Hello everyone,

We would like to let you know that the sci-fi story-driven 4X strategy The Pegasus Expedition has just left Early Access!

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During the first week after the full launch, it will be 15% off, so get your hands on it as soon as possible. There is also a deal running where you can get The Pegasus Expedition in a bundle with Space Rangers HD: A War Apart. This bundle is discounted by another 10% and that counts even if you already own one of the included games.

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If you want to know more about The Pegasus Expedition, check out its Steam page, watch the official release trailer or join the Discord where you can chat directly with the developers!

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Greetings Brethren!

After more time spent meditating and decrypting the ancient texts, we have prepared another update for Secret Government! This patch brings in so many different changes, fixes and additions that we'd like to spend some more time testing it and get more eyes on it too - we are already satisfied enough with the current state of it, that we'd like to allow you to play it as well.

Here are the instructions on how to switch to the latest version:
Go into your library, right-click Secret Government and select the "Properties" option.
In here, choose the "Betas" option
You should be able to choose a "beta - Secret Government open beta" beta from the drop-down menu above.
In your Steam library the Secret Government should now have [beta] tag behind it, which means that you are playing the beta branch.

If you run into any kind of bugs or issues, please report it using the CTRL+F11 bug reporting function or head over to our Steam Forums and let us know there.

As always, here is a huge THANK YOU to all members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

Full changelog:

• American campaign has been removed
  
• English campaign has been revised
  
• A new Franco-Prussian War campaign has been added
  
• In-game events have been added
  
• New quests for events have been added
  
• Tutorials have been revised
  
• The Brotherhood lodge window has been added
  
• Lodge upgrade tree has been added
  
• Lodge Master has been added
  
• Auto-recruitment has been added for the Lodge Master
  
• Balance of gained resources has been edited
  
• The structure of the country governments has been revised
  
• Errands for adepts and neophytes have been revised
  
• The logic of the Dark Brotherhood has been edited
  
• Recalculation of the game cycle every 10 game days
  
• Map of borders of countries and regions has been updated
  
• Certain estates have been removed
  
• Performance improvement
  
• UI Fixes
  
• Government AI has been Edited
  
• The logic of war has been edited
  
• The mechanism for destroying a lodge when capturing a country has been revised
  
• Relations System Update
  

Greetings everyone!

Allow us to let you know that the hugely expected colony simulator Lords and Villeins has launched out of Early Access! As fans of Secret Government, we believe this game shall fit your tastes!

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We will be really happy if you check Lords and Villeins out, you can find it here on Steam! And if you need more convincing, watch the official trailer below:

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Greetings everyone!

We are so happy to announce that the Fulqrum Publisher Sale just started and Secret Government is a part of it with an amazing discount!
ALL of Fulqrum Publishing's games are discounted by up to 90% for an entire week! The sale ends on October 27.

Besides, we have just launched a brand new game into Early Access, that being The Pegasus Expedition. If you have not checked it out yet, now is the perfect time!

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Enjoy the sale, buy as many games as possible while they're discounted, play The Pegasus Expedition and don't forget to follow us on our Social Media so you never miss any important info!

Hello everyone!

As you may have noticed, Fulqrum Publishing are working on an epic narrative 4X strategy The Pegasus Expedition! The game will be launching into Early Access on October 20!

You will get an exclusive chance to take a closer look at its gameplay, for our favorite streamer Jared Bair will be playing the game on his Twitch channel along with the developer Jaakko Vesterinen, who will be commenting! Tune in on October 13, 11PM CEST (5PM EST).

Watch the Early Access release date revelation trailer below:

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You still have a chance to play the DEMO of the game on Steam, hurry up though, it won't be available forever! And we would be very happy if you added The Pegasus Expedition to your wishlists, it helps more than you think!

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Last but not least, don't forget to follow us on our Social Media to get all the news not only about The Pegasus Expedition, and perhaps even win some free games!

Hello, everyone!

Secret Government is a part of Steam Summer Sale! You can now get the game for 66% off! You don't want to miss this chance!

The sale ends on July 7. To check out all of our discounts, follow the link to our sale page.

Secret Government is also a part of the following bundles, check them out below and buy the game for even higher discount! The additional discount applies in full even if you already own some of the items in them!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24125/Secret_Government_Deluxe_Edition/

Hello, everyone!

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Steam Next Fest is now live! From now until June 20, you have the opportunity to try free demos of The Pegasus Expedition and Diluvian Ultra!

We would be really happy if you decided to play our DEMOs and perhaps add them to your wishlist so you knew about everything that moves around the games! Thank you and enjoy the gameplay!

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Pssst, kingmakers,

Have you decided who to hand the throne to? Intrigue and machination can be exhausting sometimes, so if you're looking for a change of pace, you might want to try your hand at rebuilding a war-ravaged city and saving a society in crisis, what do you say?Kapital: Sparks of Revolution has just been released!

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It takes you into an after-war world where your task is to rebuild a destroyed city. Your people count on you, but they won't make it any easier on you. It's quite the opposite actually, they will protest and they will rebel, should they feel neglected and their needs unfulfilled. So what will it be, will you earn their respect and renew your city's lost glory or will the revolutions burn it down again?

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Brothers! Closed beta version is already available for everyone who owns the game!
List of innovations:
improved war logic;
the role of the Lodge of the Brotherhood has been changed;
there appeared game events, including historical events;
new quests implemented.
Please note that the version may not have translations into other languages. There will be a lot of strings in Russian.
To get the beta on Steam, right-click on the game Secret Government, select Properties - Betas and enter the code IWantToBeAPartOfSecretGovernment. Click on the code verification button. You will have the game in the Closed-beta branch. Looking forward to your feedback!

Hello! In our latest article, we talked about game events. Today well focus on the details of these mechanics.
After the event occurs, the player will have to make a choice that greatly affects anything that will follow. There is a setback time for the events. When the conditions are the same to trigger the event, it can be shown to the player again. Some of the events are unique and will be shown to the player only once. Sometimes youll need more resources to choose one of the event options. On the contrary, you can get extra resources in some cases.

Quite often, one of the options to choose in an event will trigger the next step of that event. This way a small chain of events will be connected by a short storyline.
These chains of events are designed to make gameplay more diverse. Also, there will be side quests in these events that correspond to the event storyline.

Were also currently working on events for the game tutorial. As a whole, they are similar to the game events, but they are made to diversify tutorials. The tasks available in the tutorial events allow you to learn and put into practice all the knowledge gained during the tutorial. This type of event is still under development. Well run a few tests before releasing it so there may still be changes to the tutorial events.

Hello! In this short article on game development, wed like to shed some light on the mechanics of game events, which we mentioned earlier. You might have already seen similar mechanics in other games.

As the name suggests, game events are different events taking place in the game world. Events are triggered when certain conditions are met. For example, some game events may be caused by the capture of one of the masters, the lack of money from any estate in a country, or if there is an upcoming war, etc.

When an event is triggered, the player needs to decide on how they will react to this event. There are different consequences to any reaction. We tried to create an interesting choice of options for events. Still, the effect will not always be positive.

We hope to make the game world more vivid and realistic with the help of game events. Its an additional opportunity to influence what is happening in the world. The historical events that we also created will make the game world seem more realistic, too. These are the real events that occurred in the particular time period. The player will be able to make his choice in a certain historical event. Additionally, we will try to introduce historical characters. Most likely, we will tell you about this in a little more detail in the following articles.

Your feedback is very important for us. You can share your thoughts on social networks or on our discord.

Greetings! In our latest article, we talked about the upcoming update of the lodge. We also mentioned the development of the lodge and today we want to give more details about this.

As we told you earlier, youll be able to level up the lodge due to gaining experience. Getting to the next level brings a certain number of upgrade points. You can unlock different upgrades to the lodge using these points. They are available as a tree of technologies that will get unlocked as the lodge gets levelled up and the available upgrades are applied.

