This guide relates to the game mod “Plato’s Cave” for the game Old World. However, it is ultimately more than just a mod-related guide. It includes philosophical exposition on Plato’s allegory of the cave, it forms a critical component of understanding the artistic intention behind the creation of the mod, and it ultimately details the core aspects of some of my own philosophical beliefs and ultimately who I am as a person.

I have attempted to use the base game of Old World as my “canvas” for the picture and meaning I wish to convey. In this way, this mod is doubles as a personal artistic self-expression of myself and who I am. If you play this mod and/or read this entire guide, you will understand the main, core essence of my transcendental self as I personally understand it (at present). However, I hope it likewise functions as an interesting and fun addition to the game for those interested in trying out a slightly different way to play.

There is a chance you may have been linked to this page without knowing what Old World is, or perhaps even without being a gamer yourself. In this section I will briefly detail what this game even is – if you already know, please feel free to skip to the next section.



Old World is a PC turn-based strategy game where you take control of a nation from its very beginnings and founding, and lead it through the ancient era all the way to perhaps what could be called the very early medieval era. Turn-based means that you make all your moves (without time constraints), and then press “End Turn” to allow your opponents to make their moves as well and to allow progress to be made in certain aspects of building (e.g. building new units). It is what is called in gaming communities a “4X” game, which stands for “Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate”. These games are generally about controlling nations or civilizations, and allow gameplay along each of these aspects.

Explore means that there is territory to explore and interesting things can happen from doing so. Expand means that you are expected to build new bases, cities, or such, and that is a key way to progress in the game. Exploit means there are resources and aspects for you to develop and improve, such as building mines to harvest iron. Exterminate means there is a military component to the game, where you either can or must build military units to attack other players.

Most 4X games have you abstractly controlling the nation and guiding its development, typically over hundreds or even thousands of in-game years. One thing that makes Old World a bit more unique is how it combines these 4X elements with character dynamics. In the game, “you” are an actual person, the leader of the nation, with a limited lifespan. You manage relationships with others and need to manage internal politics as well. You grow old and pass away, and then the throne or “crown” is passed over to your heir. “You” then become this new heir, and continue the game accordingly.



For example, one of the dynasties available for Rome is to be the mythical figure of Romulus. You are Romulus and have just founded Rome, and must bring it to greatness. You will need to marry a wife, produce heirs, and dodge possible assassination attempts from your brother Remus.







The game makes substantial use of an “event system”, where each turn new and interesting developments come to your attention. You have to make choices based on these events, which manifests in a manner that is both thematically immersive, as well as mechanically engaging. Your choices reflect on you as a person (or rather, what type of a person you’d like to roleplay for this game), as well as having impacts on the game such as the various resources you might be able to gain or spend.



This event system allows stories to emerge, and also forms a splendid backbone to potential modders such as myself who wish to tell a tale through such a system. It is this game and this event system that was my canvas for the purposes of telling the story of my own philosophical interests and passions, by engaging the player in living these stories themselves through the event system (on behalf of their leader, who they are playing as). An excellent way to experience this mod and my meaning is by playing through it and seeking to finish it and win.

However, true to myself, I also wish to explain in full, transparent detail, both the philosophical meanings behind it and the artistic direction and intent. Be forewarned that this will have spoilers for the game content of this mod.

Plato is a very famous ancient philosopher who lived around ~400BC in ancient Greece and who grappled with so many philosophical topics such as metaphysics and virtues. To situate Plato, I find it helpful to note the following sequential ordering of Socrates – Plato – Aristotle. Socrates is a similarly famous philosopher, and is known for the Socratic method, as well as for the brand of epistemic humility that guides my own approach to philosophical investigation and reflection, of “I know that I know nothing”. Socrates did not write anything, instead having a number of dialogues with interested interlocutors.

Socrates was the teacher of Plato. Plato took Socrates’s teachings and further expanded them. Plato actually wrote books and is famously known for The Republic, in which he investigates a utopian version of society, as well as expounding on the nature of virtues like justice and ultimately presenting his Theory of Forms. Plato was the teacher of Aristotle. Aristotle was an incredibly prolific writer, and his influence was felt for millennia afterwards, with various Aristotelian doctrines forming the core essence of even late medieval philosophy. Fun fact: Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.


