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A jam submission

The Cursed SoldiersView game page

Lead an anti-Communist resistance against the unstoppable spread of Soviet oppression in post-WWII Poland.
Submitted by xcapaldi, lcapaldi — 7 hours, 54 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#601.7012.250
Graphics#661.8902.500
Overall#671.7012.250
Gameplay#671.6062.125
Historical Accuracy#671.8902.500
Thematic Relevancy#682.1732.875

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Heads up, it seems some antivirus stuff flags this download. Beyond the normal "this file may contain a virus", windows defender straight up stops the download saying it's detected a trojan virus. Not sure if you can do anything to fix it, but it might be why your game doesn't have too many ratings.

Developer

Yeah for some reason, modern Windows systems are positive it's a  virus and  there is almost no workaround. We developed it primarily on Linux and then moved the files to an old Windows machine (Windows 7) for packaging. On that machine we get no errors at all but we haven't been able to find a solution for more modern systems . . .

HostSubmitted (1 edit)

From the wiki page:

The operations and history of the "cursed soldiers" have been controversial, and many have been accused of antisemitism and war crimesBarbara Engelking suggested that the groups used anti-semitic tropes such as Żydokomuna. They also committed mass murder, such as the 1946 pacification of villages by PAS NZW.
Developer

Yes we've read about the controversy with the anti-communist movements. It is particularly complex to really analyse their motives since what is historically referred to as "Cursed Soldiers" really consisted of several distinct resistance groups operating over a period of time. It becomes even more complex when you start looking into the propaganda used by the communist government against the resistance forces. Nonetheless Poland now has a national holiday in remembrance of their actions. As with many conflicts in the Cold War, the real morality of the conflict was fuzzy at best. We just thought this was a small conflict that many people wouldn't have been exposed to before.

HostSubmitted

OK