The upgrades are likely to be divided into several areas: Brotherhood, Resources, Lodge. Each upgrade will earn bonuses or expand the mechanics already available in the game. Probably, the players will be able to level up the upgrades, making them more effective. We are still working on this matter.

Using these new mechanics, we want to strengthen the importance of the lodge and create motivation for players to level it up. Also, it opens a whole new world of interesting decisions for the player. Its you who will decide what upgrades you should get first and adjust the lodge to your gameplay style.
As usual, wed like to hear the opinions of our players. You can send your feedback both on social networks and in our discord.

Greetings! Today's article is about the upcoming update. In addition to regularly enhancing game performance and fixing bugs, well be focusing on the Brotherhood Lodge in the next update. The lodge has been a part of the game for a long time, and some game mechanics, such as resource extraction, are strongly associated with it. Still, weve always wanted to increase the role of the lodge in the gameplay and make it more important.
Now itll be necessary to create a Brotherhood lodge before you start your activities in the country. Without a lodge, its impossible to recruit members of the government and neophytes. Also, a number of master's errands will be unavailable. This way a lodge becomes the base of the Brotherhood. As soon youve established it, youll start your expansion into the country.

There will be a head of the lodge. This is a new type of character that has his unique errands. The lodge doesnt function without its head. The confrontation with the Dark Brotherhood will also be associated with the head of the lodge. Its him who becomes the priority target in this confrontation.

You can develop the lodge, just like any kind of a base. By gaining experience from the Brotherhood, youll be able to level up the lodge. Depending on its level, new errands will be available for the members of the lodge, as well as upgrade points will be awarded. They will help you to unlock lodge upgrades. We find these game mechanics very interesting and probably well publish a separate article on the lodge levelling up.

Also, were currently working on some other mechanics for the lodge. These are high-level processes. At a certain level of the lodge development, the player will be able to launch processes in the lodge that allow managing the situation in the country, without being distracted by tracking indicators and sending brothers on multiple errands.

As you can see, this is a very large-scale update of the lodge mechanics. In our opinion, these changes will be an interesting part of the gameplay. Of course, wed like to hear the opinions of our players. You can send your feedback both on social networks and in our discord.

Greetings everyone!

The holiday season is here once again, and that can mean only one thing for all PC gamers: Steam Winter Sale is here! If you've been waiting for a chance to grab Secret Government at a lower price, wait no more - it is now at 66% off, and with the recent major update improving the game greatly, there has never been a better time to buy it and start ruling the world from the shadows!

These incredible offers are valid now through January 5th, so don't miss your chance and grab the game!

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For the connoisseurs among you who would enjoy the beautiful artbook and soundtrack of the game, you might also consider purchasing the new Deluxe Edition, which, besides the game itself, contains these very items!

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And once you've played the game, please, give use feedback in form of a Steam review, in the discussions or come chat to our Discord server. It is very much appreciated and helps us make the game even better for our fans!

Greetings shadowy leaders,
It has been some time since the last update, but rest assured, we have not forgotten about the game. We have heard all the voices asking for a simplification of many gameplay and UI aspects and other various feedback. And we have prepared a major update changing many of these things.

Key features of the update:

• In-game resources system is simplified
  
• New system of recruitment is introduced
  
• Brothers' traits system is reworked
  
• The Brotherhood greatness is introduced
  
• Tutorials are reworked completely
  
• Title-specific errands are introduced
  
• The Brotherhood goal system has appeared
  
• Ideas spreading system is changed
  
• The Dark Brotherhood behaviour is reworked
  
• Trends are introduced
  

As you know, there is a quite complex economic model used in Secret Government. Today wed like to address an aspect of logistics. Probably, you havent focused on the logistic costs parameter, but it is essential when setting the price if you buy or sell goods outside the region. You can see this parameter when you hover the cursor over the trade route.

Logistic costs heavily depend on the geography of the region and its transport accessibility. If its a large mountainous area, the transportation costs will be high in this region. There is a logistic coefficient for all regions in the game. Bear this in mind when considering directions for trading if you want to reduce the final price of the goods.
You can also influence the logistic costs directly. To do this, use an errand for the Minister of Industry in the government of the country you need. The "Develop road infrastructure errand will reduce transportation costs.
You might use this tool if you want to influence the economies of countries at a deeper level.

Welcome to another short article about the upcoming updates and the inside of Secret Government. Today we are going to talk about a very important part of the gameplay which is ideology. There are ideologies in any country. They have a large influence on the image of these countries. Ideologies set the selection of estates and the form of government in the country. Ideologies bring along values that determine the satisfaction of estates.

The key point in the spread of ideologies is ideological pressure. It shows how quickly ideology will spread among the population. Our brothers, estates, political forces create pressure, as well as trade relations also help to spread pressure. We have added bonuses that will help you speed up spreading ideology and increasing ideological pressure. If you want these bonuses to work, certain conditions must be met. You can see the effects of bonuses and their conditions in the tooltip for each ideology.

We have also added ideological resistance so that there will be a counterbalance to the possibility of enhancing ideologies and diversifying the mechanisms of influence on the estates. Ideological resistance of estates shows how much a particular estate can resist ideological pressure. All people are different. Someone is more susceptible to new ideas, and someone is less. In combination, it allows you to make the spread of ideologies more interesting. You need not only to create conditions for the spread of the ideology you want but also to influence the estates. At this point, reducing the ideological pressure will be possible for masters as their errand. In the future, this will be an indirect impact. After all, one of the main features of Secret Government is the indirect impact on countries.

And as always, we will be glad to receive your feedback and comments.

Hello and welcome to our ongoing series of notes on the Secret Government updates! As you know, there is not only one secret society under the players control. So far, weve introduced another secret society that is AI-controlled. Its called the Dark Brotherhood. Just like the Brotherhood under your control, the Dark Brotherhood pursues its goals and tries to rebuild the picture of the world.
You might have already encountered the Dark Brotherhood when you saw red-hooded adepts in the government of the countries. In this case, there may be several options for the story. If the Dark Brotherhood considers the country important for reaching its goals, you should be prepared for a very tough confrontation. On the other hand, they may decide that theyre not ready for a conflict and will leave the country of your presence. After all, they are not willing to destroy your Brotherhood, but to achieve their goals as soon as possible and change the picture of the world in accordance with these goals.

There is also an option to avoid conflict or try to act unnoticed. The secrecy of your brothers plays an important role here. As you know, secrecy is spent on running errands. But it also serves as your protection against exposure. If you are in a safe secrecy range, enemy agents cant blow your cover. The safe range of secrecy is colored green. If you have gone beyond the safe zone, it becomes red. In this case, your brother may be exposed and attacked. As a result, you either have to flee the country or start a head-on collision.

You can choose the tactics that you like better and more in line with the capabilities of your brothers. The traits of your brothers can give an edge in both stealth tactics and direct confrontation. The mechanics with the ability to act unnoticed will be in one of the upcoming updates. As always, we will be happy to receive your comments.

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Greetings to you, Grand Masters and leaders of Secret Societies! In this short article on our upcoming updates, wed like to tell you about the new game features that were going to add very soon.
Any strategy game requires you to assess the situation. After all, you make your decisions thanks to this. So its very important to easily receive accurate information about the situation. This is exactly the tool we have added.
This tool is called trends. The trend shows you the changes of any parameter so that you can see its movement pattern. For example, you raised taxes for peasants to reduce their numbers and started tracking the parameter of the number of peasants to do so. Trends are perfect for this. The trend will show how the number changed in the past few days after the chosen actions.
This feature allows you to quickly and easily read information about the status of the parameter you need. Trends are displayed as a graph, which makes them very easy to understand.


Now trends are visible for almost all parameters in the game, which makes the gameplay in such a challenging and complex game even more transparent.
You will be able to see and try out this new feature in the next updates. As always, we are happy to receive your feedback and comments.

