r/cataclysmdda

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

r/cataclysmdda

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, or C:DDA, is an open source post-apocalyptic turn-based survival RPG that challenges players to not only survive, but battle a wide range of zombies and other terrifying creatures that threaten their lives.

Created Mar 9, 2013

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####Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, or C:DDA, is an open source post-apocalyptic turn-based survival RPG that challenges players to not only survive, but battle a wide range of zombies and other terrifying creatures that threaten their lives. Newcomers are recommended to play the most recent stable release.

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Cataclysm: Bright Nights

^Fork ^of ^C:DDA ^with ^emphasis ^on ^combat, ^gameplay ^balance, ^and ^QoL

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Cataclysm: Looming Darkness

^Multiplayer ^rewrite ^by ^/u/stolencatkarma

WatchCDDA

^Cataclysm: ^DDA ^SSH ^server ^by ^/u/r7st

WatchCDDA Discord

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Announcement	Dev Blog	Discussion

	Community
	Announcement
Challenge	Changelog	Discussion
	Guide

	Creative
^Quality Art	Idea	^Quality Meme
Mod	Music	Story
Tilesets	Tools	Video

	Miscellaneous
Bug	Fixed	[Help Wanted](https://www.reddit.com/r/cataclysmdda/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3A%5BHelp Wanted%5D)
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Rule 3 - Avoid making personal insults. To maintain the quality of discussions, avoid making personal insults - this includes unproductive or vitriolic criticisms of others, especially aspects of others unrelated to the discussion at hand.

3a - In the context of the development direction of DDA, this includes rude or bad-faith criticism of gameplay features. Constructive criticism of the game, or even better, contributing to the game directly, is encouraged instead.

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