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
04/07/2024 - New Projects, Project Rebalancing, Revenue Rewrite, and Espionage Rewrite - March 2024 Update |
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Hey everyone, this month brought a lot of changes in the Politics and War development space, for starters I’ve come back to work on the game again, having gotten school under control. More importantly though, we now have a development team, with Putmir and Limi joining the team as Community Developers! Thanks to their amazing help, I’m excited to announce that we’re finally able to deliver monthly updates, with this post being the culmination of all the work we’ve been able to do in March after completing onboarding! UpdatesEspionage RewriteTwo things were missing when I completed the wars rewrite last summer, an espionage rewrite and a battle simulator rewrite. This month, espionage has been completely rewritten and next month we’re tackling the battle simulator! No mechanical changes to espionage were done as part of this rewrite, however the project changes below will have some effect. New ProjectsTwo new projects have been added to the game, Guiding Satellite and Nuclear Launch Facility! More information about them can be found in the Game Development Discussion post here https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/topic/36867-game-development-discussion-update-feedback/. Note: We are aware of the lack of project pictures, Alex has been very busy and we’re waiting for him to get images, personally I’d rather have new projects without pictures than delay content for an image. Revenue RewriteTo improve performance and development productivity, we’ve also redone the revenue backend and frontend this month! However, we need your help! Revenue is a very large segment of code, and it’s edge cases are not easily tested on the test server like when working with wars. To that end, the new revenue page is being deployed live now, however the code running and turn change has not changed. We kindly ask that you take a look at your new revenue page (https://politicsandwar.com/nation/revenue) and the old revenue page (made available temporarily here https://politicsandwar.com/index.php?id=230) and open a ticket on the PnW Discord server with pictures of both if you notice any differences that amount to a difference of more than $10. There will be small changes in money and food due to some rounding optimizations. Once we’ve verified that the new system is correctly calculating revenue, we will release the new backend (which should significantly improve turn and day change times!). Project UpdatesA number of projects got new pricing or were rebalanced, the entire list can be found in the forum post here https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/topic/36611-game-development-discussion-project-commerce-update-proposal/. Of note however is that for the moment only the mechanical changes to Activity Center, Spy Satellite, and Surveillance Network are available on the live server. Since the remaining projects effect revenue, we are delaying there release until we have verified the new revenue backend functions correctly. Expect these to be released in a week or two once we’ve worked out any kinks in the new system! Map Calibrator DisabledI have disabled the automatic MAP calibrator on war pages, this seems to be the culprit of the insane quantities of deadlock errors encountered during the opening round of globals. If you notice any discrepancies with your MAPs or any other aspect of wars please open a ticket on the PnW Discord server so I can look into why. Color Bloc Bonus IncreaseThe color bloc bonus cap has been increased from $75,000 to $125,000, correspondingly the beige turn bonus has been increased from $50,000 to $85,000. Miscellaneous Changes
RoadmapThe road ahead is exciting! Now that we have a team, and I’ve got more time over the summer, I hope to have even more content out over the next few months. Check out a summary below! April
May (depending on the Game Design Team’s progress)
Thank you guys so much for hanging in there, I hope you’re as excited as I am about what the summer will hold for Politics and War! Have a great day everyone! This post is also available on the forums https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/topic/39424-new-projects-project-rebalancing-revenue-rewrite-and-espionage-rewrite-march-2024-update/. Posted by Village 04/07/2024 04:48 pm |
04/01/2024 - Happy Easter! |
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Posted by DrRush 04/01/2024 01:33 am |
04/01/2024 - Donation Limit Reset |
Donations have now been reset for the new month! You can now redeem up to 20 Credits for at least $600,000,000 directly in-game each month.As a reminder about Donations, you can use up to 20 Credits per month on in-game bonuses like 1 Credit for $30,000,000 in-game money, 1 Credit for a set amount of Resources, 1 Credit for 100 Infrastructure, 3 Credits to reset your New City timer, and 1 Credit to reset your National 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 $30,000,000 each Click here to redeem Credits for 7,500 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 redeem Credits to reset your new City timer Click here to redeem Credits to change your new National Project timer Click here to buy Credits or start a 20 Credit per month subscription (comes with free VIP and an extra $10m!)Posted by Alex 04/01/2024 12:00 am |
03/01/2024 - Donation Limit Reset |
Donations have now been reset for the new month! You can now redeem up to 20 Credits for at least $600,000,000 directly in-game each month.As a reminder about Donations, you can use up to 20 Credits per month on in-game bonuses like 1 Credit for $30,000,000 in-game money, 1 Credit for a set amount of Resources, 1 Credit for 100 Infrastructure, 3 Credits to reset your New City timer, and 1 Credit to reset your National 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 $30,000,000 each Click here to redeem Credits for 7,500 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 redeem Credits to reset your new City timer Click here to redeem Credits to change your new National Project timer Click here to buy Credits or start a 20 Credit per month subscription (comes with free VIP and an extra $10m!)Posted by Alex 03/01/2024 12:00 am |
02/08/2024 - Academy Awards Voting and Ceremony! |
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Player Voting Now Open!
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