Exciting times! Not only does today mark the first Presidential election debate in the US, its just a week away from the launch into early access of our political strategy game Democracy 4.

If you want to try your hand at implementing Universal Basic Income, or maybe you want to ban teaching evolution in schools, perhaps build a border wall, or legalize heroin, or go crazy with the money printer with some helicopter money or quantitative easing... these are all options available to you in Democracy 4.

Currently the game features the USA, UK, Germany and France, and we expect to add Canada before Early Access starts, with a list of other countries coming after that as we continue to work on the game in response to player feedback.
Here is the official trailer:

https://youtu.be/kuJGiYC4cyg

I also just added a new steam guide that explains how people can create mods for the game, which we support through steam workshop:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2242250360

...and we will add a steam guide for basic gameplay soon too (although this is also built in to the game just by hitting F1...). I'm also doing developer videos on youtube every other week to go over whats been added to the game where you can see how it plays, and you will already find some youtube lets play videos of early builds of the game.


If you are thinking of getting the game (its $26.99 BTW), then please add to your wishlist now and help us get more visibility on the store :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1410710

Great news fellow citizens! The latest installment in the geeky-but-popular political strategy game 'Democracy' series is coming to steam very soon, in a US election year no less. Just imagine how calm and peaceful our forums will be :D

Its been 7, yes SEVEN years since the release of Democracy 3, and global politics has changed a lot. Democracy 4 takes the series into the modern age with new features like coalition governments, media reports, Quantitative Easing & Helicopter money, Fake news and Social Media. Here is the trailer:

https://youtu.be/kuJGiYC4cyg

Democracy 4 will be released soon on steam, so please check out the store page and add it to your wishlist to keep up to date with developments. We will be coming to early access, so will have plenty of opportunity to get feedback from players on how to best balance the game, and what cool new policies to add.

Before you start typing, YES, Universal Basic Income is a policy in the game :D And yes, we are modelling cryptocurrencies too :D

As well as updating what the game covers, D4 has a revamped user-interface using slick vector graphics to dynamically resize the main screen icons based on a number of factors, and allow for infinite modding potential. We also have a palletized color system so you can play in dark mode (and soon...colorblind modes).
Without a doubt D4 is the very best version of the game, and we are very excited to share it with steam players soon.

By the way, most of the features and policies from all the Democracy 3 expansions are rolled into Democracy 4 base game, so we have all the electioneering features, and policies from extremism (plus some new policies that go further, like border walls), social engineering and clones & drones.

Plus there are some new screens and visualisations that are completely new for this game, like the voter distribution screens and the disposable income breakdown.

Anyway... we are very excited about releasing this game, and if you are interested in playing, go ahead and bash that wishlist button :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1410710/Democracy_4/?beta=0

Hi there! We are releasing our second expansion to Production Line: Car Factory simulation on the 23rd October! This expansion is a cosmetic-only change to double (yes DOUBLE) the variety of car design styles in the game! You can now pick from 2 different looks for every car design in the base game (Sedan,SUV,Sports,Compact,Offroad,Pickup & Small van).

Mini trailer showing the new designs:
https://youtu.be/LkRcorWhNcc

Here is the store page so you can add the DLC to your wishlist :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174730/Production_Line__Design_Variety_Pack/

Plus if you have not checked out the game for a while, please do as we have released a whole bunch of updates over the last few months that massively improve the playability, performance and stability of the game, mostly in response to player feedback, which has been excellent.
Oh and if you enjoy the game but have not got around to reviewing it, leaving a positive review is REALLY appreciated :D

Oh and if you bought the game way, way back when it first entered early access...you will not be aware that we already released one expansion for the game, which added both a supercar design and the silly doors on the cars of millionaires and billionaires, appropriately titled 'doors that go like this', which you will find here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067630/Doors_that_go_like_this/

How can you run a sprawling car factory without gull wing doors? :D

BTW we keep this forum thread up to date to tell people what changes we make to the game, so you can see if an idea you have for the game is already being worked on:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/591370/discussions/0/1290690926863304299/

Thanks for all your support. production Line has over 100,000 happy steam players and that makes us very very proud (and pays for food for 3, yes THREE cats). :D
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Redshirt has been updated to v1.04! This update is available immediately for Windows players, and Mac and Linux players will also receive the same update later today.

Here's what the update addresses:

REDSHIRT v1.04

• FEATURE: Added an 'endless' game mode!
  
• BUGFIX: Fixed game breaking after some away missions for some players (due to new NPCs profile pictures not saving properly.) This has been addressed, and previously-inaccessible games should now be working again too.
  
• BUGFIX: Window displaying option to take a character off the station with you now shows their name and relationship to you.
  
• BUGFIX: Game is now properly saving after leaving station early.
  
• BUGFIX: Screen resolution settings are now being properly saved.
  
• BUGFIX: Ensure player has heard of the illicitly-trading Geldar before being introduced to his brother.

As of yesterday, Redshirt was updated to v1.03 (for Windows players only, for now -- Mac & Linux updates are to follow.)

This addresses a few remaining bugs which have been reported since the last update. A changelist is as follows:

REDSHIRT v1.03

• FIXED: Misreported away mission number of deaths.
  
• FIXED: Some players reported bug in NPC generation.
  
• FIXED (critical bug): Game was not ending for some players.
  
• FIXED: Friend requests after away mission from people.
  
• FIXED: Skills accidentally levelling up on game reload.

You can also read the updates made in v1.02 in the previous announcement here.

As of last night, Redshirt was updated to v1.02! This addresses many of the bugs which have come up in the first week since release. A changelist is as follows:

REDSHIRT v1.02

• Fixed: Away Missions now have larger, more easily readable text.
  
• Fixed: Save location bug: Some players had been reporting problems saving their games. Games are now newly saved to a "Saved Games" folder under your My Documents folder in Windows, or Documents in Mac. Your existing save-games will be moved automatically.
  
• Fixed: Duplicate achievements bug
  
• Fixed: Omega Bar ticket bug
  
• Fixed: NPCs are more likely to 'like' statuses.
  
• Fixed: No longer assigned aspirations you've already completed.
  
• Fixed: end screen now actually plays sound effect & music
  
• Fixed: Recycling/trashing S.H.O.P. items bug: this now works properly, and actually pays the appropriate amount of KarmaCreds.
  
• Fixed: Job rewards listings now properly reflect any minuses to happiness and/or health.
  
• Tweak: Ability to buy two tickets (instead of capping at 1), so a friend can also be saved
  
• Tweak: Away Missions now feature a small chance of having to choose a friend to leave behind on an away mission!

Please note: if anyone is having trouble seeing their existing save games after updating to this new version, please read this thread.