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HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« on: December 09, 2016, 11:37:48 PM »


HEADLINER
Control public opinion. Start a riot.


Genetic engineering and civil unrest loom over Galixia
The State maintains peace via strict media control
You are the Chief Curator of a leading Newscast Channel
You are the HEADLINER



Your influence will change the streets of the city and your own family.











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Figured I'd open the door to Exilians who are interested! I trust you guys :)  There's a short survey at the end I'd appreciate if you filled out too.


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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2016, 05:55:28 PM »
Had a playthrough and gave feedback :)

I predictably went for the "calm everyone down" options, making me a terrible tabloid editor but generally the city and my family seemed to do fine out of it so I'm happy!
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2016, 03:50:53 AM »
Nice, glad you enjoyed it :D
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2016, 03:00:13 PM »
I think the only thing that frustrates me with story-games like this is that I always want some way to avoid the implicit trade-offs; in real life I'm the sort of stubborn idiot who refuses to accept, eg, that there's a trade-off between doing a job well and doing it morally, and just assume that I need to work out a better strategy if I can't make win-win situations happen. So in games where the trade-off is baked in, I usually go for quite a predictable strategy but it'll frustrate me a bit.
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2016, 03:20:03 AM »
Yea I like to embrace the Walkin Dead developers mentality: "no good deed goes unpunished" ;p Witcher 3 was also good about having no good or bad choices, as everything is a shade of gray and you can never please everyone. Feels more realistic. And that's how life is - one of the points I was making in Headliner.
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2016, 11:59:21 PM »
I'm just a stubborn idealist, if life doesn't work right my instinct is to try my damnedest to change the rules :P But yes, it works well for this sort of story-game.
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2016, 03:32:47 AM »
Well, you can always ask for a refund ;D
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2016, 03:16:45 AM »

If anyone is curious abut the dev process, here's a useful tip I learned on this project :)


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When you’re trying to churn out a game fast, it might make more sense to define your items, texts or conversation in code files. Here’s how to do it, an example from my current project.


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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2016, 09:29:06 PM »
Trailer coming soon :D


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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2016, 11:08:20 PM »
Ah nice :) And yes, I shall no doubt demand a 100% refund. Or even 200% or 5000% if I feel like it. ;)

Is the TV thing going to appear in future versions or is that just for the trailer?
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2016, 08:44:03 PM »
Just the trailer.
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2016, 09:40:58 PM »
Looking good, anyhow :)
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2016, 02:50:34 AM »

I revamped the player creation screen to fit with the game world better wooo:


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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2016, 11:16:12 AM »
Good, yes, that's a neat idea! :)

I disapprove of the lack of a nb option, but then again my impression is that Galixia isn't great on equalities legislation generally so that probably works with the theme :P
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Re: HEADLINER: Control public opinion, start a Riot
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2017, 03:28:11 AM »
Gender just wasn't a theme for this project, so I didn't want to delve into it. I used the "traditional family model" to try to create a stronger bond between you and your family, since it's a pretty time-tested model and I didn't wanna mess it up.


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