In Plato’s book The Republic, the first ~four pages of “Book VII” (i.e. chapter 7) describe what is now known as the allegory of the cave. Plato is well-known for (or at least interpreted as) seeking to accomplish multiple purposes with his various writings and approaches thereto. He was indeed doing so (or can be seen as doing so) with the allegory of the cave. This mod (and guide) deals entirely with this allegory.

It is detailed step-by-step in the later sections of this guide. In short, it is about prisoners chained inside a cave who only see shadows and have only ever seen shadows, and thus believe those shadows are the real objects themselves. There is a fire behind them, and cutouts (e.g. imagine cardboard cutouts) of objects imitating objects of the outside world are paraded by the fire, casting shadows of these objects upon the cave wall. When one prisoner is freed and forced into the outside world, this prisoner gets to see actual, real objects in their own right. At first the cutouts, and then eventually exiting the cave and gazing upon the real objects themselves (that those cutouts were based upon). And finally gazing upon the sun as the source of all things, such as the seasons, plants, and animals.


Plato’s allegory of the cave is frequently used as an introductory text to philosophy, and I think it makes a great such introduction. One of the great introductory purposes to this allegory is the notion of philosophy and philosophical understanding. Think about your beliefs regarding the world. What if what you believe is just a reflection of something truer, realer, more fundamental? Wouldn’t that be exciting?? If we realize we’re merely looking at shadows, ought we not find where those shadows came from? And when we find those causal objects and Forms, ought we not look at their causes? And so on. So in this way, the allegory helps explain what I feel is one of the core essences of philosophy.


The allegory is also a magnificent exemplification of Plato’s Theory of Forms. For Plato, the analogy of the divided line separates the sensible world from the intelligible world. (Philosophers love to talk about chairs, so I will use that as my example.) Sensible objects are things like chairs and tables, whereas intelligible objects are things like concepts of justice or beauty. How can you tell that a chair that is big, brown and wooden is similarly “a chair” as much as one that is small, black, and plastic? According to Plato, one way to understand this is to see that both chairs participate in the “Form of Chair”, which is a perfect Form that exists in the Realm of Forms and can only be accessed intelligibly, not sensibly.

This analogy of the divided line separates things into four broad categories, and they are reflective of the journey out of the cave. Let’s use that first chair we mentioned. When you look upon it, your eyes receive some sort of brown-ish impression from that region of space. This is “imaging” or “eikasia”. As you try to understand the sense impressions you’ve received, you identify that they are coming from a particular object (the chair), and identify it as an object as such. This is “belief” or “pistis”.

As you reflect on what this object actually is, you realize it participates in the (transcendental) Form of the Chair, and that it is thus a chair. This designation transcends this particular chair. Whereas at the second stage of pistis you were contemplating the chair you were looking at, at this third stage you’ve now passed into the intelligible realm, and are contemplating all chairs everywhere ever, and how this one particular chair is indeed like all chairs in some way (i.e. they all share in the Form of Chair). This is “thought” or “dianoia”. Finally, as you contemplate what gives this “Form of Chair” its Form, what is the source of its being, you are now contemplating metaphysics itself. This fourth stage is “understanding” or “noesis”, and it is when you are contemplating what Plato calls “the Form of the Good” itself.

The allegory of the cave represents this journey. At first the prisoner gazes upon shadows and believes them to be real (like you at first believe the brown-ish sensations are what’s real). Then, the prisoner is freed and gazes upon the cutouts being paraded between the fire and the cave wall and from which the shadows emerge (like you next realize the brown-ish sensations are coming from a particular chair). Then, the prisoner is forced up to the surface to gaze upon the actual objects based on which those cutouts were created (like you realize that particular chair participates as a mere instantiation of a more transcendental Form of Chair or “chairness”). Finally, the prisoner gazes upon the Sun itself and contemplates it as the source of all things (like you might contemplate the Form of the Good as the source from which all transcendental Forms emerge).


Finally, the allegory is also effective as a commentary on human psychology, sociology, and politics. The prisoner has to be “dragged up” out of the cave and does not wish to do so. The adjustment to the light is difficult to deal with, and it is more comfortable to be back in the dark (at first). Furthermore, when the prisoner comes back down and tries to explain to the other prisoners about the outside world, they detest him and seek to eliminate him and his ideas.

For this mod, I’ve drawn inspiration from the philosophical and spiritual journey as beautifully exemplified by Orphaned Land’s 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”.

