Game update7 Aug 2025Major Update: 1.2Twice as many simultaneous players, from 2 to 4! 5 new AI Illuminati to play against, for a total of 6! - The Bavarian Illuminati, who want power - The Gnomes of Zurich, who want money - The Bermuda Triangle, who want to collect one of everything - The Discordian Society, who want to make things weird - The Servants of Cthulhu, who want to destroy everything ...and the original AI conspiracy, T…
We've been quiet on Steam for far too long—apologies for that. After the frenzy of bug-fixing following our 1.0 release, we thought it best to pull back and be super thorough in our test-fix-validate cycle. After working a lot on process and execution, we have something worth sharing. After making almost 100 improvements to ILLUMINATI, we're currently 6 more changes—both bug fixes and enhanceme…
Everything from the "Quality of Play" update from earlier this week, plus a few more improvements and fixes as well, noted below with a + beside them. CHANGES + If odds are 1 or lower, don’t roll—just end attack. - Changed timing of attack start: if the player only has one possible move, the attack won't automatically begin before the attack notification is complete. - Visualization of 3D card’…
Apparently the Network is putting all its resources into downloading Sons of the Forest and can't pay enough attention to Illuminati to beat any human players at the moment—or the AI simply took a rock to the head and needs some help—so we're reverting to the previous build while we look for a solution for either or both problems. Sorry for the confusion!
Bug fixes and playability improvements: - Changed timing of attack start: if the player only has one possible move, the attack won't automatically begin before the attack notification is complete. - Visualization of 3D card’s Resistance bonuses for shared Alignments with master not recalculated after Reorg. - Reworked Logic for when a card has maximum supported children or is in the 4th row, to…
New build available! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties. On the Updates tab, confirm you have Build ID 10565205, or launch the game and check its splash screen for Rev 1561. CHANGES - Fixed non-critical error in BTAttemptPrimaryStrategy - Fix: Bonus Resistance not getting removed after previewing a card with special resistance. - Added widget element to hold…
New build available! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties. On the Updates tab, confirm you have Build ID 10504045, or launch the game and check its splash screen for Rev 1544. BUG FIXES: - Cthuhu victory percent calculation fix. - Gnomes don't always receive bonus for Corporate Power 4. - +10 Plots couldn't be played in defense of a private dossier. - Illumina…
New build available on PUBLIC branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm you have Build ID 10485407, or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev 1538. NEW FEATURES - When a rival attacked one of their Private Dossiers, the attacked group's details (basic stats, Alignments, special abilities) were unavailable to…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab and confirm that you have Build ID 10406519—or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev 1522. - Dossier can sometimes show enlarged or misplaced Global Power badge. - Bad math: Resistance variable not getting updated properly when adding Plot to a…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10397371, or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev 1516. FIXES - Returning to main menu from Card Browser, Credits, or pressing ESC still triggered login - "Join game" did not fully complete login process - Specia…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10395672, or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1509. Updates - While playing a game without login, human-led attacks now report as Illuminati short name - Fixed return to main menu after game triggering Stea…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10364001 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1506. NEW FEATURES - Removed the login button we used to show before the Main Menu—if you want to play solo or with an AI, you should never be asked to log in to…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10364001 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1501. Third and final-for-now optimization to reduce likelihood of "crash on launch" problems, as well as general CPU / GPU load. In local testing, CPU load at l…
Second major optimization pass to reduce likelihood of "crash on launch" problems as well as general CPU / GPU load. Expect a third pass by end of week. Also: - AI now understands defensive immunities - +4 Resistance for sharing Alignments with master not dropped when Neutralized - Added special abilities to Robot Sea Monsters (1980s, 1990s), including a bonus to Destroy Coastal Places! Watch o…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10320007 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1482. NEW FEATURE - New special ability for Robot Sea Monsters (2020s): +4 to DESTROY Government, Corporate, or Coastal BUG FIXES - Clarified tutorial message on…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10311232 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1479. BUG FIXES - Added "Press Space" to continue, rather than a fixed timer for every tutorial message. - Ensured that tutorial groups and plots don't come up i…
Once more with feeling: This update introduces the in-game tutorial! We'd originally intended to ship with it, four five days ago when we launched, though the secret masters had other plans. The Tutorial runs as a modified Solo Game, with no pesky AI to disrupt your training. Now you can ease into the conspiratorial world without letting slip to the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow that it's…
The tutorial-troubled Windows build remained in our default repository after a partial backing out last night, as a result of only having updated the Mac build in our previous release. Now both should be aligned to the 1-7 state; fixed tutorial build still expected later today. Apologies for the mistake, and thank you again for your patience.
This update introduces the in-game tutorial! We'd originally intended to ship with it, four days ago when we launched, though the secret masters had other plans. The Tutorial runs as a modified Solo Game, with no pesky AI to disrupt your training. Now you can ease into the conspiratorial world without letting slip to the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow that it's your first time taking over…
This patch enables many Macs suffering the "launch on crash" to run the game without having to disable the Steam Overlay, which is the current workaround. Lowers GPU load by ~30%. Confirmed to allow game launch by mid-tier M1 Pro through low-end M1 Max which would previously crash either before the splash screen, or at the splash screen when loading the Steam Overlay. Not yet expected to resolv…
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10276189 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1459. NEW FEATURE Main Menu link to YouTube Tutorial 01
New build available on default branch! Right-click the game’s page in your Steam library and select Properties, then go to the Updates tab—confirm that you have Build ID 10275998 or launch the game and check the splash screen for Rev. #1457. BUG FIXES - Added logic to ensure AI gets full details about the defenses of it's targets - Attacks could get stuck if AI targets player’s card and player…
Quick update to remove some dev code and to force an update of the macOS binary, which seems to have initially posted our final pre-release version! Enjoy the real 1.0 macOS people.
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