Socratic Democracy

Devlog

• Presenting the main characters
  July 02, 2024 by pedrorns#narrative, #ancient greece, #art, #art direction, #character creation

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, I am writing this short devlog just to celebrate that we finally have developed our cast of main characters! From left to right, we have: Leonidas: Players' av... Continue reading

  
• Poor Neighborhood: where campaigns take form
  June 25, 2024 by pedrorns#Digital art, #Philosophy, #Game design, #art, #art direction

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, How are you all doing? Socratic Democracy is a game that explores the theory of democratic decay as proposed by Socrates and Plato. The game available here at... Continue reading

  
• Making the Agora
  June 03, 2024 by pedrorns

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, As summer approaches, my day job asks me less and less, and I find time to work on the game again. Thus, I am here to share a bit about the process of making t... Continue reading

  
• Gamedev is hard: dealing with the exit of some subcontractors from the project
  April 14, 2024 by pedrorns#gamedev, #management, #art, #drawing, #subcontracting

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, I write this entry to comment on the hardship of managing a team of when producing a game. As reported in previous devlogs, I consider the game here at itch io... Continue reading

  
• Winter to spring animation
  December 12, 2023 by pedrorns#animation, #art, #seasons, #democracy, #politics, #philosophy, #art direction

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, This devlog is just to show how the season transition animation is evolving, and perhaps collect some comments and suggestions. I recommend watching it in the... Continue reading

  
• End of winter: An in-game animation
  November 05, 2023 by pedrorns

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  #seasons, #game design, #ancient greece, #politics, #philosophy, #animation, #narrative

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, I write today to share a little piece of art I am making for the game: an animation showing the passage of time. I have only made a small part of this animatio... Continue reading

  
• Milestone: We got our ancient Greek city image!
  September 04, 2023 by pedrorns

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  #art direction, #ancient Greece, #politics, #urbanism, #art, #team management

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, I am currently developing Socratic Democracy from a humble prototype to a fully developed game. In this process, all the assets are being remade by me and a te... Continue reading

  
• Going crazy with historical connections
  June 14, 2023 by pedrorns

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  #history, #ancient Greece, #Thrace, #historical fiction, #geography

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, For those who don't know, Socratic Democracy is a single player visual novel about how democracies become tyrannies, according to Socrates. The game’s purpos... Continue reading

  
• Game tree or state machine? How to explain the narrative flow for collaborators?
  June 11, 2023 by pedrorns#game design, #narrative, #finite state machine, #democracy

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy, I am currently preparing the ground for the contribution of artists, musicians and script consultants. While the game is kind of clear in my head, I need to pu... Continue reading

  
• Adding dialogue to the game
  April 24, 2023 by pedrorns#dialogue, #game design, #politics, #narrative, #visual novel

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy!! The next version of Socratic Democracy is going to be a true (though humble) visual novel, and that requires dialogues. I have been in love with the idea of m... Continue reading
• Introduction to the game (draft video)
  April 08, 2023 by pedrorns

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  #democracy, #oligarchy, #introduction, #narrative, #playtest

  Hello, friends and foes of democracy! Today I am sharing with you the Introduction video to Socratic Democracy. This introduction provides most of the information a player would need to understand the... Continue reading

  
• Making a Introduction to my game. Part II: Technical and artistic challenges.
  January 20, 2023 by pedrorns#narrative, #shader, #godot, #introduction, #scriptwriting, #management

  H there, friends and foes of democracy! My game, Socratic Democracy, is currently undergoing major changes, from art to narrative. I am currently focusing on making a new introduction to both inform a... Continue reading

  
• Making a new introduction to my game. Part I: narrative.
  January 15, 2023 by pedrorns#storytelling, #ancient greece, #political, #film language

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! My game, Socratic Democracy, is currently undergoing major changes, with the hiring of an artist as well as a producer. One of the areas that I want to improve... Continue reading
• Evolving the art of the game
  November 24, 2022 by pedrorns

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  #philosophy, #Point & Click, #politics, #Short, #graphic_art, #teamwork

