create your own Orange Revoultion

[lord of the mark]

http://www.breakawaygames.com/news/2...nviolence.html

This game has been developed with foundation support to teach pro-democracy activists. An example of what Steinmeyer calls 'serious games' IE games developed not for commercial sale, but for use by organizations like corporations, the military,etc as tools for analysis or training. In this case Breakaway will apparently also be releasing it for free.

Note Breakaway is the company that worked with Firaxis on Sid Meiers Antietam, and licensed the SMG/SMA engine for a pair of Napoleonic games.

[Asmodean]

Re: create your own Orange Revoultion

Originally posted by lord of the mark
http://www.breakawaygames.com/news/2...nviolence.html

Note Breakaway is the company that worked with Firaxis on Sid Meiers Antietam, and licensed the SMG/SMA engine for a pair of Napoleonic games.

And they're the ones that made all the conquests for C3C.

Asmodean

[lord of the mark]

i found this particularly interesting

'Marovic, the former student leader, said that many of those who planned the toppling of Milosevic played computer strategy games. “Out of 10 people in the leadership, five played strategy games, such as “The Operational Art of War,” he recalled.'

BTW - could some kind mod please correct the spelling in the thread title? Thanks

[:) Smiley]

So, is the Communist Party of Apolyton real?

[DrSpike]

Breakaway.

[Jamski]

Dr Spike's increasingly negative attitude

[Skanky Burns]

Sarcasm and wit in a great-value package deal

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Breakaway.

what dont you like about breakaway - the Civ3 stuff?

[vovan]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Breakaway.

Why is that?

[DrSpike]

It is Civ3 stuff, though it's partially unfair. Given their background they could have done a much better job on their parts, so it irks me they did not, for whatever reason.

[lord of the mark]

Well i cant really say - ive played SMG where their role was minor, if any - they played a bigger role in SMA, but I never quite got around to playing that. Never heard anything bad about their involvement in that game series.

I do think the concept of this game sounds really interesting - both from a gameplay POV, and from a what games mean to society POV.

[DrSpike]

Eh? Take your pills please.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
So I too can help finance protests in another country? Yay!

actually i think its designed for you to play as internal actor, though I suppose it would be interesting to play as outsider with limited levers, like subsidies. And to play on either side - pro-rev or anti-reve - so you could get to explore strategies open to say, Putin.

[DarkCloud]

Great idea

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Actually, I was more implying I could play the US and bankroll protests in some unnamed country in the game

which is why i said play as either side. I meant play as either side from an external viewpoint, as well as internal.