Radian-Helix Media

12/22/2023

Physical copy of Propaganda arrived in the mail! In the new year I'll have to start a video of playing the game in real life.

12/01/2023

Got the new box for the game ready to send to the manufacturer.

New Rulebook is ready, cards are updated for the last timer on Rev 4.3, and I'm looking forward to taking it to meetups with publishers and playtesters in person in the high quality version, rather than just home printed and manually cut out.

11/27/2023

Rev 4.3 is now on Tabletopia! (Free with a steam account)
https://tabletopia.com/games/propaganda

And on Tabletop Simulator! (TTS is not free, but this test version of Propaganda is.)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013237718

And a link to view the online Rulebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAUU9cLlkCpBdiNwS9LqUIlUppJcCBlqd0N6KJe8qqI/edit

If anyone wants to playtest online, it is playable *solo* or with up to 4 players.

You can hop into our Discord for Playtest Events: https://discord.gg/GK7nqgu

10/17/2023

https://tabletopia.com/games/propaganda

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013237718

Propaganda Rev 4.2 is online now on Tabletop Simulator and Tabletopia!

A bunch of balance changes and updated rules, this version is just a little bit closer to finished.

09/04/2023

We've begun using a new way of using UV Projection to match 3D Geometry to our 2D Sprites.

This Cliff Segment is a flat 2d image.

That image is attached to a projector, which is casting the image and its UV directly onto a 3D cube. That cube has then been divided into loops, the vertices of which are pushed in or out to create the illusion that the sprite's details are actually on a 3D object.

UV projection isn't anything new. We've used in in making movies and some games for decades.

What's new here is that he UV projection updates in realtime as you are editing the geometry, allowing you to see instant results while modelling in Blender, rather than trying to make your "best guess" and continually going to another window, projecting the UV, forcing it to fit, and finding problems, then doing it again and again til that works "god enough."

Here that process is a simple as what you see is seeing what you get. Slashing hours to just a few minutes.

08/13/2023

Lighting in the 3D version of our 2D world is going much better.

08/05/2023

Been making snippets of video to teach how to setup the board and play the game.

Eventually I'll add sound and voice these!

08/05/2023

The switch to 3D has brought some challenges, but the rewards are apparent in this screenshot from James's test project -- the lighting improvements are gorgeous.

08/02/2023

https://tabletopia.com/games/propaganda

The Official public Tabletopia page for Rev3.4! Free through stream or after making an account on their website!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013237718

And the Tabletop Simulator version for those that prefer it.

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Just a Tale of the End of the World here:

Kent was playing Mai, who gains +1 Economy when Population is at 10 or more, and I got the Anti-Natalist Virus event. I also had the Mass Population Project already in play, but decided to suspend it for some turns to let Kent sweat it out and prevent Mai from gaining the population from that Agricultural Minister's population boost.

That means we're both losing 1 population every turn (but I had and Kent had cards to prevent population loss, so net 0 every turn). We rolled back the Doomsday Clock once, and went through most of the game saying we're going to try for a Peaceful victory of one of us -- and after my population dipped too low to sustain I put the Mass Population project in play and we could gain population back.

Meanwhile Raja built Thermo Nuclear weapons, his corruption and awards stacked up to +4 Defense per turn, and in the end he had so many soldiers he didn't know what to do with them. So he marched across the border and shot up 3 of Mai's soldiers and damaged a nuclear reactor. That led Kent to retaliate with Escalation of Arms, end his turn discarding a bunch of cards to gain Defense and shifting Economy into Defense, so we both had 20 Defense (which cancels out.)

In the ruins, Raja forgot the Thermonuclear Nuclear weapons, so Kent had 1 population left alive in the ashes at +5. Then raja's nukes went off, bringing him down to -5 to Raja's -8.

And that's how the world ended.

08/01/2023

This is a big moment, with the new board game ready to be played solo or with friends online.

As this game gains traction with an online community of players and we have tested it thoroughly, it will be ready for a publisher.

If you have the time and inclination, give it a play! We have a free version on Tabletopia and this one on Tabletop Simulator.

Or, share this link and let people know about what we're doing!

Radian Helix Media, Indie Game Devs and Visual Effects Producers. Modders on the side for RimWorld, Star Sector, Fallout, and other titles.

08/01/2023

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013237718

Posted the somewhat fancier Tabletop Simulator version on the Steam Workshop!

If you're into the more free variety, check out the Tabletopia version: https://tabletopia.com/games/propaganda-txgq14/play-now

PROPAGANDA casts you as Dear Leader, ruler of The Regime, guiding your glorious nation through the rigors of war, famine, plague, and the damnable Media landscape.

Use propaganda tactics to distort events in the news to fit a narrative that most benefits your Regime. Play solo or with up to four players, trying to reach global domination before the Doomsday Clock runs out.

It's always 12 Minutes to Midnight. The Media is abuzz with fear and distrust. Control the narrative.

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We're organizing playtests on our Discord: https://discord.gg/GK7nqgu

And you can keep with the behind the scenes creation of the game on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RadianHelix

Radian Helix Media, Indie Game Devs and Visual Effects Producers. Modders on the side for RimWorld, Star Sector, Fallout, and other titles.

07/24/2023

Got PROPAGANDA Rev3 test on a "share with friends only" version of Tabletopia, which is free to play on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/402560/Tabletopia/

I believe it can be played here: https://tabletopia.com/games/propaganda-txgq14/play-now

At the very least, you can view the demo and see the setup before it becomes a public build later, which will feature in future leadup to the kickstarter and whatever happens as we seek publishing.