Greetings to you, Grand Masters and leaders of Secret Societies! In this short article, our team would like to tell you the news about our game. Some time ago we developed a major update of the tutorial mode. Such a comprehensive and complex game as Secret Government can be quite difficult for a player in terms of the game mechanics, although lots of players enjoy the process of getting to know the game. However, weve walked the extra mile to make the tutorial mode easy and accessible.

After we developed the new update, we decided to test it not only within our team but also to attract a small group of players for a beta test. When we did the test, we realized what kind of problems the players face during the tutorial. First of all, it turned out to be too long, so that the players could get too far away from the actual game. Creating and developing your secret society in the game is much more fun than going through long-term tutorials. Taking into account this important detail, we decided to finalize the tutorial.

The team is currently working on the next update. First of all, we revised the duration of the tutorial mode for some chapters and made it shorter. The player now has the opportunity to start a tutorial at any time during the game. It allows you to study particular game mechanics almost without breaking away from the gameplay. We hope that these updates will help new players get into the game better, as well as allow more experienced players to refresh their memory on certain game mechanics.
Now we are also working on various bug fixes and interface improvements.

We are always glad to hear your comments and ideas that you can bring to us on social networks or our discord. See you again in the world of conspiracy theories!

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Introduction
The upcoming game update will greatly change many of the core mechanics. We decided to describe some of the changes in this short article so that our current players wont feel completely lost when we launch the update.


Brotherhood Ideology
Now the Brotherhood and all its supporters follow the ideology that the player chooses at the start of the game. This ideology determines how the Brothers want to see the world, their goals and methods to achieve them. The more this ideology is shared around the world, the easier it is for the Brotherhood to find supporters and gain resources for the operational activities.

Brotherhood Resources
The resource system is getting really simple. Now it consists of only two types: the global resource of the Brotherhood and the local influence in a particular country.
The local influence is required for neophytes and adepts to run errands within the country, change its laws, oppress certain population groups, and so on. They can also gain this influence for the Brotherhood, but only in the country in which they are located. You cant transfer a local resource from one country to another, you will have to gain influence in new lands from scratch.
The global resource is required for Masters to run errands of the Brotherhood per se. For example, it is spent on attracting new supporters. You can get this resource by using Lodges in case the ideas of the Brotherhood are widespread enough in the country.

Brotherhood Greatness
Whether its a member of the Brotherhood or just a civil servant, everyone has a personal influence parameter. For civil servants, personal influence strongly depends on the power and level of the country as well as the position held by the servant. For the Masters of the Brotherhood, it depends on their experience and the general greatness of the Brotherhood.
If the level of the Master's personal influence is far below the level of the influence of a minister of trade, itll be difficult even to get an appointment with this minister, let alone convince him of the ideas of the Brotherhood.
The more influential countries find themselves in the webs of intrigue woven by the Brotherhood, the greater the personal influence bonus each of its members will receive.

Spreading Ideas
Spreading the ideology of the Brotherhood will now become a much more interesting and complex task. The ideological pressure errand is no longer available, yet all supporters of the Brotherhood passively spread the ideology at their location. Political forces and estates create the heaviest political pressure while different segments of the population have their own preferences. Aristocrats, for example, are much more willing to accept the ideas of Feudalism or Absolutism than Socialism or Liberalism.

Rite of Passage
From now on, you cant get a new Master by simply dragging a neophyte to an empty slot. Several conditions need to be met before the Worshipful Master can conduct an initiation ceremony. He is the only Master who has the right to do it.
If for some reason the Brotherhood loses the Worshipful Master, then any of the remaining Masters can perform the rite of initiation and take his place.
The loss of all six masters means the end of the Brotherhood.

Changing Traits
Almost all of the traits have been redesigned and rebalanced to have higher importance and coherence with the gameplay. There are a lot of new traits that make a character build more meaningful when leveling up a brother.

Masters Specialty
Masters will have their specialty. From now on, only the Worshipful Master will be able to create new Lodges. Tyler will make assassination attempts and interrogate prisoners. Orator will be able to increase the loyalty of supporters and undermine that of everyone else. Also, Masters will have a number of unique features, depending on their title.

Ideology and its influence
Ideology is the idea that people have about how society and the world around them function. If you change the ideological pattern in peoples heads, they themselves will change the world according to the new pattern. The dominant ideology in the region determines which estates are desirable and which are unacceptable; what powers and rights certain segments of society have. The ideology shared by a political force determines what forms of government will be available if this force takes power. The form of government, in turn, determines the legal restrictions that can be established on the territory of the country.

The populations demand for the particular ruling political force also depends on the adopted ideology. In addition to the basic needs of livelihood, people want specific needs to be met as well. Nationalists want people of the same nationality to live next to them, Liberalists want strict compliance with the laws by all segments of society, Egalitarians want universal equality in rights. The support for the ruling political force by the population depends on whether these needs are met or not.

As a result, the entire image of society in a certain territory is determined by the ideology in the minds of representatives of this very society.

Brotherhood Support
Ideas are the Brotherhood's main weapon for transforming the world. After choosing a particular ideology as an example of a perfect world to live in, the Brotherhood shares it with every neophyte. The members of the Brotherhood consider it their duty to spread bright ideas wherever possible. Each Brother creates ideological pressure in his country, which slowly puts the necessary ideas in the minds of ordinary people.

The chosen ideology sets a certain range of criteria. They determine how close the society is to the condition that the Brotherhood wants. The closer the society is to the desired condition, the easier it is for the Brotherhood to find support among the population and gain resources to achieve their goals.

To get a reliable Brotherhood outpost in any country, its necessary to recruit at least 30% of government employees into the Brotherhood and complete at least a part of the ideological criteria. Youll also need to establish a lodge with the help of which the Brotherhood will collect resources for its further expansion.

The Spread of Ideology
Ideology spreads due to ideological pressure created in a number of ways. The stronger the pressure, the more people will share this ideology.

The sources of the ideological pressure can be:
Members of the Brotherhood: neophytes, adepts, and masters. Please note that the strength of the pressure created by an adept depends on the importance of the post he holds in the government, and the strength of a master depends on his level.
Political forces that regularly canvass the population. Surely, the public force has more opportunities for agitation than the secret one.
Some estates themselves spread the ideology that they share. A clear example is the Intellectuals.
By trading with a neighboring region, the population can pick up new trends or make sure that the neighbors share the same views.

People, however, are not ready to accept any ideology so easily. For example, the Aristocrats are much more impressed by the ideas of Feudalism than Socialism, otherwise, they lose their privileged status. So different estates prefer some ideologies and reject others, which affects the way the ideological pressure can be effective.

Greetings Brethren!

Today we are very happy to release our biggest update for Secret Government since the game left Early Access. This update brings a huge amount of changes, additions and fixes, with the redesigned interface being one of the most important ones. As some of you may already know, we've been working hard on this update for quite a long time, gathering all the feedback and implementing changes to the game based on the players' suggestions that we received since Secret Government exited Early Access, so now, after extensive testing by both us and our loyal community, we are confident to publish the patch for everyone.

If you'll come over any kind of bugs or issues, please report it using the CTRL+F11 bug reporting function or head over to our Steam Forums and let us know there.

As always, here is a huge THANK YOU to all members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums and helped us with testing the latest patch - Thank you!

