Prime Minister Infinity – Canada v. 3.1.1c for Windows and Mac has been released!
This updates local candidate names and on ballot in Canada – 2019, and makes minor modifications to the Canada – 2006, Canada – 2004, and PEI – 2019 campaigns.
Note: it will say 3.1.1 as the version once installed.
Note: info on Infinity games and macOS Catalina here.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
If you are a Prime Minister Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased Prime Minister Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
Apple released macOS Catalina on October 7th. This version of macOS is not compatible with 32-bit apps. The Infinity games are all 32-bit apps.
I began a port of the Infinity games to a new tool-chain that supports 64-bit apps in mid-summer, once it became clear the existing tool-chain would not support 64-bit apps and therefore macOS Catalina.
For Mac users, if you upgrade to Catalina now the Infinity games will not work on your Mac until the port is completed, unless you install a virtual machine and then run an older version of macOS on it. ( You can also use your Boot Camp Assistant and then install Windows for free while also having Catalina installed, here. You can also revert back to Mojave if desired. An example of how to revert from Catalina is here.)
The port is well underway. The game engine has been ported and the code for working with campaigns has been ported. The user-interface work has begun. Almost all work is now focused on the port.
My best guess is that the port will be completed in January. I will post updates once I have a better idea of when the port will be completed.
Once the port is completed, Windows and Mac releases of Infinity games will move to the new tool-chain. There will then probably also be iPad and Android tablet versions released at some point after that.
President Infinity v. 3.1.1c for Windows and Mac has been released!
This update continues to update 2020, including adding latest polling, adds official cash on hand numbers for July 1st and best-guesses for Oct. 1st, and adds Charlie Crist as surrogate for Biden.
Note: it will say 3.1.1 as the version once installed.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
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 (if not, you can add a subscription here).
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.
President Infinity v. 3.1.1b for Windows and Mac has been released!
This update continues to update 2020, including adding latest polling (Warren increase), adds a September 25th, 2019 start date, turns Bill de Blasio to ‘off’, and more.
Note: it will say 3.1.1 as the version. You can confirm you have 3.1.1b if the 2020 campaign has the option of a September 25th, 2019 start date for the primaries.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
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 (if not, you can add a subscription here).
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.
Here is a working list of events to be added to the United States – 2020 campaign.
This is a starting point – feedback welcome on events to add, events that shouldn’t be there, or what the effects of an event should be.
The events listed go back to June 10th, 2019 which is currently the earliest starting date available in the official 2020 campaign.
Effects can be for one or more issue positions, leaders, vice-leaders, or parties. They can effect momentum (+ or -) and finances. They can also raise the profile of an issue or move the issue center.
June 2019
10 (earliest start date)
12 – Florida bans sanctuary cities, becomes 12th state to do so
20 – Iran shoots down American drone over Strait of Hormuz
25 – San Francisco first city to ban e-cigarettes
27 – Supreme Court rules 5-4 redistricting issues must be left to the state and Congress rather than to the courts
30 – Pres. Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot in North Korea in visit with Kim Jong Un
July 2019
1 – Protesters storm Hong Kong legislature in response to China’s anti-extradition bill
4 – Independence Day!
6 – Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, with connections to both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, arrested for sex trafficking
11 – Dow Jones exceeds 27,000 points for first time in history
12 – Sec. of Labor Acosta resigns amid controversy over former prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein in 2007
16 – House votes 240-187 to condemn Pres. Trump’s remarks directed at four Congresswomen
17 – Mexican drug lord El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
19 – Pres. Trump disavows ‘Send her back’ chants at his North Carolina rally
24 – Boris Johnson becomes the new British PM
24 – Robert Mueller warns of threat to election security at a press conference
25 – A.G. Barr reinstates federal death penalty
25 – Sen. McConnell blocks bill designed to improve election security
28 – Mass shooting in Gilroy, CA kills 4 and wounds 12
August 2019
2- Trump withdraws US from Cold War-era INF Treaty with Russia
3 – 22 people killed in mass shooting in El Paso, TX, 24 others wounded
4 – 10 people killed and 27 injured in another mass shooting in Dayton, OH
8 – Historically large immigration raid results in 680 arrests in Mississippi
10 – Jeffrey Epstein kills himself in Manhattan jail while awaiting trial for sex trafficking
14 – Dow Jones plunges over 500 points
15 – Israel denies entry to two Congresswomen Omar, Tlaib after they support boycotts of Israel
16 – Denmark P.M. rejects Trump’s suggestion of sale of Greenland to U.S.
22 – CNN reports that two dozen people have been arrested in one weekend for threatening mass shootings
31 – 7 people killed and 21 wounded in Midland-Odessa mass shooting
September 2019
2 – Labor Day!
