1/3/2024 0 Comments Gratuitous tank battles mods![]() ![]() ![]() "We have had a global credit crunch and financial crisis, the occupy movement, the Arab spring, and mobile phones have got slightly smaller, then larger again." Another smouldering potato is of course gun control policies in the United States. It will be interesting to see what politic issues and events Harris will include. There's no release date yet for Democracy 3 but it will be sometime in 2013. The game is up and running already (I’ve worked on it on and off for a while now), but there is nothing exciting to see yet." So drastic are his new plans that most of the old formula was junked, although visually it won't be too alien: "I’m coding Democracy 3 95% from scratch, although the basic GUI layout be very very similar (although much polished). Climate change is a bigger deal now, fears of gangsta rap less so… plus the whole ‘finance your government debt through money printing or the bond market’ and credit ratings could all be reflected in a modern version of the game. The game has been left behind slightly by political events. ![]() This is a shortfall which skews the game more than I would like into a specific political direction The game had no good system within its simulation to reflect the private sector with regards to social services such as health care, schools and pensions, and tended to require state provision in those areas.The game’s modding support could be much improved, as could it’s tutorial.There are also numerous other GUI areas that need more flexibility and polish. He highlights some good reasons for return to the Democracy series: "The original, and D2 are good solid games, but they are long in the tooth now, and are starting to seriously show their age, despite D2 selling scarily well still, and also now on steam." I also find it very interesting (although incredibly difficult) to work on," blogged Positech one-man-band Cliff 'cliffski' Harris. I don’t think any other game I’ve made has been so ‘out of the blue’ as Democracy. I think it’s my most original and innovative design, in terms of both mechanics and GUI. "Firstly, democracy is a game I am very proud of. ![]()
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