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In a recent post I pondered a bit about an online project. And a topic is starting to come together.

Whether the project will go ahead remains very much to be seen. But there is a Hackathon coming up in March where I'll get the opportunity to kick it all off.

At the moment I have a name and a concept, but the rest still will have to come together. Oh, and I know it will have to be a browser game, or possibly an app :).

The name will be “Doomsday”. It refers to the Apocalypse (of course), but it also refers to the famous Domesday Book, which is stored close to where I live and which contains a meticulous recording of every detail of England in... the year 1086.

The concept of the game is simple. You have your existence in a virtual world, a character, a settlement or a creature (I have no clue what yet!). You build up an existence, you accumulate wealth, technologies, abilities and whatnot. But Doomsday is always around the corner, and unless one of you is able to spot it early, and many of you are able to cooperate, the virtual world will end.

And all assets will be destroyed, lost for good.

Some of you may want to fight the Apocalypse. And some may want to enjoy the game while it lasts, having given up hope for redemption. And a few players may be willing and able to escape the world before it perishes, and take what little they could bring with them to build up a life when the next world begins. They will be best off if the world indeed perishes, but may find them in a depleted position if the world does end up being saved...

Before and during the Hackathon, I plan to work out the concept and scope out the gameplay, choose the ideal platform for it and set out the design for the game in various other ways. And perhaps even put some gameplay together!

Lastly, I intend to make the game monetized using Coil, and possibly even in other ways as well. Part of the monetization element will be intended to augment the gameplay intensity when everything does get lost ;).

If you think the concept is interesting, and you'd like to be part of the development process in one form or another, then drop me a line on Twitter :). Let me know why the concept interests you, and exactly in what way you'd want to be involved!

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