Just a small patch:

• Polish localization added

• Italian localization added

• Steam Deck playability reworked

• Controller playability reworked

• Workshop: “Uglify JSON” button added

For JSON tinkerers:

The “Prettify JSON” option makes the default quick-save file easier to read and modify.

However, the resulting file cannot be used as-is.
So there is now a “Re-Uglify” button in the Workshop section to make it compact again.

This feature is still in alpha, so if you apply “Prettify” and then “Uglify” too many times to the exact same save file, you will probably break something.

I also want to reassure you: I’m working on a proper editor, so the JSON thing is just a rough workaround for impatient players who want to mod the game.

Have fun!

Maestro

Hello!

And thank you to everyone who responded to the poll:

https://strawpoll.com/eNg6vNeB3gA/results

It gives me a clear direction for upcoming features in the months ahead.

Alt-history ranked first in the poll, so you can now vary your game starts with random alternate-historical events.
You can adjust the level of historical inaccuracy you're willing to tolerate, as well as the number of such events at scenario start; all from the options menu.

There are four levels of alt-history in this system:

• Almost Happened

• Far-Fetched

• Wild Speculation

• Moon Nazis

Needless to say, serious gentlemen probably won’t venture beyond the “Far-Fetched” level.

“Wild Speculation” events have clearly been written by Tom Clancy fans, while “Moon Nazis” events are… well, just an average Monday under Trump’s presidency.

I encourage you to try different scenario starting dates: the events won't be the same!

Think of this as the foundation for a larger system: more events will be added, and in-game alt-history will continue to expand.

Because yes , there is a long-term plan!

The second most requested feature, and the one I’ll be starting work on soon, is the game editor.

I have no doubt that you — the players — will fill the game with your own fascinating events.

This is the other big news today!

I hope you’ll be as satisfied with this DLC as I and the playtesters are. Imagine a timeline extended all the way to 2001!

You will be able to:

• Make the USSR last into the 21st century

• Take down Black Hawk

• Crash markets like an apprentice oligarch

• Prevent 9/11

• Lose the Chechen War on your own terms

• Survive the Y2K bug and the dot-com bubble

• Carry out regime change in the Persian Gulf

• And much more — the crazy ’90s are waiting for you!

• Play a 1949-2001 Grand Campaign

• Play a 1945-2001 Grand Campaign if you own "Grandeur et Illusions"

I know that Italian and Polish localizations have been requested many times — don’t worry, they are underway!

Have fun!

Maestro