Election Storm

A political campaign simulator from 1994 built around Taiwan's own elections. Instead of a generic Western model of politics it follows the local system, its candidates and its race for votes, which makes it a game that only fully makes sense in its home context.

The timing was not accidental. 1994 was the year Taiwan held its first direct votes for provincial governor and for the mayors of its largest cities. The island's democratisation was a fresh, everyday subject, and Election Storm is a small but telling imprint of it.

The whole program is barely 140 kB, which makes it a tiny yet intensely local artefact of its moment. On OldGame.cz it runs directly in your browser.