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Steam
Genre: Simulator

The Neighborhood

Meet Hugh Carrington
Hi Neighbour,

it's time for you to start getting to know the neighbors you'll spend hours with in Election Town.

Meet Hugh Carrington today. How would I describe it?
Crocodile Dundee with elements of cowboy and horse jockey. Arrogant as., but more than one neighbor, adores Hugh, for his personal charm and gifts. It must be admitted - he does not save on gifts. All in all, if I was so rich, I would probably do it too. Oh yes, Hugh is the richest in town. He could probably buy our city along with all its inhabitants. Well, maybe apart from me ;)

Hugh was born in Australia, but says he feels better in Election Town than in his hometown. It could always have come from you to K, so I'm done complaining :)

Do you like to ride a horse? :D With our court you can do it every day. And it's free, because he is a horse breeder. I do not know how many he has, but there are rumors that 20.

Anyway, we will talk about your impressions when you meet Hugh soon.



Meanwhile, you can sleep peacefully.
I watch over the city.

Wingard
Guardian of Election Town

We equip the house - furniture
A large part of the game is related to our home.
The house has an impact on many factors related to us, but also on the whole game.
For example, some changes in our home, or decisions related to the place of residence, have a significant impact on the town.
Anyway, you will find out about it soon.



In our house in the demo that you could play, we had a small selection of furniture.
Now we have several hundred of them and we are still working on new ones.
We did not even think that he chooses furniture, creating it and then decorating the interior of the house with it, it's relax.

We already have 47 types of furniture, applicable to virtually anywhere in the house.
Styles from Scandinavian, American, to Provence.
I think everyone will find something for themselves.

If you have an idea for an interesting, non-standard piece of furniture, feel free to write in the comments.
We will try to add them.

In the meantime, enjoy watching! :)

"Tribe: Primitive Builder" demo is available (6th february 6:35 PM CET)

Fill out the survey
Our new residents,
we see that a lot of you don't fill out the game rating surveys after you finish the game.
Wnkiets will help us to better organize life in the game, so that it is even more interesting for you.

So will you help?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyrYLfeJd62hPuw5ZuTFordn0cT9OX5AW7vPJ8nmFmP4haqQ/viewform?pli=1

Election Town Livestream Pre-alpha demo on Steam Nest Fest 2022

Election Town Livestream Pre-alpha demo on Steam Nest Fest 2022

Play the pre-alpha demo of Election Town
Today is the day when you will meet some of the inhabitants of Election Town.
David is counting down the minutes to our first meeting, and I'll be following your every move as a fearless defender of winguard City.

THE PRE-ALPHA DEMO has been created within the last 5 MONTHS. The demo contains BUGS that we are aware of, but there will be no better opportunity to clash the vision of the game with you than the Steam Next Festival. If bugs spoil your enjoyment of the game, we apologize to you. We will improve this with the playtests, which we will organize at the turn of 2022/2023.

We want to create a real community with you that has a real impact on the game. We invite you to fill out a questionnaire on the basis of which we will work on the game.

We also encourage you to join our community:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1953600

and Discord server:
https://discord.gg/kTbpmFEJnA

On them, we will be working with you to create the rest of the game until its release in Q2 2023.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1953600/Election_Town/

Election Town Livestream available

New Trailer
In just a few days, you'll be joining the residents of Election Town with our participation in Steam Next Fest. We hope you can't wait to get to know you. David is already looking forward to you with longing <3



On the occasion of participation in Steam Next Fest, we have prepared a short trailer for you, in which you can get to know us better. Have fun!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1953600/Election_Town/

The Secrets of the Mayor

Hello Neighbor!



I’m here to bring you some information I’ve collected while observing our Mayor. Know that I’ve been watching him vigilantly – though from afar – for quite some time now. If there’s one thing I can be certain of is that he is a man of many faces.



To the rich of our Town, he is their friend. Always in their corner. Always ready to help them when they need him most. But I’ve watched him closely enough to know that he’s no knight in shining armor. There seems to be a strong correlation between the way our biggest business takes a hit in order to eventually be forced to ask the Mayor for a handout.



To the poor, he might as well be the Devil himself. He doesn’t just use fake taxes in order to raise his political capital. He actively uses deception and seemingly positive bills in order to drive some of our fellow neighbors to the brink of craziness. Some manage to stay afloat. Others have been forced to join the ever-growing community of the homeless.

I wouldn’t want to take a side in this political battle, but it does seem mighty suspicious that The Mayor ran unopposed for three election cycles in a row…



Twisting the inspirations


Our first idea for the Mayor was a “twisted version” of Canada's poster boy Prime Minister. Though when we started to get into the details of the character, the Mayor seemed to take on a life of his own. That said, visually we still kept some inspiration for the look of the character. That puffy hair was just too good of an image.



The Mayor, as a major character in the story, went through a couple of designs as we were still exploring the options for how our NPCs will look.

While we distanced ourselves so we didn’t just fall into making specific “Canada jokes”, we noticed that our Mayor became a more layered presence. After all, we will get to meet face-to-face with him in the game, so we couldn’t just rely on one inspiration, especially since the relationship the media has with political leaders is usually distant and cold. We wanted to get as close and personal as we could… while still infusing the character with as many real-world inspirations as possible, eventually looking at a vast range of European and American political figures.



In reality, we wanted to create him in a way that allows us to take inspiration from all over the world. We made him be a blank canvas… or rather an “orange-faced canvas” for us to paint on ;)



Look closely


There are a couple of visuals we wanted to stand out with our main antagonist.

First of all, his clothes clearly represent the classic color scheme politicians use in order to build an image of trust and respect. That said, we made some twists on the formula. The Mayor is now in his third term in office, so it seemed like an occasion to have some fun.



This is why we contrasted his seemingly nice smile with eyes that reveal his intelligence and cunning. The clean-cut suit is underscored by small details like a pot supporter pin that must be a way for him to score some easy points with the youth, a suspicious mark on his neck that might reveal he’s not always saying everything about himself, and a tie that’s a clear signal of how serious he really treats his office.

https://youtu.be/26w5WOWdr4Q

What other secrets does the Mayor have?


You’ll soon be able to find out more about the Mayor’s schemes and political plans. In the meantime, be sure to share your thoughts about him on Discord and our Steam community page. We hope you’ll share your ideas and feedback on how we can make The Mayor even more interesting.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1953600/discussions



That’s all our intelligence was able to gather for now,
Wingard out!
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