A force is seizing control of the country. The police are rioting. And you’re doing your best to guide a protest safely throughout all this in The Change Architect.
You’ve got live camera feeds and an eagle-eye view of the mayhem that’s going down on the streets, so you need to make rapid decisions on what to do in order to keep people safe and keep the protest moving. Assuming that’s the best course of action across these tense ten minutes. It’s up to you what kind of calls you make and what you value in the protest, as well as how you deal with your feelings for the friends who are down on the ground dealing with the police and the military. What will you allow to guide your hand?
It’s a lot to process, and the information and events (which skew so close to reality that it makes this a heart-wrenching experience) come at you hard, with consequences quickly piling up depending on how you lead. It all feels so precarious as you try to work through it, trying to keep a clear head when you know you’re making people suffer based on what you decide. Do you keep your people safe, but risk losing your momentum toward the greater good? Do you push so hard that your people get hurt or worse in hopes of continuing to raise the power of the people? No decision feels right or wrong, but all will weigh heavily on you.
The Change Architect, like all of the developer’s other works, are thoughtful and frighteningly relevant, asking us vital questions we need to address to stop the cruel forces that have been so bold in their actions.
The Change Architect is available now on itch.io. You can also add it to your Steam Wishlist.
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