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Half-Earth Socialism: The Game (play.half.earth)
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Game is a blast for a political sim. Actually challenging depending on what kind of utopia you are aiming for. Reminded me of the first time I played "Democracy" but I actually found the political capital resource a bit more rewarding in this one. Other differences are more obvious, like the obvious leftist bent and the policy being more global then state focused.

Also it was free!

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Got pretty far, surprised that I got a "me and the environmentalists failed to make the world a better place" picture at the end, given I had negative emissions, an ecstatic populace, and a message about how biodiversity was healing or something and Parliament trusted me completely by the time I died. Time to replay! Would get distracted from my life responsibilities again with this game.

spoiler speculations on why I got that pictureGlobal temperature was still +1.2C or something, and I didn't finish the space upgrades. Will be back on my replay to see why!

EDIT: Okay, I got everyone ecstatic, global temperature +0.2C, negative emissions, biodiversity with two filled-in bars. Still could not finish space upgrades. Still gave me the "me and the environmentalists failed to make the world a better place" dialogue. I give up.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I don't think the space upgrades are needed to "make the world a better place" both IRL and in game. The main focus is to save the earth.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I think now the goal is to have the temp increase under 1.0C, negative emissions, and biodiversity at the 1 bar. The tough thing is even though I keep replaying I cannot figure out how to get my temp under 1.0C. I pulled it off once and probably never again lol

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Right?! I think I need more aggressive veganism rather than just meat cells because of the power usage. But you have to get negative green house gases for a while to get the temp to actually reverse.

    I've been aiming for reasonable space myself which is crazy hard to get much of anything else so far

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Okay, I won.

    I will say that I get negative carbon emissions at least before the halfway mark of my tenure, and the temperature does not go down enough for victory still.

    spoiler on how I got the temperature downI did the same as usual, except in my last years I did the Solar Radiation Management option that makes the Accelerationists like you. It has some negative side effects, but the worst ones will not show up because it dropped my temp and I won the game. That's for my successor to deal with when the population gets mad and shoots down the planes doing the SRM and the temperature goes back up again :P

    I feel like there has to be a "clean" way to lower the temperature, without using SRM at the end and leaving a mess for my successor, but hey.

    tips for your first paragraphGet the big electricity upgrades and power just doesn't matter. You can afford all the expensive Accelerationist production that is good for the land/water use efficiency, the animals, and emissions but a giant power draw then. Since it's just drawing on all your green electricity it isn't costing you fuel and making more emissions, or something like that.

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