What Is It?

Nikhil Murthy’s Syphilisation is a post-colonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj.

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• Introduction to an Oleomingus Exhibit

  Introduction to an Oleomingus Exhibit

• Postcolonial Compilation

  A compilation of all my postcolonial work.

• Postcolonialism Missing From Syphilisation

  Some postcolonial principles that I didn't get to implement in Syphilisation

• Pocomon

  A postcolonial analysis of Pokemon

• Postcolonial Failures of Syphilisation

  The ways that Syphilisation fails as a postcolonial game

• Feature Overview of Syphilisation

  The unique features of Syphilisation

• The Pleasure of Translation in 4X Games

  Understanding translation in 4X games.

• The General Question of Postcolonialism

  General approaches to making your game postcolonial

• Postcolonial Breath of the Wild

  Identifying and replacing colonial mechanics in Breath of the Wild

• Camp Production

  Moving production to the camps

• Postcolonial Stardew Valley

  Identifying and replacing colonial mechanics in Stardew Valley

• The Big Question of Ideological Games

  Understanding the big question of ideological games and what Syphilisation does in the space.

• Postcolonial Monster Hunter

  Identifying and replacing colonial mechanics in Monster Hunter

• The Surprisingly Rewarding Experience of Building An Ideological Game

  On how Syphilisation was rewarding to build.

• Updating eXploitation in Syphilisation

  Going over a major update to the eXploitation phase in *Syphilisation*

• Solving ICS Through Postcolonialism

  Using the lens of postcolonialism to solve ICS

• Searching for Postcolonialism in Civilization 6

  Going through Civilization 6 looking for postcolonial statements

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-12-05 - Notifications

  Updated notification system and more tooltips

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-10-24 - Radha Storyline

  A new storyline for Pahal Radha

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-10-03 - Campaign Update

  New win-con and updated campaigns.

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-09-19

  Preserves and Game Flow

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-09-07

  OOO

• Syphilisation Roadmap - 2021-08-23

  Planned features for Syphilisation

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-07-18 - Streamlining

  Streamlining Syphilisation for simplicity.

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-05-30 - Anti-Industrialization

  Work to counter industrialization

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-05-16 - Celebration Points and Covid Vaccines

  Celebration Points and Covid Vaccines

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-05-02 - Economy

  Updating the economy to have fewer, bigger decisions

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-04-25 - History From Below and UI

  History From Below and UI

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-04-04 - Teamwork, Player Characters, Facts and Climate Catastrophes

  Teamwork, Player Characters, Facts and Climate Catastrophes

• The Recreation Commons of SMAC

  How the recreation commons of SMAC help worldbuilding.

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-02-28 - Trade, Special Events and Focused Cities

  New Syphilisation features

• Syphilisation Update - 2021-02-07 - Trade

  Implementing a new trade system

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-12-13 - Tooltips

  Tooltips

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-12-06 - Stocktaking

  Stocktaking

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-11-29 - Culture

  Updates to culture.

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-11-22 - Quests

  Quest system improvements

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-11-15 - District Currencies and the Storyline

  Storyline support.

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-10-31 - Combat

  Working out combat

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-10-18 - Biomes

  Redesigning the biomes.

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-10-11 - Pending Features

  An overview of the pending features and a couple of small improvements.

• Pending Syphilisation Features

  A rundown of what's left to do for Syphilisation

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-10-04

  Ready for sale!

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-09-27

  UI and image fixes

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-09-20

  Full playtest.

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-09-13

  Second bookkeeping update

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-08-30

  Bookkeeping update

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-08-16

  Playtesting Work

• Syphilisation and Big Questions In Game Design

  Thinking through the big questions in game design that Syphilisation can answer

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-07-26 - Colonization and Story

  Colonization wars, story events and Kasturba's imprisonment and heart attacks.

• Postcolonial End Games

  Assorted thoughts on postcolonial end-games

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-07-19 - Preserves and Playtesting

  Preserves, playtesting and Linlithgow's racism

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-07-12 - Citizens and Region Quests

  Citizens, region quests, playtests and Gandhi's letter to Hitler

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-07-05 - Params.

  The parameter restructure and Gandhi fighting with young women

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-06-21 - Diplomacy and Personal Projects

  Diplomacy update, personal projects, parameters and parodies

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-06-14 - Currency and Reports

  Updates to the currency conversion and report systems

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-06-07 - Stock-taking

  Stock-taking Syphilisation

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-05-31

  UI, playtesting and the protests in the United States

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-05-24

  Stable eXploitation, UI changes and Comrade Sak

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-05-10

  Major diplomacy revamp, some starting quests and some context for Lord of the Flies.

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-05-03

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-05-03

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-19

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-19

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-12

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-12

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-05

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-04-05

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-29

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-29

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-22

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-22

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-08

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-08

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-01

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-03-01

• Syphilisation Update - 2020-02-23

  Syphilisation Update - 2020-02-23

• The 4X, Seen As An RPG

  Analyzing the role-playing of 4X games.

• The Villages of Civilization

  A brief thought on the villages of Civilization

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-12-22

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-12-22

• THE NEW SYPHILISATION MANIFESTO

  THE NEW SYPHILISATION MANIFESTO

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-12-08

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-12-08

• Shallow Syphilisation Status Check

  A shallow status check on the Syphilisation big picture

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-30

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-30

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-24

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-24

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-17

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-17

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-09

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-09

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-03

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-11-03

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-26

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-26

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-20

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-20

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-06

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-10-06

• Cycles of War in Civilization 6

  How the systems of Civ6 push you into war and then into cycles of war thereafter

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-09-15

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-09-15

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-07-21

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-07-21

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-30

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-30

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-23

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-23

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-16

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-16

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-09

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-09

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-02

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-06-02

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-05-05

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-05-05

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-28

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-28

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-14

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-14

• Designing With Jallianwala Bagh

  A history of Jallianwala Bagh and a bit on what it is to design around it

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-07

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-04-07

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-31

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-31

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-24

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-24

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-17

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-17

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-10

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-03-10

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-24

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-24

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-17

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-17

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-03

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-02-03

• Syphilisation Update - 2019-01-27

  Syphilisation Update - 2019-01-27

• Notes on The Spirit of Japan(1916) by Tagore

  Notes on Tagore's lecture on the changing Japan of 1916.

• The First Build Point in Syphilisation

  Examining the first point where you can choose what to build.

• Materials In Syphilisation

  Raw materials and their conversions

• 4Xing Civ

  Imagining a more 4Xy Civ.

• The Leaders of Civilization

  Breaking down the other players in Civilization

• An Extended Note on The Traitor Baru Cormorant

  A lot of thoughts on a recent book that I read

• Techs of Civilization

  Breaking down the techs of Civilization

• THE SYPHILISATION MANIFESTO

  THE SYPHILISATION MANIFESTO

• Units of Civilization

  Breaking down the units of Civilization

• Cities of Civilization

  Breaking down the components of the cities in Civilization

• An Early Note On The Aesthetics of Syphilisation

  Drilling down into the core aesthetics of Syphilisation.

• Syphilisation: Announcement

  Announcing my new game Syphilisation.