Game Design, Programming and running a one-man games business…

People of Botswana: I am here to help.

Wow…its been a busy week, what with the PC Gamer weekender, and much other stuff, but somehow in all this I found time to bring peace and prosperity (also environmental chaos and fiscal ruin) to Botswana. All hail me:

I’m having more and more fun doing these kind of ‘lets play’ style developer blog things, and as my internet access in this barren field gradually limps towards acceptable speeds, uploading them isn’t the soul destroying nightmare that it once was. I still think I have a voice worthy only of silent movies though. Hope you enjoy the video, and expect much more news on Democracy 3 Africa in the next few weeks. Oh yes…we are definitely getting closer.

Requirements for Democracy 3 Achievements (And how many have done so)

I get asked about how to beat all of the Democracy 3 achievements quite a lot, so where better to give the definitive answer, along with a breakdown of just what percentage of Democracy 3 players have managed to get them done! Some of these achievements are pretty easy, some of them are extremely hard, even for veteran Democracy 3 players. How many have you managed?

Name Requirements % of Users
Agrarian Society Farmers membership > 65% for 6 turns. 4%
Apathetic Electorate Win more than 1 election with a voter turnout below 50%. 0.1%
Banana Republic Poverty > 45% Farmers Membership > 50% and International Trade > 50% all for 4 turns. 1.9%
Budget Balancer Have income higher than expenditure for 20 consecutive turns. 39.6%
Cabinet Government Last 24 turns or more without a single minister sacking or resignation. 31.9%
Crime Free Utopia Crime rate < 25% and Violent Crime < 25% both for 4 turns. 57%
Darwin’s Legacy Religious membership < 5% for 4 turns. 34.1%
Divided Society Equality < 10% for 6 turns. 2.2%
Divisive Ruler Win an election with a margin of 5% or less. 11.8%
Economic Miracle GDP > 80%. Unemployment < 25% both for 4 turns. 20.9%
Economic Stability Over the last 16 turns, GDP has not varied by more than 15% either way. 5.6%
Educational Failure Have Education drop 10% or more below the starting value for 6 turns. 1.1%
Egalitarian Miracle Equality > 75% for 4 turns 61.3%
Elder Statesman Win 4 or more elections 29.8%
Electoral Success Win an election. 55.1%
Fillibustering Play for more than 2 hours in one session. 32.8%
Flip Flops Changed your opinion on a policy within 24 turns 12 or more times. 19.9%
Freemarket Paradise Private Schools, Pensions and Housing all >75%. No Import tariffs. Private prisons > 0% No Agriculture or clean energy subsidies, all for 4 turns. 1.2%
Full Employment Unemployment < 12.5% for 8 turns. 25%
Gods Kingdom Religious membership > 75%, Ban Sunday Shopping implemented, Creationism < 25% and Abortion law < 25% all for 4 turns. 4.1%
Green Utopia Environment > 80%, CO2 < 25% and Energy Efficiency > 75% all for 4 turns. 39.2%
Inebriated Society Alcohol Consumption > 95% for 6 turns. 1.2%
Intelligentsia Education > 96% for 8 turns. 40%
Kyoto Award CO2 less than 020% for 8 turns. 37.1%
Landslide Win 90% or more of the vote in an election. 42.2%
Legitimate Ruler Win more than 50% of the total potential votes in an election. 50.4%
Lonely At The Top Fire 6 or more ministers in a single term. 1.6%
Military State Have 8 turns of Armed Police > 80% and Military spending is > 25% of your budget. 0.1%
Narcotic Economy More than 10% of government income is from a recreational drugs tax. 0.2%
Oil Dependency Oil Demand > 75% for 4 turns. 2.4%
One Party State Your party membership > four times the size of the opposition, and >= 50% of the population. 44.3%
Police State CCTV Cameras > 50% Armed Police > 50%, Curfews > 25% all for 4 turns. Detention without trial > 75% for 8 turns. 4.9%
Popular Leader Have a popularity of 70% or more over 80% of the voter groups. 1.1%
Poverty Eradicated Poverty < 20% for 8 turns. 39.1%
Socialist Paradise Equality > 80%, Working week < 40%, Poverty < 25% all for 4 turns. 9.3%
Sovereign Wealth Have government reserves higher than GDP. 42.9%
Surveillance CCTV Cameras, Intelligence Services, Internet Censorship, Phone Tapping, Prisoner Tagging, Speed Cameras & Police Drones all > 50% for 4 turns. 4.4%
Survivor  Survive 4 or more assassination attempts. 26.7%
Technological Superiority Education > 80%, Technology > 95%, Space program > 50% and Robotics Research > 50%, all for 4 turns. 18.8%
True Patriot Patriot membership > 75% for 8 turns. 2.8%
World Health Health > 80% for 4 turns. 41.9%
World Stage Beat every country. 1.3%

Not quite making it…Democracy 3 Africa take 2.

So you may remember me trying to play an early build of Democracy 3:Africa and coming hugely unstuck? Well, we have been balancing the game since then, and the impossible has now become merely the extremely hard, so sit back and enjoy my attempts to keep the assassins at bay as I do what I feel is best for the citizens of my country…

Don’t forget Democracy 3:Africa will be playable ahead of release at the upcoming PC Gamer Weekender in London. If you are thinking of coming along, you can book your tickets here:

http://weekender.pcgamer.com/booking-new

and use the discount code: SHADOW20 to get 20% off the price.

See you there!

A First look at Democracy 3 Africa, and a revamped website…

So! time to start talking about the next Positech_Games masterpiece…which will be Democracy 3 Africa! We have announced this already of course, but now most of the systems are in, and we are just tweaking and balancing and bug fixing, its time to give you the first look at the VERY UNBALANCED build we have right now. So enjoy the following video… and feel free to spread the word on twitter, facebook, and other websites owned by vast tax-avoiding multinationals :D

This is just the very first development video, I’m aiming to do a new one each week as the balance gets better and the bugs and glitches get fixed.

PLUS! We have revamped the website for D3:A to reflect the fact that we are closer to release. Why not check it out, or bookmark it, or both! (you MIGHT need to shift+refresh to see it).