Face it. The political world is far from gentle. The general public tend to follow what they know, can be corrupted/bribed easily, etc. and so polititions use it to their advantage to get themselves in office.

I got to thinking, that could make a really killer game. "Dirty Politics". It would probably make a good text game, but I think it would be even cooler as a graphical game.

It would need an engine similar to Fate's in terms of that you'd have to build your empire and have lots of people to follow you and/or do your bidding. You would be in a large city, you'd have to be converting citizens of the city to your idea... Or forcing them to.

It wouldn't be very violent, but it would have stuff like murders and coverups to prevent being found out and being busted.

Being American, I'd like to see it about the American system of government, since it allows for easy corruption of the citizens through propeganda/pursuasion and such, and the citizens decide your fate... But you could also follow other parties, such as socialism, communism, anarchism, your own, etc... But stuff like communism and your own would have very few supporters, and you'd probably have to resort to a lot of sinister acts to win.

I'm not sure how the public system should be done. It shouldn't be done like fate where you find people on the street and interact with them... Maybe have it so there is people aout walking like in Fate, but they are specifically for recruiting to be in your party and do your bidding. The actual public would be converted through public rallies, advertising, visiting house-to-house, whatever to get more people on your side.

You'd be playing against other players and/or other AI, competing for office of your city.

You'd also have to try to earn money for campaigning using different methods.

The whole game will be about playing mind games with the public to get them to vote for you and win. I think it's a pretty cool idea.

Before you ask, no, I cannot do it. No time