Project Memory: Delay Extinction

About

You are in charge of Project Memory, dedicated to preserving the African elephant species. The African elephant is highly endangered by poaching and is facing extinction. Spend your funding wisely on PR campaigns, rehabilitation programs, or rangers to fight poaching and get the elephant population back up.

Basic mechanics

Elephants

• 6 herds roam the grounds, each herd has several individuals
• they can move to adjacent regions
• if possible, they avoid moving into the region they just came from
• they move every other turn (every herd has its own rhythm)
• elephants reproduce periodically based on their current population (percentage), while each herd has its own reproduction cycle

Poachers

• poachers periodically enter the territory from the map edges
• poachers will move to an adjacent region if possible
• poachers will move towards regions with elephants if possible
• if a poacher and an elephant are in the same region, they will reduce the elephant herd's population
• poachers can't move into regions that have rangers stationed, but they can move into a region a ranger is moving into the same turn
• poachers spawn with 5 morale and every time they are in the same region as a ranger, they lose 1 morale
• if a poacher's morale drops to 0, he will leave the territory

Rangers

• rangers can be recruited in the ranger upgrade menu and deployed in a region of your choice
• rangers can move to adjacent regions by clicking on the ranger and then clicking on the target region
• rangers can move the turn they are placed
• rangers protect elephants from poaching, a poacher can't hunt if a ranger is in the same region
• rangers can capture poachers by boxing them in: if a poacher and a ranger are in the same region and the poacher has no escape path, the poacher disappears

Reputation/ Funding

• elephant births increase reputation
• elephant deaths decrease reputation
• you gain funding every 4 turns based on your reputation
• if your reputation drops to 0, you lose the game

Move order

1. elephants
2. poachers
3. rangers

Buy Options

PR Center

• Ambassador: increases funding received by 10%
• Community Outreach: delays the next poacher spawn by 1 turn (stackable)
• Documentary: increases your reputation by 10

Rehabilitation Center

• Buy elephants from zoos: adds a new herd to the territory
• Fertilization: increases elephant birth rate (stackable with diminishing returns)

Ranger Camp

• hire a new ranger by placing them on the map

End Conditions

Win

• once the elephant population reaches 1000 (green line in the report window)

Lose

• once the elephant population drops below 200 (red line in the report window)
• once your reputation drops to 0

Credits

• Code - RaXaH
• Art - Hekateras
• Music & sound - Neverpure20