It's election time in Pakistan: Go rich boy, go! by Jahanzaib Haque

You're rich, you're privileged and high on democracy in an ultra-poor, ultra-conservative society!

Are you ready to vote in the urban badlands of ol' Pakistan?

Screw the terrorists, and damn the summer heat - its time to get your vote on.

(Remember: This game has many plot lines to explore - play it more than once!)

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Review YRT110

31 Oct 2017

Well done man. I am from India and totally enjoyed your work. Keep making more tales like this.

Review LemonGrabJuice

12 Feb 2017

Ha, I loved the point system so much, and the fact that the guard is basically always stoned? Hilarious!

Comment SoftheartRocks

05 Feb 2017

WHY IS MY GIRL'S DAD SO AWFUL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Review Regisblackgaard

04 Jan 2017

YAAAAASSSSS
I AM SOOOOO MOVING TO PAKISTAN!!!!!!!!

Review acevans

31 Dec 2016

Only registered to give you a thumbs up. I am laughing so hard right now xD Excellent work!

Comment Nutjitzu

22 Jun 2016

This offends my religion. Not happy. 😒

Comment Zeys_Quest

21 Aug 2015

Tip: Turn left, keep going straight!

Review Nikhilbot75

31 Jul 2015

This is an amazing choose your own adventure. You are an amazing storyteller and it gave me a sense about how hard it can be to vote in countries like Pakistan. I would like you to make another one and I will definitely play it.

Review MisterPibb316

09 May 2015

Funny enough. I laughed at the Pentium 1 joke, in particular.

Review ThatRandomArtist

05 Apr 2015

This game is an awesome adventure (in my opinion),and I believe anyone could have fun with this great game,the gaurd guy was (in my opinion) the most hilarious character in the whole game.

Review Tom C.L.

21 Dec 2014

Oh god I'm crying

Review ToastingMellowz

08 Nov 2014

What a funny game!

Review nyancat.exe

07 Nov 2014

Good! I had a laugh here and there, and even a tear fall from my eye... I rate 10/10

Review EnderDoesMC

10 Oct 2014

That game was really good. I especially appreciated it, as THEY DON'T GET BOMBED and your rich so nice work!

Comment Little Swiss

02 Oct 2014

AWESOME! Haha... I didn't really understand it but I like it anyway. A few minor typos/ spelling errors, no big deal.

Here is a grammar error I found, I took it from the game itself:
You weren't PAY ATTENTION to the road - there is a street urchin in your path, waving a pail and car-window wiper at you in horror as your car glides forward.

It should be paying attention instead of pay attention. Hope this helps to improve the game.

Review anders011

29 Apr 2014

kind of stupid but REALLY funny

Review MrSargasm

06 Apr 2014

Good writing, perfect amount of slightly racist humour, and a lot of replayability.

Review AJHHICKS

18 Mar 2014

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Review Cycle-Alchemist

01 Feb 2014

LAME I played through and didn't even laugh once. this is a fail at a game! LAME LAME LAME

Review John Bird

01 Feb 2014

Love it! It's hilarious.

Review 9spaceking

23 Jan 2014

Awesome game!

Review SergeantFerb

18 Jan 2014

Hilarious text adventure. So many different choices, humor throughout all of it and it was just the right length. Great game! :)

Comment drzombietaco

12 Nov 2013

i keep dying.. what is this?!?

Review storyspoiler

03 Oct 2013

Guys, this is some really excellent satire.

Review ArcticYetiWampa

08 Sep 2013

Cool :)
I chose Omar as my companion and voted for the One Pound Fish Guy!

Review MAD SPANNER

08 Jul 2013

Absorbing all the way and made me chuckle on many occasions, even playing it on repeat playthroughs with different sidekicks. Great writing and satire, more inspiration to try comedic interactive storytelling myself. 5 stars well deserved!

Review Alien Invasion

06 Jul 2013

Quite a fun little game.

In the end, you've only got one vote so use it the best you can, but use it!

