Government Simulator update 1.3 is now available.
This update adds cheats (possibility to circumvent the implementation effort points mechanism), a new law, gameplay tweaks, and improvements here and there. Details:
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New law: Plastic bag ban
In order to reflect current developments, the game now has a new law to select: 'Plastic bag ban'. Also, when you start a new game with France, the plastic bag ban law will be active there to reflect France's bag ban starting in 2016. -
Cheats
There are now cheat codes in the game. If you play though the USA scenario and finish it successfully, cheat codes in the game will be unlocked. The cheat code 'NOMORELIMITS' entered in the game will give you 100 implementation effort points. Note that if you already played through the USA scenario previously before this update, you need to do this again to unlock cheats, unfortunately. -
Debt Explained
There is now an explanation in the statistics tab on the "debt" entry, explaining how the current debt was generated. It shows the old debt, the defict and the interest which had to be payed on debt. This makes it probably a bit more clear for people not understanding that their debt sometimes would not be reduced although they had a negative deficit. -
Crime rate adjustments
Crime rate calculation has been adjusted a bit and factors such as tax burden, income, unemployment rate, police budget, prison budget, punishment rate, alcohol ban, torture, surveillance and similar influence it a bit differently now. - The description of implementation effort points now also shows that a lower game difficulty gives you more points.
- Fixed a problem when dragging game window accross multiple screens.
- Various minor gameplay tweaks and improvements here and there.
Hope you'll like this small update. If you want specific new features in a future update, don't forget to post this into the discussion forum (the comments section below this news is a bit difficult to use for discussions). Further feedback is welcome as always!