An entertaining Geopolitical strategy game! I Ended up stabilizing a democracy and was re-elected. I liked it a lot, the non-linear game was a great point, I only missed the world concept. I truly didn't believe there was a world in the game; we didn't have a map and the countries were subdued. I suggest, in future, developing a better logic for countries, with status like "alliance", "war" etc.
Another thing I thought about gameplay was one of the ministers being a foreign spy (or only foreign), since the defense one is always complaining about, and the foreign relations are always refusing that option. It would increment the game lore :)
didn't play much into it as it randomly stopped registering me clicking after the third question and didn't save my progress.
But from those first three I can say that my biggest thought was that in a game like this that only lets the player choose between 2-4 choices you end up limiting a lot of the player's freedoms to only be limited by your specific political views.
In the very first question I was given three options to react to a newspaper running low on budget and before the options were read I immediately thought that the best bet would be to encourage local newspapers and sources, this would be thematic since this is clearly based on what you have been told about the Soviet Union, and you would think it would be possible to recreate the system of local democratic newspapers that were dismantled by Khruschev. But I understand that providing every possible choice that a player could make would be an insane amount of work for little payoff and impossible to balance.
Sorry for the rambling comment just wanted to share my own thoughts as I like the simulator genre.
Fun little game. Tense at times when running a -2 deficit with only 2 funds but overall very well made and not particularly difficult. A statement of what thresholds foreign intervention and military supports trigger at would be useful as, until you fail, you're flying blind, though that's maybe that's intentionally
I love the game! It's so fun. Took me one failure but I won second term on the second gameplay lolz ✌ I really like the silly conversations and how human it feels.
I enjoyed it. I was celebrated for being extremely diplomatic and supported education. I was okay in cost but the opposition tabs (the 3 icons in the middle top) were yellow and keeping me on my feet.
I completly LOVED the game. I really liked that the answers were not plain and the ones in special ocasions that you had a temporizer, it made me feel really involved. Reminded me a little about papers please because all the good reasons. I really hope you can continue this games in the future
i was scared out of my mind cause each decisions carried a consequence and i was almost near to start a war. if anything i learnt that i am better of learning how to make games not a nation lol. Fantastic game
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An entertaining Geopolitical strategy game! I Ended up stabilizing a democracy and was re-elected. I liked it a lot, the non-linear game was a great point, I only missed the world concept. I truly didn't believe there was a world in the game; we didn't have a map and the countries were subdued. I suggest, in future, developing a better logic for countries, with status like "alliance", "war" etc.
Another thing I thought about gameplay was one of the ministers being a foreign spy (or only foreign), since the defense one is always complaining about, and the foreign relations are always refusing that option. It would increment the game lore :)
Thanks for the feedback, we're working on expanding the game, if you interested, here is details https://voltekplay.itch.io/failed-state/devlog/908697/big-news-presidents
very fun game, though i wonder if the browser version will get the same updates as the steam version when it releases
Such a fun game! Looking forward to playing the extended version.
didn't play much into it as it randomly stopped registering me clicking after the third question and didn't save my progress.
But from those first three I can say that my biggest thought was that in a game like this that only lets the player choose between 2-4 choices you end up limiting a lot of the player's freedoms to only be limited by your specific political views.
In the very first question I was given three options to react to a newspaper running low on budget and before the options were read I immediately thought that the best bet would be to encourage local newspapers and sources, this would be thematic since this is clearly based on what you have been told about the Soviet Union, and you would think it would be possible to recreate the system of local democratic newspapers that were dismantled by Khruschev. But I understand that providing every possible choice that a player could make would be an insane amount of work for little payoff and impossible to balance.
Sorry for the rambling comment just wanted to share my own thoughts as I like the simulator genre.
This was such a fun game to play. Having to weigh the pros and cons for every situation was nerve-wracking! I will play the expanded version!
Fun little game. Tense at times when running a -2 deficit with only 2 funds but overall very well made and not particularly difficult. A statement of what thresholds foreign intervention and military supports trigger at would be useful as, until you fail, you're flying blind, though that's maybe that's intentionally
Thanks for playing!
Loved it wish it was longer
I love the game! It's so fun. Took me one failure but I won second term on the second gameplay lolz ✌ I really like the silly conversations and how human it feels.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed dialogues, we put a lof of effort into it.
I enjoyed it. I was celebrated for being extremely diplomatic and supported education. I was okay in cost but the opposition tabs (the 3 icons in the middle top) were yellow and keeping me on my feet.
8.5/10
I completly LOVED the game. I really liked that the answers were not plain and the ones in special ocasions that you had a temporizer, it made me feel really involved. Reminded me a little about papers please because all the good reasons. I really hope you can continue this games in the future
Thanks, we are working on a full game already!
OMG I can´t believe itttttt, i'll count the days to play it
Wishlist it on Steam to stay tuned https://store.steampowered.com/app/3599640/Velistra_Failed_State/
how much will it cost
We don't have answer now, but it wouldn't be more expensive than any other small indie games.
i was scared out of my mind cause each decisions carried a consequence and i was almost near to start a war. if anything i learnt that i am better of learning how to make games not a nation lol. Fantastic game
Nice game I failed for a second term.
This was so much fun!
But the country went bankrupt almost immediately lol