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From the official website: "Every generation faces a major crisis-Pearl Harbor, Kennedy shooting, 9-11. For this generation it will be a devastating pandemic.

In the next 5-10 years the H5N1 virus (Avian Flu) will mutate and threaten millions of lives across the globe. Ironically, the first lives claimed to the virus will be the young and the healthy. American young adults, especially, must be mentally prepared to survive for up to 18 months hunkered down in quarantine in hopes of escaping a virus that kills 50% of it's victims. Employing the right strategies today, could mean survival tommorow.

Outbreak is a computer game in development that puts you in charge of responding to the virus at every level. Every family, every city, and every nation will rely on your decisions.

Features

Toy-based Simulation
Outbreak is an entirely new genre of gameplay, that we call "toy-based" simulation. In Outbreak, you will have a simulated virus outbreak to control. However, much like a turn-based game, you will have a chance to learn and decide while you make your next move.

However, like the real world, controlling an outbreak is not as simple as clicking a button. Therefore, Outbreak works by allowing you to control a number of individual mini-games, or toys, through which you experience each step. Distributing the vaccine to healthcare workers first? You have to pick them out of a crowded waiting room. Distributing the vaccine in Africa? Try your hand at driving the truck. Experience the outbreak from every level.

Pick a Disease-or Create your Own
Sure, there are many diseases out there-avian flu, ebola, AIDS, Spanish flu-so why only play one? We designed our game to be dynamically extensible, so you can play practically any scenario out there.

But why should we have all the fun? With a built-in editor, create your own disease. Can you transmit it through a handshake? Does it mutate every month-or every day? Create any pathogen on the planet-or make one straight from your imagination.

Break Out of the Game
Did you come up with the perfect shopping list to prepare you for the next pandemic? E-mail it to yourself! Built-in features allow you to take valuable information outside the game world."

Link: Outbreak, the official website

Link: Outbreak Wiki