Changelog

I try to record all updates to the game here. Each changelog post should have a relevant forum post, so head there for discussion: Announcements

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12/01/2021 - Donation Limit Reset

Donations have now been reset for the new month! You can now redeem up to 10 Credits for at least $200,000,000 directly in-game each month.

As a reminder about Donations, you can use up to 10 Credits per month on in-game bonuses like 1 Credit for $20,000,000 in-game money, 1 Credit for a set amount of Resources, 1 Credit for 100 Infrastructure, and 4 Credits to reset your City/Project timer. You can spend an unlimited number of Credits per month on cosmetic bonuses, like VIP, Player Ads, and Name Changes. If you have any questions about donations or credits, please jump on the Discord server and ask in #support.

Click here to redeem Credits for $20,000,000 each

Click here to redeem Credits for 5,000 of any resource

Click here to redeem Credits for 100 Infrastructure each

Click here to redeem Credits for VIP status

Click here to redeem Credits for a Player Advertisement

Click here to redeem Credits for a Leader or Nation Name Change

Click here to redeem Credits to change your nation location

Click here to buy Credits or start a 10 Credit per month subscription (comes with free VIP!)

Posted by Alex 12/01/2021 12:00 am      

11/29/2021 - Limited Time 'Cyber Monday' Extra Donation Deal

Hey everybody,

I’m announcing a Politics and War “Cyber Monday” deal – the first time we’ve ever done anything like this. This whole thing is a bit of an experiment and is different than our usual donation options, so let me explain:

For a limited time (through the end of the year) we’re offering an “Extra Donation Deal” that each player can purchase and receive specific benefits in-game ($250,000,000 cash for your nation, 1 Year of VIP, a special nation award, and a special nation achievement.) Each player can only purchase this package once, and it does not count toward your monthly credit limit.

The Extra Donation Deal has its own page setup that you can find here. There are also links from the Nation and Donate pages.

Purchasing this Extra Donation Deal will not add any Credits to your nation. You will receive the $250,000,000 in-game cash and other benefits directly. It does not count against your Credit redemption limit, and you can still donate for and use 10 Credits in November and in December.

The Extra Donation Deal is priced at $89.99, but for the duration of Cyber Monday (ending at 12AM 11/30 Server Time) you can purchase it for only $49.99; a $40 off discount.

This deal is only available through PayPal. It would have been prohibitively difficult to put this last minute deal together within the app versions of the game, so unfortunately you cannot purchase this deal through the App Store or Google Play Store. If you are an app user, you can still buy the Extra Donation Deal, you would just need to login to your account at politicsandwar.com in either your mobile internet browser or on a desktop computer.

I understand some of you may have concerns about the game being pay-to-win and that this deal may offer an unfair advantage to some players. Yes, I concede that it does offer an advantage to anyone who buys it, however I am still being very mindful of pay-to-win concerns and keeping the competitive benefits of donations to the game limited to ensure the game is fun and fair for everyone. For that reason, each player can only buy this deal once and it is only being offered through the end of the year. The benefit is about the same as the usual monthly Credit redemption limit, so it is like a one-time event where you can get double the donation benefit in a single month.

All of these things were taken into consideration and planned to limit any concerns about the game being pay-to-win. At the end of the day, however, I am still trying to make some money to pay for server hosting, development, moderation, and marketing for the game. I hope that you will see this as a good faith effort to raise more money to continue improving the game and trying to attract and retain more new players rather than simply a cash grab. It is really important to me that we have a fun and fair competitive environment for all players, not just the very small fraction who donate. I am trying to compromise and find a balance that satisfies everyone.

For those of you who don’t know, last year I hired our first part-time game developer, and just recently hired two paid moderators to help out with the game. I’m hoping to continue freeing up more of my time to work directly on development as well as communicating with you all in the community directly to improve the game. The game is continuing to grow, and as expenses are increasing I am trying to find new ways to grow revenue as well. I am very open to your feedback, and if you have feedback on this limited time donation offer I’d love to hear it.

Thank you all for playing Politics and War, and I’m really looking forward to continuing to grow with you!

Click here to access the Extra Donation Deal - $40 Off Through The End of ‘Cyber Monday’

Posted by Alex 11/29/2021 02:12 am      

11/27/2021 - National Animals

National Animal has been added as a new roleplay option. It works just like a custom currency or religion - you can select from one of about 30 default available options, or enter your own national animal and upload a custom image. You can change your national animal from the Nation → Edit page.

Posted by Alex 11/27/2021 05:35 pm      

11/19/2021 - Politics and War Podcast #1

Hey everyone,

I am trying to do a better job of engaging with everyone in the community – I have been hoping to do this for a long time, and I know I have promised regular written updates which I have routinely done late or failed to do. I am hoping that a new medium will make it easier to stay in touch and give you all a bit of an insight into what’s going on with Politics and War on the development side.

Thus, I have officially started a Politics and War Podcast in which I will be regularly recording my thoughts on what’s going on with the game. You can find the first episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdbl-CgO33Y

This first version is super basic – I’m just trying to get the ball rolling and see how it goes. Here in the near future I’m hoping to get this setup more like a real podcast that will be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.

If you don’t listen to the podcast, you’ll also want to know that I have hired two paid moderators to help out with the game. They’re starting out very slow and I’m actually just having them play the game initially to learn how things work and be able to be better moderators. I go into all that in more detail in the podcast, but basically I’m hoping that with the new game rules framework in place, along with a bunch of moderation UI work behind the scenes, I’m now in a position to be able to bring on paid moderators to help out and free up more of my time for development work.

If you have questions or ideas that you want me to discuss on the podcast, the YouTube video comments would be a great spot for now. In the future I’ll try to setup a better Q&A system and I can record episodes on topics that you suggest and offer some insight into my thinking on the topic(s).

That’s all for now. Thank you all for playing Politics and War and for helping build the community into the great place that it is today!

Posted by Alex 11/19/2021 12:26 am      

11/15/2021 - Alliance Statistics Fix

Minor Update

-Fixed alliance page statistics to exclude Vacation Mode nations from counts of beige or gray nations.

Posted by Alex 11/15/2021 09:25 pm