.@commonhoodgame is a new/forthcoming game "about building a new habitat for you and your community" after an economic crash. Gameplay begins with occupying an abandoned factory and "deciding how you want to live."
common-hood.com
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The creators describe their inspiration as coming from the "Maker Movement, Open Source Ecology, Fablabs or the Tiny house community."
common-hood.com/blog
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common-hood.com/blog
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You proceed by crafting shelter, managing your workshop, acquiring automation, managing a crew, automating construction, salvaging materiel, farming, selling your food, building and maintaining machines from open source blueprints, and supplying community water and power.
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"Each character that joins your crew will have their own unique story, helping you understand what led them to end up without a home. By working together, you will be able to provide shelter and facilities to improve the life of your community."
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Gameplay turns on open source "Blueprints" that can be turned into machinery, and on automating that machinery to free humans from drudgery.
Though I haven't played it, I am fascinated by the crossover with my 2017 novel Walkaway.
craphound.com/tags/walkaway/
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Though I haven't played it, I am fascinated by the crossover with my 2017 novel Walkaway.
craphound.com/tags/walkaway/
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There are some important differences. Walkaway is a story about post-scarcity, leaderless gift economies in the midst of environmental cataclysm and economic collapse. Judging from the descriptions, Common'hood has a lot of buying and selling and leadership in its play.
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That said, this looks fascinating. It's coming to Steam soon:
store.steampowered.com/app/962090/Com…
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store.steampowered.com/app/962090/Com…
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And there's apparently a playable demo on Discord:
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