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

CDDA is hard to grasp for newcomers, especially mobile players that have never owned a PC. The controls'll overwhelm you at first, but go through the tutorial and play the game long enough, and you'll manage to play it casually like any other games. This is by far, the most realistic game you could download, and it doesn't sugarcoats stuff and make the gameplay overly dumbed down to the point it's comparable to Tencent's brainrot zombie games. The mobile experience will completely be same as the PC's version, so you won't miss out on anything. The only problem I had for this game is the lack of mobile controls you could use to navigate through stuff, though you could easily solve this problem by using the Hacker's Keyboard app. In summary, a great game that is neither brainrot, or a "run-of-the-mill" zombie game.

I like the game despite the iffy controls on mobile, my problem is when there's lots of items nearby your character the game's performance is seriously affected, when you try to move your character it takes about 6-10 seconds before it moves which is crazy annoying. I found it by picking the military camp as the spawn point. I understand that lots of items = lots of processing, I just hope it would be optimized soon then I'll rate this game higher.

I downloaded this application because I have long been a fan of CDDA and no longer have access to a PC. I searched for it on a whim and was delighted to see that CDDA has gone mobile. Unfortunately, it seems to crash repeatedly on my device. As I love both the game and the developer, I will check back very often to see if it has become functional

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