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Forgetful Dictator is now free! (Plus big update!)

Forgetful Dictator is now free on all platforms! This was a little side project I hadn't touched in a while, but I decided to go back, polish it up, and make it free. Thanks everyone for the support!

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  • Gameplay
addedI've added 150 more trivia questions to the pool.
addedDifficulty has been reworked , simply because the base game was too hard. Now the default game mode features an autocomplete field for entering countries and capitals. Multichoice questions have been reduced down from four options to three. In addition, you can now "Abandon" a country if you're stuck. You won't get points for conquering them, but you'll be able to progress. The hardcore difficulty mode is what the standard game was before, requiring the player to spell each country and with four multichoice options for questions.
addedThe extra game options, such as Upside-down mode, are now their own game challenges rather than add-ons.
changedThe scoring system has been overhauled . The previous version has a system of combos and combo breaking, which was a bit confusing and not in the spirit of the game. Now you get your score after the game is finished, with bonuses based on the game mode and remaining resources.

Forgetful Dictator changes

addedI've added 150 more trivia questions to the pool.
addedDifficulty has been reworked , simply because the base game was too hard. Now the default game mode features an autocomplete field for entering countries and capitals. Multichoice questions have been reduced down from four options to three. In addition, you can now "Abandon" a country if you're stuck. You won't get points for conquering them, but you'll be able to progress. The hardcore difficulty mode is what the standard game was before, requiring the player to spell each country and with four multichoice options for questions.
addedThe extra game options, such as Upside-down mode, are now their own game challenges rather than add-ons.
changedThe scoring system has been overhauled . The previous version has a system of combos and combo breaking, which was a bit confusing and not in the spirit of the game. Now you get your score after the game is finished, with bonuses based on the game mode and remaining resources.

Forgetful Dictator is now free on all platforms! This was a little side project I hadn't touched in a while, but I decided to go back, polish it up, and make it free. Thanks everyone for the support! The Steam version will come first, then I'll update the mobile versions soon after.

In addition I've done a major update:

  • I've added 150 more trivia questions to the pool.

  • Difficulty has been reworked, simply because the base game was too hard. Now the default game mode features an autocomplete field for entering countries and capitals. Multichoice questions have been reduced down from four options to three. In addition, you can now "Abandon" a country if you're stuck. You won't get points for conquering them, but you'll be able to progress. The hardcore difficulty mode is what the standard game was before, requiring the player to spell each country and with four multichoice options for questions.

  • The extra game options, such as Upside-down mode, are now their own game challenges rather than add-ons.

  • The scoring system has been overhauled. The previous version has a system of combos and combo breaking, which was a bit confusing and not in the spirit of the game. Now you get your score after the game is finished, with bonuses based on the game mode and remaining resources.

  • There's been a myriad of smaller changes, bug fixes, and minor additions.

Source

Steam News / 3 November 2023

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