And then his house got flattened by a meteor.Īftermath features several disasters with a range of solutions and countermeasures, though you'll still have to deal with a bunch of fallout. Unfortunately-for him-his injuries were worse than I realised. I thought Angus could handle a bit of discomfort for a few days while I worked on making New Caledonia (the name was random, but it was a good fit) the place to be.

I had no medicine, or a medical tent, or the resources to build one. And one of them was some old injured dude who just sucked, frankly. One of the strays was a scout, able to go out into the greater world in search of even more resources, random adventures and science points that can be spent on valuable upgrades. It's just a wall of cars and junk, but it alerts other survivors that you are open for business-the business of taking in strays. One of the first milestones in Aftermath is building your gate. I had a nice stockpile, everyone had tents and shelters, nobody was starving and we were all really optimistic about the chances of removing all the radioactive waste surrounding the village. And more everything! Humanity might be on the brink of extinction, but progress continues unabated.Ī few days into the apocalypse and everything was looking pretty good.

It's a small concession that has a big impact, emphasising that this is an agile management romp where you need to constantly adapt and find new resources, but without making you go through the same routines over and over again, rebuilding the same old stuff, just because you need some more wood.

Surviving the aftermath game