Comment ehsn23

12 May 2013

In my first attempt i got it right with Aliya ending up with a relationship..Haha
Great Game

Review ehsn23

12 May 2013

This Game is Simply superb and im saying that after playing hours on Playstation :D
Appreciate your brilliant work

Review kaju

02 May 2013

I loved this game. I'm from India, and did not know the details of the political or social scene in Pakistan. I found while playing this game was a hell lot of fun ('cheetaaay!' cracked me up) it taught me a few things too. I learned about the political options and the social structure. In the end, I could see where the protagonist (and those like him) stood, the hopelessness and the hope and the cynicism and still the hope, the enormousness of the challenge ahead and the refusal to give up. I realized that while we tend to take democracy for granted, it's a precious thing, if only because it can bring people together. So by the end, I had developed something like solidarity. Here's to you, rich boy!

Review mishalik

23 Apr 2013

Absolutely amazing!
It keeps the reader interested at every point in the game.
Extremely funny.
Entertaining.
And just what a person would need to get out of a bad mood/stress!
I simply loved it and I'm sure every other person would too.
Please keep it up!

Review sidpatel91

23 Apr 2013

This is a game that will keep you laughing at every decision you make. Besides it the scenario pictured is exactly what's in the society. Its a nice way to motivate the people playing game to atleast cast a vote :) though in a very satirical manner. HATS OFF to the developer

Review Freehashaukat

22 Apr 2013

Incisive Satire with an urban understanding of Pakistani Rich Elite Youth Ennui as well as the down low on what the parties represent to this motley crew. Encouraging People to Vote - What's not to Like ? !

Review fariasyedhaque

22 Apr 2013

After hours, I have played every single possible choice in this game and they are all hilarious and smart. I love the idea of a text-adventure about elections is especially interesting because it is, after all, a matter of making choices and living with the consequences.
Plus, I probably won't vote (physically) so at least I got to go to Murdabad.

Review icemelt7

22 Apr 2013

It was my first experience with a local adventure game, it was really amazing. The developer clearly knows all the branches of our multi-layered, complex and contrasting society.

There was some right amount of comedy with some hard truth injected into it. Words are not enough to express how amazing this experience has been.

Thank you!

Comment JazbatiJhaaru

22 Apr 2013

Hahahaha, i think i blew it up with Aaliya :/

Review hala

22 Apr 2013

This was funny, smart and insightful. I played it about 5 times so far and plan to play even more because each choice gives you a new perspective. To be relevent and have poignant commentary on a situation while also being clever and entertaining is a rare trick and this text adventure embodies all of that.

Review karachikhatmal

22 Apr 2013

Its tough to decide what's better about this game - a largely accurate description of elite bewilderment at the social and bureacratic mechanisms of Pakistan, or the fact that it's extremely fucking funny.

The game is intricately detailed, which means that beyond the process of making choices and scoring arbitrary points, you are also reading into a quite plausible account of just about everything (from Aalia's rejection to Allah Ditta's joints to the bribe to the thullas) that a prospective burger bacha can experience while figuring out this voting business. In that way, its a far truer depiction of what this election would mean for the people you know than anything you read about in overly sentimental op-eds and music videos.

And hopefully, if you manage to cast your vote eventually, you'll walk away with a feeling that's probably going to be a lot closer to the realiy than those inflated ideas of self-actualisation and harmony with the universe everyone else claims its going to be.

Review Sana

22 Apr 2013

It was a really well written, creative and hilarious game! Loved it!!! I took the doped up security guard with me to vote on my first round. Can't wait to go back and explore other options - I have a feeling they may not turn out quite as well as this one did... Very insightful and evocative regarding both day to day Karachi life and the PK election process. But you don't even notice you are learning, given that it is so much fun... Nice use of pics to complement the text as I thought they added a lot to the atmosphere, sometimes chillingly so. Overall, I really, really enjoyed this. :)

Review Candacis

21 Apr 2013

That was a really funny game and well written! I expected a text-adventure, but a gamebook was fine, too. It was very short, but that encouraged me to replay it several times and I liked how the different companions changed the descriptions down to small details (like their behavior in the car). I think the first time I scored a - 1 quadrillian points but it was hilarious anyway. The humor was sometimes a little too dark for my taste (killing childrens), but the story felt "real" and at the same part totally crazy.
I learned something about pakistan, too, and learning while having fun in a game is the best kind of learning ^^ I would love to see more adventures in pakistan and I wouldn't mind some more background informations.

Comment NidaHaque

21 Apr 2013

I loved it, it was hilarious. At least my path was :D Don't want to spoil the game for others by saying which it was but excellent writing Jay! Easy to follow and fun. Going to play again now with my 2nd choice choices!