Dominion of Darkness
"Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks and sectarian cults, recruit agents and commanders, corrupt representatives of Free Peoples and sow discord among them, collect magical artifacts and perform sinister plots. Note – one game takes about 1 hour, but the premise is that the game can be approached several times, each time making different decisions, getting different results and discovering something new. Feedback is very much welcome. Very, very much.
Maybe You played in my other game with the same premise - "Malefactor". I want You to know, that "Malefactor" was just a demo. This version is much much more elaborate, with more content and mechanics.
If You want to download offline version, it is here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/hbuzyx71allnktr/Dominion_of_Darkness_2.89.html/fi...
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If you are hesitant to play the game, I invite you to watch/listen to the reviews:
- Indie Game Sampler (video):
- [BOKC] BlancoKix (video):
- Choice Beat (zine, page 30): https://www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/choicebeat-issue-13/full-view.html
- Dads Game Review (podcast): https://www.dadsgamereview.com/dgr-78-dominion-of-darkness/
Development log
- Forum/subreddit active again!91 days ago
- New review of the Dominion of Darkness and plansFeb 22, 2025
- Update 2.70Nov 09, 2024
- Dominion of Darkness ranked 25th on the strategy toplistAug 02, 2024
- New update - 2.4Dec 29, 2023
- "Dominion of Darkness" - big updateNov 19, 2023
- Looking for playtestersOct 09, 2023
- First English language video review and further plans for DoDMay 10, 2023
Comments
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I usually dont play text or story based games but I gave Dominion a try and I actually had fun! nice work!!
Reminds me of the old text adventure game. Would be cool if the look and font resembles the old dos game.
I was thinking just yesterday that a choose-your-own-adventure, audiobook would make a great app... something to think about?!
Interesting concept, this is a pretty cool choose your own adventure style game
I can see myself playing this once in a while.
At first was hard to understand, but then it got interesting. Good work waiting for more
I’ve sown off games for my education, but this one’s really good.
i liked it
I love text-based games and this is a really good one
Game is actually so good, holy
this game is amazing!!!!!
Love this game I am addicted to it :0
Sick game! Loved the old school concept!
Cool game I liked it
Very cool game, didn't win, but it was very fun!
I got a victory this time!
Great game i really enjoyed it .
i ALWAYS love these kinda books
Reminds me of old-school fighting fantasy books, but as the villain instead of being the hero! Very enjoyable.
It brings back memories, and I'm glad to see such content here!
Awesome text based game with lots of interesting events. :)
Nice illustrations. It would be useful to have some options always available, like healing yourself with magic or similar actions, instead of having to wait for it to appear randomly.
Really great text adventure with interesting art
fucking trash. every event has a purely random result that you seemingly have no influence over, just a fucking coin flip.
it looks and feels great man. you can't really go "wrong" with a text based game, but they also have a niche playerbase.
Thank You very much for playing and feedback.
Nice!
Awesome aesthetic, really exciting stuff!
Love the atmosphere in this game, very old school vibes.
Very creative! love the concept
Love the aesthetics and the concept of the game !
Very retro, and intriguing premise. Works so well in the browser.
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So far I've lost twice. At least once I've made it to the final, but the King of Pain got me at the end. Story is well written and doesn't get boring. Nice game for a few entertaining, nostalgic and dark hours...
Amazing and fun, I really liked it
Reminded me of old school RPG games, I enjoyed it!
Great concept! o7
Wow what great game how come I haven't heard about this before. So interesting and addictive.
Wow, this looks amazing! The art style is so unique and the gameplay seems really fun. You’ve done an excellent job bringing everything together. Can’t wait to see more of this project!
Just a heads up, the Mediafire link for the offline version goes to 2.75, though the text is the URL for 2.87 so you can just copy and paste it to get the right file.
Thanks for the info, should work now.
Got Nagasaki'd by the Dwarves, LOL
Thanks for playing. I hope that You had some fun losing :)
It's an extremely fun game. Something I always wanted to read through.
In the 2nd day of the final war, I noticed the following typo of repeated text.
Thanks for playing and observation!
Even as a prototype this has a ton of stuff in it! It's been a while since I played a text-based game this was a nice trip down nostalgia lane :)