If you have knowledge of Australian politics, and-or are interesting in contributing to an Australia 2019 campaign, please let me know in the comments below or by e-mailing at https://270soft.com/contact .
We are going to be going ahead on an Australia 2019 campaign for the May 18th election.
Prime Minister Infinity – Canada v. 3.0.2 sneak-peek for Windows and Mac has been released!
This sneak-peek is a major update. It adds Alberta – 2019, attributes are now 0-10 instead of 1-5, introduces Favorability, shows info on the map when you move the mouse over a region, allows for increasing the size of the window, and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Spring 2019, see here.)
For more Alberta – 2019 info, go here.
If you are a Prime Minister Infinity – Canada owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/prime-minister-infinity-canada-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous release (v. 2.7.9b).
Prime Minister Infinity – Canada will have a sneak-peek released soon, including Alberta – 2019 along with the latest game engine. Here’s a screenshot from a recent run through, where I was a spectator as the AAP.
Notley almost closed the gap with the UCP, finishing strong and leading to a minority UC government (44 seats required for a majority). No negotiations were successful between the UCP and Alberta Party, so it will be vote by vote for the new government.
Just finishing up the Alberta – 2019 campaign right now, it will probably be released later today Saturday.
President Infinity v. 3.0.2 sneak-peek for Windows and Mac has been released!
This sneak-peek fixes several bugs, adds Andrew Yang to 2020, updates primary dates in 2020, and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Spring 2019, see here.)
If you are a President Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/president-infinity-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 3.0.1).
President Infinity v. 3.0.1 sneak-peek for Windows has been released!
This sneak-peek fixes a load bug, fixes a bug with selecting debate focus, adds 4 ‘what-if’ candidates to 2020 (Ocasio-Cortez, Crenshaw, Gillum, and Abrams), and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Spring 2019, see here.)
If you are a President Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/president-infinity-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 2.9.9).
President Infinity v. 3.0.0 sneak-peek for Windows has been released!
This sneak-peek adds 2020 (80+ candidates, 5 parties, 28 issues), improves electoral dynamics to keep party %s relatively consistent when starting from primaries, makes debates matter more, fixes a 0% undecideds bug, improves computer player AI, and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Spring 2019, see here.)
If you are a President Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/president-infinity-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 2.9.9).
All features are goals, not promises. All dates are estimates. List subject to revision. Spring 2019 cycle is to approximately June 1st, but there will be releases before that with some of the features.
President Infinity
Prime Minister Infinity – U.K. and Canada
Congress Infinity
Feedback welcome!
Personal attributes are Leadership, Integrity, Experience, Issue Familiarity, Charisma, Stamina, Debating, Ideologue, and Ambition.
The descriptions for Personal Attributes which are also Issues (Leadership, Integrity, Experience, Issue Familiarity) are as follows (you can see these on the Player Info > Platform screen).
These values are considered relative to a typical candidate for, in this case, President.
Below, each personal attribute is addressed in specific, including a working definition and how it works in the game.
Leadership
Definition: Leadership is a composite, and includes visionary, strategic, and managerial leadership abilities. These can be demonstrated in government, business, or other organizational leadership roles. It is the ability to inspire or get ‘buy in’ from people to follow and then effectively lead them to the desired result. There are various styles of leadership, from more cooperative to more authoritative to more inspirational, but the important point for game purposes is that it gets results.
Some places a candidate can have demonstrated leadership are
It’s important to note that it’s not just that they had a leadership role, but the quality of their demonstrated leadership, that affects the Leadership attribute. In some cases, a candidate won’t have a track record, and so the designer will have to make more of an educated guess.
Integrity
Definition: Integrity includes both political integrity (does a politician keep their promises in the public sphere? are they ethical in their public work?) and personal integrity (do they say what they believe or what is expedient? are they hypocritical? do they lie or engage in other obviously deceitful behavior in their personal lives?).
How it works in the game: affects Barnstorming (including Rallies), Scandals being researched on candidate, Spinning scandals by the candidate, Integrity issue.
Experience
Definition: Experience is experience relevant to running a campaign and then being a politician in whatever role they are running for. This would include familiarity with things like barnstorming, interviews, media relations, legislative processes, and so on.
How it works in the game: affects Barnstorming (including Rallies), Spinning, Gaffes, Backfires, Experience issue.
Issue Familiarity
Definition: Issue Familiarity is familiarity with both general aspects of various issues of the day, but also more specific facts. Therefore it helps in particular with interviews and debates.
How it works in the game: affects Barnstorming (including Rallies), Interviews, Debates, Gaffes, Issue Familiarity issue.
Charisma
Charisma includes personal magnetism, charm, and good looks. It comes across when campaigning (whether small-scale barnstorming or large-scale rallies) and also can be capitalized upon for ads or even televised debates.
How it works in the game: affects Barnstorming (including Rallies), Debates, Ads, Fundraising, Speeches, Interviews.
Stamina
Definition: Stamina is personal energy and work ethic. It is not only the ability to work, but the inclination to do so.
How it works in the game: increases Energy Points per day.
Debating
Definition: Debating is the intuitive or trained ability to debate in various formats like televised debates, interviews, town halls, or even dealing with tough questions while barnstorming or hecklers.
How it works in the game: affects Barnstorming, Debates, Interviews.
Ideologue
The Ideologue rating affects the likelihood a computer player will enter the primaries if Undecided, and stay in even if they can’t win.
Ambition
Ambition affects the likelihood that a computer player will enter the primaries if Undecided.
President Infinity v. 2.9.9 sneak-peek for Windows has been released!
This sneak-peek adds Party Identification to each eligible voter (a given party, independent, or alienated) and Party Identification Strength (committed, leaning), and in particular if a voter is committed to a party, all candidates running for that party get +25 to their Favorability score, if voter leaning for a party, all candidates running for that party get +15, and fixes a bug where VP who is also endorser could take back endorsement of player is VP of.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Spring 2019, see here.)
If you are a President Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/president-infinity-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 2.9.9).
President Infinity v. 2.9.8 sneak-peek for Windows has been released!
This sneak-peek fixes a bug causing large % shifts on primary day, and a Main Screen bug where up and down arrows wouldn’t change players listed if in momentum mode.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
(Note: for goals for this release cycle, Autumn 2018, see here. A draft of Winter 2018-19 goals is here.)
If you are a President Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased President Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
This is a comprehensive update.
You can download this release by requesting a download e-mail at the link below. From the e-mail, click the link to the web page. On the web-page, there will be a ‘Sneak-peek’ link.
To update: http://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/
Version information: https://270soft.com/updates-redownloads/president-infinity-version-information/
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 2.9.6).