For the first time ever we will be at Gamescom! We are of course bringing Secret Government with us to showcase it to the press. We are super excited about it and we are also bringing some very cool merch that we will be giving away there so make sure to stop by our booth, grab a drink, win some merch and chat with us :)
Hall 10.1, Booth A20!
Looking forward to see you there!
Early Access is coming in October and we signed with a publisher 1C Entertainment!
Hello everyone,
we got some amazing news for you'll! Secret Government is coming out of the shadows and onto early access this October! But wait there is more. We signed a deal with publisher 1C Entertainment that will allow us to make the game even bigger and better than previously anticipated while being able to market it to more people! We are really excited about it and hopefully you will be too ːsteamhappyː We will be updating you with additional information in the upcoming days :)
Also, for the first time ever we will be at Gamescom in Germany showcasing the game to the journalists so expect some juicy first impressions coming out in August/October!
Also also we prepared a brand new trailer to celebrate this glorious occasion:
https://youtu.be/wHDjzjMTo4k
New beta version available
We have updated the beta version of the game. During last iteration, the main task was to demonstrate the future game model, based on already existing mechanics.
A new game loop scheme has been developed:
• the player performs quests and infiltrates into the institutions to earn domination points
• the player invests points in the selected research
• research opens up policies for use by countries and affects other mechanics
• the policies adopted by countries and the actions performed by the player (through the mechanics) influence the values of the classes and their support of the ruling and opposition parties
• at a certain ratio of support to the ruling and opposition parties, the player can make a revolution and change the political system in the country (which is the purpose of the mission in the current plot mode)
• data on the situation in the world is shown to the player (which may be the purpose of a mission in the free mode (free mode has not yet been implemented))
What is included in the version:
• The tree of ideas: the tree of ideas that are in the air, the study of ideas, the discovery of new actions, quests, political regimes.
• The mechanism of values and needs of different classes of society: the relationship of significance and satisfaction of the values of classes with party policies, the influence of various game mechanics on modifiers to the level of satisfaction of values, the ability for the player to influence them by performing actions
• Game mechanics updates and additions in connection with the mechanism of values and policies: the ability to influence the level of mobilization, the allowances of the military, the volume of trade, etc. calculation of public order mechanism change
• Creation of the policy change algorithm in the country and the dependence of the country's AI logic on the policies chosen by the ruling party
• The output of information in the window of the world about the current relationship in the world of policies in states and values.
New beta and new early access date
We have updated the beta version of the game.
The main and most important thing is that the release of the game in the early access was postponed to October 2019.
We want to finalize the game to our original idea.
In the coming days, we will publish a list of what will come into play at the time of entry into early access.
In this version:
1. New interface design of the main screen, game menu, other colors of the map.
2. Processing of all filters (now they can be played).
3. New tutorial at the start of the game.
4. Reworked all atmospheric texts, added text explaining the tasks of fraternity at the start of the game.
5. A division appeared on the plot and free game.
6. In the story game added a list of all the missions that we plan to add to the full version of the game.
7. Ability to set the level of difficulty in the free game
8. Cloud saves allow you to play from different computers under one account.
9. For most of the interface elements added tips and hotkeys.
10. Added new music theme.
11. Mechanisms of riots / civil war / separatism have returned to the game.
12. Updated map, finished sushi pieces.
13. Countries began to spend the treasury on the actions of the government (now the country may not have enough money to spend).
14. A link has been made between public order and the complexity of fraternity actions in the country.
15. The relationship of public order and economic processes of countries.
16. A mechanism for the development of institutions
17. A link has been made between the level of the institution in countries and the effectiveness of the actions associated with it.
18. Quests become available for a limited time, disappear if not completed.
19. Now it is possible to be implemented at several levels at once in institutions.
20. Changing the balance of resource extraction fraternity
21. New mechanics of mobilization
22. Now it is possible to influence how much the military will maintain public order, and how much to participate in wars.
23. Added new item of expenditure - the authority of the ruling party
24. Each action has tags, quests have bonuses that affect actions with a specific tag.
25. Fixed a lot of old bugs and added new ones;)
New beta version available
Today we have updated the beta version of the game. We are already very close to the final, but we still have a lot of work to do!
We request those who are already involved in beta testing to play the game and leave your feedback! The game has changed dramatically in comparison with previous versions. Those who are ready to take part in playtests please contact us via the community message, we will provide the keys.
Here is the list of new featuresin this version:
0. The long-awaited saving of the game.
1. The player has now an antagonist - The Other Brotherhood. It has the same goals and objectives, it competes with you. AI (artificial intelligence) plays for The Other Brotherhood.
2. The country has an AI government. The government improves the welfare of the country by entering into military and trade unions, changing taxation and strength of the armies. The government ensures that no unrest begins in the country, and therefore does not take unpopular decisions, on the contrary it tries to get the support of the population. In the event of an unfavorable domestic political situation it tries to stabilize it.
3. In each country, the Brotherhood has agents who inform the player about the actions of the government and the Other Brotherhood. The actions of the Government and the Other Brotherhood can both interfere with the player or be useful.
4. The Great French Revolution plot mission returned to the game. It contains historical and plot events. The goal of the mission is now not only in the set of points on the victory scales, but also the passage of the plot.
5. Updated soundtrack and sounds in the game.
6. Numerous interface improvements
7. Bugfix and stabilizationtion
Beta version has been updated
Today the beta version of the Secret Government game has been updated, the gameplay of internal politics has been added, the economy gameplay has been improved. In the new version you manage the Brotherhood:
- to provoke revolutions, disorders, change power in countries
- open universities and monasteries
- secretly lobby for the idea of vesting or depriving the privileges of estates
- affect the attitudes of the estates to the various political parties
- improve countries relations with the help of dynastic marriages
- promote tax change in countries
- and many others manipulations
- internal political quests also appeared: the dissemination of republican and monarchical ideas, the extinction and revival of religion, the holding to power of his minister
- sounds has been add
Known issues and shortcomings:
- sorry, but we still haven't "save" feature
- sorry, but we didn't localize to english yet
Beta version update
We have published a new beta version! Please download and play.
What's new:
- Awareness of the activities of the fraternity is now turned on, now you should act secretly
- background music has appeared, your opinion about it is important (we will still work on it)
- the game in minimized mode does not use CPU resources (you can play for several days, saving will appear in the next version)
- economic gameplay:
- trade between countries
- fight for market shares
- economic quests
- economic actions
- the mechanism of alliances and coalitions is improved
- many bug fixes and improvements
New beta version available
Friends, we have published a new beta version of the Secret Government game. We set a goal to make the game more interesting without adding new mechanics and it seems we did it.
Here is what has changed in the new version:
1. A "web of influence" appeared on the map. It shows how much you control the countries and how your secret government is distributed on the map.
2. Information icons appeared on the main map and in the filters. They are displayed when any parameters change in the game, either by themselves or thanks to you. Implemented for changing relations between countries and awareness of the activities of fraternity.
3. The game has pop-up notifications that inform about the completion of some part of the quest, the appearance of new quests on the map.
4. Improved usability of the action selection interface. Now you need less clicks.
5. Added new quests on the mechanics of relationships / alliances / wars to make the game more diverse.
6. On the map edded icons of intrusion to institutes.
7. There are a lot of improvements in the mechanics of war, alliances and the whole game.
