Though the cataclysm is predominantly a zombie apocalypse, many other disastrous events are going on, including invasions from fungi, Triffids, Lovecraftian monsters and caves containing sewer rats and a rat king. The game is set in near-future New England after a catastrophic event killed most of the human population and spawned various monsters and hazards. This includes both things required for day-to-day survival such as scavenging, hunting, and finding shelter, as well as larger goals such as farming, installing bionics, making and repairing vehicles, and constructing homes.
The player is then free to do whatever they please.
The player then creates a character and is placed into one of many possible starting scenarios. Prior to playing, the player generates a world which can be shared between different characters. The game is text-based, though alternative graphical tilesets are available. Rock, Paper, Shotgun named CDDA one of 'The 50 Best Free Games on PC' in 2016. The game is currently largely developed by its community. The game is freely downloadable on the game's website and the source code is also freely available on the project's GitHub repository under the CC BY-SA Creative Commons license. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a fork of the original game Cataclysm. In-game screenshot showing a player being chased by zombies 'Z'Ĭataclysm: Dark Days Ahead ( CDDA) is an open-source survival horror roguelike video game.
