- SuperPower 3 Release Notes - 16.01.2023 - 16 January 2023
== version 1.0.8 == Feature - Domestic use of military. This will use your land units to raise stability in your country, but lower approval Behavior - Internet user % will go drop to 0 only if the budget in telecom is at 0. - Personal Taxes change the support in a range of . The Government approval starting values are modified between -9.5% and 5% depending on the country. - Raising tax use cooldown and maxstep indicated in the action it uses. - Some iterations weren't running causing variables to get stuck (mainly economic ones) - InternationnalCommerce: fixed displays of new private import/export - InternationnalCommerce private: do not trade with country who has an embargo with you - Smaller effets for Random events - Private economic sector will not reduce import with a public sector of another country - Reduced the impact of the private economic sector who reduces expensive import…
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 14.12.2022 - 14 December 2022
Hello everyone, we are happy to provide you with a fresh new update today, including new features, thematic maps, AI behavior improvements and multiple bugfixes, with a strong focus on the economic sector. == version 1.0.7 == Feature - Occupy country action like in SP2 - for land units, will disperse to occupy all empty connected regions to the current region of the unit - New thematic maps to show economic sector trades and needs/surplus - Countries with low stability will see periodic economic strikes - Countries with very low stability will potentially have popular revolutions that topple the government - secret service actions that messes with stability works with the population towards that goal Behavior - Tweaked crops management equations - Source country of random events now see a popup of the event - Income trade in the budget includes taxes from exported private resources - st…
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 01.12.2022 - 1 December 2022
Hello everyone! After a safe beta-testing period (thanks to everyone who participated and provided us with great feedback), we are happy to introduce our Economy update! == version 1.0.6 == Economy - Added inflation and Prime Interest Rate - Displays monetary income from sector private taxes - Added unemployment for the sector alongside the national unemployment - Modified economic sector needs equations - into account unemployment - Connected inflation and Prime Interest Rates - AI invests in budget sector only if the economic balance is positive. Follow the continent average with a tolerance of +- 25% Behavior - Plane will get stuck way less often - Plane can get shot down by ground unit if they are in Airport - Removed tax impact from productivity (created GDP drops) - Refactor of equations for region and country population health - Transfer education budget into mExpectedSchoolYears…
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 18.11.2022 - 18 November 2022
== version 1.0.5 == Behavior - Beta - new UI representation of paths, based on unit types - Coups will now lower government stability and approval. If government approval is low (
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 04.11.2022 - 4 November 2022
== version 1.0.4 == New Feature - Time speed control UI - Button to see private sector trades - The RateArrows are now positioned to the left or right of the text box depending on the justification of the text to avoid the text being over the arrows - Added top 10 of the best countries of the currently selected thematic map. - Fixed a bug where annexation from others would not show in UI Art - more props in world Behavior - Private sector trade with other country private sector NOTE - needs some balancing, right now trades are too easy between AI countries - Now show units of every country present in a country at war - Countries at war build more units - The source of an agreement in a treaty can always refuse the treaty - Fixed a bug where regions wouldn't be contested at the start of the game Data - Fixed invalid region names, languages, religions, nuclear level, continents in various…
- SuperPower 3 Release Notes - 28.10.2022 - 28 October 2022
== version 1.0.3 == New Feature - Data History window that enables historical comparison between countries of data UI - Added the average corporate taxes in the Economic - Sectors (details) window when a sector is under private control - Resources on thematic map are more accurate - When in thematic map view, mouse over a region will give a quick glimpse of the thematic map value. - Nuclear range thematic map now shows the range of the selected country. - Thematic for "relation with me" now properly shows other countries' relation with me instead of the my relation with the other countries. - User is now notified in the UI when the server network is overloaded - either from CPU or Network - Demography, Support : Land percentage with 2 decimals, budget environment with 1 decimal Art - Added more props and monuments on the globe Behavior - Reconnected random events - 10k units is no longe…
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 20.10.2022 - 20 October 2022
Superpower 3 Release Notes == version 1.0.2 == Features - Added the option to select Political Party when starting a game. - added word descriptions of country philosophies for the 4 spheres in the tooltips from the main area UI - Added a line of text that notifies the player how to see more information about the region on which the cursor is placed above. - A disconnection reason screen is now shown to the user when removed from game / banned / host ended the game - Every text showing number simplified (With, K, M, B or T at the end) now have a tooltip showing the whole number. - No Arrow : Modified the color of the icon. - Country borders and Region borders are of a different color - Popup tutorial help upon first login with a profile - Added 3D props on globe - Demography + Country Selected Demography : Added a decimal to numerical values that related to monetary amounts and added "r…
