A videogame that is seeking funding on Kickstarter is hoping to create real-world scenarios for keyboard politicos. The game is called "Political Arena," and tries to give a SimCity approach to running a political campaign, complete with 21st-century pitfalls.

The game is the brainchild of Eliot Nelson, a Washington-based journalist who wrote "The Beltway Bible: A Totally Serious A-Z Guide to Our No-Good, Corrupt, Incompetent, Terrible, Depressing, and Sometimes Hilarious Government" in 2016. While his book sough to teach readers about the inner working of government, he promises the videogame is not an educational endeavor.

"There's not a single lesson in it," Nelson told MarketWatch.

Players can choose their own political characters and develop a career, moving up the ladder and avoiding pitfalls of all shapes and sizes. The game will also feature backroom deals and talking to the press -- attempts to work their characters' way out of trouble or to forge a path ahead.

"Politics is thrilling and [most people] haven't had a chance to be in it, or in the media cycles" Nelson said, while calling the game something that he has long wanted to play. "It's an idea I had for quite a while, but after speaking to people in video games and politics, I realized it wasn't the craziest thing in the world."  [...]

The Kickstarter campaign is looking for $100,000 by to fund the project, which will be released first on Steam, or other platforms.