DICTATOR DICERE! - V0.0 (Extended Edition)

Instructions

PRELUDE: This game was originally created as a school project in a group of me and 3 other people. It was made over a period of about 5-6 weeks, however, some of the content in this version is considered "extra content" and not part of the original version. I handled most of the art, game design, and programming, but I would like to shout out my anonymous partners who gave me permission to release this altered build and helped a lot with the game's story and did basically all of the physical media for the project. Some of the content not included in the original build that was introduced in this one is the Game Mode and Difficulty selection. By the way, me and a few others hid some references in the writing of the instructions and the game itself so look out for that, too! CONTROLS - Press the buttons to perform an action Press the space bar to pause the game (in the day phase) STORY: It's the Roman Republic, and after a string of disasters, YOU have been chosen to become Rome's emergency Dictator. It's been going decently, and you only have 5 days until you're retired. Should be pretty easy, right? Just hang out in the city Forum and answer peoples' questions. Turns out, that "string of disasters" thing REALLY hit the republic hard and now you're stuck with constantly dwindling resources. You're broke, you don't have imports, your people are starving, and worst of all, everyone hates you! Can't they see that you're trying!? But nonetheless, you've only got to survive this for 5 more days. Do you have what it takes? Btw don't worry if people look the same you have face blindness trust HOW TO PLAY: Each day, you will have 1-3 minutes (you can change this in the settings) in which citizens will come to you with their problems. You have a limited time to accept or deny their requests, resulting in you gaining and/or losing different resources. If any of your resources drop to 0, you lose! If you take too long to answer, you get a penalty. Once the 3 minutes are up, you'll be given multiple deities to receive a blessing of your choice from to help you in the next round, bringing both advantages and drawbacks. Each deity has a selection of different blessings. Once you've made your choice, you'll go to the next day with the blessing applied. Survive 3-6 days (again, you can change this in the settings), and you'll surely win! (Hopefully...) By the way, if you're having trouble, don't fret! It's supposed to be a hard game ;)