Hi everyone,

I recorded a short video update to share with you all talking about the recent progress we've made on the game, as well as what we have in the works for updates in the near future. I posted the video to the Politics and War YouTube channel, or you can watch it embedded below:

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!)

A new domestic policy, Rapid Expansion, has been added. If your nation chooses the domestic policy of Rapid Expansion, you will get a 5% discount on all land purchases.

You can edit your Domestic Policy on the Nation Edit page. Note: you can only change your domestic policy once every 5 days.

We have also improved the display so that you will see a more detailed description of each policy (as well as War Policies) when you cycle through the options.

Here is an example screenshot of that:

Our submissions are in, and it's time to vote in the 2020 Politics and War Pumpkin Carving Contest. Please evaluate our marvelous submissions and submit your vote here: https://forms.gle/RnkA8ZxbZEY97um8A

Again, the link to vote is: https://forms.gle/RnkA8ZxbZEY97um8A

Hi everyone,

This is less of a game update, and more of a personal note about the game from me to you all. First, I want to say thank you to everyone playing Politics & War. You all (the community) are what really makes the game great. I'm grateful to have you all here.

I do want to formally announce that I have been able to use some of the funds generated from donations to hire a part-time developer for Politics & War. If you haven't noticed, we've had a lot of quality-of-life changes in the past few weeks, and they are all thanks to her. I don't want to set anyone's expectations too high, as she doesn't have a super in-depth knowledge of P&W's mechanics yet, but she is certainly a great programmer (better than me!)

I've also been investing a lot of the donations from the game into advertising. While I've been experimenting with this for some time, I just want everyone to know that I am working on recruiting more players, as I think it creates a better gameplay experience when we have a larger and more diverse playerbase.

The new “rate the game” popups have also been helpful in collecting feedback on the game more directly, and over time we will be able to track average ratings to see what is and isn't working, and get a more objective measure for how different changes to gameplay are impacting the overall player experience. My hope is that by collecting this additional data we will be able to better shape the direction of the game.

Lastly, I recorded a video of me talking to you all to tell you a bit about the history of Politics and War, as well as a bit about the donation limits being reset on the first of the month. Originally I had thought that maybe I could record a video to go along with the monthly resets, but I sent out a random survey to 10% of the players and got some really good feedback on the video below. I think what would be better is to have me record a video each month talking about what progress we've made to the game, and what is coming soon, instead of trying to record one video and recycle it each month.

In a nutshell, I am working hard to make the game even better and more fun for everyone. If you're interested in learning more about the history of Politics and War, a little about me and why I created it, as well as why we have donation limits each month, please check out the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYF-xz6si40