At the same time, we must also ensure an appropriate level of support among the public, which, with its votes, ensures that we remain in power. In the game we once again play the role of the leader of a modern democratic state, and our task is to make many key social and economic decisions that influence the directions and pace of development of our country. The title is a stand-alone production and does not require the base version of Democracy 3 for operation. Its creation is the responsibility of the creators of the original game, the British studio Positech Games led by Cliff Harris (alias Cliffski), known to players thanks to the original strategy game series Gratuitous Battles. Ideals soon fall by the wayside as you try to balance GDP, political extremes and legalising drugs (oh is that just me).Democracy 3: Africa is a stand-alone expansion to the third installment of the Democracy series, which debuted on PCs in autumn 2013. At first glance it's a sea of icons representing different policies, but beneath that are charts and flow diagrams and all sorts to help you work out which things are working for your country - and bottom line - and which aren't. If we have any 'agenda' here at all it's just to develop a game with an unusual and interesting setting, and to learn a little about Africa in the process."ĭemocracy 3 came out in 2013. I know we will make mistakes, but they won't be intentional. We are two white guys in the UK making a game about Africa. I am going to get even more white supremacist spam (I got a bit after announcing the school we are building), and yes, we will probably get the tone of some of this wrong, and people will accuse us of misrepresenting African countries and people, and we expect to learn a lot, and to be in full-on listening mode. "So there you go," his post concluded, "Democracy 3: Africa. Harris' interest in Africa extends to him/Positech funding the building of a school in Cameroon - a project he announced in the summer. I am under no illusions that this game will sell many copies in Africa (the gaming market is tiny) but I think it still makes sense because its such an interesting setting for a strategy game." Gaming seems to have a very distorted view of Africa, just like Hollywood does. "I have no memories of it ever being anything but a destination where pirate bases or criminal gangs roam. when do you ever see Africa in a video game?" he asked. And Democracy 3 has been successful enough that he can afford to take a risk on "a version of the game that at first glance might not make commercial sense". It all makes for "a fascinating experiment in political strategy", said Harris. Lets not forget Africa is home to a billion people."Īcross many countries there are a melting pot of problems and opportunities including, in some cases, intense corruption and very low levels of literacy and infrastructure. We never think about the African economies, or African industry or exports. "In the West, we tend to think of Africa as either the target of charity fund-raising concerts, or somewhere to go on a safari. "And that's kind of the point," he added. It's all Harris' idea and he's the boss, so to speak, he's just expanding operations a bit.īut why Africa? "When I told some friends about it they said, 'Why Africa? Who is interested in African politics?'" Harris wrote on his blog. It's got a rough PC/Mac release date of Q1 2016, and Cliff Harris is handing designer duties to Jeff Sheen from Stargazy. The countries you can govern are Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Tunisia, Botswana and Mauritius. It's a full-on "re-imagining" of the policy-juggling political strategy game Democracy 3, and will be standalone so you won't need the older game in order to play it.ĭemocracy 3: Africa will have new artwork and music and obviously a whole new set of events and dilemmas relevant to the massive continent of Africa and the diverse set of countries within it. Cliff Harris, the brain behind Positech Games (Big Pharma, Gratuitous Space Battles), has announced development of Democracy 3: Africa.
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