You can read the full changelog HERE

[h2]New and significant changes and bugfixes:[/h2]

• Redesigned interface
  
• New illustrations
  
• New icons
  
• New tooltips
  
• New filters:
  Filter Map - subfilters Political Map, Public errand and Confrontation
  Filter Economy - subfilters Trade, Industry, Estates, Natural Resources
  Filter Society - subfilters of Ideology, Support of Political Forces, Estates, Religions, Nationalities
  
• New country panels with information on filter with quick access to relevant government officials
  
• All windows and tooltips that appear in the game can be moved and docked on the screen
  
• Changed the logic of displaying icons on the map, improved the map UI
  
• Implemented the ability to change several, incl. different laws, directly from the Laws window
  
• Opened laws were saved when closing the Laws window
  
• Visual display of trade routes on the map
  
• Visual display of migration paths of estates on the map
  
• Improved UX and UI of errands, new window for errands
  
• Errands without parameters were launched by RMC
  
• Highlighted errand requirements when an errand was unavailable
  
• Errands with multiple parameters
  
• Added new errands, improved and reworked previously used ones
  
• Reworked counteraction with another brotherhood
  
• Management of personnel in the government was introduced
  
• The treasury and the authority of the ruling political force are spent on errands issued by countries optimization of the game speed
  
• Fixed a number of game crashes (Linux, MacOS, Windows)
  
• Fixed automatic scrolling up of the map
  
• Extended graphics settings
  
• Added message about successful submission of the error report after the submission was complete
  
• the brother assigned to the title appears on the map immediately, no play button was required
  
• Fix quests in missions and tutorials
  
• Fixed issues related to game economy
  
• Fixed UI bugs
  
• Fixed issues with game freezing
  
• Updated maps
  
• Added tooltips for local resources
  
• Added localization for these tooltips
  
• Tasks in first tutorial are now available for completion in any country
  

Greetings brethren!

The stars have once again aligned correctly for a public Steam playtest of Secret Government to start today. If you want to become a part of our brotherhood, and see what it takes to rule the world, sign-up for the playtest right away by clicking the "Request Access" button on the Secret Government store page.



We would like to ask you, to fill out a short questionnaire that we have prepared for this occasion. It takes just a few minutes and it helps us better understand, how we can improve the game: https://forms.gle/RVecynatzgUJiy1z6

For any additional feedback you might have, please visit our Steam Forums. We value your responses immensely as it helps us make the game better for everyone! Additionally, if you would come across any bugs or in-game issues, you can report them via CTRL + F11. Thank you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Greetings Brethren!

After more time spent meditating and decrypting the ancient texts, we have prepared another update for Secret Government - just as was foretold. This patch brings in so many different changes, fixes and additions that we'd like to spend some more time testing it, but we are already satisfied enough with the current state of it, that we'd like to allow you to access it as well.

Here are the instructions on how to switch to the latest version:

Brothers! Secret Government has recently left Early Access and our journey is just beginning! We are searching for devoted beta-testers who volunteer to help us test upcoming game updates. You will be able to see new content prior to its public release and influence the direction of the game development.

Secret Government knowledge is a must as we are looking for people who would like to delve deeper into the game mechanics and help us develop the game to its maximum potential.

Here's how you can join:
- Join the official Secret Government Discord: https://discord.com/invite/eCqAK8a
- Once you log in, mention @zazazza in your post to be added to the dedicated beta testers channel.

Together we can create a game that will delight you for years to come.

Below you can find the history of changes:
completely redesigned interface:
- numerous windows are removed
- basic information about the country has been moved to sidebars
- detailed information on provinces is displayed on the map
- added the possibility to change the parameters of laws directly in the Laws window
- added the possibility to assign an errand with several parameters at once
- redesigned errands
- reworked country filters

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Greetings brethren! We step out of the shadows once again to bring you another update for Secret Government. This time we fixed some spelling errors in the tutorial, added intro video for Glorious Revolution campaign into the Linux build and fixed an issue where players couldn't launch Glorious Revolution.

As always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

Read the full changelog below:
[h2]General Changes[/h2]

• Fixed spelling error in description on tutorial for Coins Jingle Jangle
  
• Added animated video on Linux builds for the Glorious Revolution mission
  
• The Glorious Revolution mission could not start for those who have not completed previous versions of the Tutorial
  

Greetings brethren! After yet another session of studying the ancient scrolls, we bring you a brand new update for Secret Government. This time we bring you an update for the tutorial, to better explain the inner workings of our brotherhood to our new acolytes. This update also includes numerous bugfixes, improvements and localization fixes.

As always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

Read the full changelog below:
[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• New tutorial missions are introduced
  
• Ideology filter view improved
  
• Pause text is displayed when the game is paused
  
• Numerous UI improvements: fixed windows and buttons size on different resolutions
  
• Live illustrations added on Linux version
  
• Redundant files removed for Linux version
  
• Saves folder modified for Macintosh version
  
• Social mobility mechanics improved
  
• Redundant files are removed from resources folder for Linux builds
  
• Logs/Saves folder path is modified as per https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html
  

• The country AI could start wars when the country was not ready for war
  
• Exceptions fixed
  
• Sliders settings could be ignored for continuous errands
  
• Alt-tabbing during game load could cause game freezing
  
• Countries which were necessary for completing Objectives could be destroyed
  
• Industries quantity could be not integer value
  
• Victory window could appear just after a new free game start
  
• Rapport with Pope Objective conditions fixed so that it could be achieved
  
• Loading The New World mission could fail to Save folder path change
  
• Officials with particular trait could not be recruited
  

• Localization issue with Objectives description in American campaign fixed
  
• Fixed description of "bad reputation" trait in German
  
• Brothers' last name localization issue fixed
  
• Some officials could have non-localized traits of character
  

Greetings brethren! As we foretold, we bring you a full release of the Linux version! It is now live on the default branch, so if you have been using the beta branch, you need to switch back to the full release build by right clicking the Secret Government in your Steam Library, select Properties... -> Betas and from the drop-down menu select "None".

And as always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Brethren,

A few days ago, we revealed our intentions to create a beta branch for Secret Government, that would allow you to test updates prior to their release, and help Secret Government become the kind of game you've always wanted it to be.

The time is here. The beta branch is live and awaiting your keen eyes.

If you want to jump in, here's what you need to do:

Join our beta testers discord channel: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/946990/view/3084379225906484931

Join the beta branch on steam:
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You can start playing as soon as the game is updated with the latest beta patch.

The whole team behind Secret Government looks forward to your critiques, suggestions and feedback. Thank you again for your help!

Greetings Brethren!

We have just released a minor patch for Secret Government that includes updates and fixes along with a some localization updates. You can read the full changelog below.

And as always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

• Removed questionnaire part from the Tutorial
  
• Tutorial can be explicitly skipped (corrected buttons names)
  
• Wrong percent of ideology spreading was displayed
  
• Religion spreading could stop at 99%
  

• Political forces Objective displayed incorrect conditions in German and in Chinese localization
  
• Corrected German translation in Exploitation errand in the beginning of the Tutorial
  

• Removed questionnaire part from the Tutorial
  
• Tutorial can be explicitly skipped (corrected buttons names)
  
• Wrong percent of ideology spreading was displayed
  
• Religion spreading could stop at 99%
  

• Political forces Objective displayed incorrect conditions in German and in Chinese localization
  
• Corrected German translation in Exploitation errand in the beginning of the Tutorial
  

Join our Discord Beta Test Group

Brethren!

Secret Government has just gone out of Early Access, but our journey is only just beginning!

We're currently looking for a small team of dedicated beta testers to test our updates prior to release. You'll get to play new content before it is publicly released, and have your say about which direction the game should take.

Owning the game is obviously a prerequisite, as we're looking for people who wanna dig deep into the mechanics and help us to develop the game to its maximum potential.

Here's how you can join:

Greetings Brethren,

As you are probably aware, Secret Government left Early Access on April 15th. Many of you supported our studio by purchasing the game and offering constructive criticism, for which we are grateful.

However, the games journey is only just beginning.

Secret Government is an extremely ambitious project. If youve played the game even for 30mins, you know that every action can have thousands of ramifications the complexity of the mechanics is massive.

