⬩➤ Who is attacking an why? The short answer: AI, and we don’t know. Story is limited right now for the sake of scope, but the antagonist will be AI. This may be no more than a few lines of dialogue somewhere in the introduction to the game, or there may be room to develop it.

⬩➤ For what it’s worth, I have a pretty neutral take on AI. Likely, the reason behind AI attacking us, is that is what it has somehow determined is the best way to help humanity. At least, but perhaps in this one, there will be room to introduce a form of helpful AI that is on our side. I also would like to direct the story, eventually, towards AI being an extension of humanity’s will. It’s not so much an outside force trying to destroy us for no reason, but rather a reflection of us and our values, magnified to the extreme. There probably isn’t room for any of that in this game, but at least we have some context.

⬩➤ I feel better about AI being the antagonist because I have some resistance to creating a game where fighting and killing is a solution. Combat is the main game language I know though, and the AI doesn’t necessarily have to be in pain.