Orphaned Land is a metal band that draws from diverse religious influences, especially as pertains to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths. Their music is fantastically engaging and seeks to inspire greater peace and tolerance for all faiths.



The 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs” uses Plato’s allegory of the cave as its foundational structure to explore a person’s spiritual journey and potential enlightenment, in a deeply compassionate and collaborative way, tolerant of diverse faiths and beliefs. I found it highly resonated with me and beautifully showcased my own “journey out of the cave”, which is what inspired me to create this mod.

Orphaned Land have actually described this album as a “protest album”, meaning it reflects and represents their exasperation toward political ineffectiveness that leads to unnecessary harm and loss of lives. As such, the album can certainly be viewed in a very political lens. However, for my purposes here, I am primarily fixated on the spiritual implications of this journey out of the cave, especially as pertains to my own spiritual journey.

Nevertheless, the political aspects are effectively demonstrative (in my view) of the first stages of exiting the cave. Because to journey outside of the cave, one must first realize they are in a cave…

The main aspect of this mod is the event chain by which you (or “you” as the leader of the nation) experience the journey as you try to travel out of the cave. Please note that this guide will provide spoilers for the events of the mod.

The journey is divided in to three acts. Act I deals with the realization that you may be in a cave, and the idea that perhaps there is more to this life than this limited mode of existence and understanding. Act II deals with the arduous journey out of the cave and into the “outside world”. Finally, Act III deals with what I believe would happen, or at least what happened to me (spiritually), once you have a chance to gaze upon the wondrous outside world of intelligible forms and awe-inspiring understanding.

This song both sets the stage and foreshadows events to come. For example “the brother looks from above, I cannot forsake the brother I love” foreshadows Act III. The finale and the risks associated with the end of this journey are more explicitly foreshadowed as follows:

“The man who has the gift of sight is one with truth in heart
He sees beyond the veil of life, our cave he will depart
Like Icarus he’ll fly too high, and for that he must die”

If what you believe were to be analogous to being a prisoner chained down, seeing only shadows upon a wall and thinking those to be the real things… if this were actually the case, what is the most likely manifestation of this happening? Chances are it would be politically driven, such as through propaganda. You would be shown shadows upon the wall and forbidden from questioning whether they might not be everything that is.

Plato’s investigations are far more metaphysical than this, even on a strictly political reading, in that even the politicians and/or powerholders themselves might be gazing upon mere shadows. Within The Republic, Socrates famously battles in dialogue against Thrasymachus on the nature of justice, with Socrates arguing that justice is what’s good for everyone, not just for those in power. Aristotle will develop these concepts even further with his virtue ethics found in the book The Nicomachean Ethics, whereby being virtuous is literally the cornerstone to living a happy and good life. So even powerholders who exercise undue influence to hold on to their power to the detriment of others, are actually doing a disservice to themselves.

The question the cave-dweller must ask themselves is – when everywhere around you, you are told of various things you know not to be virtuous – suffering, war, hate – will you accept these teachings at face value? Or will you resist and seek to investigate whether there might be another way?

There is a risk of misinterpretation in this song and the meanings I’m about to expound upon. One must always keep in mind an intellectual and even epistemic humility. Being “one with open eyes” does not make you better than others. However, you can end up having a better understanding of the various factors that influence and control situations, like those influencing society. The way I’ve framed this event is to ask the question: if you do attain such understanding, how will you react to it?

Will you see this as a great opportunity to look down upon others? A great strategic advantage that you can use to your benefit to better manipulate and control others around you?

Or will you look at them with compassion (or at least as much compassion as you can muster)? That, even if they are against you, they are trapped in propaganda. How could the prisoners in the cave not oppose you? The shadows are all they know!

Are they contemptible, foolish souls, possible ripe for your strategic manipulation? Or are they fellow cave-dwellers who are regretfully trapped in certain modes of thinking?

If we look back across generations, and look ahead, how might we describe the tale of our experience? If we had a choice, how would we want to describe it? A famous Native American proverb is that “we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”. The Haudenosaunee further incorporate a philosophy that the actions we take and decisions we make should consider (at least) seven generations into the future.

We have a responsibility to carry forward the torch for others to guide the light to a better world. We will invariably fall short of building the ideal society or the ideal future, but must be steadfast in our commitment and dedication to this principle. And we must inspire our children and future generations to rise even further.

