The Death of Mankind (Alpha Build)

The Death of Mankind Alpha, originally called The Desolation of Man, was the earliest build of TDoM as a game. It incorporated elements from After the Flash, tabletop RPGs and The Walking Dead roleplay games. Development was scattered, however built the foundation for future builds of TDoM. It also introduced factions, including the Mountain Faction, Mall Faction, and Border Coffee. It also introduced the North American Union, then the People's Protection Front. The location of the game was originally going to be City Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Development for the game lasted only from June to July of 2020, before lore would pick up once again in August for The Death of Mankind. The game lacked scripting, lore, and any weapons. In it's barebones state, the game was virtually unplayable. 
== Lore and Development ==
The first real development of TDoM Alpha was in November of 2019. This was the earliest version of the game, with no lore—simply built out of boredom. In April of 2020, the lobby was built for the game, originally going to be part of a school, the area was turned into a lobby where players would teleport into one area the map.
What little lore the game had was simple. The People's Protection Front was going to be a rebellion against the newly founded North American Union, which was simply a new country established after the dissolution of the United States of America. As the game developed however, the NAU slowly turned into a union between and annexed and puppeted New Canada and the United States. The game, briefly, introduced two factions: The Thorns and The Mole Rats, both of which were never developed upon and quickly scrapped. At this point in development, the game was going to take place in October of 2021. The Death of Mankind was originally going to be a zombie apocalypse that would later overrun the North American Union and People's Protection Front, allowing the Euro-Asian Coalition to finally take over the United States and Canada.
By late alpha development, and early development of The Death of Mankind as a full game, the City Island was going to be a sovereign city called Whitebridge (which was going to be Harrisburg). The "island" the PPF would be on would later become Dock Town, a scrap settlement that has finished development right before the Battle of City Island (remained unchanged from earlier). The city was hostile to opposing troops (the NAU and EAC) and typically has minutemen walking around, patrolling the area, on guard. The North American Union had their own base of operations too—Fort Stonehill in Indeo, a town that remained neutral in the conflict.
By the time that the idea for adding a global war, development for TDoM alpha came to a close. With it, most of the ideas stored away for future use in The Death of Mankind (game).