Demomocracy — Press Kit
A tiny Democracy 3 in your browser — and now on your desktop.
Pitch
EN: Take office in 30+ scenarios, pull 23 policy levers, watch 12 voter blocs orbit your country as 3D satellites. Win the next election — or trigger one of 58 failure achievements (coup, debt collapse, climate revolt).
FR: Prenez les rênes dans 30+ scénarios, tirez 23 leviers, regardez 12 blocs électoraux orbiter en satellites 3D. Gagnez la prochaine élection — ou débloquez l'un des 58 succès d'échec (coup d'État, dette, révolte climatique).
Fact sheet
- Developer
- Atom Studios — atomstudios.fr
- Release
- Web (free) — live at demomocracy.atomstudios.fr · Desktop pay-what-you-want, $4 min on itch.io
- Platforms
- Browser · macOS (Apple Silicon native, Intel via Rosetta) · Linux (.deb / AppImage) · Windows (planned)
- Engine
- Vanilla JavaScript · Vite · Three.js · Tauri 2 · No framework, no tracking, no accounts
- Languages
- English · Français (full bilingual)
- Download size
- ~8 MB binary on desktop · ~225 KB gzipped initial web bundle
- Genre / Tags
- Simulation · Politics · Strategy · Satire · Daily challenge · 3D · HTML5
- License
- MIT (source) · © Atom Studios (assets) · No DRM
- Press contact
- hello@atomstudios.fr
Features
- 30+ scenarios — fictional nations (Atlantica, Helion, Krasnov…) and contemporary anchors (France 2027, USA 2028, UK 2026, Germany, Japan, Brazil, India, Mexico, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Argentina, South Africa…).
- 12 voter blocs orbit as 3D satellites with stat biases that drive their happiness — capitalists, socialists, liberals, conservatives, religious, environmentalists, patriots, workers, youth, retirees, parents, urbanites.
- 23 policy levers across taxes, welfare, security, foreign affairs, environment, society, with compound effects for sustained policies.
- 55 multi-choice decision events — gilets jaunes, AI regulation, pandemic, hospital walk-out, sovereign wealth fund, conscription, …
- Crisis chains, 4-minister cabinet (party affiliations, loyalty, bios, reshuffle), coalition picker, manifesto system (20 promises with score bonuses), and three per-term levers (Address the Nation, Targeted Persuasion, Cabinet Reshuffle) plus a once-per-campaign Snap Election.
- 58 achievements persisted across runs · Daily challenge with streak counter · per-scenario best-score badges · multi-slot saves with thumbnails · JSON export/import.
- Letter-grade end-of-game report card, shareable as a Wordle-style text block + a 1200×630 PNG.
- Endless mode after the term limit · color-blind palette · snappy mode · ambient music toggle.
Screenshots
Press assets
Recent updates
The web build auto-deploys from main; the desktop edition on itch.io tracks the same version tags. Full history: CHANGELOG.md.
- v5.13 — New scenario: Canada 2028 (housing crisis, G7 productivity gap, wildfire-shifted climate, US trade volatility).
- v5.12 — Added
robots.txt+sitemap.xmlfor proper search-engine discovery. - v5.11 — Press kit landing page (this URL).
- v5.10 — Open Graph image switched to PNG so Twitter / Discord / Facebook social cards render.
- v5.9 — In-app gameplay trailer GIF in the About overlay.
- v5.8 — itch.io butler release pipeline (auto-detects Mac / Linux / Windows artifacts).
- v5.7 — itch.io CTA on end-game modal.
- v5.6 — macOS packaging via
ditto(Gatekeeper-acceptable zip). - v5.0 — Major: Tauri 2 desktop wrapper. The same source ships as native Mac / Linux / Windows.
About the studio
Atom Studios is a one-developer indie shop based in France, focused on small, web-native games that ship without trackers, ads, or accounts. Demomocracy is the first commercial release; the web build remains free and open forever — the desktop edition on itch.io supports continued development. Source on GitLab: gitlab.ggcorp.fr/atomstudios/demomocracy.