“Awaken my sanity
Slavery falls to the ground
Chains fall to gravity
Truth can now be found”

By releasing ourselves of the chains that hold back our modes of thinking, we can come to a new sense of understanding. What was previously a limited and confined level of being, now becomes unchained to be whatever it desires to be or rather whatever its core essence truly is; the possibilities are nigh-endless. Finding oneself is so freeing that I wish for everyone to get a chance to experience this. Simply leaving the cave unveils a world of possibility.

“My freedom yet escapes me as if I am still in chains
The memory of servitude, it somehow keeps me sane”

Adapting to new modes of thinking can be very difficult. The simplicity of the world of the cave is comforting; you can almost feel yourself as if you’re still there. And this intellectual and spiritual freedom is so immense and unfathomable, that it almost helps to at times pretend a simpler and confined mode of being, just for one’s own sanity.

I have found myself often using simplified metaphysics to make sense of the world around me, or to briefly “take a breather” from the complexities of endless epistemic possibilities. Our beloved cave-dweller who has now reached the surface might feel similarly. Truth can be discovered, but it is so strange, new, and profoundly different, that it’s simpler to non-seriously imagine and pretend the shadows on the cave wall to still be the real things. This may even be done through an analogical approach to understanding.

I think we are stuck to start “in the middle”, with neither foundations nor final enlightenment. We use the (arbitrary) notions of understanding that are emergent from our upbringing and initial seeds of knowledge, and then try to refine them from there, to perhaps discover the foundations need to be modified or redone. The only way we can make sense of our world is by taking our wrong understanding as a starting point, and modifying it from there.

“I feel only pain
But I know that everything shall pass
The end of the path that forever ignites”

While the realization and discovery is difficult to get through, it also provides the knowledge that the journey is worth it in the end, and ultimately transformative.

“White light is blinding me
Robbing me of my sight
Somehow it sets me free
Calling me to unite
A spell upon me cast
Bringing the final light of a long awaited dusk

Blessed, you are the one
Who opened his eyes to light
Now go in peace
And step out of this maze”

The first encounter(s) with this “light” of understanding is so powerful and transformative, that it can be blinding. It is for this reason that the event for this mod causes blindness in the character (to be removed immediately the next turn and with the next event, reflecting proper understanding achieved). As the quote by Socrates in the Republic as written by Plato says, “anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding is like a blind man on the right road” (this is also in a song on the album). What is sought is understanding itself, but the journey is arduous and confusing.

“No longer the slave
Now I roam onto the unknown
But as sure as my heart beats
I'm not afraid of the light”

The main thing that is most important throughout this entire process is that dedication to (or even “faith” in) seeking the light. When the whole nature of reality is fundamentally unknown, we essentially “roam the unknown” but need to be unafraid of what we may find. Or if afraid, then brave towards seeking it nonetheless.

What can be called my moment of revelation regarding the nature of my transcendental self is illustrated through the following passage:

“Close my eyes, I cannot see
Sudden blindness upon me
This ray of light is so unknown
From womb of darkness I am born

Lift the veil of shade forever
Like a candle that's within me I receive the gift of sight
And rise!”

Recognizing who you are (or what your life’s purpose is), or experiencing a similarly profound revelation, can feel almost like being reborn. But it is not a new birth, rather it is a new, higher form of being. This light of understanding is at first foreign, but gives rise to new and expanded meaning. I leave behind nothing of my former self, but instead adopt and embrace a better version of myself.

The revelatory power is so awe-some, that it is indescribable. To properly explain it, I need to rely on theological doctrines and explanations. St. Augustine describes the nature of knowledge as God shining His light through us so that we may understand the truth. While it is not “necessary” to subscribe to this philosophy, I cannot dispute its explanatory power. That realization of who it is I am is exactly like a “gift of sight” which has allowed me to ascend out of the cave, at least out of my own, personal cave.

For me personally, who I am is illustrated by Socrates in “The Apology of Socrates” (“apology” here means defense, and this is alternatively titled “The Trial and Defense of Socrates”). When he is put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens, he proclaims in his defense that “so long as I live and breathe, I shall not cease studying philosophy”. This represents the core essence of my being as I understand it presently, reflecting my wonder and desire to learn as much as I can about the world, down to the most fundamental aspects of being and knowledge (which I see as to be found through philosophy, or at least best chance at so finding them; though I do not stop at just philosophy).

For you personally, I deeply hope you find what it is that drives you and what it is that is the core essence of your being. It is both a freeing and wondrous experience, unlocking your full potential towards the future.