When a game has this level of complexity, its practically impossible to look through all possible cases and iron out all of the details through internal testing. Even with hundreds of thousands of game hours, we still wouldnt be able to straighten out every kink and catch every bug. We tried to overcome this hurdle through the Early Access program, and it helped greatly. Thanks to your feedback, we made a huge amount of fixes and tweaks. But despite our very best efforts, despite the extensive testing, there were things we missed - things we could never catch, due to the sheer scope of the game.

And thats at the core of the games main criticism.

Our goal here is to be as transparent as possible, and explain to you what we intend to do to solve these issues.

Going forward, well be addressing all of the new bug reports that are coming in. If you encounter an issue, please follow the instructions in this post.

Right now we are gathering all feedback and issues you have met, and preparing a patch that were planning to release in a few days. We hope that with this update, your satisfaction with the game will increase. Once the issues with game stability have been addressed, and it will be easier to understand and enjoy, well continue to expand it, making the tutorial more comprehensive, adding new campaigns, and drilling even deeper into the mechanics to give you unparalleled control of your brotherhood and every aspect of the world in which it operates. This has always been our goal.

Secret Government is a passion project for us, and we want to share with you the game that weve been developing for the past four years.

We hope youll be willing to continue supporting Secret Government as we keep working tirelessly to bring you a game that youll enjoy for many years to come.

Greetings Brethren!

We have just published a small update for Secret Government that fixes Russian texts that have occasionally managed to leak into other languages.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our fans, who helped us during Early Access by reporting all the issues and problems they have came across, which helped us immensely with fixing said issues. Please keep reporting any bugs or issues you come across via the in-game reporting function (accessible via CTRL+F11) as we want to provide all of our players with the best possible experience.

[h2]Localization[/h2]

• Few texts in Russian that were shown in other translations were fixed
  

Greetings Brethren! The time has finally come - stars have finally aligned as was foretold and our brotherhood is ready to step out of the shadows! Secret Government is leaving Early Access today with a new update. To celebrate this occasion, Secret Government will be available with 10% discount during the first week of the launch! So waste no more time and go ahead and grab the game right now - world is waiting for your guidance!

We'll also be streaming some Secret Government gameplay. Join us and watch our Brotherhood take over the world. Additionally, we'll also be having a giveaway where viewers can win Steam game keys from 1C Publishing's portfolio.

To join the giveaway, fill in your details in the form below:
Giveaway Form - Win Steam game keys

Note that the form will only be active during the livestream, so don't miss this chance to win some cool strategy games from 1C Publishing!

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped us with their feedback during the Early Access period! Your reports have been more than useful in shaping and fixing our game!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Brethren!

Tomorrow at 19:00 CET, Secret Government will officially be coming out of Early Access.

As already mentioned in a previous announcement, well also be having a special livestream with a giveaway, where viewers will be randomly selected to win a collection of game keys from 1C Publishings portfolio.

The Livestream will also kick off at 19:00 CET. Details on how to participate in the giveaway will be shared in the livestream itself, so make sure you show up on time!

[h2]Important News about Linux Version[/h2]

Despite our best efforts, the Linux version is still not a level where we consider it ready for final release.

If youre on the Linux version and wish to continue playing post-launch, a new branch called "Early access" will become available for you. You will need to change the branch in your Steam account (see screenshots below). This will allow you to continue on the same Early Access build that you are using right now.





Once the full game build is ready, you will be able to switch back to the default branch and play the game.

The full Linux Build is expected to be ready for publishing at the end of April.

We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Brethren, the hour is at hand! Secret Government will be coming out of Early Access this Thursday, April 15th.

Join us in a special livestream where you can watch us play the game, and win game keys from 1C Publishing in our live giveaway (open exclusively to livestream viewers).

Watch our social media and Steam page for more details about the official game launch time and livestream.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Greetings brethren,

As you know, Secret Government is currently in its final phases of Early Access. Due to the nature of development during these phases, the game is constantly undergoing changes that will make older save game files incompatible.

While we understand that some players might be frustrated at losing their progress, please understand that this is an integral part of the early development process.

We look forward to bringing you the final release of Secret Government on April 15th. In the meantime, we thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Greetings Brethren!

There are only few last hours remaining during which you can help our brotherhood grow and prosper by testing our game and letting us know what we can change or improve, to secure our control over the world!

You can do this by filling out a simple feedback form after you have spent some time with the game, to let us know what can be better: https://forms.gle/edV7uob1WJdzHjBA8

Thank you!

Greetings brethren! The stars are finally aligned correctly as has been prophesized and we can now announce that Secret Government will leave Early Access on the 15th of April!

The full release update will bring improvements to the Free Play mode, along with performance optimization, UI and UX enhancements as well as several other minor and major fixes. Moreover, this update will add Steam achievements for all members of our brotherhood!

Become part of the brotherhood right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Greetings world leaders!

Today we have great news for all of you! We are excited to announce that Realpolitiks II is set to come out of Early Access on April 8th, 2021! With the full release comes also a brand new campaign, set in the post-apocalyptic world. So mark this date in your calendars - the time for your second term is almost here!

Grab the early access version here right now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1248060/Realpolitiks_II/

Greetings brethren! Steam playtest for Secret Government is still on-going! If you want to become a part of our brotherhood, and see what it takes to rule the world, sign-up for the playtest right away by clicking the "Request Access" button on the Secret Government store page.



[h3]We would also like to ask all of you, to fill out a simple feedback form after you have spent some time with the game, to let us know what we can improve: https://forms.gle/edV7uob1WJdzHjBA8

It is very useful for us when it comes to further development and improvement of our game![/h3]

Brethren,

On Monday, March 15th, Secret Governments price will be increasing in preparation for its mid-April official launch.

If youve been tempted to enter the shadows and take on the leadership of your very own secret brotherhood, this is your chance to get the game at its Early Access price.

But hurry up. You only have a few days left!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Greetings brethren!

The time has come - as Nostradamus has prophesied, the Steam playtest for Secret Government starts today. If you want to become a part of our brotherhood, and see what it takes to rule the world, sign-up for the playtest right away by clicking the "Request Access" button on the Secret Government store page.



We would also like to ask all of you, to fill out a simple feedback form after you have spent some time with the game, to let us know what we can improve: https://forms.gle/edV7uob1WJdzHjBA8

It is very useful for us, as we are getting closer to the final release date and want to provide all of our players with the best possible experience. Additionally, if you would come across any bugs or in-game issues, you can report them via CTRL + F11. Thank you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Greetings brethren!

As we are getting closer and closer to our ultimate goal and our brotherhood grows, we have decided to launch a public playtest, so that the world can see us for who we truly are! The playtest will take place here on Steam via the new Playtest function and will be publicly available even to those who haven't joined our brotherhood yet! Currently we are planning to start the playtest in mid-March as the planets will be aligned perfectly for this purpose. You can go ahead and sign-up for the playtest right away by clicking the "Request Access" button on the Secret Government store page.



We also want to point out that we are still working on implementing the feedback we have received from our Early Access supporters and that is still a priority for us as we are gearing up towards a full launch. However we would appreciate feedback even from those who are uninitiated into the secrets of our brotherhood, and to see what we could do to bring in even more brethren to join our cause.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/

Hello everyone - it is giveaway time!

Win 1 Steam key among five awesome strategy titles - Ancestors Legacy, Realpolitiks II, Company of Crime, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, or Secret Government! Click the link down below to enter the contest!

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Greetings Brethren!

We bring you the much awaited Content Update #4! As promised, this update brings in a brand new Advisor System that will suggest what actions to take, brand new and improved sound effects and a plethora of bugfixes, performance optimization and UI / UX improvements! Below is the list of all the main changes that the fourth content update brings to you.

Also, just a reminder that last update, which will add the final touches to the game and bring it out of Early Access, has been moved to April 8, 2021 instead of March 2021 as initially scheduled. You can find all the details in the roadmap that is posted on our store page.

As always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums!