- Superpower 3 Release Notes - 13.10.2022 - 13 October 2022
== Build 9709082, version 1.0.1 == Optimizations - removed most logs from client Behavior - correction - mBudget.mInTrade for taxes of private sector (exports and imports) - correction - smaller effect of taxes on sector productivity and employee mobility - correction - smaller effect of having a sector illegal on productivity - AI reactions delayed and progressive - Made AI decision time quicker UI - The refresh of some texture arrays wasn't done in certain contexts, giving a blank texture - unit texture in the marketplace weren't being updated in some contexts - fixed placeholder icon encountered after clicking on the unit icon during the session - Bugfix Couldn't click on the MilitaryButton of MainControls when the cursor was on the 2/3 right of the button - Reduce the size of background blur of MainControls so it's not above the Minimap - Having over 100k units in simple group only…
- You've Got the Power: Geopolitical Simulation SuperPower 3 Out Now! - 7 October 2022
You've Got the Power: Geopolitical Simulation SuperPower 3 Out Now! Vienna/Austria, Sherbrooke, Canada, October 7th, 2022: Time to show the world, what kind of a leader you are: SuperPower 3 is out today for PC and puts you in charge of one of the 194 nations in the world. SuperPower 3 is based on contemporary real-world data and simulates international geopolitical decisions for each and every country in the world. There are 14 pre-defined scenarios to choose from - or the completely free sandbox mode, where you achieve exactly the goals you are making for yourself and your chosen nation. Additionally to the content delivered today, SuperPower 3 is super-mod friendly and allows players around the world to adjust the game to their taste. Watch the SuperPower 3 Launch-Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9IDGrmJJ6F8 Check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1563130/SuperPower_3/ S…
- Money Makes the World Go Round: SuperPower 3 Sheds Light on Economy - 29 September 2022
Money Makes the World Go Round: SuperPower 3 Sheds Light on Economy Vienna/Austria, Sherbrooke, Canada, September 29th, 2022: Investing in infrastructure is critical. And education, of course. And Healthcare, and research ... and hey, what about the environment? There are many ways a country can spend its money, but the trick is to balance your budget. Of course, you receive money from taxes - but how can you make more without making your people pay for it? As a leader, it is up to you to grow the economy, and to provide income for your citizens and goods to trade to other nations. A country’s economy is the key to success in many other areas, and is essential to consider if you want to lead your nation to prosperity, happiness, and glory. Watch the Economy Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cS4_roQ4jqQ SuperPower 3 is in development for PC and will launch on October 7th, 2022 for an…
- It's The Demography, Stupid! SuperPower 3 Important Feature in New Trailer - 22 September 2022
As the leader of a nation, you have to take many aspects into consideration. One of the most critical ones is the demography of your citizens. Any population consists of different cultures - in SuperPower 3, this is defined as a certain set of values. These values can align or clash with those of another group of people in your country, and you as a leader must find the best possible balance between each of these groups, respecting the will of the people if you are aiming for their support. Watch the Demography Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KytEbIy7ReU SuperPower 3 is in development for PC and will launch on October 7th, 2022 for an SRP of $ 29.99 / € 29.99 / £ 24.99. You can wishlist the game here:
- SuperPower 3 Expounds Important Feature in New Trailer! - 22 September 2022
It's The Demography, Stupid! SuperPower 3 Expounds Important Feature in New Trailer Vienna/Austria, Sherbrooke, Canada, September 22th, 2022: As the leader of a nation, you have to take many aspects into consideration. One of the most critical ones is the demography of your citizens. Any population consists of different cultures - in SuperPower 3, this is defined as a certain set of values. These values can align or clash with those of another group of people in your country, and you as a leader must find the best possible balance between each of these groups, respecting the will of the people if you are aiming for their support. Watch the Demography Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KytEbIy7ReU SuperPower 3 is in development for PC and will launch on October 7th, 2022 for an SRP of $ 29.99 / € 29.99. You can wishlist the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1…
- For The Greater Good: Grand-Strategy Game SuperPower 3 launching October 7th - 16 September 2022
For The Greater Good: Grand-Strategy Game SuperPower 3 launching October 7th, 2022 Admit it - when it comes to politics, you've thought at least once, "Oh, I could do better than our actual leaders!". Well, from October 7th, you can prove it in SuperPower 3, an upcoming geopolitical simulation game. In SuperPower 3, you can take control of countries in pre-made scenarios, for example re-establishing the British Empire, or decide the fate of one of 194 nations in the sandbox mode. Today's gameplay trailer highlights one of the most important aspects of the game: Politics. Your decisions have a strong impact on your country, on your citizens, and on how other states regard your nation. Many factors are interconnected; an economic treaty can have a huge effect on the people in your country and how happy they are with your rule, and changing laws might anger other nations, creating new riva…
