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A Video Game to Ruin the World and Fill Swiss Bank Accounts

Neocolonialism: Ruin Everything is a warping of a world domination strategy game, where you are a banker buying votes and manipulating competitors to sap as much wealth from the planet as possible.

In 12 turns, with up to six players, you parse through the world like it’s only there for your benefit, buying government votes, building mines and factories, and using your power to control regional parliaments. It always ends with the same message: “The world has been ruined. Game over.”

In today’s political game, we present to you Neocolonialism: Ruin Everything.

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No Pineapple Left Behind Review

No Pineapple Left Behind Review

2016 has just started off, and with it is a new batch of Indie games finally seeing release. Starting out the year fresh is No Pineapple Left Behind.

Tasking you to take control of a school, No Pineapple Left Behind is presented as a micro managing simulator. With the multiple different schools to choose from, you step into the role of the Principal, deciding what sort of extra faculty you’d…

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‘No Pineapple Left Behind’: Oh, The Humanity of Ed Reform

No Pineapple Left Behind is a simple management game painted with the timely imagery of the education reform movement. It’s a “school simulator,” to be precise, where instead of keeping track of tax rates or the number of cows, you keep a close eye on things like teacher’s salaries, grade averages, and how many students have given up on their humanity today. It’s designed by a small team, Subaltern Games, and strongly influenced by its “Captain of Industry’s” experiences as a part-time teacher.

If you’ve played management games in the past, you’ll find the controls and mechanics to be easy and familiar. What lore exists in the game is straightforward as well, setting up and explaining only what it needs to in order to get you playing and thinking about its subject matter. You are the principle of the school, with a staff of teachers that you hire, fire, and order through individual menus. These teachers can cast spells and shoot lasers to influence the grades and attitudes of their students and, at least in the public alpha version of the game, are uniformly white. The students, on the other hand, are black or brown and uncontrollable by you, though you can see their current goals and personality traits, and it’s their academic performance that determines the overall grade of your school, directly impacting your budget’s bottom line. Or, they are pineapples, who only care about their grades thanks to a mysterious curse (or blessing?) that transforms students into pineapples once their humanity levels reach a certain low point.

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No Pineapple Left Behind Announce Trailer

You gotta see this! It’s gonna be a satirical school simulation game! They will release a free alpha soon and plan to distribute the full version through Steam.

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An Ex-Teacher Made a Video Game that Skewers the No Child Left Behind Act

'No Pineapple Left Behind' is an adorable and deeply depressing look at the US school system.

The same developer made a game called "Neocolonialism". The tagline for that game is "Ruin Everything".

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No Pineapple Left Behind first came to my attention last year with a Kickstarter that sadly didn’t make its goal. Fortunately, it looks like the project has secured a publisher and is moving forward! Here’s the description from the official site:

In No Pineapple Left Behind, an evil wizard shows up to a school and turns all of the children into pineapples. Pineapples are very simple. All they do is take tests and get grades. If they get good grades, the school makes more money. But, if left unattended, pineapples can turn back into children. (Oh no!) Children are far more complex and expensive than pineapples. You are the principal. Your job is to run the school.

You can learn more from the developer’s website, subalterngames.com - Stacey

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Have You Ever Wanted To Manage Pineapples?

Have You Ever Wanted To Manage Pineapples?

Subaltern Games revealed No Pineapple Left Behind. No it’s not a game about being a pineapple, but its a satirical simulation of modern education and pursuit to create the perfect student body.

As the principal, players are required to manage the staff and finances (you’ll also be able to fire people if need be), dealing with annoying parents, creating curriculums, and ultimately churning out the…

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