Game design and concept by Liz J

Spends free time on web

Loves discussing politics

Extremely influential

Enjoys reading political blogs and posting content◦ FOX News

◦ Chicks on the Right

My mom’s political fury is very influential. She even inspired me to be Sarah Palin for the

Halloween before the November 2008 presidential elections.

Political Fury is a Facebook game revolving around current political media circulating the web, along with user-generated political content. Facebook users can play the game by joining the Political Fury group and allowing the application. As players, they begin by choosing a party: Republican or Democrat. They start as the lowest of the three ranks, Concerned Citizen. As they interact with other players about political topics in the Political Furygroup, they earn Political Fury points that will help them advance through the next two ranks, Political Advocate and Campaign Manager. Higher ranks allow more privileges that will advance their ability to voice their political opinions. In addition to each player’s individual points, an overall point system is kept among the three different parties based on how many Political Fury points each party’s members are acquiring, and it is always displayed on the Political Fury group page in real time. It’s up to the political fury of Facebook users to determine which political party will prevail!

Target Audience◦ Facebook users

◦ Particularly reaches out to the adult demographic

◦ United States

Platform◦ PC

◦ social media network, Facebook

Set up similar to a Facebook group, using typical Facebooktools

Application icon – Brings user to the game page Tabs

◦ Rank – Displays current rank and explains all ranks◦ Political Fury Points – Displays current points and explains point

system◦ Recent Activity – Shows recent user activity, making it easier to

follow one’s own posts, and posts that the user found interesting

Links – Users can view and post links User Content – Users can view and post their own content Like – Users can ―like‖ a post Comment – Users can comment on a post, or can comment

on another user’s comment, forming a thread-like feature

Users gain political fury points based on their activity and quality of their posts. More political fury points allow them to advance through more ranks. Higher ranks permit higher and more desirable user capabilities, like having their own content featured. The weight of the point system encourages high-quality content and thoughtful user activity.

Political Fury Points◦ 5 points – Post a comment◦ 10 points – Post a link◦ 15 points – Post user content◦ 25 points – Receive a like or comment on your link◦ 50 points – Receive a like or comment on your user content◦ 75 points – Receive a like on your comment

Ranks◦ Concerned Citizen: 0-495 points...user can post links◦ Political Advocate: 500-4,995 points...user can post links and comments◦ Campaign Manager: 5,000+ points...user can post links, comments, and user content

Overall, a meter displayed on the home page shows how many points each of the two parties have—Republican and Democrat. It’s a live, ongoing battle based on the members’ points of each political party.

Modeled after Facebook; recognizable

Like (Facebook)

Rank:Concerned Citizen

Rank:Political Advocate

Rank:Campaign Manager

Patriotic colors, American flag, Flames

Political Party:Democrat

Political Party:Republican

Political Fury Points

Application Icon

Homepage Banner

Sample Homepage◦ Modeled after Facebook

group

◦ Banner at top

◦ ―Links‖ and ―User Content‖

◦ Tabs

Sample tab: Recent Activity

User avatars would also feature rank icon