3 – British MPs take control of the UK government from PM Boris Johnson in an attempt to delay Brexit
3 – Walmart stops selling handgun ammunition in its stores
4 – CNN holds 7-hour town hall on climate change
6 – Hurricane Dorian makes landfall in North Carolina
7 – Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban
7 – Trump criticized for inviting Taliban to Camp David on eve of 9/11 anniversary
10 – Pres. Trump fires John Bolton as National Security Advisor
14 – Two Saudi oil refineries destroyed by Houthi militants from Yemen; Pres. Trump and Sen. Graham blame Iran for aiding in the attacks; half of Saudi oil production is halted
14 – Justice Kavanaugh hit with new allegations of sexual misconduct
15 – Pres. Trump and Sen. Graham defend Kavanaugh amid calls for his impeachment
16 – Democratic candidates ramp up calls for Kavanaugh’s impeachment
Prime Minister Infinity – Canada v. 3.1.1 for Windows and Mac has been released!
This updates Canada – 2019 (updates %s, added People’s Party to debates, start date -> September 11th, and more), changes how the game engine handles undecideds (undecideds tend to move to leaning more rapidly), decreases how powerful Ground Ops are, and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
If you are a Prime Minister Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased Prime Minister Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous official release (v. 3.1.0)
added ‘pop undecideds’ functionality (game engine treats ‘undecided’ as an unstable state, and ‘pops’ voters to a candidate with + momentum who is tied for 1st in their Favorability scores at a rate that tends to cause fewer undecideds)
Constituency Screen > moved up and down buttons for leaders to right, made bigger
decreased how powerful Ground Ops are (Org. Strength x Footsoldiers), now if up to 7 days out is full powered, else up to 20 days out is 0.5, else up to 40 days out is 0.3, else up to 60 days out is 0.2, else up to 80 days out is 0.1, else up to 100 days out is 0.05, else up to 200 days out is 0.01, else is 0
President Infinity v. 3.1.1 for Windows and Mac has been released!
This update changes how the game engine handles undecideds (undecideds tend to move to leaning more rapidly), continues to update 2020 (adds latest polling, Republicans > adds Sanford and Walsh, decreases stats of various Democratic candidates, increases stats for Biden, sets Republican debates threshold to 25%, and more), adds a primaries news story after weekly public polls released that gives boost to candidate 1st in polls (if primaries competitive), decreases how powerful Ground Ops are, fixes a bug with %s in primaries, and more.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
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 (if not, you can add a subscription here).
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.
What’s new in this upgrade from the previous sneak-peek (v. 3.1.0).
adds September 10th, 2019 start date
added ‘pop undecideds’ functionality (game engine treats ‘undecided’ as an unstable state, and ‘pops’ voters to a candidate with + momentum who is tied for 1st in their Favorability scores at a rate that tends to cause fewer undecideds)
Primaries > added weekly news story after polls, gives + momentum to leader 1st in poll
Constituency Screen > moved up and down buttons for leaders to right, made bigger
decreased how powerful Ground Ops are (Org. Strength x Footsoldiers), now if up to 7 days out is full powered, else up to 20 days out is 0.5, else up to 40 days out is 0.3, else up to 60 days out is 0.2, else up to 80 days out is 0.1, else up to 100 days out is 0.05, else up to 200 days out is 0.01, else is 0
Primaries > fixed bug in %s if turnout was a low value for a region (%s would suddenly be split evenly between all candidates, then switch back to accurate %s)
updated 2020
Republicans > added Joe Walsh, Mark Sanford
Relations > Biden-Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg, Yang, O’Rourke, Klobuchar, Steyer, Delaney, Tim Ryan, Bennet, Williamson, de Blasio, Messam, Bullock, Sestak, Gillibrand, Inslee, Moulton, Hickenlooper None -> Good, Biden-Gabbard None -> Very Good, Harris-Gabbard None -> Bad, Harris-Booker None -> Good
If you are a Prime Minister Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased Prime Minister Infinity within the last year), you are eligible for this upgrade.
Prime Minister Infinity – Canada v. 3.0.7b sneak-peek for Windows has been released!
This sneak-peek adds Canada – 2019.
Note: this version changes spacebarring to close various screens to ‘n’.
If you are a Prime Minister Infinity owner on subscription (or if you purchased Prime Minister 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.
The Green party won 1 seat in the last Canadian federal election. They then won another seat in a by-election this year. They then had a sitting MP cross to the Green party, bringing their total in the current Parliament to 3.
What are their prospects for the upcoming election? This is how things look right now in the latest internal official Canada 2019 campaign.
You can see that they’re leading in 5 ridings. You can also see their riding strength is concentrated in B.C. (where they already have 2 ridings) and P.E.I. (where they almost won the Premiership recently).
(Note these numbers don’t account for the recent new MP in Quebec, which could make them competitive in another seat.)
If the Greens run a good campaign, given these numbers, it seems they could win double-digit seats in 2019.
