Future? No Thanks!

Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. The year is 2045, and society has never been better: climate change is finally being tackled, democracy thrives, and technology serves humanity rather than enslaving it. There’s just one problem: you. You are Harvey Huffstone, a grumpy elder who no longer fits in, and today is the last day of your life. Your final mission? Completing your bucket list before your self-scheduled euthanasia. Indulge in outdated pleasures, explore a post-post-industrial Midwest, clash with a society that’s moved on without you, and maybe, just maybe leave with fewer regrets. Future? No Thanks! draws from utopian traditions of the past as well as contemporary speculative fiction, solarpunk, degrowth, and fully automated luxury communism. Through the eyes of a deeply flawed character, the player explores a new world being built within the shell of the old. This vision does not rely on far-out technologies or ideological homogeneity, but rather on different social relationships and more democratic institutions. In a medium dominated by heroic dystopias, the game proposes utopia as an actionable political project for the present.