Weedcraft Inc wants marijuana politics to go beyond stoners

A rival weed dealer has moved into my nightclub. Worse yet, they announce their arrival to my face - the audacity! Enraged at the move, and worried about how it may affect my budding weed empire, I use my connections in the local police force to seize their assets, sending their plans up in smoke. If anyone is going to be slinging weed around here, it’s going to be me. But wait! Before a swarm of blue lights rushes to my house and bashes down my front door, I should mention that I’m talking about my experiences inside of Weedcraft Inc, an upcoming tycoon game from the Polish studio Vile Monarch. It’s a sandbox that sets out to test morals, letting you create your own weed business, either legally or illegally, and managing it with aggressive or more compassionate means. The topic is a perfect fit for the tycoon genre. After all, the laws surrounding marijuana are often complex and contradictory, and tycoon games are all about making order from chaos. Yet the genre is often also understood to be lighthearted and played for laughs, which is something the developer wants to avoid. Vile Monarch doesn’t want Weedcraft Inc to just be a joke for people into weed culture and Seth Rogen movies - though that seems unavoidable. The hope is that it also helps to introduce people to the more serious aspects of marijuana use, especially in the US.

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