Imperial Bureaucracy Hero

v.0.2.8

Overview

What kind of bureaucrat are you?
A visual novel set in the far darkness of the grim future. You're not a heroic space marine or imperial guardsman - you are a bureaucrat. A mid-level servant of the paperwork and red tape it takes to run an empire of a million worlds. It's your job to cut through that horrifying mess - resolve disputes, fix problems, listen to angry people. It's not your job to have sex - but you'll meet people from every walk of life in the vast Imperium. Lonely guards, bored scribes, women willing to use their body to swing your decisions or just to have some fun in their bleak lives.

Don't grind! There is not a single moment of grinding. You're a reasonably high-ranking official of the organization that runs everything - you don't need money. Your word is better than money. There's a reason some folks try and bribe you with sex and not fat stacks of cash.

Choose your traits! Are you a schizophrenic empath? A paranoid bureaucratic genius? A nihilistic manipulator? Try and do your job. Endure your horrible empire. Serve the God Emperor. Meet interesting women - and fuck them.

Or just do your job and play literal Bureaucracy Simulator. You can do that. The sex is optional.

Gameplay:

• In the far darkness of the grim future: "Battlemace 69,000" . . .
  
• Run around and talk to people. There's no money, no affection meter, no grind - just dialogue and some options. How you perceive a situation and what you can say is influenced by the traits you choose - the different trait combinations share major story beats, but the tone and possible solution to each scene can be wildly varied.
  
• Resolve disputes: talk to folks, learn about the problem, accept or reject 'bribes', then make your decision.
  
• Meet random people. Learn their story. Commiserate about the misery of living in the Imperium of Hope and Mourning. Bang them?
  
• Help people. Hurt people. Get involved in side-stories that far exceed the responsibility of your job.
  
• Approximately 4 hours of content.

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