Democracy 3: Electioneering announced
Democracy 3: Electioneering, a DLC for 2013’s Democracy 3, has been announced. The expansion deals with elections.
Positech Games, the studio behind the Democracy and Gratious Battles series, has announced another, fourth, DLC for 2013’s Democracy 3, entitled Electioneering. As the title suggests, in this add-on, we will be dealing with all kinds of things and procedures associated with elections and securing victory for ourselves, such as speeches, manifestos, fundraisers as well as various sorts of manipulation. Electioneering is set to launch (probably) in late July, this year. The DLC will surely work with Windows and Mac OS and maybe Linux. Electioneering will possibly be compatible with Democracy 3: Africa, as well.
Cliff Harris, head of the one-man Positech Games, described the aforementioned novelties as follows:
- Fundraising in the DLC will be split between party members and big-money donors. Those donors can cut their support if you upset the voter groups they support, leading to a lower campaign budget and worse election results.
- Speeches can be given closer to the election, and the idea is that they allow the opportunity to win over support from voter groups without actually concretely *doing* anything :D
- Manifestos are commitments to the electorate to do ‘X’ if you are elected. That promise then hangs over you for the next term, assuming you win. You *can* break them, but that causes anger.
- Perceptions are the most fun :D. Basically the voters rate you on one of three values, based on your policies and dilemma decisions. You can attempt to bend those perceptions more favourably by carrying out media stunts, which may work, but may backfire.
You can read more about the Electioneering over here.
