Short blurb (for the tiny summary box)

A choice-driven, post‑apocalyptic strategy game where every decision can spark survival… or annihilation.

Nuclear Option

A post‑apocalyptic, choice-driven strategy experience where diplomacy, survival, and raw power collide.

🌍 About the Game

Nuclear Option drops you into a fragile world recovering from catastrophe. Resources are scarce, alliances are brittle, and every move you make ripples across the wasteland. Will you rebuild a just society, dominate with military might, or gamble everything on… the nuclear option?

🔥 Key Features

• Consequences That Matter Every treaty, raid, or launch decision permanently shapes the map—and your reputation.

• Deep Strategy, Your Way Balance resource management, base building, technology trees, and faction diplomacy.

• Dynamic Factions AI factions remember your actions, form coalitions, betray you, or bend the knee.

• Escalation Meter Push too far and the world tips back toward annihilation. Can you walk the line?

• Multiple Endings Peace, domination, collapse—or something far worse.

🧠 Core Loop

1. Scout & Secure rare resources

2. Negotiate or Conquer neighboring factions

3. Research & Upgrade strategic tech

4. Stabilize… or Escalate the world stage

5. Choose Your Ending: diplomacy, domination, or detonation

🗺️ Game Modes

• Campaign Mode – Story-driven, branching choices, unique faction arcs

• Sandbox Mode – Configure the world, factions, and aggression levels

• Iron Will (Permadeath) – One save. One mistake. One end.

🧩 Systems You’ll Master

• Morale & Stability – Keep your people loyal—or fear you

• Espionage & Intel – Sabotage reactors, steal tech, plant agents

• Doctrine & Policy – Set war doctrines, economic policies, and emergency decrees

• Nuclear Protocols – Locked behind safeguards… unless you rewrite them

🎮 Controls (Default)

• WASD / Arrow Keys – Pan camera

• Mouse Wheel – Zoom

• Left Click – Select / Interact

• Right Click – Context actions / Move

• Space – Pause / Tactical view

• Esc – Menu

(Full keybinding remap available in Settings.)

🖥️ System Requirements

Minimum

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) / macOS 11+ / Linux (glibc 2.27+)

• CPU: Intel i5 / Ryzen 3 or equivalent

• RAM: 8 GB

• GPU: GTX 960 / RX 560 (2 GB VRAM)

• Storage: 2 GB

Recommended

• CPU: Intel i7 / Ryzen 5

• RAM: 16 GB

• GPU: GTX 1660 / RX 580 (4 GB VRAM)

• Storage: SSD recommended

🧭 Roadmap (Post-Launch / Early Access, if applicable)

• ✅ Core campaign + sandbox

• 🔄 Advanced diplomacy reworks (multi-faction treaties, federations)

• 🔄 Modding support (factions, maps, events)

• 🔜 Co-op or Asymmetric Multiplayer (vote to escalate?)

• 🔜 Steam Workshop / Itch Butler integration

• 🔜 Hardcore realism mode (limited intel, fog of war, nuclear authentication steps)

❓ FAQ

Q: Is there permadeath / Ironman? A: Yes. One timeline. One save. No reloads.

Q: Is this a fast RTS or slow-burn strategy? A: A deliberate, choice-heavy strategy game with real-time pause or turn-based phases (depending on your settings).

Q: Are there peaceful endings? A: Absolutely—if you can keep the world from spiraling back into chaos.