You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.
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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The nature of media is typically to respond to events years after they happen. We get movies, books, video games, depicting events when they are usually less relevant to us.

With Electioneering we thought it would be fun to challenge that paradigm. To get this game out while the events it simulates are still unfolding. We don't know exactly how Electioneering will end, because nobody knows how this year is going to end.

In this fashion, Early Access makes sense.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Given the feature set we see as being necessary for a full and complete game, we are estimating early May 2021. This game must be a finished product while the subject matter is still relevant.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“1. The largest feature we expect to add will be introducing some form of a "primary", meaning you will be able to influence the decision to choose Biden over another Democrat in the nomination process. This is also the most complicated feature because it truly allows for more off-scripting than the standard scenario.

2. We plan to make additions and changes to how our Voters are configured to add more variability to the game, both in terms of differentiating voters from each other as well which we expect will help each game feels a bit different in terms of the voters.

3. We plan on adding more options to the agents, to make them more powerful and extend gameplay

4. We have a composer who is working on an original set of tracks we plan to include. However these will not be ready in time for EA. We'll be entering Early Access with music our composer has adapted from their other works. We've selected a set of tracks we hope will feel like more than just placeholders.

5. Most importantly we plan to listen to the customers, and be responsive to what they think might make the game more playable. Since the game is very heavy on data and analytics, it may be that there will be some community suggestions that will be valuable in making the game more accessible.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Currently we have a full Election simulation running, with Events/Issues/Topics/Arguments. We have a configurable amount of Voters that goes from 5,100 to 51,000. We have all 4 functioning agents.

  • The Researcher, who gives you the ability to Research Topics, as well as run polling to see how states are leaning, what sort of issues are important.
  • The Social Engineer, who has the ability to spread misinformation in order to manipulate people's opinions.
  • The Infiltrator who can ratchet up the importance of any issue, really get the Voter's attention!
  • The hacker who can break into a candidates systems and find out what they're up to!

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We expect to raise the price 20% once early access is finished. We'd like to give a discount as a special thanks to all the Early Access friends who help us get this product out there.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We plan on being very active in the Steam Community discussions using the community hub and other social media for example Twitter and Reddit.

The game content is very scalable and so we would be expecting to engage with the community and find out what type of content the community feels might benefit the discussion the game is intended to provoke.

Given the scope and events that are happening during the game development process, some of the most recent content will likely need some additional balancing. We plan on continuing to tweak it inline with the discussions on the community hub and social media”
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About This Game

Overview
Electioneering is, at its core, a strategy game. The map is shrouded under a Fog of War, and as you pierce that Fog, you'll start to develop more specific strategies. We don't tell you how to run your strategy; there's no winning argument. Voters change; if you keep pounding things into them, there's a chance they'll respond. Well, if you can overcome their starting biases, challenging but possible!

Key Features
  • Election simulator with virtual voters making the decision on who wins and who loses! There's no simple algorithm weighing how you're doing, it's all voter driven.
  • Real world events from 2020.
  • Procedurally generated voters. Up to 51,000. We have 15 distinct base voter profiles, from which we generate thousands of variants when you start a new game!
  • Choose your Candidate and get them elected.
  • Fog of War, neither you nor the Candidates ever see the true electoral map.
  • Adapt your campaign to a dozen Issues such as Covid-19, Impeachment of Trump, and many more.
  • Engage Dark Web Agents, Social Engineer, the Researcher, the Hacker, and the Infiltrator
  • Hack the Candidates and steal their plans.
  • Research and choose the topics to spin in the media.
  • Lie to the voters with ads.
  • Hand-drawn Characters.

As the Electioneer, your focus is on changing voter opinion to win votes for the candidate you support. 2020 has been a busy year. Events such as Trump's Impeachment or the COVID-19 outbreak create new issues for the voters to consider. As things unfold, you research topics within each new issue, such as Trump's acquittal and the first Covid-19 case in America, and make strategic ad buys to sway voters. While you're off spinning the issues, the candidates don't even know you exist. Their goal is to crush each other, just like the actual election. They apply strategies designed to win over voters using any method they can to win.

Your job is to learn what voters think by taking out polls, hacking the candidates, and stealing information from their campaign! Making sure your candidate comes out on top is not going to be easy. The landscape is changing; electioneering mimics this new environment, asking users to choose between hundreds of different Events, Issues, Topics, and Arguments (spin) to reshape the conversation and even the country.


Story
It's been 4 years since you last got this phone call. It's time. America is choosing a new leader, and the world is watching. Some of us are doing more than watching; we're falsifying information, we're spreading lies. We're Electioneering. This time it's Trump and Biden; it's your job to use all the resources at your disposal to make sure that your candidate wins. Can you convince the voters to ignore what they see, ignore what they feel, and vote your way? Can you lie, cheat, and steal this election? We'll give you a weekly stipend and some contacts; the rest is up to you. If you get caught, we don't know you. If you lose, well. These aren't the kind of people you want to disappoint.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OS X
    • Processor: Dual Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core
    Recommended:
    • OS: OS X
    • Processor: Quad Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14
    • Processor: Dual Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14
    • Processor: Quad Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Storage: 250 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Optimized for Multi-Core

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