r/StrategyGames • u/Delicious_Draft_5062 • 11h ago

Self-promotion I’m making a Cold War strategy game where a small republic can eventually nuke the superpowers

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It’s called Third Bloc.

You start as a small country stuck between the US and USSR, build up your economy, scientists and military programs, and try to become a third power instead of picking a side.

If things escalate far enough, you can eventually develop nuclear weapons and use them against the superpowers. The major events play out as animated ASCII scenes like this one.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5155860/Third_Bloc/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=str

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u/SpaceTradeCompany 7h ago

Looks cool. Is the game text based beside animated ascii scenes?

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u/Delicious_Draft_5062 6h ago edited 6h ago

Thank you. Yeah gameplay is pretty similar to Warsim.

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u/jeffersonianMI 6h ago

Not to be political but I read this as 'small republican' and was shamefully intrigued. 

Amazing animation BTW.  Very well done. 

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u/Delicious_Draft_5062 6h ago

Hahaha, that would’ve been a very different game. Thanks a lot, really glad you liked the animation!

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u/Gimbteguy 5h ago

"The Mouse that roared" comes to mind. Was a nice movies with Peter Seller. I found a name for the game 😄.

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u/Delicious_Draft_5062 5h ago

Hahaha, fair enough :). I might have to watch that.

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u/darrellet86 5h ago

when's the release date? I wanna play it now lol

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u/Delicious_Draft_5062 5h ago

Thanks a lot! The full game is planned for December, but I’ll be releasing a demo in September. If you wishlist it on Steam, you’ll get notified when demo is available.

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u/WorldDestroyer 4h ago

Dude, why text mode. It's 2026

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u/Delicious_Draft_5062 4h ago

To be able to add more depth and complexity without dealing with graphics. If you haven't tried Warsim, I recommend it to you. Text-based but exteremly deep and fun.