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If you have already pre-ordered, you can download the Alpha here.

For those who want to pre-order the game and also try out the Alpha, you can do so here. (Note: for Windows.)

This an Alpha release (i.e., pre-Beta). This is a way to offer people who have pre-ordered a sneak peek into the game, as well as an opportunity for them to offer feedback on features they think would be useful, awesome, and so on, if incorporated into the game.

Things should start moving fairly quickly now, with new features being added in quick succession.

Please remember in any feedback: many features that will be in the final game are NOT in the current Alpha.

Please note we may not be able to respond to all feedback. We encourage feedback via the blog or the forum, as this will allow for answers to common questions to be posted, and discussion of any ideas.

A list will be posted shortly with features that probably will be added. Below is a list of features that will be added:

- ViceLeaders
- Crusaders expanded functionality
- PACs, Super PACs
- Primaries
- Negotiations
- Computer player AI
- More candidates
- More parties

We will be adding new features regularly (probably a new release about once per week for some time).

Please note with the Alpha: This version will have bugs. Some of these may cause the program to crash. Gameplay won’t be right.

Also:

No primaries in the initial release. Once we’ve gotten general election game mechanics down, we will enable primaries.
No save-load for now.
No help file (but in-line help).
Only one scenario, two parties, and one candidate from each party.
AI will get more challenging.
Some graphics are place-holders.

Modders: please note that the scenario XML files will change. If you mod a scenario, then it will probably stop working at some point in the near future.

Having said all this …

Good gaming!

These screenshots show the attributes system in P4E12. Here’s what the leader attributes look like in P4E12:

The attributes are similar to P4E8. Leadership, Experience, Issue Familiarity, Integrity, Charisma, Stamina, and Debating.

The difference comes with the campaign attributes:

There is Command Strength, Strategic Strength, Ads Strength, Spin Strength, and so on. Players start off with different levels, and the player can then increase the campaign strength in a particular area, allocating Command Points (CPs) and money to do so. In the above, Romney is increasing his Ads Strength from 3 to 4, allocating 3 CPs a turn.

Higher Command Strength = more CPs and the ability to create higher regional Organizational Strengths (something else that’s new in P4E12), higher Strategic Strength helps with Targeting states (another new thing in P4E12), Ads Strength helps with creating more powerful ads more quickly, and so on.

Also noticeable on the screen is the Corruption attribute. While Integrity has to do with the candidate’s personal and own campaign integrity, Corruption has to do with the surrounding political context for the leader (such as their administration). Higher corruption means it is easier to research scandals on that player.

More to come!

President Forever 2012, the sequel to President Forever 2008 + Primaries, is nearing initial Beta release.

In the lead up to that, we’ll be releasing some screenshots focusing on some new and different features from President Forever 2008 + Primaries.

Here’s how things look at the start of the general election in P4E12 on Sep. 7th, playing as Mitt Romney:

One difference that’s obvious is that projected Electoral College support for the two parties is arranged left-to-right (Dems on left, Reps on right), and is broken down into levels of support. You can see, in this particular case, that although the Dems have more Electoral Votes (E.V.s) than Reps (296 to 209, with 33 too close to call), their support is soft, with 129 of those in the weakest level of support, while only 28 Rep E.V.s are in the corresponding category.

One new feature is Electoral Vote Swing Info:

Here, you can see which states the respective parties are projected to pick up relative to the previous election, and which ones are too close to call that might change hands (with the party that is technically leading in brackets). This feature also includes the swing in (normalized) E.V.s (not displayed in the above screenshot). So, for the above screenshot, Reps are +29 projected E.V.s from the previous election, and Dems are -62 E.V.s., and this is shown in the same box as the projected swing states. The plus-minus numbers are ‘normalized’, in that state-by-state Electoral Vote distribution may have changed, and so the numbers are normalized to the current election’s state-by-state E.V.s.

This is the start … much more to come!

Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2013 Beta v. 1.3.1 has been released.

Note: if you are an owner of Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2010-11, you have been automatically added as a Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2013 owner.

Note: this Beta is for people who have already registered for the 2013 Beta.

To update:

http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/

Version information:

http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/prime-minister-forever-australia-2013-version-information/

Hi everyone,

We’ve now released a 2012 scenario for President Forever 2008 + Primaries. We consider the scenario to still be a Beta version, so feedback is welcome.

The following pic shows the state of the 2012 Republican primaries in mid-October (when the scenario starts):

Romney has the lead nationally, and Gingrich is in single-digits nationally in 4th place!

There are 2 ways to get the 2012 scenario for P4E8:

1. Redownload and reinstall P4E8.

2. Download the scenario and install it manually.

or if you’re not an owner of P4E8 then:

3. Get P4E8.

Before going any further:

Q. Does this mean you’re not releasing P4E12?
A. No, this is meant as a way to add value for all the P4E8 owners.

Fire away with any feedback on the 2012 scenario as you see fit here!

While we are working on some official historical scenarios, scenario designer ScottM has released 2008 and 2006 scenarios for Prime Minister Forever – Canada 2011.

You can download them from:

2008 is here.

2006 is here.

or go to http://scenarios.270soft.com .

Have fun!