“Left behind, the chains on our hands, still we cannot unbind
Left behind, the key to our freedom within us we must find
Left behind, like an orphan abandoned and lost throughout all time
Left behind, they are the victims, unpunished is the crime
They are left behind

Do not forsake us within the shadows we wait”

As our cave dweller enjoys the light of joy and truth in the outside world, unbeknownst to them, there are vast masses of peoples still stuck in the cave. Can one enjoy the outside world while so many have been left behind? Can one truly willingly, consciously forsake so many, who might otherwise be able to share in this joy of understanding?





In the mod, I have modelled this as a growing personal mourning for the ones still stuck in the cave. This mourning crescendos to full-blown misery as our cave-dweller realizes the sheer and profound joy so many people are missing out on. Should these fellow cave-dwellers be abandoned, allowing one to somehow savour the sweetness of the outside world despite this persistent darkness enveloping others?

In my own personal view, I believe there is only one possible reaction to having experienced the journey out of the cave, seen the light of understanding, and recognized that there remain so many others still in the cave:

"I have to go back"

It is not fair that I should be the only one who gets to experience this wondrous sight. I want others to be enabled to go on their own journey as well. And understanding itself makes me realize how important it is to share this opportunity with others, insofar as I can, so they may come to their own self-discovery.

There is once again a danger to this mode of thinking, as it could imply and/or engender an evangelical type of thinking. But as will be explained in further detail in the next section, it's not about making someone view things as you do. Rather, it's about wishing everyone to have the opportunity to discover things for themselves.

This realization is so powerful and profound, that it would make a person who just got out of the cave desire to instead go back, despite loving so much to gaze upon the Forms found in the outside world. This becomes an inexorable driving force which cannot be opposed.







Nevertheless, the journey is difficult, because it requires readjusting one’s eyes back to the darkness. And it requires departing the joyous outside world. In fact, trying to help others out of the cave is the joy in life, itself.

What can be called "my life's purpose" as a reflection and extension of my transcendental self, is illustrated through the following passage:

"From endless lights, I come back to thee
To untie these chains, I'll take you with me"

As previously noted, the beauty and wonder of the light of understanding is to be shared with others. I wish everyone to have that moment of realization of themselves and things around them. As such, there is little that brings me greater joy than sharing and facilitating the opportunity for such knowledge discovery and understanding of the self and of the world around us. To me this is best effected through philosophy, whose questions allow us to better understand the confines and frameworks in which to operate, to consider new ones, and to consider whether to have such structures at all. I share in the Platonic ideal that greater knowledge will inevitably lead to The Good, and that through a collaborative framework of dialogue we can accomplish so much.

I myself have received and gazed upon such "endless lights". It is from those that I come and wish to try and share with others.

Now, what does "untying" someone's chains mean? One might easily be misled into thinking that it's a matter of imposing a new scheme of propaganda – that is, rather than believing what you believe, you ought to be "freed" from those beliefs to then instead believe what I believe. But this is not my intention. And this is why even this song's name represents my meaning so well: take my hand. It needs to be a journey of self-discovery for each person, and I can offer my hand to help them along it, but it is up to them to explore the cave or consider even climbing out of the cave.

In more technical jargon, this might be said as me sharing and encouraging others to use or consider those epistemic methods that have worked so well with me - that epistemic humility of "I know that I know nothing". The dialogue cuts both ways; I seek to understand as many diverse views and perspectives. But what I find most purposeful in this life is to lend the tools and techniques to others so they can reliably come to their own realizations (or at least avoid pitfalls towards that), not to lead them out of the cave myself. Untying chains in people's cognition that might prevent them from coming to that beautiful sense of understanding, not dragging them up to the surface against their consent.

“Your silent fears, they are all false and lies
Wake up - don't deny, none of these shadows are lights”

As the story/allegory goes, it is a frightening experience to lose one's sense of sight, one's enframing of the world. What was once understandable and "simple" is now a mere shadow of the world of intelligibility and complexity that is out there. However, I believe that with the effort put in, the rewards are vast and plentiful, and ultimately worth it. More importantly, we can have it all.

When we come upon certain challenges in society, there arises a false dichotomy of having to make choices and trade-offs, like for example economic progress vs. environmental sustainability. I believe we can have it all, and our fears of losing out on what we hold dear, are either wrong, or based on a misread or misunderstanding of the situation. In this example, environmental sustainability IS economic progress.

