This might just be the best scenario of the whole game, great work dude!

insanely high quality, amazing

Joseph Seed simulator.

Based DeDevilTails; Shadow Plague's soundtrack "Nox Eternis" is imo by far and away the best track. Just so badass!

I created a cult that took the world to a nuclear war, I loved it.
this mod should be adopted by the devs in the base game

This...is...AWESOME!!!!!!1!!1!!!11!11!!!111one!

Okay so this was one of the first mods I ever downloaded for the game and now that i've seen a good amounts of mods it really infuriates me how people miss out on good opprotunites with plague types. An scp 682 and alduin mod both exist and are neurax worms. Why not make those shadow plagues? THOSE ARE PERFECT FOR THE SHADOW PLAGUE? Templars could be spun off as the blades or the scp foundation. DeDevilTails I now see you're right about this whole no shadow plague mods. It's because everyone who should use shadow plague use neurax worm. I personally still think this mod should be neurax worm, but my god it's like the only shadow plague mod anywhere.

You should read up on the Genestealer Cults from Warhammer 40k. They fit spectalularly with this scenario

Hey MrKizu, I just finished fixing some imbalanced cure mechanics so the scenario should be significantly easier. I also wrote a strategy guide on the discussions tab. If anything specific can be improved, please let me know! Thanks!

Has someone actually beat this gamemode? Sure it's fun but it feels like impossible to beat even if you run around destroying labs.

Let the water wash away your sins

Thank you for your critique, gyanleader1kimqin! I really appreciate it. I also want to address your points.

1. I chose to make a Shadow Plague scenario because I simply couldn't find any others. It felt like Pandemic put a lot of work into all these vampire mechanics and no one's doing anything with them.

2. As long as you don't have any lethality, people only passively die in countries where your cult leader is, not just anywhere. I meant for this to imply your cult leader is constantly embroiled in unsavory shenanigans no matter how harmless his words/followers may seem. Shenanigans like inciting protests that somehow turn violent, or killing hookers, or (of course) pretending he's a vampire, which leads me to:

3. The flavor text issue sucks real bad and there's nothing I can do about it. Disabling the Shadow Plague popups is impossible, even if you mess with the scenario's data folder. I tried to address this by making delusions of vampirism just another messed-up thing your cult leader is into, but that obviously conflicts with how most people want to customize their cults. Sorry.

4. Your cult is a strange and rapidly expanding belief system no matter what you evolve. Even if you have no symptoms at all it's still a cult of personality centered around an unpredictable lunatic. The Templars represent the global establishment suppressing a perceived threat, and this thing has happened historically to real new religious movements that were relatively benign. Falun Gong and early Christianity are two examples.

5. Purple really is a nice color, I ain't gonna fight you. But I think the best reason for choosing the Shadow Plague is the music. It's perfect for the theme I wanted.

Why I actually kinda want it to stay shadow virus on the other hand.

1. Cult Leader: It makes a lot of sense for the cult leader to exist and their personal existance kinda adds to the immersion.

2. It's actually really funny: The way the mod plays out currently makes it feel like pockets of evangelical christians grab guns and start indescrimitably killing innocent people which feels like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ monty python skit or a scary movie premise.

3. Works well with the darker aspects of a cult: The neurax worm unlike the Shadow Virus can't have vampire lairs which do work well with the cult setting (even though I never used them because that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up)

4. Purple is a nice color: Fight me on this one.

Okay the mod is great. Like everyone else in the comments I love the mod. However I feel like basing the mod of the shadow virus is a very very poor decision. I'll list the problems.

1. People are passively being killed: When the cult is strictly about charity work and relief aid and inner peace it kinda breaks immersion to have your followers passively killing hundreds of people over time.

2. Vampire flavor text: It again breaks immersion when it says that there are a string of murders including the draining of blood, when you know. Chairty work.

3. The tempars: Okay so they just started murdering, charity workers, relief aid workers and yoga schools for no exact reason.

4. The Neurax worm would make a much better fit: With 0 severity there is no automatic world wide freak out like the shadow virus offers.

xd

i can now make a cult called THE NOFAP CULT

I fuggin' loved making a catholic budist voodoo church cult.

Best Mod <3

Shady Boyo youve learned nothing this is just a game

Very educational. I can't wait to apply what I've learned!