Our new Google Play Store app is available now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.politicsandwar

It's a bit of an improvement over the old one. While it's still mainly just a mobile version of the web game packaged into an app, it does not contain some native functionality including push notifications and in-app purchases. For anyone who doesn't want to or can't use PayPal, this is a good alternative. Prices are a little bit different in the apps, this is due to the fact that the Google Play Store takes a 30% cut of all transactions (the App Store takes 15%) whereas PayPal only takes a 2.9% cut. Ceteris paribus, I'd prefer all donations came in through PayPal for that reason, but I want to make it as accessible as possible for everyone.

At this time, while we have the setup for push notifications, I haven't actually finished building them out in-game, so you shouldn't expect to get any yet (but soon!)

Our app for iOS / App Store is currently under review, but we are hoping that will be ready within 48 hours.

At this point, I ask that you bear with me on the apps - there will likely be some bugs that need to be worked out once we have more players using them and more feedback coming in. The apps are probably never going to work as well as the web version of the game, mainly because I am much better at web development than app development, but they are better than nothing. And they may also prove to be a good source of new players for the game, as there are lots of people that find apps through the app stores that may not have otherwise started playing Politics and War.

I am really excited about this, and I hope you are too, and I also hope you will bear with me and be patient with any issues. Thanks everyone!

Hi everyone,

Last week I put a link in the sidebar for Rewarded Ads, and they've started to get used a bit more. This is a purely optional opportunity to earn some extra money for your nation and support the game by watching a short video ad (or multiple ads, if you wish.) We've got a cap on it to prevent it from being abused and from anyone getting an unfair amount of money.

When I first added it in, I set the thresholds very low so that as we tested it there wasn't much risk of breaking anything. I've just increased the payouts slightly from $50,000 in-game currency per ad watched to $80,000 per ad, and from a maximum daily cap of $1,000,000 / day to $2,000,000 / day. That increases the maximum number of ads you can watch per day from 20 to 25.

These ads seem to be a helpful way to help pay for the hosting, development, and marketing of the game, and hopefully everyone prefers to have the option to watch ads for a small reward rather than have ads all over the game. While I am trying to raise funds for the game, I am also concern of all pay-to-win concerns, unfair advantages, and general player experience. I want the game to be as fun and fair for as many people as possible.

The money that we're raising is going to good use! For those of you that may not know, in the past few months I was able to bring on a part time developer. She is responsible for a lot of the great quality-of-life changes you've seen over these past few months, and has made it much easier for me to manage moderation, marketing, and development of the game with her assistance.

I'm also working with an app developer currently to bring real, good working Politics & War apps to the App Store and Google Play Store, that will be a bit more than just the mobile web version of the game. These apps will have some native functionality like push notifications, shouldn't get arbitrarily taken down from the app stores, and I will be retaining this app developer to hopefully fix and resolve and future issues we may have with the apps.

Thank you for your continued support and making this game and community as great as it is. I couldn't do this all without you, and I'm really excited for the progress we're going to make in the coming weeks, months, and the rest of this year.

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.

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Hey everyone,

I've got two new features that have been added (and re-added) back into the game. They're not core mechanics and they are also entirely optional (not required for regular gameplay.)

The first of these is Rewarded Ads. Rewarded Ads are a way you can earn money for your nation in-game by watching a short video advertisement. The advertising revenue goes toward the costs of hosting and developing the game, as well as marketing it to bring in more new players. You can earn $50,000 for your nation for each ad watched, up to $1,000,000 per day. You can watch rewarded ads here: https://politicsandwar.com/rewarded-ads/

Note: Rewarded ads are brand new and I would consider them still in a “testing” phase. They should be working correctly, but they may continued to be tweaked in the future. I also know that payouts are pretty low for medium/large nations, but for new players this could be helpful with nation growth.

The second change is that Keno has returned into the game. Once upon a time, keno was available for everyone, and then it was removed. Now, it's back and better than ever, with more advanced logging and better stats and leaderboards. Keno is a lottery-style game that you can play with your in-game money. You have the potential to earn lots of money for your nation, but probabilities dictate that in the long run you will likely lose money. There is a max bet of $100,000 per play to keep max payouts reasonable. Play at your own risk! You can play Keno here: https://politicsandwar.com/casino/keno/

You can also find links to both of these things on the Objectives page, once you have completed all of the available objectives. I may find a better place to link to these features in the future.

Here's a video I recorded showcasing these things as well:

If you have any questions, #game-help in the Discord server is a great place to ask!

To be clear: Politics and War has not been compromised or had any sort of data breach. However, a player did have their account logged into by another player a few hours ago (as of the time of writing this), and as a result I have done an investigation and released a report about what happened here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHPXZz7VvKaAdVtuR4PAC1Qu7jYDav3s_7H6Uzg81OU/edit?usp=sharing

It looks like the player who's account was logged into had shared their email/password with another player in the past, which is what made this possible. However, as a precaution, I am urging anyone who is using or has used an automatic recruitment messaging script (for 99% of the players, this is not the case. If you do not know what I am talking about, then you need not worry) to change their password.

As a best practices in cybersecurity reminder: please do not use the same password on Politics and War as you do anywhere else (I would encourage everyone to use a unique password on every site along with some sort of a password manager.) Also, please beware of 3rd party scripts if you do not know exactly what they are doing. I would recommend only using completely open-source scripts that you can verify are not doing anything malicious.

If you have any questions about what happened, the report, or the game, please come on Discord and ask in #game-help.