For thousands of years kings known as 'Pharaohs' ruled a vast Egyptian Empire
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
Believed to be gods among their people,
The Pharaohs' rule was absolute.
Their power, unlimited.
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃
They were the protectors of their nation and, as was nessessary to the good cosmic order of things, the unrelenting conquerors of others.
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃
Yet behind their ambition they were the loyal custodians of centuries of tradition
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃
They were visionaries whose ambitions saw the constructing of the world's wonders - the pyramids - and other monuments of of unfathomable scale and difficulty
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
With their great power came great responsibility, as well as those who wished to take it from them
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
The symbolic representation of Egyptian Unity, Power, and Might
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃
gods
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
The Temple, the Priesthood, members at court and inferior nations all vied for power
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃
In Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh, you will rule Egypt in the manner that you see fit according to your philosophies and personal whims.
You will experience a dynamic world that reacts to your choices and be free to travel from settlements in the dry deserts of Southern Upper Egypt to the fertile marshlands of the Nile Delta and to many places beyond Egypt's borders.
You might choose to spend your time marching armies on campaign or sitting on the throne in the Capitol holding court, organizing the construction of enormous building projects or securing lucrative trade agreements between nations, executing dissidents or preparing for your eventual transition into the afterlife.
Whatever it is you choose to do - you will have to be wary of forces beyond your direct control. An unhappy populace, overlooked members of court, factions, famine, disease, and inferior nations - all pose a threat to your reign as well as potentially to your life.
Are you ready for Absolute Power?
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓉔o𓊃𓏏𓂝𓊃𓊃 𓏏𓄿𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈖𓂝𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓂧 𓏏o 𓊃𓂝𓂋𓆑𓂝. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓎡𓇌𓏏𓏏𓂝𓈖 𓆬𓉔𓄿𓊃𓂝𓂧
Absolutely.
𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌
Behind the making of the game
𓆓𓂝𓂋𓎡 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓂧𓄿𓂋𓏏 𓆑𓂋o𓅓 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓆬o𓂋𓎡 𓏏𓄿𓂋𓎼𓂝𓏏. 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓈎𓇋𓇌𓆬𓎡 𓆑o𓎛 𓆓𓇋𓅓𓊪𓂝𓂧 o𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓂝 𓊃𓂋𓂝𓂝𓊪𓇌𓈖𓎼 𓆬𓄿𓏏.
Behind the making of the game
I began making Akhenaten in 2017. Many years would pass as I worked on developing new systems and designs for the project, and the Dotware Company would come to grow. This is a detailed breakdown video on what was developed and how the game has taken on a new shape - see some never before seen footage of the game in the video below: