[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/E8s74ET.png[/img][/center] This is [i]President Simulator 2016[/i], a game satirizing the 2016 elections and the events that happened around it. It's a [b]free game[/b] with five stages of gore-filled arcadey action - three shooting stages with a flying stage and a driving stage. You play as Max Steel, a young playboy millionaire who owns his own company and is completely distinct from any real life presidents. One day, his company is attacked by a group of Islamic terrorists. After the police tries (and fails) to arrest him for his crude acts of self-defence, Max is inspired to clean up the swamp in Washington by running for president of the US so he can [b]Bring Back America's Greatness[/b] (#BBAG)! [center][url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=850088967]Vote for PS2016 on Greenlight![/url] [url=https://youtu.be/ogI_t249tWI]See the trailer on YouTube![/url][/center]

[quote]"There Will Be Gore"[/quote] 0/10 no al gore false advertisement

[quote="HylianDev"][quote]"There Will Be Gore"[/quote] 0/10 no al gore false advertisement[/quote] Wow rude.

On a more serious note: I can't play it yet, but the footage looks [i]really[/i] cool. The HUD is awesome; is that an original idea or did you borrow that from somewhere? Also it just looks like a really neat 8-bit game in general. Congratulations

I had a lot of fun testing this while programming, and am anticipating the remaining levels. Good idea to release it on Steam for free. Just make sure to set up the Greenlight page soon enough before it stops being relevant ;)

[quote="HylianDev"]I can't play it yet, but the footage looks [i]really[/i] cool. The HUD is awesome; is that an original idea or did you borrow that from somewhere?[/quote] Coco's idea, it was "borrowed" from NMH. Pretty good game.

its 2017 though

[quote="Vimimin"]its 2017 though[/quote] yes and the elections took place in 2016

in all seriousness, I don't really think this looks super funny. I'll commend you for the effort, but the humor of the presidential election last year has been dried so much that raisins have more moisture. the game will probably get greenlit though because this seems entirely up the steam community's alley, so there's that

[quote="Vimimin"]in all seriousness, I don't really think this looks super funny. I'll commend you for the effort, but the humor of the presidential election last year has been dried so much that raisins have more moisture.[/quote] This isn't supposed to be funny, elections are serious business. Really though if you don't think it's funny that's fine but there's other stuff too. Like gameplay.

I don't think the game looks very good. As in either graphics or gameplay. I'm not gonna speak about how much merit the "satire" claim has.

[quote="Kirby's Adventure"]I don't think the game looks very good. As in either graphics or gameplay. I'm not gonna speak about how much merit the "satire" claim has.[/quote] Would you mind elaborate on [i]why[/i], exactly? I mean we [i]are[/i] trying our best to make a good game here. If you don't think the graphics or gameplay or even the satire are good then I'd love to hear why you think so and how you think it could be improved.

[quote="Vertette"][quote="Kirby's Adventure"]I don't think the game looks very good. As in either graphics or gameplay. I'm not gonna speak about how much merit the "satire" claim has.[/quote] Would you mind elaborate on [i]why[/i], exactly?[/quote] Gameplay: [spoiler][list] [*]Doesn't seem to be very engaging in general. Shooting:[list] [*]Never been big on shooty shooty arcade shooty in general, the gameplay seems a bit monotonous but I'll give it to you if it's just a stage or two [*]The amount of camera shake is obnoxious[/list] SHMUP:[list] [*]Never been big on shooty shooty arcade flying in general, I think you can see a running pattern here; everything you've shown has been done to death twice over[/list] Driving:[list] [*]I think this is probably the best of what you've shown, and It's only because it's the pretty decent example DJ Coco made. I've always been fond of driving stages, but in small doses. [*]Like the other stages, it doesn't seem very engaging and the obstacles look pretty obnoxious.[/list][/list] It's probably for the best that this is only a 5-stage game.[/spoiler] As for the graphics, the "8-bit"/"retro" aesthetic has been done to death (like the rest of what you've shown) and I find it very difficult to find charming or whatever. The indie market has been saturated with "quirky retro graphics!" for a long time now. For what it's worth, the flying stage looks better than the shooting stage, but the driving stage looks better than both of them, so what exactly is the deal here? I can't say much of anything apart from the game looking uninteresting. If there's an audience for this type of thing (unfortunately, I'm sure there is), great. But before you say anything such as "If you don't like it, don't play it," I wasn't planning on it. By the way, if you were planning on saying anything such as "Then why comment on it?" Well, you've put the game on a forum where it's open to criticism. Great job.

[quote="Kirby's Adventure"]Shooting:[list] [*]Never been big on shooty shooty arcade shooty in general, the gameplay seems a bit monotonous but I'll give it to you if it's just a stage or two [*]The amount of camera shake is obnoxious[/list][/quote] It's a stage or three, and I'm not sure how you can comment on its monotony from just 20 seconds of gameplay when I did, in fact, implement a few things to throw people off. I could look into reducing the camera shake but you are the first person out of quite a few so far to mention it, so it doesn't seem to be a huge problem. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]SHMUP:[list] [*]Never been big on shooty shooty arcade flying in general, I think you can see a running pattern here; everything you've shown has been done to death twice over[/list][/quote] The pattern from here seems more like "I don't personally care for this sort of gameplay", which I can't do a lot with. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]Driving:[list] [*]I think this is probably the best of what you've shown, and It's only because it's the pretty decent example DJ Coco made. I've always been fond of driving stages, but in small doses. [*]Like the other stages, it doesn't seem very engaging and the obstacles look pretty obnoxious.[/list][/quote] Why is it not engaging? Why do the obstacles look obnoxious, exactly? I can't really work with such vague criticism. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]As for the graphics, the "8-bit"/"retro" aesthetic has been done to death (like the rest of what you've shown) and I find it very difficult to find charming or whatever. The indie market has been saturated with "quirky retro graphics!" for a long time now. For what it's worth, the flying stage looks better than the shooting stage, but the driving stage looks better than both of them, so what exactly is the deal here? I can't say much of anything apart from the game looking uninteresting.[/quote] I'll give you that the 8-bit aesthetic has been done to death. I would've preferred something with more bits myself but making great graphics takes a lot of time and I wanted the game to be out in a timely fashion so it could be topical. I would like to point out that, though, that while it's been done before, the graphics did have effort put into them unlike many other indie games with "retro" aesthetics. The game uses the NES' palette and resolution as well as a few of its restrictions for some sense of authenticity. Plus, its gameplay is very much arcade-inspired so it does make some sense for the artstyle to be this way. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]If there's an audience for this type of thing (unfortunately, I'm sure there is), great. But before you say anything such as "If you don't like it, don't play it," I wasn't planning on it. By the way, if you were planning on saying anything such as "Then why comment on it?" Well, you've put the game on a forum where it's open to criticism. Great job.[/quote] I wasn't planning on saying either of those things. There was no need to assume I would've done so, either.

I'd probably be more interested if you actually showed what's supposed to "throw people off", because showing just the same old mechanics that's been seen over and over isn't going to pique my interest. Maybe it's because I don't find the idea of playing as Not Trump shooting down hordes of members of ISIS interesting, either. Same thing with the SHMUP stage really, show something to set your game apart. It doesn't help that the gameplay you've shown of that stage looks pitifully easy. As for the driving stage, it's mostly at the curves where the obstacles seem to come into view to fast. As for it looking unengaging, it's the same issue with the rest of what you've shown: you're not doing anything to set it apart! I get that this is probably early in development, but nothing so far looks any different from any other arcade game. So what's the point of playing this when I can probably find some better games that don't have the funny Topical Humor displayed here? [quote="Vertette"]I would've preferred something with more bits myself but making great graphics takes a lot of time and I wanted the game to be out in a timely fashion so it could be topical.[/quote] It's 2017. I think you missed your window to "satirize" the 2016 election. Not to mention topical humor is the best way to instantly date your work. [quote="Vertette"][quote="Kirby's Adventure"]If there's an audience for this type of thing (unfortunately, I'm sure there is), great. But before you say anything such as "If you don't like it, don't play it," I wasn't planning on it. By the way, if you were planning on saying anything such as "Then why comment on it?" Well, you've put the game on a forum where it's open to criticism. Great job.[/quote] I wasn't planning on saying either of those things. There was no need to assume I would've done so, either.[/quote] Better safe than sorry!

