Bureaucracy

Building a Rulebook That Keeps Changing

This game was made by a four-person team during Truth, Lies & Democracy, a 48-hour game jam hosted by the European Capital of Democracy. I worked on gameplay programming and created the 2D assets.

The main challenge was keeping the rules readable while still letting them become annoying in the right way. The player needs to check ballots quickly, so the interface had to explain enough without turning the game into a wall of text.

Making Paperwork Playable

Since the whole game is about bureaucracy, the visuals had to be simple, official-looking and easy to read. The joke only works if the paperwork is clear enough for the player to understand why it is getting worse.

The project won the category "Protect our Democracy's critical infrastructure!". It is still a small jam game, but I like it because the core idea is readable, the scope made sense, and the team got a complete game out of a very short timeframe.