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"Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy/RPG 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. Altough game is playable and winnable now, I am still working on improving it, so all suggestions are appreciated.

Here is the game: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion

And here are reviews:

- Indie Sampler (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6f4UCEgWU

- Dad's Game Review (podcast): https://www.dadsgamereview.com/blog/

- [BOKC] BlancoKix (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgNpSKToOSg

Yeah I remember you advertising this on IF Hub.

No feedback on the actual game since I haven't played it, but glad to see more people going full tilt on the dark overlord protagonist concept. 

(And now you got one responsive post on here at least, which is already one more than you got at IF Hub)

"And now you got one responsive post on here at least, which is already one more than you got at IF Hub"
Heh, thanks ;)

"No feedback on the actual game since I haven't played it, but glad to see more people going full tilt on the dark overlord protagonist concept"

Didi You make such game too? Can You give a link, I would want to play it (if You are not afraid of stealing Your idead of course).

I mean some would say I write nothing but villain protagonists. (Not entirely true, but I do tend write a lot of them)

Anyway, just look through my profile of stories here and you'll see. Major ones focusing on villain protagonists in a fantasy setting would be Eternal, Necromancer, Rogues and The Pure, The Vile and the Deadly.

Though there's other stories of mine that have them in a scifi or modern setting as well.

Thanks, I will take a look at Your stories.

Ok, in the meantime, I am still improving the game. Some of the things I added recently:

– extended endgame, especially for the Influence based characters – you conquered all kingdoms? Now secure your eternal rule by proving your divinity. Or, if you play as Destroyer of Live, carry out a world-scale euthanasia plan,

– new subplot – Rise of the Witchlands. Remember that fallen ancient civilization which ruins You could pillage? That is not dead which can eternal lie,

- extended economy - now You can destroy/help economy of the Free People in new and more meaningfull ways,

- extended Chosen One plot - now sometimes You can corrupt him.

Also - there is new review, in Choice Beat zine (page 30): https://www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/choicebeat-issue-13/full-view.html

And now it is the time for the big update, focusing primarily on the endgame. Players focused on direct conquest will have new ways to find new battlefields - portals to crazy, Lovecraftian worlds, discovering new lands, and a magical slumber to wait for the rebirth of old enemies/the emergence of new ones (and seeing how the world changes in their absence). For players more interested in the less brutal side of world domination, the options for managing the territories of our empire will be expanded. Will you allow orcs to overrun Dark Elf cities? Will schools focus on training engineers for the army and economy, or on brainwashing them into blind obedience? Furthermore, I’m expanding the Dark Lord’s interactions with other characters, including available romances. Of course, new content requires testing, and since, as usual, it’s highly non-linear and dependent on player decisions (plus random generation), I can’t test every combination myself.

Game, as always, is available free here: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion No need for dowload or registration.

And another news - one of the players made a fan song inspired by the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPcsUonuyo

Dude I actually laughed out loud when I saw you'd even posted on the dead ass Adrift forum awhile back, that is some dedication to self marketing few can match.

Yeah I was surprised to see a post there too.

I'll give it a look this weekend.