Project OverviewElect or Reject: Multiparty Election Campaign Game

• Online multiplayer, 1-4 players

• Free to play (Registration required)

• Based on a fictional scenario,

• With choices of candidates from interesting background ,

• And countries/states of different demography

Development Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 C#

• MySQL (using phpmyadmin as an interface)

• Adobe Photoshop

Business Consideration I

• Many election games on the market, mostly are based in the USA

• Mostly Single player or multiplayer via LAN

Business Consideration II

• We wanted something different

• Fun and light hearted

• Game suited for all ages

• Easy to get in and play with not much knowledge of politics

Registration

• Player need to register an account to play President Gusta

• Free to join.

Gameplay I

• Simulate the election campaign with interaction between multiple candidates.

• Participate in activities, such as, advertising, fundraising and etc.

• Garner as much popularity votes before the end of all turns

• But that won’t guarantee the winner

Gameplay II• Money and stamina, 2 of important component

• Dependent on each candidate

• Stamina consumption would vary between activities and candidates

• Stamina would re-generate at each new week/round.

• Poor management of fund and stamina would lead in the loss of turns and inevitably the loss of supporters.

Characters• 5 characters and their initial funds to choose from each with

characteristic of their own

The “Yes We Can” Man$100,000

The “War” Man$90,000

The Visionary $80,000

The Lawyer$100,000

The Sports Man$70,000

Characters Features

• Varied initial funds depending on candidate

• Fixed amount of stamina. 150HP

• Depending on the character characteristic, stamina regenerations would vary• For example, sports man would generate more stamina due

to his active nature and young age.

• Funds could be earned through fund raising

Activities

• Example of some activities:

Advertisement / Fund RaisingType Speech Posters / Flyers Donation

Cost

$8,000++ (Depending on state travel) $10,000 $5,000

Stamina

Same state: (-15HP)

Other state: (-25HP)

-20HP -10HP

Reward

Variable depending on characters characteristics

Guaranteed: +10% popularity votes

Variable depending on characters characteristics

Guaranteed: +15% popularity votes

Variable depending on characters characteristics

Guaranteed: +5% popularity votes,

$10,000

RemarksGo to states to give

speeches to the people.

Give out flyers, display posters,

includes newspaper

advertisement for additional $5,000

Phone donation or direct donation to

candidate.

Activities I

• Positive and Negative Campaigning

• No fixed increment of popularity with activities

• Dependent on candidate’s characteristic.

Activities II (Positive Campaigning)

• Fund Raising• Donation• Concert

• Advertisement• Speech• Posters/Flyers• Television

• Debate• Mini-game (quiz)

Activities III (Negative Campaigning)

• Leak Scandals• Leak scandals of other candidate

• Fake News• Tell news that can cause other candidates to look bad

• Fear Mongering

Chat Box

• Users are able to chat with the other users that are online.

• Main game lobby, while waiting for host to start, in-game.

Game Play Demo

Simulation of the game.

From registration to main game play with 2-3 players.