Doug's Election Game

Here's my election game. Because I was inspired, I guess. The game's kinda slow, and a bit of a memory hog, but I guess you'd expect that from approximately 4500 lines of hacked-together [incr TCL/TK] code. You'll need [incr TCL/TK] and [incr Widgets] installed; these are fairly easily available under Linux/X or any other UNIX variant (MacOS probably included). If you're using linux, I'm sure you can figure out how to install it yourself (either via your distribution's packages or by compiling the source available at the [incr TCL/TK] developer site yourself). If you're using Windows, I'd suggest getting it from ActiveState. Or at least I would if it actually supported [incr TCL/TK] like it says it does. If anybody figures out how to get [incr TCL/TK] working on windows, let me know, but in the meantime, I don't see the point of supporting it. Too bad, so sad.

That said, feel free to drop me a line if you've got any suggestions, questions, criticism, know how to get [incr TCL/TK] working under Windows... Or whatever, really. If you want to just send me nice email or give me money, that's fine, too. My email address is at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, here's the program (current version 1.0 alpha):

TAR/GZIP format: election1.0a.tgz
ZIP format: election1.0a.zip

A final note: this game is copyright me, Douglas Triggs, ©2004. I hereby make it freely distributable, if you want to post copies of it anywhere, feel free, but I'd prefer you to link back to this page if you do (in case I release big fixes, additional features, whatever). Please don't distribute any modified versions of the program without checking with me first; depending on what you have in mind, I may go for it enthusiastically, I may choose to exercise my copyright, who knows, but either way I'll probably be reasonable about it. Honest. Probably.

Anyway, here's a quick tour of the game, in lieu of actual documentation (which I may or may not bother to do at some point in the future):

Game on. Time to figure out who I am. And who I am is my own man, taking my own path, with wads and wads of cash. Have I mentioned that I have wads and wads of cash? Time to figure out what I stand for. Don't worry, I can change these later (albeit at a penalty), and I will, as I flip-flop into my final strategy. Only the losers get stuck with the flip-flopper label.

And now, down to the planning. What states will be most susceptible to my orbiting mind control lasers? Now's the time to investigate my sworn enemy... Er, I mean, my distinguished opponent to look for weaknesses to exploit. I'll have to figure out how to make his penchant for giant radioactive monsters work against him.

And now's the time to do some research and figure out the lay of the land. Plus, there's a pretty map. Mmmmm. Map pretty. Look's like I'll have an uphill battle; which states will be easiest to pick off? Whose citizens are most susceptible to my lies?

I've clearly gotten some good traction here, especially after a late surge thanks to an excellent debate performance (it didn't hurt that I spiked my opponents' coffee with LSD beforehand). Time to see if my last-minute preparations pay off. I'm doing even better than I'd hoped, after (barely!) picking off the Land of Lincoln. Now it's the Land of Me, baby! It remains to be seen whether or not it will be enough to make This (whole) Land My Land.

It seems that my strategy has not quite been enough, as I've failed to make the necessary 270 electoral votes to win. I guess I'll have to settle for a military coup. But, on the good side, I've caused rioting in the streets and the collapse of the electoral college. Pretty good for a bare quarter of the popular vote, hey?

Well, there it is. Pretty exciting, huh? Don't forget to sample the appetizers and tip the waiter before you leave.

I'm Douglas Triggs and I approve of this program.

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	Game on. Time to figure out who I am. And who I am is my own man, taking my own path, with wads and wads of cash. Have I mentioned that I have wads and wads of cash?		Time to figure out what I stand for. Don't worry, I can change these later (albeit at a penalty), and I will, as I flip-flop into my final strategy. Only the losers get stuck with the flip-flopper label.
	And now, down to the planning. What states will be most susceptible to my orbiting mind control lasers?		Now's the time to investigate my sworn enemy... Er, I mean, my distinguished opponent to look for weaknesses to exploit. I'll have to figure out how to make his penchant for giant radioactive monsters work against him.
	And now's the time to do some research and figure out the lay of the land. Plus, there's a pretty map. Mmmmm. Map pretty.		Look's like I'll have an uphill battle; which states will be easiest to pick off? Whose citizens are most susceptible to my lies?
	I've clearly gotten some good traction here, especially after a late surge thanks to an excellent debate performance (it didn't hurt that I spiked my opponents' coffee with LSD beforehand). Time to see if my last-minute preparations pay off.		I'm doing even better than I'd hoped, after (barely!) picking off the Land of Lincoln. Now it's the Land of Me, baby! It remains to be seen whether or not it will be enough to make This (whole) Land My Land.
	It seems that my strategy has not quite been enough, as I've failed to make the necessary 270 electoral votes to win. I guess I'll have to settle for a military coup.		But, on the good side, I've caused rioting in the streets and the collapse of the electoral college. Pretty good for a bare quarter of the popular vote, hey?