
Windows
* Built for 64bit system
* Launch `despot3900.exe`
Linux
* Built for 64bit Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18
* You may need to install these libraries: `libSDL2 libSDL2_mixer libpng12`
* Launch `despot3900`