Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation cover
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation screenshot
Steam
Genre: Simulator, Strategy, Indie

Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation

Bugfixes
You know the drill.

Minor bugfix
More bugfixes. If you send them to me, I will fix them.

Minor bugfix
Just a minor bugfix in this one.

v1.05 - Bugfixes
There are just some minor bugfixes in this one. Please keep sending me bugs so that I can fix them.

Fact Pack!
No major changes in this, just some bonus facts to discover!

v1.03 - Tutorial Update
Some minor tutorial updates from player feedback.

Minor Bugfixes
Just a couple of minor bugfixes in this one.

Syphilisation Full Release
Syphilisation, a postcolonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj, is now out of early access!

What is this?



Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game. In this game, I went through the standard patterns of 4X games and devised postcolonial alternatives. In particular, I try to show that the ideas of winner-take-all and growth-for-the-sake-of-growth that underpin most of the genre have viable alternatives. It's a game that allows you to try empathy.

What does that mean?



In practical terms, this resulted in the following features:

  • Cooperative win conditions.
  • World-ending climate change events.
  • Autonomous districts.
  • Region control determined by popular support.
  • A group report that covers real facts about the Indian Independence Movement.
  • Multiple combat types.
  • Nonviolent conflict resolution.
  • Unit choices affect relationships.
  • Popular support and resistance movements.
  • Non-deterministic tech trees.
  • Player culture affecting production.
  • Friendship-based win conditions.


Syphilisation is a game with a lot of ideas for new things to try in the genre and new spaces to explore. I hope you give it a try.

v1.0
Here's a sneak peek at the 1.0 release. This only has minor changes, most notably a buff to delivering fabric to quests and a minimap tweak. Syphilisation is getting out of Early Access in September 1st and so I'm putting the final build live a bit early to test it out a bit.

Live Achievements
I just put in achievements for completing views. Good luck getting all of them.

I also updated conversations so that both players get the results. It should be easier now to have other players generating quiet if you're trying to avoid climate change. You can also inspire on a sanctum to get and complete new quests. There are a few other minor fixes in this update.
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