1984 Revisited

Game Details: The game is about moving from a dictatorial dystopian society like 1984 to a society where individual freedom is respected. The game incorporates elements of tactical combat, role playing and economy balancing. The game is drawing parallels between how an individual manages their inner states vs how a leader manages a society. Human ego is parallel to Big Brother and as Big Brother controls the kingdom, the ego controls the body. Now the goal is to remove Big Brother from the kingdom and parallely to remove ego from the body. 

Link to GDD

Motivation for the game: This is the first full fledged game concept that I made around the Ego vs Soul narrative. 

Game concept inspiration: The game concept is inspired by an interpretation of the Bhagwad Geeta called 'God Talks to Arjuna' which states that the battle of 'Mahabharata' is a battle between the armies of King Ego and King Soul. The devotee Arjuna is fighting to help the Soul gain control of the body which has been taking over by Ego. 

Date of development: April-May 2024

Development time: 2 months

What I learnt: 

Why I did not build this game: The concept is too complicated to execute and the concept has been simplified tremendously in subsequent game ideas.