Hello everyone,
This update adds a new system to make each campaign feel more distinct, more reactive, and more challenging as you climb the ladder: Campaign Edicts.
Until now, later campaigns could start to feel a little too comfortable once you had already figured out the early game. Campaign Edicts are designed to change that by giving each campaign its own rule modifier that reshapes your priorities instead of only increasing numbers behind the scenes.
Some campaigns may pressure your economy. Others may shorten your available work hours, speed up the rival's All-In gauge, strengthen their opening moves, reduce the election clock, or make the rival more aggressive across the map.
You can now preview each Campaign Edict from the campaign select screen before starting a run, so you know what kind of pressure that race will put on you.
This is the first pass of the system, and I will keep tuning the numbers based on feedback and balance results. The main focus of this update is giving later campaigns more identity, more tension, and more replay value.
Thank you for playing and for helping shape Politiks.
Patch Highlights
Added Campaign Edicts to all campaigns.
Campaign select now shows the active edict for each campaign.
Later campaigns now apply more distinct pressure instead of relying only on broader scaling.
Rival behavior, economy pressure, campaign pacing, and opening map pressure can now vary by campaign.
Some campaigns now reduce daily funds.
Some campaigns increase Campaign Office prices.
Some campaigns reduce available work hours.
Some campaigns give the rival stronger opening pressure in random blocs.
Some campaigns make the rival target more blocs during their turn.
Some campaigns increase the rival's chance to apply bloc pressure and status effects.
Some campaigns make the rival reach All-In faster.
Some campaigns shorten the number of days before the election.
Some campaigns apply steady day-to-day rival support gains so you cannot coast through the midgame.
As always, let me know which edicts feel the most fun, the most brutal, or the most suspiciously designed by a very angry campaign manager.