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A free text-based MMO alternative to SimCity
Totally exploiting this SimCity mess to plug my free game :P Reign is a completely free browser-based text-based persistent multiplayer strategy game.
It's kind of a 'coffee break game' as you make decisions, such as what to build, and then your nation carries out your orders while you're out living life.
The game is in active development (beta) and has about 130 active players right now.
Here's the game in a nutshell: Pick a modern day nation (that another player hasn't picked yet), build power plants, build residential, manage agriculture, issue executive orders, consult your general, draft citizens into military, manage citizen morale, build factories, trade uranium in the black market, trade with other players, form alliances, war.
Again, community-run, 100% free, no ads, no bullshit. Just pure fun.
Sorry to blatantly advertise, literally no other way to get the word out with a free game like this. I hope this isn't seen as out of bounds plugging. Honestly sorry if it is. I do genuinely think it's of interest to a sizable portion of the community and, again, it's a free thing.
Anyways, check us out if you're interested. Great community, good fun. Email me your feedback: ty@reign.ws
Screenshots:
Mobile UI:
- What to build next? http://i.imgur.com/4NR5vYE.png
- Managing assets: http://i.imgur.com/kDgCsi5.png
- World chat! Where nation leaders negotiate: http://i.imgur.com/nMAsVLc.png
- When duty calls. Drafting an army: http://i.imgur.com/n4JzzNw.png
Desktop UI:
- The mysterious Black Market: http://i.imgur.com/KKgpRys.png
Random ad I made but don't know what to do with: http://i.imgur.com/k8mCprV.jpg
- ty2k 14y agoTotally exploiting this SimCity mess to plug my free game :P Reign is a completely free browser-based text-based persistent multiplayer strategy game. It's kind of a 'coffee break game' as you make decisions, such as what to build, and then your nation carries out your orders while you're out living life. The game is in active development (beta) and has about 130 active players right now. Here's the game in a nutshell: Pick a modern day nation (that another player hasn't picked yet), build power plants, build residential, manage agriculture, issue executive orders, consult your general, draft citizens into military, manage citizen morale, build factories, trade uranium in the black market, trade with other players, form alliances, war. Again, community-run, 100% free, no ads, no bullshit. Just pure fun. Sorry to blatantly advertise, literally no other way to get the word out with a free game like this. I hope this isn't seen as out of bounds plugging. Honestly sorry if it is. I do genuinely think it's of interest to a sizable portion of the community and, again, it's a free thing. Anyways, check us out if you're interested. Great community, good fun. Email me your feedback: ty@reign.ws . Screenshots: --- Desktop UI --- # The mysterious Black Market: http://i.imgur.com/KKgpRys.png http://i.imgur.com/KKgpRys.png --- Mobile UI --- # What to build next? http://i.imgur.com/4NR5vYE.png http://i.imgur.com/4NR5vYE.png # Managing assets: http://i.imgur.com/kDgCsi5.png http://i.imgur.com/kDgCsi5.png # World chat! Where nation leaders negotiate: http://i.imgur.com/nMAsVLc.png http://i.imgur.com/nMAsVLc.png # When duty calls. Drafting an army: http://i.imgur.com/n4JzzNw.png http://i.imgur.com/n4JzzNw.png Random ad I made but don't know what to do with: http://i.imgur.com/k8mCprV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/k8mCprV.jpg
- jonchang 14y agoI wonder how much lacking a privacy policy / data use policy hurts signups for something like this.
- seanc722 14y agoAlways online as well? ;P
- ty2k 14y agoYep, it's persistent!
- Sujan 14y agoPretty rough browser game. But seems to be going since 2010/11 and have a pretty tight community, so maybe really give it a shot if you never experienced such a game before. Probably will be fun. Still, definitely not really an alterantive to SimCity. Sorry.
- qdot76367 14y agoThis looks distressingly like a BBS door game, a la BRE. Those ate my life in the early 90's. I can only fear for my productivity now. (I still get TW2002 web reboots every so often that can easily eat a week.)
- the-kenny 14y agoCaptain Picard is in charge of Defense?
- ty2k 14y agoWho else? ;}
- networked 14y agoThis reminds me more of Fallen London (formerly known as Echo Bazaar) [1] than SimCity. Fallen London was the first and only free-to-play game to get me hooked enough to pay the developers for some extras. I'd suggest anyone with an interest in either free-to-play games and/or the role of writing in video games to take a look at it. Here's a review [2] and an analysis of the game's monetization [3]. The developers' blog has insights into their process and what they call "narrative engineering" [4]. It's best to read it oldest-to-newest. [1] http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/ http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/ [2] http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/30/impressions-fallen-london/ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/30/impressions-falle... [3] http://www.gamesbrief.com/2012/09/my-f2p-journey-fallen-london/ http://www.gamesbrief.com/2012/09/my-f2p-journey-fallen-lond... [4] The post at http://about.failbettergames.com/2010/02/27/echo-bazaar-narrative-structures-part-one/ http://about.failbettergames.com/2010/02/27/echo-bazaar-narr... provides a starting point for learning about the latter.