- Dev Diary#5 - 17 June 2022
One aspect where SuperPower 3 differs from SuperPower 2 is in tactical combat. While the SuperPower series isn't a wargame per se, warfare has always been an integral part of geopolitics and how the game is played. The game is a geopolitical simulator, meaning that combat has been adjusted accordingly. On a tactical level, SuperPower 2 obfuscated everything into a semi-graphical display but under the hood, combat resolution was quite simple. We wanted to do more with SuperPower 3. We wanted to bring the player closer to the action and display the actual combat. We also wanted to use the terrain more accurately. A big constraint we have is that the game is in real time, and has multiple players (194 in all, human or AI). So, when large-scale conflict breaks out (and knowing some of you, it will!), there are dozens of combats that need to be resolved by the server. Therefore, we're creati…
- Dev.Diary#4 Data - 3 May 2022
Probably the largest challenge in developing a game like this, apart from everything else, is in the fact that we're grounding it in reality. To achieve this, we knew that just having a game design team wasn't going to be enough. We needed actual people who would be responsible with amassing, validating, and monitoring the database of the game, and to determine how that database evolved in time. For that, we created a completely dedicated team to Research. The background of the team was diverse - we looked into economic, political and military experience as well as academic backgrounds. We also looked at political inclinations and life experiences. We wanted to have a dataset that would be as objective as possible. We also looked outside the gaming industry for pretty much all members of the team. We wanted to have a group that would be focused on the realism of the game outside of the…
- Dev Diary#3 Modding - 31 March 2022
Modding has always been a top priority for GolemLabs. We grew up as gamers in the age of Doom and Quake, and many other great games that were highly moddable. We always enjoyed the basic version, and then got really invested in mods and extending the games to their possible limits. So ever since SuperPower 1, we wanted to open the game for mods. We chose to go in a different direction for SuperPower 2, where we also released a full C++ SDK that enabled modders to recompile part of the gameplay code and offer even more complex mods. While many people enjoyed that, and that some cool mods are still in use today, it opened the door wide for nefarious uses. Some mods were openly destroying the games and ruined the community for many players. For SuperPower 3, our aim has been to continue offering extensive capabilities, while making the experience more robust to prevent malicious uses of th…
- SP1 - 20 year anniversary - 25 March 2022
Gather around kids, and let Grandpa tell you stories about Pascal programming, forcing a program to fit inside 640KB of RAM, and direct access to memory to plot pixel colors in VGA… Or, to be more on topic, SuperPower 1 was released in North America 20 years ago this month! After the success of it, more markets opened up for us, and our then-publisher, Dreamcatcher, ended up selling about a quarter of a million copies. This was a fun time indeed. But before SuperPower became the little game that could, not many people could have predicted that it would not only be a success story, but also generate two sequels. And we couldn’t be more proud of that achievement! It all started, now infamously for everyone who works at GolemLabs, with a 1983 movie called "WarGames". A Cold War thriller about the threat of nuclear war and mutually assured destruction did not only serve as a grave warning,…
- Dev Q and A on the official Discord - 16 March 2022
We have arranged for a second Q and A with one of the developers of SuperPower 3 over on the Discord. Feel free to drop on by and ask any questions you have about the game and its development. The Q and A will last from 17:00 CET to 18:00 CET
- Dev.Diary#2 - 4 March 2022
For our second Dev Diary, we thought we could talk about the Characters’ aspect. It’s another thing that we wanted to address in SuperPower 3, making changes from the first two games. From the beginning of the development, our Artists’ team worked hard to find the right style, the right ‘’artistic feel’’ for this game. It was important for the game to feel realistic, but still be beautiful and appealing to the players. We are hoping that the art (at the end of the Dev Diary) will help you see what our vision has been! You can see that our characters are realistic, but still creative and interesting! And to bring your own character to life, you will be able to choose everything: their name, age, religion, language, as well as the ethnicity, the physiology, skin details, hairstyles, and clothing. FROM THE START A big part of our Character Creation that you need to understand from the star…
- Discord Q and A with one of the Devs - 17 February 2022
In 2 hours we will be hosting a Q and A with the developers of SuperPower 3 over on the discord in the #QandA channel If you have any questions about the development of the game which I am sure that you do then feel free to ask them in #QandA and hopefully they will be answered