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• FIXED: Space did not start/stop time
  
• FIXED: FPS in Economy window
  
• FIXED: Wars could not be finished for countries which were destroyed
  
• FIXED: Brother selection on performing errands in the same country
  
• FIXED: Brothers' traits were not updated on another Brother selection
  
• FIXED: Brothers' figures could be duplicated when a country of their location was destroyed
  
• FIXED: Tutorial updated
  
• FIXED: Rectangular objects on map after battle icon disappeared
  
• FIXED: Similar traits on Brother's upgrade
  
• FIXED: Ships could appear under other objects
  
• FIXED: Captive brothers could perform errands
  
• FIXED: Some errands could last forever
  
• FIXED: Country names could
  
• FIXED: Society - Estate Support For Parties - UI - First country region is selected by default the first time Society window is opened
  
• FIXED: Localization issues in errands;
  
• FIXED: Localization issue in Brotherhood Manuscripts;
  
• FIXED: Glitching tooltips on Brothers;
  
• FIXED: Sometimes we need to click multiple times to Brother to choose him, its like the game is not
• registering all clicks
  
• FIXED: Empty Manuscripts article;
  
• FIXED: Flying Lodges icons
  
• FIXED: Missing tooltips on Game objects.
  

• IMPROVED: New sounds for various game objects and windows
  
• IMPROVED: New animated artworks
  
• IMPROVED: New icons
  
• IMPROVED: New tooltips for various game objects
  
• IMPROVED: Keywords for main game terms
  
• IMPROVED: New Government window that does not need to be closed during play
  
• IMPROVED: New shortcut errands: blue hand cursor on shortcut actions
  
• IMPROVED: New Brotherhood manuscripts
  
• IMPROVED: Search in the Brotherhood manuscripts
  
• IMPROVED: New situation tips on what is going on and what a player could do
  
• IMPROVED: Better in-game fonts
  
• IMPROVED: Errands settings are cached
  
• IMPROVED: Cancelling errands by one click on an errand icon
  
• IMPROVED: When a country is destroyed all the adepts from this country become neophytes in the conquered country
  
• IMPROVED: Border incident icon appears in any region of a participant country
  
• IMPROVED: Notifications are loaded with saved game
  
• IMPROVED: Overlapping instructions in Tutorial;
  
• IMPROVED: Button to close Tutorial instructions;
  

Brethren,

If youve been following our public roadmap, you know that we were due to launch our next major content update today, December 15th.

Regretfully, were going to have to push the release back by a few days. Heres why:

As with every release, our goal is to give you a better version of the game by fixing bugs and improving gameplay mechanics based on your feedback. That said, the world of coding is as treacherous as that of any secret society. Sometimes, solutions that appear simple, turn out to be convoluted and bear unforeseen challenges.

And thats exactly what happened with this release.

You already know were a tiny team. But to us, thats no excuse for putting out a sub-par release, even if were still in Early Access. Thats why weve decided to hold back on the release and put a little more work into it, so that it meets our (and more importantly, your) expectations.

On a final note, the official release date of the game has been updated to April 8th, 2021.

We apologize for keeping you waiting, and thank you for your continued patience and support.

Glory to the Brotherhood!

The Secret Government Team

P.S. Did you know weve made it into the Top 100 of IndieDBs Indie of the Year 2020? If youd like to help Secret Government, please take a moment to vote for it here: https://www.indiedb.com/games/secret-government

It would mean the world to us. Thank you!

Brethren!

Your Brotherhood needs you!

Secret Government has entered the 2020 IndieDB Indie of the Year Awards and we need all of your support. If you believe in our game, simply click on the image down below and then click on the "Vote Now" button. We're counting on you!

Brethren!

Our special Secret Government giveaway has ended and we have our ten winners!

If you want to check whether you've won, you may do so by checking the giveaway winners page

The winners will be receiving an email later today, containing their Steam key for their copy of Secret Government to claim for themselves or gift to a friend. Make sure you check your spam folder.

Thanks again for participating and helping us spread the word about Secret Government.

Watch this space for more upcoming contests!

Greetings Brethren!

After another month filled with meditations and occult rituals, where we have been shown the illuminated path to follow, we are delighted to announce that another update for Secret Government, this time inscribed with the number 0.9.19.31, is now available! As you can see in the changelog down below, we have been hard at work working on fixing numerous technical issues as well as improving the core gameplay of the title.

And as always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!


[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• FIXED map display after changing country borders
  
• FIXED abduction exception when the abduction goal escaped
  
• FIXED: Brotherhood objectives window could be opened when locked in Tutorial
  
• FIXED: exception when creating models on the map
  
• FIXED: similar or same traits could appear on brothers' upgrade
  
• FIXED: brothers with faceless feature display
  
• FIXED: exeption on riots icon click
  
• FIXED: battle icons are removed only if they exist
  
• FIXED: cancelling action after game load
  
• FIXED: tutorial load
  
• FIXED: artifacts in errands' operands
  
• FIXED: war logic exception when a participant country was destroyed
  
• FIXED: display of text in the instruction window
  
• FIXED: icons of actions / processes in the Government window were displayed for the captured brother
  
• FIXED: notifications saving; now notifications are saved immediately when needed
  
• FIXED: country reaction on the Brotherhood actions
  
• FIXED: saving data of the Government
  
• FIXED: positions in brothers' phrases
  
• FIXED: dates in countries' reactions
  
• FIXED: countries responses to awareness growth
  
• FIXED: captured brothers could take appointments in the Government
  
• FIXED: political assassination errand effect
  
• FIXED: broken country selection in Tutorial
  
• FIXED: brothers' conspiracy restoration
  
• FIXED: bug report window line break
  
• FIXED: the back arrow in manuscripts
  
• FIXED: NaN in economy tips
  
• FIXED: quests might automatically be passed
  

• UPDATED Localization
  
• IMPROVED: brother selector highlighting
  
• IMPROVED: errand window: errand goal disabled for errands without goals; visual improvements
  
• IMPROVED: economic resources icons
  
• IMPROVED: new arts in the Government window
  
• IMPROVED: global resources view on the main screen
  
• IMPROVED: neighboring countries detection mechanics
  
• IMPROVED: border incident appears in the a region of the country under attack
  
• IMPROVED: enlarged caravans
  
• IMPROVED: re-generated navmesh to prevent ships from spawning underground or on it
  
• IMPROVED: the code for generating objects on the map (ports, cities, ships, caravans) was refactored - it was possible to get rid of errors in the algorithm for finding points on the map
  
• IMPROVED: new illustrations in errand window
  
• IMPROVED: Society window opens on the first tab
  
• IMPROVED: alphabetical order in the list of potential targets for war; list size
  
• IMPROVED: colors of the countries names in Shadow view
  
• IMPROVED: reduced the delay between AI actions in a country
  
• IMPROVED: implemented hotkey (G) for the Government window
  
• IMPROVED: by default, the country is selected, not the region in the society window
  
• IMPROVED: new artwork in quests and Economy windows
  

Greetings Brethren!

As you might have noticed, the Steam Awards of this year have just started and we would really appreciate your support on this! So if you feel that our game deserves your vote for any of the available categories, please head over to the dedicated Steam page and nominate us!

Thank you!

Greetings Brethren!

Do you love strategy, intrigue, espionage, history, war and manipulation?

Do you dream of secretly controlling the world from the shadows at the helm of a mysterious brotherhood?

Then you're going to LOVE Secret Government a grand strategy game about manipulating history through the workings of a hidden brotherhood (of which you are the leader).

The great news is that now you can win one of TEN Steam keys of the game Secret Government!

Giveaway link: Click here to participate!

Participating is simple:

• Register to the giveaway with your email address. This is required so that we have a way to send you the Steam key in case you win.
  
• Share the giveaway through the social media buttons provided.
  
• Perform additional actions such as watching our promo video and visiting our Steam store page.
  

Greetings Brethren!

