Comments on: The Political Machine http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Ken Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:40:36 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-224 The original program was written in Apple Basic. There were some syntax differences with Commodore Basic plus all the graphics routines had to be rewritten from scratch. I had to create the election map line by line by hand, tweaking it after I was done to make all the states look right and fill up the screen. I had to write a fill algorithm to fill up the states with the right colors on election night. The hardest part was all the testing especially with third party candidates. The basic algorithm of the program is that if the economy is good and the nation is at peace, then it is very hard to beat an incumbent. I was working as an independent contractor. That was a time when a single programmer could create a game. I wrote some games on my own too: http://s64.emuunlim.com/gameinfos/tournamentgolf/tournamentgolf.htm http://pirates.emucamp.com/a/d/doughboy/c64/main.html Since then I've been writing Process Monitoring Software for OSIsoft: www.osisoft.com Ken The original program was written in Apple Basic. There were some syntax differences with Commodore Basic plus all the graphics routines had to be rewritten from scratch. I had to create the election map line by line by hand, tweaking it after I was done to make all the states look right and fill up the screen.

I had to write a fill algorithm to fill up the states with the right colors on election night. The hardest part was all the testing especially with third party candidates.

The basic algorithm of the program is that if the economy is good and the nation is at peace, then it is very hard to beat an incumbent.

I was working as an independent contractor. That was a time when a single programmer could create a game. I wrote some games on my own too:

http://s64.emuunlim.com/gameinfos/tournamentgolf/tournamentgolf.htm

http://pirates.emucamp.com/a/d/doughboy/c64/main.html

Since then I’ve been writing Process Monitoring Software for OSIsoft: http://www.osisoft.com

Ken

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-223 peterb Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:26:27 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-223 Ken, You can't expect me to let you just drop in here, fire off that salvo, and leave, can you? Our readers demand details -- how hard was the port? What was the biggest challenge? Are there any specific hacks that come to your mind when you think of the game? What have you been working on since? Cheers, peterb Ken,

You can’t expect me to let you just drop in here, fire off that salvo, and leave, can you? Our readers demand details — how hard was the port? What was the biggest challenge? Are there any specific hacks that come to your mind when you think of the game? What have you been working on since?

Cheers,

peterb

]]> By: Ken http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Ken Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:28:52 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-222 Hey! I did the Commodore 64 port for President Elect in 1988, so obviously I prefer that version. :) Hey! I did the Commodore 64 port for President Elect in 1988, so obviously I prefer that version. :)

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-221 peterb Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:00:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-221 Thanks, Don! I fixed the link. Thanks, Don! I fixed the link.

]]> By: Don Bemont http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Don Bemont Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:06:24 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-220 The "you can" link for President Elect does not seem to be working. The “you can” link for President Elect does not seem to be working.

]]> By: David Bell http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-219 David Bell Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:57:32 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-219 You might be interested in a presidential election game that's out for 2004 called President Forever. Info is here: www.presidentforever.com . You might be interested in a presidential election game that’s out for 2004 called President Forever. Info is here: http://www.presidentforever.com .

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-218 peterb Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:38:39 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-218 Sorry, I thought "PC based" covered it -- it's a Windows game (as is all the dregin.net/Stardock stuff). I'll update the review. Sorry, I thought “PC based” covered it — it’s a Windows game (as is all the dregin.net/Stardock stuff). I’ll update the review.

]]> By: Eric Tilton http://tleaves.com/2004/04/14/the-political-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Eric Tilton Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:30:37 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=74#comment-217 What platform is this for? Windows? Web-based? Mac? The web site seemed to pretty much have a link to a screenshot. What platform is this for? Windows? Web-based? Mac? The web site seemed to pretty much have a link to a screenshot.

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