So as we feel that tug of fear regarding the notion of leaving the comforts of the shadows, I believe we need not fear. That fear is false and lies. If we can just step outside of our comfort zone, we can have (just about) everything we'd like.

“I came for you all
Take my hand before you fall”

Finally, I believe everyone can be saved. By "saved", I don't mean in a religious sense (necessarily), but in a sense of being free of hate, and (consensually) choosing and embracing the spirit of compassion and collaboration. The idea is that any harmful acts that occur and that we may commit are to be avoided, and if unavoidable, are a tragedy. Often times they are a deficiency of trust or knowledge. If only we pooled our resources and ingenuity in inventive ways, even those tragedies can be mitigated and perhaps even outright avoided. We can move mountains if we put our minds to it.

A strong argument could be made that perhaps some people are irredeemable, or beyond saving. Perhaps some cognitive processes can enter a loop of commitment to hatred that there is no way to convince an affected individual to willingly choose tolerance and compassion of their own free will. I, on the other hand, have faith that everyone can be saved. If we were ingenious enough, there might be that one thing to say, that one argument, that one non-harmful experience, that might enable someone to come to a higher level of understanding, and towards The Good.

As such, that is in many ways my life's mission. Though I may be ineffective at times, and may even falter in my will towards it.

I have built the mod in such a way that this ultimate goal (though in real life it's an ongoing journey and work in progress) might be achieved, with some effort and luck.

Now, imagine you have returned to the cave dwellers to tell them of the outside world, per the above event. How do you think they should act? You are preaching propaganda that they are all wrong in their beliefs (or might be wrong), while you yourself have genuinely lost capacity to understand and discern those things that actually exist and are actually real: the shadows on the wall. Do you not agree that you are the greatest threat to their way of life that they have experienced? Do you not agree that you should be cast out, and if you dare mislead someone in coming up to the surface with you, that perhaps you should even be put to death to avoid harming their society and individuals therein?

This is where the lessons of the cave bear additional fruit as expressed by Plato through the character of Socrates in The Republic. You should already by now recognize and appreciate different views and perspectives. You should understand the situation from their view. The only things that are real are the shadows, and your experience made you less attuned to the dark and thus less capable of identifying and discerning shadows. Thus, your legitimacy is in question. This is before we even get into political notions of you suggesting some sort of approach that disagrees with extant power-holders.

Thus, each individual has a responsibility to understand others and ultimately be smart about how they approach manifesting the opportunities to unchain oneself from the cave and explore beyond. If we are smart enough about helping others come to discovery and understanding on their own journey, maybe, just maybe, it will not be only the dead who will have seen the end of war and needless suffering.

Or at least, that's my personal view. I invite and encourage others' views so that we can discover the nature of our crazy reality, consciousness, everything, together in the spirit of collaboration.

Lyrics cited throughout the mod and its accompanying guide(s) are encapsulated with quotation marks and are by Orphaned Land, specifically from the 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”. They are reproduced under fair dealing (Copyright Act of Canada) under the purposes of research and review. (For United States, Fair Use per Section 107 of the Copyright Act under the purposes of comment, teaching, scholarship and research.)

Picture used by the mod is: By 4edges - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73850232

Picture of the Orphaned Land album used by the Philosophical and Spiritual Guide to Plato’s Cave is: By Metastazis - https://cargocollective.com/metastazis/ORPHANED-LAND, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75445005

Inspiration for the mod and source of much of the base philosophical content is from Plato’s book “The Republic”, especially as adapted by Orphaned Land into the 2018 album “Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs”.

This mod was created and developed by Emergent. You may use and repurpose this content so long as you make the appropriate attributions. I encourage you to do so if it can lead others to a greater philosophical understanding of themselves, of each other, or of our world. It is by sharing, learning, and teaching, with an open mind to new knowledge and perspectives, that we can attain a greater understanding of our world and of each other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I assert my moral rights.

Thank you to Mohawk Games for building not only a fantastic and enjoyable game, but also a wonderful platform through which to share stories, learn about history, and get inspired. The game serves as a magnificent canvas upon which creativity can thrive.

Thank you to the Mohawk developers for building a game that is so conducive to modding, and for providing a helping hand and valuable answers for modders when they need a bit more support to understand or implement certain things. A special thank you to Solver without whose encouragement, advice and support I never would have gotten into game modding.