Steal This Election
A political satire game developed and launched in 32 days, conceived during the first presidential debate of the 2008 election cycle and completed in time to publish before election day.
TEAM
Dave Lasala — Creative lead, application designer/developer, art, animation
L.O. Loverun — Story, characters, world-building
KEY TOOLS
ActionScript 3.0, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
THE GAME STORY
You work for Mr. McRove ("Rovey" to his friends), a shadowy political operative who hands you the prototypical, trademarked EYEBERRY™ device. With just three days to steal swing-states, you must use your $100,000,000 budget to buy disinformation campaigns, influence operations, and whatever else it takes.
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Original Author Comment from Newgrounds:
"Yes, I'm punchy. I just finished a twenty-four-hour non-stop session to finish this game in time for the election...well, in time to be online a week before the election. Does that make sense? Anyway, I got the idea during the first presidential debate that took place on September 26th, so it's been exactly thirty-two days. So anyway, here it is. It's called Steal this Election. Play and enjoy (hopefully)."