We are back after another week, which we spent trying to understand the strange dreams that haunt our minds and decipher the true meaning of the Nostradamus prophecies. Some of these signs are still veiled in the fog of uncertainty, but those that we managed to decode have been forged into yet another update for Secret Government, this time bearing the number 0.9.18.86.

In this update, we have implemented countless smaller and bigger bugfixes, as well as numerous improvements to basically all aspects of the game, spanning from improved illustrations all the way to the fine tuning of the occult rituals running in the background. You can read the full changelog below!

As always, here is a huge THANK YOU to all members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

[h2]Changelog Update 0.9.18.86[/h2]
[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• FIXED Brothers' health display
  
• FIXED Bug, where another Brotherhood activity caused awareness growth for player's Brotherhood
  
• FIXED Worshipful master is now selected by default when opening Brotherhood Management window
  
• FIXED Tutorial instructions display
  
• FIXED Title information is now available during Tutorial
  
• FIXED Trade partners display in Mini-trade window
  
• FIXED Economy window values display
  
• FIXED Riots can no longer last for negative number of days
  
• FIXED Thin state borders on map (Linux)
  
• FIXED Trade transport generation
  
• FIXED Quests and notifications on quest steps
  
• FIXED Game could freeze on answering Intrview questions during Tutorial mission fix;
  
• FIXED Reverting captives errand
  
• FIXED Brothers might be stuck
  
• FIXED Localization issues in Free game
  
• FIXED Date format in notifications
  

• IMPROVED Country AI reaction on awareness growth
  
• IMPROVED game saving: local and cloud saves are synchronized, latest save for missions is selected by default
  
• IMPROVED Trade partners display in Economy window
  
• IMPROVED Brothers' secrecy display in notifications
  
• IMPROVED Brothers' nationality and location display in Brothers' selector
  
• IMPROVED Free game settings are now displayed in alphabetical order
  
• IMPROVED Adepts errands are now cancelled when adepts are moved to neophytes
  
• IMPROVED Values display in notifications rounding
  
• IMPROVED Dates of information collected are removed for player's Brothers
  
• IMPROVED Brothers information display
  
• IMPROVED Values display in errands descriptions
  
• IMPROVED Country pane tooltips
  
• IMPROVED Illustrations
  
• IMPROVED Filters are restored after switching from Shadow to Normal mode
  

Greetings brethren!

Just as was foretold in the ancient scrolls, last week Secret Government has received it's third Content Update that has added brand new campaign along with numerous other features to the game. However as you know, our work never ends or the wheels of time would stop turning altogether, so after a week of meditating and researching planetary alignment, we are proud to announce that Update 0.9.18.67 containing numerous small fixes and updates is now available to download!

We would like to thank all members of our brotherhood who help us make the best game possible, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you! You help make the world a better place!

[h2]Changelog Update 0.9.18.67[/h2]
[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• FIXED Tutorial Save / Load issues
  
• FIXED Quests
  
• FIXED Political assassination errand
  
• FIXED an issue where "Build a Lodge" errand wasn't available during tutorial
  
• FIXED issues with government panel during tutorial
  
• FIXED Element highlighting in Tutorial
  
• FIXED War event no longer appears during Indian raids
  

• UPDATED Localization
  
• UPDATED Tutorial texts improvements
  
• UPDATED Counteraction errands made available during Tutorial
  
• UPDATED Added raid icon to the country panel
  

Rejoice Brothers and Sisters!

The day of the update is upon us! With this update, brand new campaign called "The New World" has been introduced now you can sail the Atlantic ocean in search of greener pastures and more governments to corrupt! Furthermore, following the communitys valuable feedback, the developers have made numerous other changes and improvements to the game such as the Government system, tooltips and actions in battles.

Additionally after numerous nights spent meditating and studying the signs in the night sky and listening to we have decided, to prolong the Early Access period until March 15th, 2021 which will give us more time to polish the game and add more features to it, so that both you and us are happy with the final product. The longer Early Access period also means, that there will be two more content updates for you all to enjoy!

Also, we would like to mention that due to the many changes that the new build includes, you may find a few issues here and there. We did our best to have the build as ready as possible on time and with as few issues as possible, but some things still need more polishing, so we ask for your understanding. And as usual we would appreciate your valuable help by reporting the issues you find in the game through our Steam Discussion forum

Below is the list of all the main changes that the third Early Access content update brings to Secret Government as well as a new detailed roadmap for all players who would like to see whats planned until the end of the Early Access period.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/946990/Secret_Government/
[h2]Changelog Content Update #3[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

• "The New World" campaign added - Decide the fate of America and it's colonies in this brand new campaign
  
• Extended Government mechanics
  
• Identity of the Government officials is now hidden by default
  
• New actions for the Brotherhood members in the Government
  
• New character traits
  
• Customizable Free play mode
  
• Tutorial updated
  
• New artworks
  
• New icons
  

• Fixed multiple issues where Tutorial got stuck and players couldn't progress further
  
• Fixed an issue where Illustrations / Text at the beginning of the Tutorial didn't appear for some players
  
• Fixed an issue when it was impossible to open the task window
  
• Fixed Overlapping issues
  
• Fixed the Brotherhood Appointment window
  
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to change colony taxes after 90 days
  
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to reduce colony taxes
  
• Colony taxes / subsides are now correctly increased
  
• "Search for signs of activity" errand finds all the opponents
  
• Localization improvements
  
• Text in the Lodge meeting window now appears correctly
  
• Uprisings now happen as they should
  
• Opponent Difficulty / Balancing changes
  
• Proper numbers are now displayed in resource transfer errand
  
• Trait "Conformity" now works properly
  
• 
  

Greetings brethren!

The time has finally come! After a long pause we are finally back with the second Content Update!

With this update, the free play mode gets expanded with the addition of The New World now you can sail the Atlantic ocean in search of greener pastures and more governments to corrupt! Furthermore, following the communitys valuable feedback, the developers have made numerous other changes and improvements to the game such as the Government system, tooltips and actions in battles.

Below is the list of all the changes that the second Early Access content update brings to Secret Government. A detailed roadmap is available to all players who would like to see whats planned until the end of the Early Access period.

[h2]Changelog Content Update #2[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

• New map
  
• Government mechanics added
  
• Tutorial updated (new Government mechanics)
  
• New design of start menu
  
• Countries needed for quests completion can no longer be destroyed
  
• New flags
  
• New portraits and illustrations added
  
• Caravans added
  
• Ships added
  
• Cities added
  
• New ideology added to ideology filter
  
• Save files now display time and date
  
• Saves can now be removed from the main menu
  
• Additional country statuses are displayed on the country panel
  
• Added icons and actions for riots, organized crime, strike, epidemic
  

• Fixed settings window
  
• Disabled empty tool-tips
  
• Ideology filter is now disabled on shadow view
  
• Chance of success for actions was corrected
  
• Improved brothers highlighting and selection for errands
  
• Improved extended tool-tips
  
• Neophytes display in the Government window fixed
  
• Unity version updated
  
• Opponents activity mechanics fixed
  
• Memory leaks fixed
  
• Optimized sprites
  
• Redundant resources removed
  
• Errands can now be performed only if adepts are present in the country
  
• Camera position fixed
  
• Localization issues fixed
  
• Time progress improved
  
• Loading progress bar added
  
• Filters counters are converted to percents
  
• Diplomatic meeting mechanics upgraded
  
• Battle sounds appear only for countries where adepts are present
  
• Starting of wars regardless of neighbors power
  
• Lodges removed from errands requirements
  
• Countries AI improved
  
• Economy window design improved
  
• Brotherhood manuscripts updated
  

Greetings Brothers!

We come once again with some news! The second content update that was postponed last week and was planned to be released today will be again postponed, this time to Thursday September 3rd! It turns out that this is a much bigger update than what we initially thought, so our team needs a bit more time to prepare and test the content properly so we deliver you a smooth and fully functioning build unfortunately COVID-19 seems to be affecting everyone, including the Brotherhood!

