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Giveaway - WINNERS Announced

Brethren!

Our special Secret Government giveaway has ended and we have our ten winners!

If you want to check whether you've won, you may do so by checking the giveaway winners page

The winners will be receiving an email later today, containing their Steam key for their copy of Secret Government to claim for themselves or gift to a friend. Make sure you check your spam folder.

Thanks again for participating and helping us spread the word about Secret Government.

Watch this space for more upcoming contests!

Secret Government update 0.9.19.31 is now available!



Greetings Brethren!

After another month filled with meditations and occult rituals, where we have been shown the illuminated path to follow, we are delighted to announce that another update for Secret Government, this time inscribed with the number 0.9.19.31, is now available! As you can see in the changelog down below, we have been hard at work working on fixing numerous technical issues as well as improving the core gameplay of the title.

And as always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!


[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
  • FIXED map display after changing country borders
  • FIXED abduction exception when the abduction goal escaped
  • FIXED: Brotherhood objectives window could be opened when locked in Tutorial
  • FIXED: exception when creating models on the map
  • FIXED: similar or same traits could appear on brothers' upgrade
  • FIXED: brothers with faceless feature display
  • FIXED: exeption on riots icon click
  • FIXED: battle icons are removed only if they exist
  • FIXED: cancelling action after game load
  • FIXED: tutorial load
  • FIXED: artifacts in errands' operands
  • FIXED: war logic exception when a participant country was destroyed
  • FIXED: display of text in the instruction window
  • FIXED: icons of actions / processes in the Government window were displayed for the captured brother
  • FIXED: notifications saving; now notifications are saved immediately when needed
  • FIXED: country reaction on the Brotherhood actions
  • FIXED: saving data of the Government
  • FIXED: positions in brothers' phrases
  • FIXED: dates in countries' reactions
  • FIXED: countries responses to awareness growth
  • FIXED: captured brothers could take appointments in the Government
  • FIXED: political assassination errand effect
  • FIXED: broken country selection in Tutorial
  • FIXED: brothers' conspiracy restoration
  • FIXED: bug report window line break
  • FIXED: the back arrow in manuscripts
  • FIXED: NaN in economy tips
  • FIXED: quests might automatically be passed

[h3]Improvements[/h3]
  • UPDATED Localization
  • IMPROVED: brother selector highlighting
  • IMPROVED: errand window: errand goal disabled for errands without goals; visual improvements
  • IMPROVED: economic resources icons
  • IMPROVED: new arts in the Government window
  • IMPROVED: global resources view on the main screen
  • IMPROVED: neighboring countries detection mechanics
  • IMPROVED: border incident appears in the a region of the country under attack
  • IMPROVED: enlarged caravans
  • IMPROVED: re-generated navmesh to prevent ships from spawning underground or on it
  • IMPROVED: the code for generating objects on the map (ports, cities, ships, caravans) was refactored - it was possible to get rid of errors in the algorithm for finding points on the map
  • IMPROVED: new illustrations in errand window
  • IMPROVED: Society window opens on the first tab
  • IMPROVED: alphabetical order in the list of potential targets for war; list size
  • IMPROVED: colors of the countries names in Shadow view
  • IMPROVED: reduced the delay between AI actions in a country
  • IMPROVED: implemented hotkey (G) for the Government window
  • IMPROVED: by default, the country is selected, not the region in the society window
  • IMPROVED: new artwork in quests and Economy windows

Steam Awards



Greetings Brethren!

As you might have noticed, the Steam Awards of this year have just started and we would really appreciate your support on this! So if you feel that our game deserves your vote for any of the available categories, please head over to the dedicated Steam page and nominate us!

Thank you!

Special Secret Government Giveaway - 10 Steam Keys up for grabs!

Greetings Brethren!

Do you love strategy, intrigue, espionage, history, war and manipulation?

Do you dream of secretly controlling the world from the shadows at the helm of a mysterious brotherhood?

Then you're going to LOVE Secret Government — a grand strategy game about manipulating history through the workings of a hidden brotherhood (of which you are the leader).

The great news is that now you can win one of TEN Steam keys of the game Secret Government!

Giveaway link: Click here to participate!

Participating is simple:
  • Register to the giveaway with your email address. This is required so that we have a way to send you the Steam key in case you win.
  • Share the giveaway through the social media buttons provided.
  • Perform additional actions such as watching our promo video and visiting our Steam store page.


You can perform as many or as few of these actions as you wish. It's entirely up to you. But every action you perform will earn you a number of points, which in turn will increase your chances to win.

Already got your copy of Secret Government? Cool! You can always give the second copy to a friend!
Secret Government is in Early Access but is just a few months away from its final release.

Check it out.

Good luck with the giveaway!

Update 0.9.18.86 is live NOW!



Greetings Brethren!

We are back after another week, which we spent trying to understand the strange dreams that haunt our minds and decipher the true meaning of the Nostradamus prophecies. Some of these signs are still veiled in the fog of uncertainty, but those that we managed to decode have been forged into yet another update for Secret Government, this time bearing the number 0.9.18.86.

In this update, we have implemented countless smaller and bigger bugfixes, as well as numerous improvements to basically all aspects of the game, spanning from improved illustrations all the way to the fine tuning of the occult rituals running in the background. You can read the full changelog below!

As always, here is a huge THANK YOU to all members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!❤️

[h2]Changelog Update 0.9.18.86[/h2]
[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
  • FIXED Brothers' health display
  • FIXED Bug, where another Brotherhood activity caused awareness growth for player's Brotherhood
  • FIXED Worshipful master is now selected by default when opening Brotherhood Management window
  • FIXED Tutorial instructions display
  • FIXED Title information is now available during Tutorial
  • FIXED Trade partners display in Mini-trade window
  • FIXED Economy window values display
  • FIXED Riots can no longer last for negative number of days
  • FIXED Thin state borders on map (Linux)
  • FIXED Trade transport generation
  • FIXED Quests and notifications on quest steps
  • FIXED Game could freeze on answering Intrview questions during Tutorial mission fix;
  • FIXED Reverting captives errand
  • FIXED Brothers might be stuck
  • FIXED Localization issues in Free game
  • FIXED Date format in notifications

[h3]Improvements[/h3]
  • IMPROVED Country AI reaction on awareness growth
  • IMPROVED game saving: local and cloud saves are synchronized, latest save for missions is selected by default
  • IMPROVED Trade partners display in Economy window
  • IMPROVED Brothers' secrecy display in notifications
  • IMPROVED Brothers' nationality and location display in Brothers' selector
  • IMPROVED Free game settings are now displayed in alphabetical order
  • IMPROVED Adepts errands are now cancelled when adepts are moved to neophytes
  • IMPROVED Values display in notifications rounding
  • IMPROVED Dates of information collected are removed for player's Brothers
  • IMPROVED Brothers information display
  • IMPROVED Values display in errands descriptions
  • IMPROVED Country pane tooltips
  • IMPROVED Illustrations
  • IMPROVED Filters are restored after switching from Shadow to Normal mode