Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

CleverRaven

About this game

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Struggle to survive in a harsh, persistent, procedurally generated world. Scavenge the remnants of a dead civilization for food, equipment, or, if you are lucky, a vehicle with a full tank of gas to get you the hell out of Dodge. Fight to defeat or escape from a wide variety of powerful monstrosities, from zombies to giant insects to killer robots and things far stranger and deadlier, and against the others like yourself, that want what you have…

As your game begins, you awaken with hazy memories of violence and terror from when the world suddenly unravelled around you. Now you need to explore your surroundings, and secure food, water and safety. After that, who knows? Long term survival will mean tapping abilities you haven’t used before, learning to survive in this new environment and developing new skills.

FEATURES:

- Tilesets, sound, localization and mod support;
- Backwards compatible with desktop savegames;
- Stores game data and savegames in a publicly writeable location;
- Works with a physical keyboard or virtual keyboard & touchscreen;
- Auto-saves when the app loses focus (screen locked, switched apps etc.);
- Highly customizable touch controls and automatic in-game contextual shortcuts.

CONTROLS:

- `Swipe`: Directional movement (hold for virtual joystick);
- `Tap`: Confirm selection in menu or Pause one turn in-game (hold to Pause several turns in-game);
- `Double-tap`: Cancel/Go back;
- `Pinch`: Zoom in/out (in-game);
- `Back hardware button`: Toggle virtual keyboard (hold to toggle keyboard shortcuts).

TIPS:

- If your game doesn't start, crashes or hangs often try toggling "Software rendering" option in prelaunch menu;
- Default tileset is high-memory consuming; if game crashes during world creation, try changing tileset to another one (e.g. "Retrodays");
- Adjust terminal size under Settings > Options > Graphics (requires restart).
- There are multiple Android-specific options live under Settings > Options > Android;
- Keyboard shortcuts for frequently used and/or context sensitive commands appear at the bottom of the screen;
- You can remove a shortcut by flicking up on it. Hold it down to see help text;
- For the best keyboard experience, use physical keyboard or SSH-friendly virtual keyboard such as “Hacker’s Keyboard” on the Google Play store;
- If game does not react to touch commands (swipes and shortcut bar does not work), try to disable any accessibility services and apps you might have running (e.g. touch assist, autoclickers etc).

ADDITIONAL INFO:

You can also install more frequently updated experimental versions - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleverraven.cataclysmdda.experimental

You can visit project page and follow development here - https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

You can find design doc here - https://cataclysmdda.org/design-doc/

Ratings and reviews

Is it possible to add controller support? I find myself not able to see much with the keyboard blocking nearly the whole screen, so I don't have much of an opinion on this yet. Response to reply: I have already tried that, the only bindable keys on controller are the d-pad. If you guys do want to add controller support, I would suggest looking into radial menus because of the sheer amount of inputs.

Amazing game on mobile! As if NeoScavenger and Project Zomboid had a baby. While the controls take some getting used to and the game has tough learning curve as someone getting into this game, it's super fun! Although the tutorial could maybe be modified a bit to learn the controls for mobile since even I'm not sure how to "Yell" or drop a specific number of items in a stack (w/o doing it 1 by 1). Looking forward to more updates as it's cool that this game has been getting more content.

Awesome game, I play it all the time. It's quite similar to project zomboid in many aspects, but free! I enjoy the dialogue, and the art is amazing. The only thing I don't like too much, is that it's a large game, and often crashes. But I think it's worth it. First turn-bases rouge like I've played, and so far, the best.

What's new

We are proud to announce that 0.G “Gaiman” stable release has arrived! Even more than previous stable versions, this release features a massive range of bugfixes, code and content additions, and new features. 10293 new game entities, which includes several new language translations, multiple new tilesets; including some isometric tileset demos, and multiple new mods in addition to base game content and features.

Release notes: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/releases/tag/0.G