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2018 · Eat Create Sleep · Adventure · God game

Crest

Take the role of a god who guides humanity by issuing commandments. The game is centered on surviving and expressing yourself by creating a religion you find compelling. Start writing and lead your people into the future!

Also known as: Crest - an indirect god game · Crest.exe
Released: 8 March 2018
Platforms: Linux macOS Windows
Genres: Adventure God game Indie Simulation Strategy Survival
Developers: Eat Create Sleep
Publishers: Eat Create Sleep
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Fantasy Historical Sandbox Open world
Languages: English
Time to beat: 3.5hmain story5hcompletionist

About

Crest is a god game by Eat Create Sleep for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. It was released into Steam Early Access on 23 April 2015. and launched on 8 March 2018.

›Story

Welcome to Crest, an indirect god sim where the only way to interact with your followers is by issuing commandments written in a pictographic language.

How these commandments are interpreted and remembered is not set in stone. What you communicate and what experiences your followers have with the environment is the basis for their religion. Over time, commandments can develop different associations and completely change their meaning. After all, your followers still have free will and will sometimes do what they think is best for them, regardless of what you had in mind.

Consequences of your actions may not always be clear and you will need to be aware of the ever-changing environment and your people's disposition, amongst others their disposition towards you. Expressing yourself is the key of Crest; you will do so through your people and the world they shape.

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Gameplay

Crest is a strategy game with low poly design, survival and god game elements, and influences from the Populous, and Dwarf Fortress video games.

Development

Crest is being developed by Eat Create Sleep. The game exceeded its crowdfunding goal of US$20,000 by raising US$21,964 in 2014 on Indiegogo. The game was greenlit through Steam Greenlight on 19 November 2014 and released into Steam Early Access, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, on 23 April 2015.

As of January 2018, the game is still in development and receives regular updates up to several times a month.