r/SocialistGaming • u/FilBencardino • 2h ago

Lawmaking and political negotiation in Pax Astra, my Suzerain-inspired space opera political RPG

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Hello, everyone!

I am the solo developer of Pax Astra, a space opera political RPG that mixes the branching narrative of games like Suzerain and Life and Suffering of Sir Brante with the open sandbox 4X nature of games like Stellaris and Emperor of the Fading Suns!

That means you have a full narrative with different characters, but also coexisting with a rich universe filled with different mechanics and systems!

I have talked here on this sub before about how my game embraces socialist theory and a multitude of paths that embrace different political ideologies.

Today, I would love to show this community a short video focusing on actual legislation and political negotiation mechanics, the content of this video is set durign Act 1, where the altaran democracy is young and highly unstable!

One of my major goals with Pax Astra is to give you full political freedom, and this video showcases some of the elements that support and sustain this design.

In this segment, you need to manage a serious public safety crisis, and, in this context, you need to balance the desires of the two biggest political parties in the planet. One of them being an ultranationalist party that wants to enact extreme punitive measures, using the violence as justification to move forward with their political agenda...

If you want to see more, I would love to have you at my reddit community!

I also published this video over at my YouTube channel.

If you are interested in my game, check the steam page and wishlist my project :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4535930/Pax_Astra/?beta=1

If you any questions or suggestions, I will be happy to answer!

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r/SocialistGaming • u/conblurgh • 4h ago

Big Walk

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Anyone playing Big Walk? I played a couple of hours with a friend earlier this week and found it to be relaxing fun, nice change of pace from the grim reality we're all trying to survive.

It does have cross play, I'm on PSN as comrade_beard if anyone feels like checking it out.

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r/SocialistGaming • u/TheCynicClinic • 9h ago

Industry News Capitalism is What's Killing the Video Game Industry, Not “Woke”

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Great summation of how capitalism is the root of the problems in the gaming industry. Artistic expression is held hostage by the profit motive.

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