Caesar (Working Title)

This is a concept that was penned by my partner b. I would be working on programming and game design while they focus on the writing and historical research.

Julius Caesar is the man behind one of the most famous assassinations in history. He is also responsible for setting off the chain of events that would end the Roman republic and begin the reign of the roman emperors. The events and circumstances of Caesar’s life as he advanced through his political career in Rome is a fascinating story that contain some unsettling parallels to the modern world.

Caesar will be a visual novel that will follow Caesar’s life as he advances through the cursus honorum (sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians) in order to achieve his goal of passing a law for redistributing public lands to the poor. Along the way the player will need to borrow money in order to pay off clients to vote for him, make political allies and rally the populus against his political enemies. The game will feature a cast of interesting characters including Marcus Crassus (Scrooge McDuck wishes he was as rich as Crassus) and Pompey The Great (the greatest living military general in a society that loves its military generals). As well as expose the player to Caesar’s enemies, wealthy landowners who are exploiting public land for their own profit and openly plot to arrest caesar and throw him in jail the moment he leaves office and loses his diplomatic immunity.

The game will end with the end of Caesar’s first Consulship (the highest office in the Roman republic) as he’s about to head off to be appointed the military governor of northern Italy where he will launch his famous campaigns into Gaul (Veni, vidi, vici) but the game will show the player all of the pieces are in place for the meltdown of the republic when Caesar finally returns to Rome after 5 years when he is eligible to run for the Consulship again.