We've had some great conversations on Discord with the Political Arena community the past few months, providing production updates, answering Qs about the game, talking politics and what games we're playing.

We're on Discord, and you should be, too! Click here to join the Political Arena conversation.

Team Political Arena is a small group, and though production continues apace on our beloved "Resigning-to-spend-more-time-with-my-family-but-actually-I'm-taking-a-lobbying-job" simulator, we don't always have the time to update all our social channels. We're in the process of building out our team to ensure we have more bandwidth to share updates with you, but in the meantime we hope you'll pop into our Discord, where our ability to easily chat with the community allows us to keep in touch when we have free moments between figuring out whether to include bolo ties in character creation and how much algorithmic weight to give to agribusiness lobbyists. Steam updates, by comparison, are a bit more cumbersome and time consuming. To give you a sense of things, here's a walkthrough of Steam's backend UI. See you on Discord!

[ 2022-06-07 18:40:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

POLITICAL ARENA is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim about American power. Seek fame or infamy in a fully simulated political world, complete with high stakes campaign strategizing, backroom deals, scandals, special interests, and the press. Be the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).

Run a top-notch campaign by leveraging Political Arena’s real world data. Learn what issues drive your constituents to the ballot box, scrutinize the latest polls, and analyze the unique demographics of every congressional district.

Master the art of negotiation and become a Washington power broker. Navigate D.C.’s maze of special interests by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses and ambitions of your friends and enemies … even hold unfavorable information as leverage to gain concessions. Single out powerful allies -- the legislative leaders, the rising stars, the kingmakers -- and do everything you can to get on their good side.

Play the news cycle and try not to let it play you. Strategically time your actions to generate the most (or least) attention from the press.Announce your campaign, introduce legislation, and time campaign events when the media is least distracted -- or publicize compromising information when the public has its eyes elsewhere. Friday is a great time to announce that pesky IRS investigation into your spouse's finances.