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Welcome to Project Gotthard
An introduction to the games vision.
Project Gotthard is the official title of an independent science-fiction command and management game set in an alternate 1994. The Gotthard Files is its public development journal.
Behind the mountain
Beneath the Swiss Alps, a classified European military programme opens routes to worlds beyond Earth. You are its commander. Your role is to prepare the programme for the unknown and take responsibility for what follows.
The game is being built around the commander’s perspective: the people you send, the reports you receive and the decisions you make with the information available.
What these files will cover
This journal is a place to share the development process and explain the game. Expect focused design notes, discussion of systems and clearly labelled development images when they are ready to be shared. This is a project built by a single person with the help of friends who share the vision and playtest.
Posts will distinguish current work from future ideas. This introduction describes the intended experience; it is not an announcement of a finished game or a public build.
The work ahead
The first task for this journal is to establish the premise and the player role. Later reports can go deeper into individual systems and the choices behind them, without revealing discoveries intended for players.
There is no release date to announce. For now, welcome to the programme.
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