0.5.4a

07 May 2026Developer post

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Another day, another selection of new features and fixes!

Added the inbox system for low-priority events

New political backgrounds for your characters!

Added an "Overwatch Mode" post Game Over for players who have lost to see the world go by and continue

Added a deeper party membership system with distinction for national members and simulated politicians

Added the option to enable/disable pre-game simulation

Updated Recruitment popups

Added events to handle membership fee changes

Changed the labeling of simulated persons in a party to Politicians.

Changes to demographic labels and groupings

An in-game day is now 2 seconds, not 1

And the bugfixes:

Fixed bugs related to Eco Party and Liberal Centrist party support

Fixed trackpad scrolling for Map view

Fixed overflow bug in Vote modal

Fixed occasional bug where party membership would not update correctly after joining a party

Fixes to the Party tab

Fixed more loading bugs - opinion polling may now be inaccurate on saves from v0.5.3 and earlier, but should work correctly on saves from v0.5.4 and later

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0.5.4a

Another day, another selection of new features and fixes!

And the bugfixes: