Straitened Times Version - 0.56

ST-0.56-FINAL Date: April 2026 Author: Systems Design Group (simulated) Status: Iterative release candidate

In an era of gaming dominated by power fantasies and dopamine loops, Straitened Times Version 0.56 dares to be boring, difficult, and depressing. And that is precisely its genius. Straitened Times Version 0.56

(ASCII representation) Drought → WaterShort → CropFail → FoodShort → TrustDrop → Unrest → PortDamage → ImportStop → TotalCollapse Straitened Times Version 0.56

Balancing a scarcity simulation without making it purely punitive required extensive tuning. Straitened Times Version 0.56