DicTater: A 4X Strategy Game about Potatoes

DicTater | A 4X Strategy Game about Potatoes

When you start DicTater, you take on the mantle of the newfound leader of the Russets. The Russet potatoes have finally broken free from the grasps of potato slavery, and they look to you for guidance now that they have their own nation. Will you lead them to victory? Or will you die in a sad, sad fashion?

For the last two years I've spent over 2000 hours developing a game about potatoes. It's somewhat similar to Civilization 5, but with potatoes instead of people, deep frying your troops alive to give them harder shells, and periodic sacrifices to the potato gods.

Ok, so it's at least a little bit different from the Civilization franchise.

What do You Do in DicTater?

Like base elements of most other 4X Strategy games, you can:

• Construct buildings to increase production within your empire.
• Send out spytatoes to gather information on your enemies or assassinate their leaders.
• Train potato troops to take the land of your enemies!
• Research technologies: anything from spears to nuclear bombs!

Of course, unlike other 4X strategy games, some mechanics are more oriented towards potatoes.

• Deep fry your troops alive to give them harder outer shells.
• Sacrifice your potato population to the potato gods daily so that they may give you their blessings.
• Avoid rebellions as your potato population get salty at the fact that you conquered their land.

There's more, but I've already written a bunch about it on my website:

https://dictatergame.com/dev-blog

It's Not a Shitty Mobile Game, Is It?

Uh, well. Yes, it's a mobile game. But I made it a mobile game because there's already so many games on mobile that are absolute garbage bloatware. I want actual games, not a candy crush copycat that's loaded with ads that you accidentally click on.

I especially don't want games that pass themselves off as strategy but are really pay-to-win fiestas. To me, that's the epitome of bullshit.

That's why DicTater will be free to play and without pay to win. Instead, expansions to gameplay will come out over time (along with free updates). I hope this practice will be healthier for the mobile game store than what we have now.

Where Can I Play It?

If you have an Android phone, then you download it by joining the google group. You don't have to make any purchases to try it out. I want this to be a free game.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dictater-alpha

If you're on iOS, then you're a little out of luck for now. That's part of the reason a Kickstarter is in place, it's kind of expensive to build to the App Store. But with the early success of the Kickstarter, we are very close to releasing for iOS!

I'm positive that it will eventually come out for iOS users to try out either way, so sign up for the beta on the website if you're interested:

https://www.dictatergame.com/

Kickstarter Link (if you're interested at all)

If you hate the idea, and you hate me, and if you think that I'm spamming or something, then pass me by (or leave a hateful comment if you'd like). I get it, it's not your cup of tea.

But if you like the idea at all, share the project or leave a few bucks.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1114473396/dictater-4x-strategy-game-about-potatoes

Join our Discord channel for more:

https://discord.gg/NBAt7yY