Dominion of Darkness - my RPG/strategy game

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Adeptus
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Dominion of Darkness - my RPG/strategy game

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"Dominion of Darkness” is a free 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. Feedback is very much welcome. Very, very much.

Here is the game: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion
If you are hesitant to play the game, I invite you to watch/listen to the reviews:

Indie Game Sampler (video):
[BOKC] BlancoKix (video):
Choice Beat (zine, page 30): https://www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat...full-view.html
Dads Game Review (podcast): https://www.dadsgamereview.com/dgr-7...n-of-darkness/
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Re: Dominion of Darkness - my RPG/strategy game

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Woah this is awesome! Text based RPGs were quite popular in the 80's my mother in law used to play them on her Commodore 64! I'll have to send her a link to your game, I think she'd appreciate it! She's tried playing modern games like Red Dead Redemption but she can't use a modern day controller. xD How long did it take for you to program the game?
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Re: Dominion of Darkness - my RPG/strategy game

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Hrmmm, looks good, but it's basically text based Risk?
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