First Steps


Launching the early prototype of Coming Calamity's new project: Arbritratum. In this Papers-Please-like, you must sort through the documents of a faith undergoing a schism and reform. The experience is meant to be tense and grim though it is still very early in development and a lot of the assets currently in the game are placeholders and greyboxed. 

Our intention is to get this early prototype out so people can begin giving us feedback on the mechanics  as we release them, rather than creating a more complex project in isolation without knowing if our design decisions are working or where we need to tighten gameplay up.

Currently I'm the only developer for the project, as the rest of the Coming Calamity folk are otherwise engaged so expect progress to be slow. I am, however, very committed to developing this game and have already begun work on the next set of mechanics which I expect to release over the next couple of weeks. What they are and how they are meant to impact the game, I will keep to myself.

Please head on over to our Discord after you play it to let us know what you think! A button with a link to it is included at the end of the prototype.

Files

Arbitratum.zip 56 MB
Sep 05, 2025

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