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Plato's Cave

Do you have what it takes to exit the cave and venture into the outside world? Leave behind the shadows on the wall and explore a new way to win the game by journeying outside of the cave and founding Plato’s Academy.

SUMMARY: This is primarily an event chain added into the game that presents a new way to win the game, incorporating events inspired by Plato’s allegory of the cave as adapted by the metal band Orphaned Land in their 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”. Race against time (of your leader’s lifespan) and luck to try and understand the nature of the cave, exit it, and accomplish the ultimate goal. If you are successful, you might be able to found Plato’s Academy which wins you the game (or alternatively grants you a science bonus to your capital while you continue playing the rest of the game). Beware, though, for the journey can be perilous and may even require significant personal effort and sacrifice!

Philosophical and Spiritual Guide to Plato’s Cave: https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3226947954

DESIGN: This event chain can change the dynamic of how you might play the game, as it may require certain sacrificed resources (such as orders) to progress through it and, if successful, can allow the player to win the game outright. In addition to the sacrifices necessary, progress is probabilistic and success might be limited by your leader’s lifespan. However, opportunities exist to abandon the event chain (before Act III), and in so doing, unlock and access a few other (beneficial) events.

COMPATIBILITY: This mod is compatible with all expansions and should be compatible with virtually all mods. It simply adds to the base game.

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING: The mod has been rigorously tested. I plan to provide support for this mod to ensure it functions properly. If you run into an issue or bug, please let me know.


CREDITS:

Lyrics cited throughout the mod and its accompanying guide(s) are encapsulated with quotation marks and are by Orphaned Land, specifically from the 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”. They are reproduced under fair dealing (Copyright Act of Canada) under the purposes of research and review. (For United States, Fair Use per Section 107 of the Copyright Act under the purposes of comment, teaching, scholarship and research.)

Picture used by the mod is: By 4edges - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73850232

Picture of the Orphaned Land album used by the Philosophical and Spiritual Guide to Plato’s Cave is: By Metastazis - https://cargocollective.com/metastazis/ORPHANED-LAND, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75445005

Inspiration for the mod and source of much of the base philosophical content is from Plato’s book “The Republic”, especially as adapted by Orphaned Land into the 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”.

This mod was created and developed by Emergent. You may use and repurpose this content so long as you make the appropriate attributions. I encourage you to do so if it can lead others to a greater philosophical understanding of themselves, of each other, or of our world. It is by sharing, learning, and teaching, with an open mind to new knowledge and perspectives, that we can attain a greater understanding of our world and of each other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I assert my moral rights.

Thank you to Mohawk Games for building not only a fantastic and enjoyable game, but also a wonderful platform through which to share stories, learn about history, and get inspired. The game serves as a magnificent canvas upon which creativity can thrive.

Thank you to the Mohawk developers for building a game that is so conducive to modding, and for providing a helping hand and valuable answers for modders when they need a bit more support to understand or implement certain things. A special thank you to Solver without whose encouragement, advice and support I never would have gotten into game modding.