Up The Vote
Up The Vote is a short clicker game about young voter enrollment in Aotearoa New Zealand for the 2026 election.
HOW TO PLAY
- Play in-browser, on phone or computer.
- Tap / click on buttons
- buttons do different things
- watch the numbers, figure it out
- Enrol 166,746 young voters before the deadline
- as the real-life 25 Oct deadline approaches, you start with less time, so this game gets harder the longer you wait
- game duration: 0-10 minutes
For more info about the game and what happens in it, see my explainer blog post: "Up The Vote as a numbers game"
NZ citizen or permanent resident??
- You can vote, even if you're overseas!!
- Go to the official NZ website VOTE.NZ -- it takes 2 minutes to enrol or confirm
Comments
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Decent game you have made. I love how you made a game about voting and encouraging people to vote. I read your blog on the attached link and I am touched. I was able to beat the game with 7 days remaining so it shows I'm good at this game. The one suggestion I have for you is to add some background music while the game is being played. Doing so might add some more popularity which will maybe have more attention to your goal. Now does this mean im going to vote? No, i'm 17 and I cant. But I love the point you are trying to make. Also, just so you are aware, I recorded this game for my YouTube channel, so if you want I can send you the link to the YouTube video.
Thanks for playing! I agree music would've been cool, but I felt like the download was already kinda bloated for phones (12 mb)
oh ya and feel free to link to your video here! cheers
here is the link to the video.