Current version: beta 1.2
The game takes place in 1980s, a period of geopolitical rivalry between the USA and the USSR. In the Balance of Power, the player takes the role of the American President or General Secretary of the Soviet Union. The goal is to improve the player's country's standing in the world while maintaining the peace and avoiding a nuclear war. A variety of possible means one can use, either military, economic or political, makes the gameplay complex and challenging.
The game manual can be found here.
The game is an adaptation of Chris Crawford's work called "Balance of Power: 1990 edition" from 1988.
- Loading the game: it is not possible to play the game just right after the startup of the program. Set a new game every time you run the app and the game should be working.
The Windows package with no installation requirements has been placed in the bin folder. The .zip contains game binary file, shared libraries and data files, the only thing to do is to unpack it and run the main .exe.
- Qt 5.0 or newer (5.7.0 in my case)
- C++ compiler with C++11 standard compatibility (g++ for GNU/Linux and MinGW for Windows in my case)
If you want to compile the source manually, download the source folder from this repository and open bopreviewed.pro file inside your Qt Creator IDE. Simply press "Build" button.
Important: before running the app, remember to copy .dat files from /data subfolder to your Qt working directory.