You are Hope

Dual Decade

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About this game

#1 Role playing game on AppStore in 24 countries so far!

"You are Hope" is based on a PC game made by Jason Rohrer.
This app is not from him though, and he is not at all involved in making it.
Our game and online world are separate from his, and contain changes and exclusive extra contents which we have made ourselves.

One important thing you do in this game is to name your children (who are also players). "You are Hope" is what a mother would say when she gives the name 'Hope' to her baby.

Your goal is to rebuild civilization from scratch, together with other players and across countless generations.

You are born either as a baby to one of the other players, or as a young woman if no suitable mother is found. Every minute of real time is one year in the game and your maximum age is 60 years. A single life is limited, but the things you make during your lifetime are left for your children and grandchildren once you are gone. Try to make life a little bit easier for those who come after you, so your family line will have a chance to prosper for generations to come.

Sometimes you will spawn alone in the wilderness. You need to build a fire to stay warm and trap rabbits to get meat and furs for clothes. A sharp stone may be your best friend in the beginning. Try to find a good spot to settle and grow some food, because other players may soon arrive as your children, and will need to be taken care of until they are grown enough to help you.

Sometimes you will be born in a sprawling city, with farmers, cooks, blacksmiths, shepherds and hunters. There will be clothes and equipment ready for you, prepared by players who may be your grandparents or distant relatives. Maybe you will gather some friends and set out to start a settlement of your own, maybe you will inherit a farm job from your uncle, or maybe you will slay bears and wolves. The choices are endless, but remember: unless you leave the world better after you have lived than when you arrived, you have not really achieved anything.

Every life you play will put you in contact with new players. Some are more experienced than you, some are less. Some will teach you and some will learn from you. Some may even be disruptive to the civilization you are building, and will need to be dealt with accordingly. It will be up to you and your fellow players to shape the world for a brief moment in time, before the following generations take over.

After your game life is over, you can look at your family tree and see how your descendants are doing. You can take pride in each of your younger relatives who survives into adulthood and in each new generation that follows you, knowing that you helped make it happen.

In the 1.7.0 release we added the Family Ties IAP, which adds observer mode and family chronicles. It is completely optional and is not required to play the game.

Ratings and reviews

I actually really enjoy this game. I do have some suggestions. Mainly, I wish there was an option to play a map by yourself, with out babies, with a longer slower life span; in order to learn the mechanics of the game. There is SO MUCH to learn. Its kind of tough to feel like a valuable member of a colony when you only know caveman basics. The tutorials are semi- helpful, but often I get cofused and trying to figure stuff out, then starve, never reaching the end of said tutorial, frustrating.

The tutorial is frustrating because you have to eat every 20 seconds. Eating should not be a concern when you're trying to learn the nuances of gameplay and controls. I have had multiple attempts to create a fire and cook but I starve and I don't have time to focus on a crafting recipe. Other than that I enjoy this game. It's fun and cute and I love the style.

Really fun, but controls are a little tricky to manage. Recommend for everyone. I just wish there were more "tutorial" play by yourself servers for new players to try out. The only one that was a good single player was the fire tutorial becuase the side tells you how to actually make the fire whereas the other tutorials you have to figure it out on your own. Book isn't too helpful for new players.

What's new

More content to enjoy!
- more tree types can be planted
- one more type of broth and noodles
- bear meat stew
- dumplings

also some small improvements