Imagine the Fallout universe only less grim and less apocalyptic. There have been not dirty/radioactive world war, but a massive solar flare that fried all global electronics. This leads to mass disarray, as society is so dependent on electronics that we’re facing a total societal collapse. However, people do not turn wild and crazy like in the Fallout franchise, Metro franchise, or others.
This is set in the year 2051, about 4 years after the solar flare called the DC (The Digital Cleansing). The first few months after the DC people panicked, and raided most stores and such for food, and a lot of people died, especially in the bigger cities, due to lack of food and transport. A lot of people thought ahead however, understood what this meant, and moved out into the countryside to live off of the land just like humanity did back in the days.
You are a Longing One; someone who longs for the times of the past, looking through ruins to find functional technology. You disassemble it, learn it, document it, and rebuild the modern society from your little village. Most people are helpful and encouraging of your adventures, but of course some people who believe the past should stay in the past.
You will face environmental dangers (abandoned structures and global warming related events), manage your resources on your excursions (hydration, temperature, sleep), and dig through all kinds of buildings - libraries, research institutes, governmental offices, and normal homes.
Back home in your village you will be able to grow fruits and vegetables, tend to animals, and trade items with your neighbors for resources both for survival and for excursions. You get to help your neighbors with quests like finding certain items in the ruins or helping them rebuild something on their farmstead.
The ultimate goal of the game is nothing more grand than a village that thrives - you grant them electricity, steady resources, and a happy life, while finding small stories both in the present and the past that tells you of how things were and have become.
A mostly peaceful game, where there’s realistic documentation about how technologies work, and a village that grows from your contributions.
Love the idea! I feel like there could be multiple paths to take in regards to farm tech.
The Way Things Were. Back to computer chips in everything and internal combustion engines. Fancy tractors of today that ppl can’t work on cuz software bullshit.
Sweat and Toil. Old school farming tech pre engines of any kind aka horse and ox power. Basic blacksmithing and stuff.
The Engines of Yesteryear. No computer chips or very simple ones and internal combustion engines/lost of green house gases. Like 1960s tractor tech.
Solarpunk Tomorrow. All electric tractor with simple computer chips. Nothing too fancy, just solarpunk tractor.
Oh, this is gonna be one of my longer comments…!
Imagine the Fallout universe only less grim and less apocalyptic. There have been not dirty/radioactive world war, but a massive solar flare that fried all global electronics. This leads to mass disarray, as society is so dependent on electronics that we’re facing a total societal collapse. However, people do not turn wild and crazy like in the Fallout franchise, Metro franchise, or others.
This is set in the year 2051, about 4 years after the solar flare called the DC (The Digital Cleansing). The first few months after the DC people panicked, and raided most stores and such for food, and a lot of people died, especially in the bigger cities, due to lack of food and transport. A lot of people thought ahead however, understood what this meant, and moved out into the countryside to live off of the land just like humanity did back in the days.
You are a Longing One; someone who longs for the times of the past, looking through ruins to find functional technology. You disassemble it, learn it, document it, and rebuild the modern society from your little village. Most people are helpful and encouraging of your adventures, but of course some people who believe the past should stay in the past.
You will face environmental dangers (abandoned structures and global warming related events), manage your resources on your excursions (hydration, temperature, sleep), and dig through all kinds of buildings - libraries, research institutes, governmental offices, and normal homes.
Back home in your village you will be able to grow fruits and vegetables, tend to animals, and trade items with your neighbors for resources both for survival and for excursions. You get to help your neighbors with quests like finding certain items in the ruins or helping them rebuild something on their farmstead.
The ultimate goal of the game is nothing more grand than a village that thrives - you grant them electricity, steady resources, and a happy life, while finding small stories both in the present and the past that tells you of how things were and have become.
A mostly peaceful game, where there’s realistic documentation about how technologies work, and a village that grows from your contributions.
Love the idea! I feel like there could be multiple paths to take in regards to farm tech.
The Way Things Were. Back to computer chips in everything and internal combustion engines. Fancy tractors of today that ppl can’t work on cuz software bullshit.
Sweat and Toil. Old school farming tech pre engines of any kind aka horse and ox power. Basic blacksmithing and stuff.
The Engines of Yesteryear. No computer chips or very simple ones and internal combustion engines/lost of green house gases. Like 1960s tractor tech.
Solarpunk Tomorrow. All electric tractor with simple computer chips. Nothing too fancy, just solarpunk tractor.
The initial setup of a “clean” post apocalypse sounds a bit like the background to the My Time at Portia/Sandrock series.