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Hopepunk City
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By: ArianeB
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Hopepunk City is the fourth game of the Date Ariane series at arianeb.com. It was inspired by events that happened in the United States during 2020 and 2021. In the near future, thanks to perpetual infighting, the US Government lost it's ability to keep society stable. The land that once was the United States got divided into various mini-states, thanks to a period of conflict known as The Second Civil Wars. The 96 governments that formed in its place, raging in size from cities to multiple former states, come in many forms: Some feudal, some neo-liberal, some communist, some tribal, and many theocratic. You are in the now renamed District of Artema, a "solarpunk" society surrounded by less stable states. You play as a refugee, either male or female, assigned to a household of three women, one who lost loved ones in the war, one whose family split apart by war, and one who works in the government. Getting along with your roommates is a major part of the game. You can play as the player character from Date Ariane and Something's In The Air, or as the player character from Ariane in Paradise or play as a brand new character. Many jobs have been automated, limiting jobs to those sectors that can’t be automated, most of which are part time. Finding a job you like is another major part of the game. The final act involves a crisis to be averted, but only if you make the right connections and get your roommates to cooperate. Of course this is also an erotic visual novel, with the usual amounts of satirical comedy, nudity, and sex spread throughout the narrative. As with all my games, I am constantly trying to reinvent the genre.
PC (Microsoft Windows) · Sep 14, 2022
Worldwide · Exact date · Full release · IGDB
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58 achievements available.
Worked with Ariane in the AI security office
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Successfully completed the game as a community activist
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Learn how computers have taken ove the government
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Successfully completed the game as an artist
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Rachel hired you to be her assistant
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Got a job as a nightclub bartender
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Maya introduced you to her old friends
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Completed the game with great relationships
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Got a job as a bike courier
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Learn how the economics of Artema works
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Complete the technical training
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Complete the Cooking training
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Took a job as a delivery Driver
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Learn what happened to the US after the war
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Get the WiFi info
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Quality hot tubbing with all your roommates
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Took all your roommates to the spa at least once
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Be on the best terms with everybody early
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You bought everything there is to buy for your bedroom
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You spoke at the council meeting
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Worked in the office collecting data
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You got permanent residence without gifting
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Influence Ariane on what to tell the central computer
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Meet the person who lived here before you
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Joined the local gym and the local spa
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A test date with Ariane felt a little too nice
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Successfully completed game as an outdoor enthusiast
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Rachel takes your photograph
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You played an ARG with all the roommates
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Rachel shows you a new fashion technology
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Went with Maya to the renewable energy plant
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Got a promotion to restaurant server
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Programmed new recipies into robots
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Got a job troubleshooting broken robots
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Went with Rachel to explore war ruins
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Successfully completed game as a science geek
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Cmolete the security training
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Worked in the district security office
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Went on a shopping trip with Ariane
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Got a job monitoring the solar array
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Worked with Maya doing statistical analysis
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Ariane invited you to her old swimming pool
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Took a job bussing tables
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Maya shows you her favorite place to hide
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Ariane explains the opposition philosophy
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Learn how Ariane and Rachel survived the war
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You completed at least 3 training courses
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Rachel took to the red light district
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Catch the falsehood in Ariane's story
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You got Leah out using the smuggler net
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Bought multiple video rams off the street
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Got a job with Rachel in weather control
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A test date with Ariane got a little too wild
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