We have also decided to change the content of the second update and also merge the third content update with the full release, so we will have enough time to implement and test all the features properly.

You can find all the information in the updated Early Access roadmap below. We hope that you understand our decision and we are looking forward to seeing your feedback in our forums!

Greetings brethren!

Today I come before you as a bearer of bad news - It seems that we have misinterpreted the signs given to us and thus miscalculated the date of the next turning point in history. After some new calculations and measurements we have come to conclusion that the next Content Update will be released on 13th of August, 2020 AD.

We hope that you understand and can excuse this short delay, but we would much rather present you with fully functioning update, without any significant technical issues, than to be on time, but with a game that is riddled with bugs. Rest assured that the person responsible for this false prophecy has been severely punished.

As the wheel of history keeps turning, it is once again time for us to reveal another part of our plan. Since the world around us is such a dark and confusing place, we decided that someone has to do something about it and bring some order into this ever-changing world.

The latest update for Secret Government brings numerous smaller and bigger bugfixes, AI and localization updates as well as some redesigns of our UI. Yet again we would like to thank all of our followers who help us make the game the best it can be, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - you are the true prophets who change the course of history! Thank you!

[h2]Changelog Update 0.9.16.74[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

• AI improvements
  
• Localization updated
  
• Trade by sea information tooltips added
  
• Trade window improvements
  
• Updated icons in the Economy window
  
• Updated and improved Illustrations
  
• Fixed an issue where trade map description covered manuscript Icon
  
• Solved an issue where countries with a battle icon were unclickable
  
• improved the windows for Brotherhood management, Brotherhood objectives, Appointment of brothers and Brotherhood Manuscripts
  
• Save manager issues fixed
  
• Links fixed
  

Well be with you, our dear friends!

Just as was foretold in the ancient scrolls, today is the day when the first part of our grand scheme comes together and your patience is rewarded. Rejoice brothers - the day of the content update has come!
The Content Update #1 brings new save system, new quests, improved economy and trade overview, plethora of UX improvements and of course numerous bugfixes.

The next content update is currently planned for 6th of August so mark that day in your Anno Lucis calendar!

Once again we would like to thank our entire community for providing us with feedback in the Steam discussions, where you let us know what do you like or dislike about our game. Your words mean a lot to us and they help us create the best game possible.

And now for the full list of changes and improvements that will make your journey to the east more comfortable:


[h2]Changelog Update 0.9.16.61[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

• Second Lodge meeting implemented
  
• New Economy overview window
  
• New quests
  
• English localization updated
  
• Improved map terrain
  
• Illustrations for Economy overview window implemented
  
• Multiple save slots for "Free Play" mode
  
• Country AI improved
  
• New VFX index
  
• New GFX module added
  
• Several new provinces added in order to exclude wrong ports creation
  
• Trade transport generation implemented (map visualization, ships now cross the seas)
  
• Trade tooltip implemented
  
• Trade window can now be opened by clicking on a ship
  

• Time progress is restored if the errands menu is closed without an errand selection
  
• Fixed - New Economy window tabs won't open anymore
  
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't press the "assign" button when starting an errand
  
• Port size fixed
  
• Bug report window fixed
  
• Lodge creation errand text improved
  
• Code optimization
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Build system optimization
  

Greetings Brothers!

For the past week we have been working in the shadows, studying the writings of Nostradamus and reading through your forum posts to improve the game and make it easier for you to change the course of history. We would like to thank you very much for this help with development of the game and would like to ask you to keep up this good work - it helps us immensely when it comes to fixing and balancing the game to your liking.

Here is the list of all the improvements taken from our sacred manuscript:

[h3]Changelog Update 0.9.16[/h3]

• Improved game stability
  
• Localisation errors fixed
  
• Required infiltration level for tasks has been lowered to 1
  
• Default illustration for estates changed
  
• The Glorious Revolution illustration updated
  
• Zoom in/out bound to "-" and "+" keyboard keys
  
• Artifacts when opponents appear fixed
  
• Fixed an issue where religion filter was unclickable in the Tutorial
  
• Captive execution is no longer available without an active Lodge
  
• Fixed wrong key bindings descriptions
  
• Fixed Loading / Saving issues
  
• Free Play illustration updated
  
• Trade filter icon description updated
  
• Fixed visual artifacts appearing on a brothers portraits in the notifications
  
• Notifications with Country reactions added
  
• Fixed mission "Shadow in the Palatinate"
  
• Fixed an issue where brothers couldn't interrogate the captive
  
• Issue with the game loading indefinitely is now fixed
  
• Bug reporting function is now bound to CTRL + F11 key combination
  
• Resolved an issue where zooming in also caused scrolling across the map
  
• Neophytes can no longer be captured when traveling to other countries in Tutorial
  
• Removed an empty window appearing in the Tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where the game froze on loading previous save
  
• Improved the look of borders in the Shadow Mode
  
• Countries now react accordingly to rising awareness
  
• Updated descriptions showing the wrong amount of resources
  
• Fixed the issue where tutorial stopped progressing upon brothers arrival to other country
  

Greetings everyone,

Today marks the birth of a secret order that influences world changing events, shapes society to its own images and pulls strings from the shadows. Our Grand strategy - Secret Government just released in Early Access for 19.99 USD/EUR with 10% launch discount! The full launch is planned for later this year with the Early Access being an important tool for us to gather valuable feedback from you guys as well as work hand in hand with you to deliver the ultimate illuminati simulator.

[previewyoutube=qlrcuZSrLIY;full][/previewyoutube]

The road to this point has been long, difficult but we are just excited to share with you what we have been working on all this time. You already got a small glimpse during the Steam Game Festival but that was just a glimpse. Now it is time to truly start your own ancient secret order and just go crazy... World is your playground.

We still have months of development ahead of us which will be once again test us, but we believe it will be a wee bit easier with your help. We really want to hear from you and receive as much feedback as possible. We have always wanted to make a grand-strategy where you would be the ones in the shadows instead on the fort-front so this for us is a dream come true and we hope that the game itself will be for you, once you play it :)



So, let the rule of your ancient order begin...

Hello everyone,

we are super excited to finally share with you a release date of the Early Access version of the game!

June 22nd is the day when Secret Government officially launches in Early Access giving you the opportunity to jump in and lead your very own centuries old institution, pulling the strings from the shadows, influencing world changing events and making history your own!

[h3]What to expect in the Early Access you ask? [/h3]

The Early Access includes the historical mode, consisting of a tutorial and one full story mission, affecting the events of the English Revolution. A simplified version of the free play mode is also available, where the player can set the objectives of their own.

The Early Access version includes all the main game mechanics and tools to influence them, such as wars, trade and production, relations between countries, revolutions, elections, class values, migration, and counteracting another Brotherhood. This will give you an idea of what we are trying to create before the full release.

We also have a detailed roadmap to give you the idea of what to expect going forward. We have our own vision of the game but the point of Early Access is to share it with you and gather as much feedback from you as possible to create the best possible experience we can. We want to hear from you so please feel free to write us either here on Steam or our social media.



Lastly, we will have a demo live during the whole Steam Game Festival, so it's ideal opportunity for you to check out the game and see if it is interesting to you.

Hello everyone,

As we announced earlier this year, our plan was to launch Secret Government in Steam Early Access this October. While development has been shaping up quite well so far, we feel that the game hasnt yet reached a level that will deliver a satisfying player experience. Our goal with Early Access was not only to involve you in development, but also provide a game that is fun right from the get go. herefore weve made the decision to extend our launch date to 2020.

We know this news is disappointing, but by delaying the release we can focus on bringing you the best experience possible. In the meantime, we will make sure to keep you updated on the progress of Secret Government.

And remember, we are watching.

Hello everyone,

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!

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 steamhappy 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

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.

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;)

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

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

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

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.

Known issues:
- Impossible quests may fall out