Distopia: After The Flood

Developed and Created by Melvin Gonzalez 

Additional Art by Andy Chen

Originally created for Hunter College's Mellon Public Humanities for Social Justice Program 2024 cohort, "Distopia: After The Flood" is an Arcade Strategy game depicting volunteers helping provide aid and joy after Hurricane Maria makes landfall. The game was made to depict the radical idea of community based work in response to major climate disasters.  Dodge rain, avoid hurricanes, and lead your coqui volunteers to help restore the town and get a high score!

This game includes: 

• One Map (with more on the way!) 
• Scoring system that emphasizes risky and active play. 
• Facts about Hurricanes and disaster relief
• cute characters! 
• a hard mode! (for true arcade Maniax!!!)

Recommended Reading: 

This game was inspired by the bibliography below, which helped inform me of some of the design decisions to making this title.  

• Bui, L, Rewiring Puerto Rico: Power and Empowerment after Hurricane Maria 

• Deibert, M  When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico  

• Michel-Kerjin,E.O  Catastrophe Economics: The National Flood Insurance Program  

• Barnes, A. The Making of Utopia https://www.pressreader.com/uk/retro-gamer/20201229/281560883389920

CONTROLS 

GAMEPAD (xbox/ or any PC compatible gamepad) 

• Movement (Left Stick/ Right Stick) 
• Interact (Left Shoulder Button/ Right Shoulder Button) 
• Y (toggle hard mode) 

KEYBOARD 

•  movement (WASD/Arrow Keys) 
• interact (Q/E keys) 
• J (toggle hard mode)