Energy wars

Simulate2centuriesofhistory,fromtheindustrialrevolutiontotheenergytransitionrevolution,inthischallenging,indiestrategygame!

-Managetheworld'sminesoflimitatedenergeticalresources(coal,oil,gas,uranium)
-Teachcountrieshowtobuilddams,windmills,andotherrenewableenergydevices.
-Dealwiththecrisisandwarsgeneratedbythedecreasingstocksofresources.
-Switchtogreenenergiesbeforeearthisdestroyedbypollutionandhurricanes.
-Avoidhurricanestomakearampageamongtyourfragilegreencities
-Planttreestocalmdownpollutionamoment
-Protectthekeycountriesandtrytoexploittheirresourceswisely
-Dealwiththegreyempiresthatspreadthemselveslikeaplagueinyour165countries!

DISCLAIMERS:
Somesubjectsofthisgameseemtobequitepolemicinsomecountries.Herearesomedisclaimersaboutthem

1.Thisgamemainpurposeisbeingagameandatimewaster.

2.Ifyoudon'tbelieveinglobalwarminganddon'tlikehearingabitaboutit,thendon'tplayitandgoforwikipedia'sarticle"Globalwarmingcontroversy"instead.

3.Scientistsmayhavenotproved(yet?)thattheriseoftemperaturereallyaffecttheriseofhurricanespower.Iknowitbutstill,Ibelieveit'safineideaofgameplayandagoodmetaphorofthedangersoftheriseoftemperature.Thisanold-schoolvideogame,notanessay:-)

4.Thepositionofmines,climateconditions,proportionsofrivers,economicrankingsetc.tendtoreflectrealitybutarenotthe"realreality"forsure!!Ifyouthinkthere'saproblemwithacountry,pleasetellmeso!I'llcrosscheckyourfactsandI'llchangeitsstatsinthegame,ifpossible.

5.Aboutfrontiers&bordersnow....Themaphasbeenmadein2014froma2000'ssource.Youmayfindbordersarenotaccuratefromyourcountry'spoliticalpointofview.I'msorryifithurtsyoubutthisgameisn'taboutbordersatallbutaboutecologyandIcan'tresolvealltheconflictstherewereaboutbordersinthelastcenturyinonegame.

6.Thebordersarenotthe1850'sonesanditmayseemsalittleoddbecauseitissaidit'sstartingin1850.It'slikethisbecausetheworldwas,atthetime,verydifferentfromnow,withlotsofdifferentsnames,smallkingdoms,Empiresandcoloniesandmuchmoreproblemwithbordersthannow...Itwouldhavebeendifficulttoaddawaytodealwiththatacrosstimeinagamethattrytofocusonthestoryoftheenergytransition.Itwouldhavebeenamess.Also,thegameneedsyoutorecognizequicklythecountries'namesoftheworldsothesearesomereasonswhyithasbeenchosentokeepthebeginningoftheXXIcentury'sworld's(midlyaccurate)borders.

7.Nuclearpower.Thegamemaypleaseanddispleasebothanti-sandpro-snuclear:whenthereisagrowth,Nuclearisperfectlysafe(withnowordsaboutradwasteandhurricane-proof,that'squiteagift!)butwhenthere'sacrisis,whencountrieshavenomoremoney,thennuclearplantsmayexplode,justlikeTchernobyl,meaningwithaneconomicimpact.Again,thisisasci-figameandthedeveloperisnotalobbyist.

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Ihopeyou'llhaveanicetimeplayingthatnot-soseriousgameandsavingplanetearthfromauto-destruction,numeroustimes!

Musiccredits:
JAN125/http://opengameart.org/content/sage-of-corinth-music
andNosoapradio_us/https://www.facebook.com/freegamemusic/