BitMaster_1980: Third alternative: it's clearly tongue in cheek and so obviously over the top that neither of your two alternatives should really be considered by a reasonable person. It's even got 'whimsy' as part of the core features. As well as Kaiju and wood chippers.
Paradoks: Well, the developer apparently disagrees:
“The idea for the game came from a multitude of places,” Ted Anderson, an artist with game developer Pixel Pushers Union 512, told Variety. “For one my own politics. I’m a socialist and I’ve never seen an unapologetically left-wing game ever and I played games my entire life. So I started thinking, what would be an interesting way to tackle that as a topic.
Paradoks: And the fact that Variety of all places writes about it implies that he actually means it.
So case closed, it is actually option number 1.
So there is one member on the team who is actually left-leaning. An artist, not even a team lead. Their background was one of the multitude of places that offered inspiration.
I don't see how that invalidates the whimsical and completely over-the-top nature of the game.
