nester-san
June 1, 2006, 08:05 PM
"Games such as democracy are an important step forward in the evolution of education" - Kristofer Poland, Instructor of Political Science, Ohio University
Democracy starts with you as President (or Prime-Minister) of a modern country. The country is a run as a simple democracy where you need to get over 50% of the vote each election in order to remain in power. The object of the game is to stay in power as long as possible (there are no limits as to how many terms you may be elected president).
Democracy is a detailed simulation game that is 'turn based' where each turn of the game represents 3 months of time. Elections are held every 4 years. The game has a complex internal model to represent the population of your country. A large number of different 'voter groups' are modeled, such as Motorists, Trade-Unionists, Unemployed people, Wealthy people etc. The simulation allows people to be in several groups at once, so for example, an unemployed poor motorist will be influenced by the opinions of all 3 groups when it comes to election day.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen4.jpg
The player influences the voters and the country by putting in place policies. Policies are things like "Free Health Care" and can be modified using sliders to decide how much money (and effort) is put into each policy. Different voting groups will have very different (often conflicting) views as to which policies are desirable.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen2.jpg
The simulation behind the game also models a large number of variables which determine the condition of your country. Your policies might be popular at first, but they might lead to a fall in productivity, increased commuter journey times, increased air pollution... All these variables come back to haunt you, and to stay in power over several terms you will have to think far ahead.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen5.jpg
Mouse and moving sliders and reading and thinking, so playable by all...
(Ok, not all (READING and THINKING))
Think you can do better than Portia or PJ or Bush, give it a whirl!
Click Here For Demo (http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/DemocracyDemo.exe)
Only some of the details of each country are modeled, such as the level of unemployment, the national debt and income, and the countries population. As president, there is nothing to stop you turning America into a socialist state, or to stop you legalizing machine guns and heroin as British prime minister...
Democracy has a highly advanced neural network that powers the simulation, designed to recreate a modern political system as accurately as possible.but most modern computers are more than capable of handling it.
Having said that we do model a huge amount, lots of simulation detail, a huge number of totally independent voters, lots of policies, events and policy dilemmas, plus voters holding grudges and even voter cynicism and anger.
However: The big thing you won't find is electoral trickery. The electorate in the game are well-informed, rational and always turn up to cast their vote. The political system is proportional representation and its assumed there is only one opposing party.
Nester's notes:
(I legalised Prostitution (Church,parents bawled, but the money rolled right in !), and shamefully set up tax shelters for the rich, it actually made me (unsckooled lout) see what affects what)
I brought happiness to middle-class and the rich, while providing for the poor, plus set up high tech spy network like Bush to keep track of politicl enemies....only the liberals/church/smokers suffered. LOL
nb.. right clicking allows you to set up NEW Polices.
Democracy starts with you as President (or Prime-Minister) of a modern country. The country is a run as a simple democracy where you need to get over 50% of the vote each election in order to remain in power. The object of the game is to stay in power as long as possible (there are no limits as to how many terms you may be elected president).
Democracy is a detailed simulation game that is 'turn based' where each turn of the game represents 3 months of time. Elections are held every 4 years. The game has a complex internal model to represent the population of your country. A large number of different 'voter groups' are modeled, such as Motorists, Trade-Unionists, Unemployed people, Wealthy people etc. The simulation allows people to be in several groups at once, so for example, an unemployed poor motorist will be influenced by the opinions of all 3 groups when it comes to election day.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen4.jpg
The player influences the voters and the country by putting in place policies. Policies are things like "Free Health Care" and can be modified using sliders to decide how much money (and effort) is put into each policy. Different voting groups will have very different (often conflicting) views as to which policies are desirable.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen2.jpg
The simulation behind the game also models a large number of variables which determine the condition of your country. Your policies might be popular at first, but they might lead to a fall in productivity, increased commuter journey times, increased air pollution... All these variables come back to haunt you, and to stay in power over several terms you will have to think far ahead.
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/images/screen5.jpg
Mouse and moving sliders and reading and thinking, so playable by all...
(Ok, not all (READING and THINKING))
Think you can do better than Portia or PJ or Bush, give it a whirl!
Click Here For Demo (http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy/DemocracyDemo.exe)
Only some of the details of each country are modeled, such as the level of unemployment, the national debt and income, and the countries population. As president, there is nothing to stop you turning America into a socialist state, or to stop you legalizing machine guns and heroin as British prime minister...
Democracy has a highly advanced neural network that powers the simulation, designed to recreate a modern political system as accurately as possible.but most modern computers are more than capable of handling it.
Having said that we do model a huge amount, lots of simulation detail, a huge number of totally independent voters, lots of policies, events and policy dilemmas, plus voters holding grudges and even voter cynicism and anger.
However: The big thing you won't find is electoral trickery. The electorate in the game are well-informed, rational and always turn up to cast their vote. The political system is proportional representation and its assumed there is only one opposing party.
Nester's notes:
(I legalised Prostitution (Church,parents bawled, but the money rolled right in !), and shamefully set up tax shelters for the rich, it actually made me (unsckooled lout) see what affects what)
I brought happiness to middle-class and the rich, while providing for the poor, plus set up high tech spy network like Bush to keep track of politicl enemies....only the liberals/church/smokers suffered. LOL
nb.. right clicking allows you to set up NEW Polices.