diff --git a/android/src/com/unciv/app/AndroidLauncher.kt b/android/src/com/unciv/app/AndroidLauncher.kt
index cf500c92c3..a5ef1f02d7 100644
--- a/android/src/com/unciv/app/AndroidLauncher.kt
+++ b/android/src/com/unciv/app/AndroidLauncher.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import androidx.work.WorkManager
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidApplication
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidApplicationConfiguration
 import com.unciv.UncivGame
+import com.unciv.UncivGameParameters
 import com.unciv.logic.GameSaver
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -23,12 +24,13 @@ class AndroidLauncher : AndroidApplication() {
 		}
 
         val config = AndroidApplicationConfiguration().apply { useImmersiveMode = true }
-        val game = UncivGame (
+        val androidParameters = UncivGameParameters(
                 version = BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME,
                 crashReportSender = CrashReportSenderAndroid(this),
                 exitEvent = this::finish,
                 fontImplementation = NativeFontAndroid(45)
-            )
+        )
+        val game = UncivGame ( androidParameters )
         initialize(game, config)
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index 5031aa720a..e4c754bc08 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ import com.unciv.ui.worldscreen.WorldScreen
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 
-class UncivGame(
-        val version: String,
-        private val crashReportSender: CrashReportSender? = null,
-        val exitEvent: (()->Unit)? = null,
-        val cancelDiscordEvent: (()->Unit)? = null,
-        val fontImplementation: NativeFontImplementation? = null
-) : Game() {
+class UncivGame(parameters: UncivGameParameters) : Game() {
     // we need this secondary constructor because Java code for iOS can't handle Kotlin lambda parameters
-    constructor(version: String) : this(version, null)
+    constructor(version: String) : this(UncivGameParameters(version, null))
+
+    val version = parameters.version
+    private val crashReportSender = parameters.crashReportSender
+    val exitEvent = parameters.exitEvent
+    val cancelDiscordEvent = parameters.cancelDiscordEvent
+    val fontImplementation = parameters.fontImplementation
+    val consoleMode = parameters.consoleMode
 
     lateinit var gameInfo: GameInfo
     fun isGameInfoInitialized() = this::gameInfo.isInitialized
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGameParameters.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGameParameters.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e7f85be61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGameParameters.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.unciv
+
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.CrashReportSender
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.NativeFontImplementation
+
+class UncivGameParameters(val version: String,
+                          val crashReportSender: CrashReportSender? = null,
+                          val exitEvent: (()->Unit)? = null,
+                          val cancelDiscordEvent: (()->Unit)? = null,
+                          val fontImplementation: NativeFontImplementation? = null,
+                          val consoleMode: Boolean = false) {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/desktop/src/com/unciv/app/desktop/DesktopLauncher.kt b/desktop/src/com/unciv/app/desktop/DesktopLauncher.kt
index 972a8a8fb3..d8b0910d0c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/com/unciv/app/desktop/DesktopLauncher.kt
+++ b/desktop/src/com/unciv/app/desktop/DesktopLauncher.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture
 import com.badlogic.gdx.tools.texturepacker.TexturePacker
 import com.unciv.UncivGame
+import com.unciv.UncivGameParameters
 import com.unciv.models.translations.tr
 import io.ktor.application.call
 import io.ktor.http.HttpStatusCode
@@ -41,7 +42,14 @@ internal object DesktopLauncher {
 
         val versionFromJar = DesktopLauncher.javaClass.`package`.specificationVersion ?: "Desktop"
 
-        val game = UncivGame ( versionFromJar, null, { exitProcess(0) }, { discordTimer?.cancel() }, NativeFontDesktop(45) )
+        val desktopParameters = UncivGameParameters(
+                versionFromJar,
+                exitEvent = { exitProcess(0) },
+                cancelDiscordEvent = { discordTimer?.cancel() },
+                fontImplementation = NativeFontDesktop(45)
+        )
+
+        val game = UncivGame ( desktopParameters )
 
         if(!RaspberryPiDetector.isRaspberryPi()) // No discord RPC for Raspberry Pi, see https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv/issues/1624
             tryActivateDiscord(game)
diff --git a/tests/src/com/unciv/testing/BasicTests.kt b/tests/src/com/unciv/testing/BasicTests.kt
index e1c54b423e..b08f2f239d 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/unciv/testing/BasicTests.kt
+++ b/tests/src/com/unciv/testing/BasicTests.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.unciv.testing
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx
 import com.unciv.UncivGame
+import com.unciv.UncivGameParameters
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.Ruleset
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.RulesetCache
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.unit.BaseUnit
@@ -35,13 +36,16 @@ class BasicTests {
 
     @Test
     fun gameIsNotRunWithDebugModes() {
-        val game = UncivGame("", null, null)
+        val params = UncivGameParameters("", null, null)
+        val game = UncivGame(params)
         Assert.assertTrue("This test will only pass if the game is not run with debug modes",
                 !game.superchargedForDebug
                         && !game.viewEntireMapForDebug
                         && game.simulateUntilTurnForDebug <= 0
                         && !game.simulateUntilWin
-                        && !game.scenarioDebugSwitch)
+                        && !game.scenarioDebugSwitch
+                        && !game.consoleMode
+        )
     }
 
     // If there's a unit that obsoletes with no upgrade then when it obsoletes