  Dear friends and foes of democracy, In the last 6 months, our team has been working on finding the exact art style for our game. We did many attempts, checked with experienced designers, added layers... Continue reading

  
• Small quality of life improvements
  October 02, 2022 by pedrorns#quality of life, #bugs, #point-system, #happiness, #teaching

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! For those new to this devlog, I am a professor of political science at a university in Ecuador, and I developed and use Socratic Democracy in my politics 101 c... Continue reading
• New art for the game
  June 19, 2022 by pedrorns#art

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! We continue working on the art of the game, one scene at a time. Andrea Yepez, our artist, is coming up with ever more beautiful imagery! The last set got me s... Continue reading

  
• Artist hired
  February 12, 2022 by pedrorns#art, #design, #teamwork, #Plato's Republic

  Dear friends and enemies of democracy, After a long hiring process, I have found an artist for the game. Andrea Yepez is a digital animation student at my university (Universidad San Francisco de Quit... Continue reading

  
• Third-party analysis of the game
  September 06, 2021 by pedrorns

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! Two weeks ago, I found a person on Reddit (Sousio) who was offering to examine the potential of any independent game, for free. This is exactly the kind of thi... Continue reading
• Portuguese is fixed!
  June 04, 2021 by pedrorns#languages, #update, #portuguese

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! I recently made an English version of the game, and in that version there was, apparently, a portuguese language version. But it wasn't really true, as that wa... Continue reading
• Sound Improved! And other bugs.
  June 03, 2021 by pedrorns#music, #developed with godot, #godot, #SFX, #update

  Hi there, friends and foes of democracy! I recently uploaded a new version of the game, with English as default. In making this new version, I noticed several long standing issues and bugs, the most n... Continue reading
• Socratic Democracy is now in English
  June 02, 2021 by pedrorns#English, #Update

  Hi friends and foes of democracy! Hola, amigos y enemigos de la democracia en grecia antigua! Socratic Democracy is now available in English! For those who are seeing this for the first time, Socratic... Continue reading
• The big to do list. Part IV: Refactoring, translating and publishing the game
  May 03, 2021 by pedrorns#Game Design, #The Big To Do List, #democracy

  Hi there, friends and enemies of democracy! In this final piece of my game to do list, I think about improving my programming, translating the game to different languages, and my dreams of publication... Continue reading
• The big to do list. Part III: Extending the Universe of the game
  April 28, 2021 by pedrorns#democracy, #Plato's Republic, #Game Design, #The Big To Do List

  Hi there, friends and enemies of democracy! This is the third part of a game design series where I expose my thoughts on how I may improve Socratic Democracy in the near future. The current post is pr... Continue reading
• The big to do list. Part II: Graphics and Library Scene
  April 22, 2021 by pedrorns#Philosophy, #Game design, #The Big To Do List

  Hi there, friends and enemies of democracy! This post is the second in a series describing my current plan to further develop Socratic Democracy. In this post, I comment on planned improvements in two... Continue reading
• The big to do list. Part I: Introduction and UX Design
  April 18, 2021 by pedrorns#game design, #UX design, #The Big To Do List

  Hi there, friends and enemies of democracy! I have written a detailed guide to myself on how to improve Socratic Democracy. For the (10-15) people out there reading this blog , I would like to share m... Continue reading
• 'Socratic Democracy' is part of a virtual gallery
  April 14, 2021 by pedrorns#Processing, #Digital art, #Virtual gallery, #Processing Community Day brasil 2021

  I am proud to announce that Socratic Democracy, together with 30 other works, is being exposed in this virtual gallery: https://pcd.encontrosdigitais.com.br/galeria/ The gallery is part of the Process... Continue reading

  
• Presenting Socratic Democracy
  March 23, 2021 by pedrorns#prototype, #democracy, #introduction

  Hi friends and foes of ancient greece democracy! Hola amigos y enemigos de la democracia en grecia antigua! I am writing here to mark the launch of the Socratic Democracy prototype. This is a tiny lit... Continue reading