Leonard Menchiari

RIOT: Civil Unrest

2013 to 2017  |  Original concept and creative director, developed with IV Productions, published by Merge Games

About

Fight corruption or control the horde as RIOT places you in some of the world's most fractious disputes.

Rioters facing riot police

RIOT's creator, Leonard Menchiari, experienced rioting first-hand at the NoTAV protests in Italy as well as several others around Europe between 2012 and 2016. He created the game to tell the stories and express the feelings experienced during these clashes. What triggers the crowd to behave with such anger and aggression? Often outnumbered, what does it feel like to be a police or military officer in a riot? RIOT presents the player with the opportunity to experience both sides of the fight, a fight in which there really is no winner. Who is right and who is wrong? Experience RIOT and draw your own conclusions.

A photographer and a protester in the street

It is up to you to choose how to tackle each situation, employing different strategies and tactics in order to achieve the perfect outcome. Discover if you can dispel an angry crowd or overcome a well-equipped militia as civil crisis deepens and corruption tears the very fabric of society.

The NoTAV valley in Italy, where the game started

Events

Trailer

Features

Play as the police

  • Employ numerous crowd control tactics, both passive and aggressive
  • Command Assault, Tactical and Ballistic squads
  • Call in police trucks, water cannon or even a tank
  • Choose smoke grenades, rubber and plastic bullets, or live ammunition

Play as the rioters

  • Instruct rioters, armed and passive, and journalists
  • Incite rage, or calm the situation with tactical crowd reformation and retreats
  • Attack authority with Molotov cocktails, fireworks, paper bombs, rocks, street furniture and the power of the media

Modes and level editor

  • Campaigns in Spain, Italy, Greece and Egypt, playable as rioters or police
  • Single player against the AI, or versus with or against a friend on the same computer
  • Level editor with more than 700 objects, lighting, weather, vehicles and custom rules
  • Share your own riots on Steam Workshop

Screenshots

Where to play

Contact

leonard.menchiari@gmail.com

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