Duskpunk

I do not remember your name, however I found this game at a convention in Vienna 2 or 3 years ago. I played the unfinished build for hours until the code literally began unravelling because there was no hard end to the demo. During that time I chatted with the person running the stand about the politics of the game. I recently remembered this and bought the game the moment I had time. Having now played through the game once, I must say my biggest complaint is that the writing can get a bit hamfisted at times, but those who fear being hamfisted are afraid of one thing: having their beliefs be understood. Thank you for making this. I hope to see more from you, be that a continuation of how the Republic survives its first bit of life, or a new story about the same or a totally different thing. Best of luck in any and all future endeavours.

Wonderful worldbuilding, beautiful art, subtle ambient audio, and a gripping story.

This was a welcome surprise. I am a fan of Citizen Sleeper and I'm glad that game has influenced more to be made. Now I would say overall its not as good as CS1-2 in terms of art, characters, and especially sound/music, but it's still very effective and while I would give those two 9/10, Duskpunk is a solid 7-8/10. I did end up growing to really like the characters and the factions they represent. I ended up being won over to the world of the story after feeling meh on it the first few hour but I would say it gets better as you play. As a communist(specifically Trotskyist - Viva RCA/RCI) I very much appreciated the revolution path. I would say ultimately the game is made for that outcome and anything else is just slight variety on another playthrough, the game ends with a Trotsky quote so I would imagine the dev agrees. Pros - The world, characters, story, art are all great and really looks great even despite early hesitation. Cons - Music is nonexistent, if the dev does anything with this game then even royalty free music could possibly help. The gameplay is a negative in so far as I don't think it holds up to CS despite the similarity in mechanics. Just something about it didn…

A fun citizen sleeper-like with its politics on its sleeve.

I really liked this game. The atmosphere and writing are so exciting it was really interesting to play from the first minute till the last one. Also the problems and questions that the game tells about felt like it's something I can relate at some point. The dice system was actually really good and added the excitement and an element of unpredictability. It has replay potential as I want to finish some of the achievements, take different decisions and just unwind the opportunities that I've miss during the first play. I've played the demo first and that was one of the few games that I actually bought for the full price and not on sale. I'd definitely play the part 2 of it gladly or maybe some DLC (even the paid one).

If you speed through it like i did you can finish it in a 5 hour sitting. It ends with a trotsky quote. 10/10 would subscribe to their newspaper