[quote="Kirby's Adventure"]I'd probably be more interested if you actually showed what's supposed to "throw people off", because showing just the same old mechanics that's been seen over and over isn't going to pique my interest. Maybe it's because I don't find the idea of playing as Not Trump shooting down hordes of members of ISIS interesting, either. Same thing with the SHMUP stage really, show something to set your game apart. It doesn't help that the gameplay you've shown of that stage looks pitifully easy. As for the driving stage, it's mostly at the curves where the obstacles seem to come into view to fast. As for it looking unengaging, it's the same issue with the rest of what you've shown: you're not doing anything to set it apart! I get that this is probably early in development, but nothing so far looks any different from any other arcade game. So what's the point of playing this when I can probably find some better games that don't have the funny Topical Humor displayed here?[/quote] If you don't like how it looks and can't explain how I could improve it, then go and find those better games that you talked about. I'm not losing any sleep or losing any money over your decision. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]It's 2017. I think you missed your window to "satirize" the 2016 election.[/quote] Yes, I know it's the current year. People are still acting like chimps over the election's results and Trump isn't even officially the president yet so it's plenty relevant. [quote="Kirby's Adventure"]Better safe than sorry![/quote] So you inserted completely unnecessary passive-aggressive comments into your post on the assumption that I'm a jackass?

I'm also not a fan of this idea. First of all, I don't like the name. I'm sick of seeing *insert something random here* Simulator games. Almost all of the games with "Simulator" title are games that are somewhat bad on purpose, and I think that only worked with Surgeon Simulator well. Because of that if I saw this on Steam, I wouldn't even bother to check the game. It feels like a cheap way to get attention to me. My second problem is the idea itself. Why 2016 elections? The gameplay has nothing to do with the elections itself. It's just a collection of random minigames with some random jokes put into it. It's almost like you made a random minigame collection but then added some political jokes to make it stand out. I'm not saying this is the case but that's what it feels like. And speaking of jokes, I don't find any of them even slightly funny. I know it's just me but I've never found political jokes funny unless they are done very well. And here, the in-game jokes only consist of making fun of democrats. None them feel clever at all. The gameplay itself looks generic at best. There's nothing that makes this game stand out, and there's nothing that's done exceptionally well. It looks decent, but pretty generic. The other thing I dislike about the gameplay is how the camera moves in the driving stage. It feels really weird to see the camera move very smoothly while everything else moves very choppily. Just make everything very smooth, or don't make the camera move. But I admit, it's pretty impressive. The graphics also look very generic, but I guess they are somewhat well made. Yeah...

funney donald trump funney "topical" """humour""" can this trend of saying/making incredibly offensive shit and then claiming it's ""satire"" please die already

[quote="Mors"]My second problem is the idea itself. Why 2016 elections? The gameplay has nothing to do with the elections itself. It's just a collection of random minigames with some random jokes put into it. It's almost like you made a random minigame collection but then added some political jokes to make it stand out. I'm not saying this is the case but that's what it feels like.[/quote] Because the elections were a shitstorm and I thought it'd be funny. You're right in that the gameplay has nothing to do with the elections. The story does. But what kind of gameplay ideas could you get out of an election, really? [quote="Mors"]The gameplay itself looks generic at best. There's nothing that makes this game stand out, and there's nothing that's done exceptionally well. It looks decent, but pretty generic.[/quote] Mind elaborating on this point? [quote="Mors"]The other thing I dislike about the gameplay is how the camera moves in the driving stage. It feels really weird to see the camera move very smoothly while everything else moves very choppily. Just make everything very smooth, or don't make the camera move.[/quote] I dunno what to say about this one, that's how NES racing games like Rad Racer look like in motion. [quote="Friendly Dictator"]funney donald trump funney "topical" """humour""" can this trend of saying/making incredibly offensive **** and then claiming it's ""satire"" please die already[/quote] It [i]is[/i] satire. I'm not sure why there's any question about this. Wikipedia defines it as "a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule [...]". I took the most absurd statements people have made about the President-Elect (he's gonna zap all the gays and kick out every minority, prepare for nuclear war, we're all doomed, etc.) and held them up to ridicule by showing what they'd look like in the form of a game. Sometimes in the real world people say and/or do things that are intentionally controversial for the sake of making a point. People like Jonathan Swift, Diane Arbus or Gottfried Helnwein. Not to imply I'm anywhere as good as they are, but I [i]am[/i] doing the same thing here. If it's not [i]your[/i] thing, that's fine, I didn't make this game so everyone could like it. But nothing needs to die because you don't personally like it.

This isn't good satire, but it is a neat--if not a little generic--game.