THE SCREENS ARE YOUR FRONT LINE

In an omnipresent surveillance state, revolution isn't fought with manifestos—it is coordinated in hex, proxy chains, and memory buffers.

SOLIDARITY is an authentic terminal-driven espionage and tactical strategy simulation. Operating from an encrypted retro CRT workstation, you serve as the anonymous Coordinator of a nascent underground movement: infiltrating municipal networks, compiling clandestine scripts, vetting field operatives through encrypted channels, and executing a synchronized regional uprising.

⚡ DEMO HIGHLIGHTS (PLAYABLE IN BROWSER)

This free demo takes you through the underground founding of the movement up through the liberation of the City of Hagerstown:

  • Layer 1: The Whistleblower (Active Espionage)
    Begin in the cold dark with a raw command shell. Audit corporate registries, probe firewalls, and breach municipal servers to extract classified intel. Evade real-time trace routines: burn burner phones, configure onion proxy chains, and execute emergency log purges when system heat spikes.
  • Layer 2: The Shadow Machine (Infrastructure & Automation)
    Go Dark to discard burned identities and construct a clandestine economic engine. Compile automated background scripts (cron::audit, cron::scrape, cron::sell), broker intel to competing buyers, and deploy defensive daemons to manage surveillance heat.
  • Layer 3: The Apparatus (Encrypted Social Vetting & Paranoia)
    Deploy the Signal comms network. Broadcast encrypted dispatches, curate followers, and directly vet recruits through multi-step PGP direct messages. Root out state informants before they compromise your inner circle.
  • Layer 4: Strategic Mobilization (Campaigns & Tech Trees)
    Construct institutional infrastructure across five specialized departments (Logistics, Comms, Security, Finance, and Legal). Launch rent strikes, organize sabotage ops, and drill field units in tactical formations.
  • Layer 5: The Turn (Tactical City Liberation)
    When your network reaches critical readiness, cross The Turn. Watch the text terminal melt into an interactive geopolitical vector map built from genuine US Census boundaries. Mobilize cadres and liberate the districts of Hagerstown, Maryland.

🕹️ CONTROLS & ERGONOMICS

  • Authentic CLI Console: Type directives directly into the prompt (audit, scrape, probe, breach, purge, burner, godark, help). Full tab-completion and command history (Up/Down arrow keys).
  • Clickable Quick-Actions: All available commands can also be clicked or triggered with number hotkeys [1]–[4] when the command line is empty.
  • 5 Retro CRT Phosphor Themes: Press Esc (or type settings) to switch between Classic Green (P1), Amber Phosphor (P3), Tactical Crimson, Arctic Mainframe (P4), and Cyberpunk Neon.
  • Gamepad & Steam Deck Ergonomics: Full support for face buttons (A, B, X, Y) and D-pad navigation.

★ WISHLIST ON STEAM

Enjoying the demo? Wishlisting on Steam is the single highest-impact way to support independent development and help the game reach critical mass:

👉 Wishlist SOLIDARITY on Steam

(The full Steam release expands beyond Hagerstown with the full Washington County campaign, the 4-state Mid-Atlantic Regional map, four ideological branches, and persistent meta-progression perks via the Continuity Archive).

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