The devblog includes the full changelog for each update. Please leave all questions, feedback and bug reports on the devblog. There is a thread in the develoment forum, here, but I check it much less often than the blog.
I now have a Patreon. Please consider it a tip jar, not support for faster creation of more content. For now, this is fun for me and I will do it regardless of how much is or is not pledged via some crowdfunding site. My hesitations about setting up a Patreon were worry that it might drive the fun out of this; let's keep it a tip jar and nothing more, and that won't be an issue.
Free Cities is a text-based slave management game in Twine 2, and it's my first game. The player character buys, sells, trains, uses and transforms a stable of slaves. Unlike many of the games on this site, the player character has no transformation options at all, and is almost entirely out of focus. Most of the standard slave fetishes are present, but please note that the game takes a more realistic approach towards slavery, meaning that non-consensual content is a significant part of what's present.
According to the site's definition, this is a beta because it's playable. Personally, I'm calling it an alpha because it isn't feature complete and is still very buggy. If either of those things bother you I strongly recommend coming back later; the game is progressing rapidly.
Very little: this is an open-ended slave managment game.
The out-of-focus player character, implied to be male; and his chattel.
An in-game encyclopedia explaining the game world and how to play is included.
I like this game, and I want to like it even more; but it gets more complicated and less fun with every update. I feel like it forces you to, or dissuades you from, doing certain things in order to merely survive, even on the easiest difficulty. The beginning is easy enough, but a few dozen weeks in and making a weekly profit becomes almost impossible between random event, the "rival", and the assinine weather system. I hope Free Cities will become worthwhile to play again one day, but until then there are a myriad of better games on my list that are more worth my time.
I'm quite a fan of the game as it currently stands. Lots to do, many options, and many fetishes are catered to. However, as it currently stands, I have a few things I'd like to see added or changed for personal taste, although I do not know if the author intends for such things to be implemented.
The biggest thing for me would be more descriptive sex scenes. I do not expect images with games like this, but I find higher enjoyment in descriptive sex scenes (something to possibly outsource?)
Possibly also a tutorial, as it currently stands, it can be hard to realize where certain things are, or what certain options do.
The only other thing of thought would possibly adding a storyline or possibility of letting your head girl become more than just your favorite or most experienced- possibly allowing her to be an "equal" who could weigh in on decisions, or have a more personal story with you.
When I decided to take a look at this I figured it would be just some kind of Slavemaker knock-off. I was wrong.
Of course this is still a slave game, but Free Cities plays very differently than Slavemaker and I found myself sucked into hours of enjoyment with plenty of fun still to be had. It is well written and the post-apocalyptic setting is well represented by the writing.
The variety of options and things to do keeps the player entertained for quite some time, and it can appeal to a variety of tastes as well.
I don't know if more work is intended for this game. While more options and choices would be wonderful, the game does feel like a complete game.
If you like slave-style games, give this one a look. It's worth it.
Its a metric ton of data. The screen practically explodes with 1995 looking BBS adventure/management interface. Its a bit heartless and dry and lacks actual character though so if you are looking for a fleshed out descriptive world with elegant lines of text describing the landscape and drawing you in - keep looking. Also - the sec scenes are WAM BAM this happens that happens move along--- all fixable, but I'm judging it on whats currently available.
Wish there was some more sex content in discribing how the sex goes like Corruption of Champions does.
That would be awesome
