CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
Delve Interactive · 2020 · Choose Your Own Adventure, Time Management, Roguelite, Life Sim, Roguelike
PC
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About CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
CHANGE is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and kindness to develop your character and escape to a new life.
With hundreds of perks, items, events and more, this serious game comes with a large amount of depth that opens up the more you play, and changes based on how you play.
20% of Delve Interactive's profits from this game will be donated to charities focused on the issue of homelessness.
This is a hate letter to the growing indifference in the world. When members of the development team almost fell into homelessness some years ago, it inspired us to create something that gives a voice to the forgotten and the vulnerable. We take the subject very seriously and portray it as such.
After over 7 years of research and hard work, 100s of updates and fan support, we bring you our tale of survival and isolation.
Manage your hunger, hygiene, happiness, crime levels, street reputation, study levels and other stats as you try to survive and escape the homeless life. But you can only do so much in one day... what will you do?
Will you spend the day begging, depending on the kindness of others?
Will you find shelter in the night?
Perhaps you're moved out of the area by the police for loitering. Unable to find shelter, you end up on the streets at night, and you meet a dog. Is it a stray? Could it be a friend? All your actions affect your happiness in some way, and it's up to you to manage your stats accordingly. You could turn to drink, but risk addiction. You could hope for a fortunate event, or make some progress towards your survival.
But you will have to choose. It could all be over if a bad event occurs in the dangerous night streets. Especially during winter.
Every game is different, and with each playthrough comes more ways to explore CHANGE.
If you became homeless... what would you do?
So far, we've raised over £7000 for the charities CRISIS, The Clocktower Sanctuary and Shelter.
Join us in the community section to discuss the game with the team! We're always listening and awaiting your feedback.
With hundreds of perks, items, events and more, this serious game comes with a large amount of depth that opens up the more you play, and changes based on how you play.
20% of Delve Interactive's profits from this game will be donated to charities focused on the issue of homelessness.
This is a hate letter to the growing indifference in the world. When members of the development team almost fell into homelessness some years ago, it inspired us to create something that gives a voice to the forgotten and the vulnerable. We take the subject very seriously and portray it as such.
After over 7 years of research and hard work, 100s of updates and fan support, we bring you our tale of survival and isolation.
- Choose from 5 different characters each with their own background stories and maladies, then create your own story
- Find companions and find kindness. Build a reputation or even friendships with various characters including the other homeless and the police
- Build your inventory with food, survival tools, clothing and more... as well as unlocking new items for your next playthrough as you progress
- Spend a night in police stations, parks or shelters, spend time at bars, visit the clinic, study in the library, recycle scrap and more as you discover new areas and buildings
- Learn about the lives of the homeless and everything they go through to survive, with every part of the truth having been heavily researched by the developers.
- Experience a beautifully composed emotional soundtrack
I spent a long time talking to people on the streets and those who've experienced sleeping rough to listen to their stories, many of which are included in the game as "night events". This game was made with the vision of getting homelessness and it's difficulties across through a game that's engaging and empathetic.
We also spent time delving into and cross referencing a ton of literature on homelessness provided publicly by various charity, journalistic and government institutions.
Manage your hunger, hygiene, happiness, crime levels, street reputation, study levels and other stats as you try to survive and escape the homeless life. But you can only do so much in one day... what will you do?
Will you spend the day begging, depending on the kindness of others?
Will you find shelter in the night?
Perhaps you're moved out of the area by the police for loitering. Unable to find shelter, you end up on the streets at night, and you meet a dog. Is it a stray? Could it be a friend? All your actions affect your happiness in some way, and it's up to you to manage your stats accordingly. You could turn to drink, but risk addiction. You could hope for a fortunate event, or make some progress towards your survival.
But you will have to choose. It could all be over if a bad event occurs in the dangerous night streets. Especially during winter.
Every game is different, and with each playthrough comes more ways to explore CHANGE.
If you became homeless... what would you do?
PLANS
Our goal with this project is to raise awareness on the issue of homelessness, as well as raise money for it. We have done a ton of research for this project and while our wish is to portray the reality of homelessness, various aspects of sleeping rough have been abstracted for the sake of gameplay.So far, we've raised over £7000 for the charities CRISIS, The Clocktower Sanctuary and Shelter.
Join us in the community section to discuss the game with the team! We're always listening and awaiting your feedback.
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What Steam players say
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I came into this game not knowing what to expect, but I ended up enjoying every part of the journey. What I loved most wasn't just surviving day by day. It was figuring out how the game works and slowly improving with every attempt. Starting with almost nothing makes every small achievement feel meaningful. Finding food, earning enough money for a place to sleep, learning where to go, and managing your needs all create a satisfying sense of progression. The best part is watching your character go from struggling on the streets to building a new life. That feeling of redemption and hope is what made this game memorable for me. This isn't a fast-paced game. It rewards patience, planning, and learning from your mistakes. Every failed run teaches you something that makes the next one better. My tips for new players: -Don't spend your money carelessly during the first few days. Save whenever you can. -Learn the city layout early. Knowing where shelters, food sources, and opportunities are will make survival much easier. -Balance your needs instead of focusing on just one. Hunger, hygiene, warmth, and energy all matter. -Don't be discouraged if your first few runs fail. The game is de…1 found this helpful
just unlocked the true ending but have yet to unlock all items and stuff. at first i thought that change: a homeless experience looked kind of bad? but the cute dog on the picture caught my eye. so i bought and played it and was hooked within 1 hour. i love the system with the perks, maladies etc, i love the realism, the park/shelter/nighttime events, the accurate representations of how people interact with the homeless etc. the gameplay loop is pretty satisfying and of course, playing the game is quite emotional. i feel like i've gained some awareness of what sleeping rough is actually like, and i think i'm more likely to smile at a person who seems down on their luck there are some bugs with borrowing/returning library books and a bug where every shelter says "closed down" (when they aren't) but i don't really care tbh
not realistic you can't even do crack and masturbate on the sidewalk
I like this game it is really good but, I keep loosing my save. I will play and be so close to finishing the first character and when I log off and then get back on later everything is gone. 3 times I have tried recovering my old save file and use the discussion board where the devs tell you how to fix it but it doesnt work. Ive tried all 3 times but it never works. I wish this game worked but it doesnt.
Great game, got me into it. Although it does not have a lot of variety in each run. It could very much evolve to much more with even more DLC. You have my complete support, thank you for this experience, will definitely come back to replay it on different settings. Cheers.
love this game! there is a lot of love in this game and you can tell while playing. the devs added so much since i bought it. the moment you finaly get an item you desperatly needed for your "build", loosing an addiction you got because you needed the beer to survive, getting a good job after investing so much time into learning, every achievement feels so rewarding
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