Just a small patch:

The AI will now contest the player's full R&D rush strategies, and you will probably no longer be able to win all technology races with this strategy.

The delay between clicking on a country on the map and opening the country panel has been reduced.

What's next?

Well, the core game (USA vs USSR between 1949 and 1989) is almost done.
I see no reason to make players wait until September to play it. I will probably take a month to polish the current version, then open Early Access in April.

That will give us 6 months to work on cool features like:

-Improved multiplayer
-Editor tools
-More content and paths for the USSR
-Etc...
Anyway, I plan to keep updating this game even after the final release, so concepts like "early access" or "final release" aren’t that relevant...

(For those of you asking about new countries, France and China are planned as DLC.)

Have fun!

Hello,

The development of the game is progressing smoothly, and I’m posting this Steam news to summarize the latest patch content.

1) The 1969-1975 scenario has been extended to cover the 1969-1979 period.

2) The oil industry has been reworked and now appears as a country trait. Countries with this trait are more affected by global oil prices. Economic aid to these countries while prices are high will also have a greater impact.

3) The multiplayer system has been reworked once again. I need your feedback to improve it further.

4) As some of you have started tinkering with the JSON save files, I’ve added some basic features to make modding easier.

I’ll continue to add more modding features as development progresses and plan to release a proper editor sometime after launch.

Here are a few steps you can take to gain an infinite budget (it should take less than 5 minutes):

Open a save file with your Notepad.
Search for "Country":"USA", then look for "budget" and "monthly." Change the value to whatever you like (maybe 1000?).
Voilà!
(You can open the game folder from the options menu so you don't have to search for it.)

Once you’ve made the changes, place the file in the games folder > mods > custom_json.
Rename your file with a creative name, such as "infinite_money."

Now, whenever you launch the game, an option to play your custom scenario will be available in the scenarios list.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik