The Great Darkness: Revived

Revival Requests & Development Priorities

I accept requests to revive older Hearts of Iron IV mods, and I can also dedicate more time to updating or adding content to projects I already maintain.

My free time is extremely limited by work, real-life problems, and spending time with my girlfriend. Because of that, financial support largely determines which projects I can prioritize and where most of my attention goes.

Your support means a lot to me. I would love to become a full-time modder someday if I receive enough support to make that possible. For now, I have to work within the little time I have, but I will keep going, just as I have until now.

THE GREAT DARKNESS: EARLY ACCESS — REVIVED

“In a world without the Sun, the fires of humanity are dwindling evermore.”

ABOUT THIS VERSION

I DID NOT CREATE THIS MOD.

This is an unofficial compatibility update of The Great Darkness: Early Access, originally created and developed by Lady Shion & Belleingtons / the Project Leiber team.

I am not affiliated with the original development team, and I do not claim ownership over the mod, its content, concepts, setting, lore, writing, artwork, or any other original material.

My involvement with this version is intentionally limited. I have updated the mod to make it compatible with the latest version of Hearts of Iron IV. Besides compatibility work, I have not added, rewritten, or changed the original content or lore.

I may occasionally release technical fixes where necessary to keep the mod functional, but this project is primarily intended as a preservation and compatibility update rather than a new continuation of the original development.

All credits for the original mod go to Lady Shion, Belleingtons, and the original Project Leiber development team.

Original mod: Steam Workshop

ORIGINAL MOD DESCRIPTION

The following description belongs to the original developers and is preserved here to represent their original vision for the project.

THIS PUBLIC VERSION OF THE MOD IS IN EARLY ACCESS.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RE-UPLOAD AND AN OFFICIAL CONTINUATION OF THE MOD.

This is a continuation of “The Great Darkness”, an alternate-history mod taking place in a world where the Sun suddenly vanishes and most of humanity succumbs to freezing temperatures.

Those who managed to reach the largest surviving cities in time must attempt to pick up the pieces of their once-thriving civilization. In a bitterly frozen world, the fires of humanity are dwindling evermore.

The mod became the official continuation of the original The Great Darkness project after it had initially been left abandoned. The Project Leiber team formed to revive the project and brought the original mod developer onto the team as well.

At this stage, the project was primarily intended to demonstrate a proof of concept and the team's future plans. It was not yet designed to be a complete or fully playable experience.

The developers hoped that future changes would continue to expand the story and invited players to follow humanity's journey into an unforgiving, frostbitten world without its mother star, where civilization exists at the whim of the void.

ORIGINAL PLANNED CONTENT

NEW ZEALAND / ZEELANDIA SAFE ZONE

• Continuation of initiatives designed to increase the population and reconnect with the remnants of the world.
• Democratic: Expeditions into Australia and India to re-establish the Commonwealth and fight against the freezing temperatures.
• Alternative Democratic: A potential Nixon path seeking reunification with the remnants of the United States and British governments.
• Communist: Establish the Workers' Haven of Aotearoa, with expansion and colonization possibilities across Indonesia and Polynesia, potentially reaching Japan.
• Fascist: Reverse British colonization of Europe.

GAMEPLAY

• Conversion of deserts, forests, grasslands, and marshes into frozen tundra.
• Rain replacing other conventional weather conditions.
• The ability to establish land routes across the frozen oceans, allowing travel without conventional naval transport.
• Expanded cold-resistant technologies.
• A colonization system using Political Power to establish claims and organize expeditions, with the possibility of failure or unexpectedly successful outcomes.