For cozy vibes: Spiritfarer, No Place Like Home, Loddlenaut, Terra Nil, Littlewood, Garden Story, Summer in Mara, Sakuna Of Rice and Ruin, Untitled Goose Game, A Short Hike, Butterfly Soup
For visual novels about murder: Disco Elysium, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa

Like one bee’s nest I’ve been thinking about electorally is how we cannot make the case that if an elected takes X position (ex. embargo) it will deliver voters if the left isn’t yet able to successfully turn out for pols who do.

The organizing, resources, etc needs to back up the rhetoric to win

Sounds really cool! You might want to look for GIS specialists, they'll probably help a lot and there is plenty of GIS stuff that requires minimal coding so you can get a prototype off the ground quickly. For the unaware, GIS is software that lets you make and edit maps.

EXCELLENT. PLEASE TELL ME YOU PUT RED DOTS ON YOUR HANDS IN HONOR OF THE CRUCIFIXION