DD# 276 Alea iacta est

Hi, everyone. Welcome to the first developer's diary of May.

This is, unfortunately, a week of turmoil, and as such, this week's content may be dark, and those with weak minds will be easily triggered, even though I am keeping my emotions restricted, for it will be very counterproductive otherwise.

First things first, just about 48 hours after the last developer's diary, after I said those woke leftists are far inferior to common folks in Moscow or St. Petersburg, they seemed to be very eager to prove how right I am. They made another attempt to murder the President of the United States. Of course, they failed again! But history shall not forget.

The assassin called himself a teacher, yet I can only imagine why some people nowadays will call World War 2 as World War Eleven. The assassin called himself an indie game developer. Yet it seems the so-called game cannot even match the depth and length of some of the mini-games we have here. The assassin even had a so-called manifesto to justify his act, while what I read is a weaponized mental illness caused by long-term indoctrination of leftist media. Normal folks with a healthy mind will not want to kill another human being in daily life. Yes, we may sometimes joke, or even really mentally want someone dead in some extreme cases, but nobody really does such things. Yet, the leftists have done this many times. Just a few months ago, they shot Charlie Kirk. What's worse, they celebrated it. Now, even worse, they are mocking and attacking Erika Kirk, Charlie's brave and strong widow. As such, I think we shall have more MAGA content to rally against them.

The MAGA hats have been made more accessible. More free hats can be acquired in a certain CIA safehouse. Woke has been designated a character element/tag. Thus, anti-Woke weapons/skills/items can cause more damage to them, just like anti-demon weapons can do to demons. The calculation formula has also been changed significantly to make these calculations more efficient. But that's more boring tech staff. Feel free to check the detailed daily update log below if you are interested. Anyway, alea iacta est. Some crimes cannot be forgotten. NEOLITHIA is the longest-living RPG Maker game; it contains the history of events that occurred during development. This event has been recorded.

Next, as I reopen the Siberian front. The content regarding the war in Ukraine shall be studied. This week's focus is on the enemy design. Thus, a bit of red-teaming is necessary to provide an authentic experience. But, in the end, it will take another dark turn. It all comes down to a question: if I were a Russian commander, how would I defeat Ukraine? Of course, this started as a purely engineering and math question, and even Ukrainian spy master Budanov once admitted that such an intelligent exercise is very helpful. With the information I have, and my proven skill as an anti-designer of Hearts of Iron 4 for 6 years (who exploits all the design flaws and bugs to terrorize the Paradox designers and file thousands of bug reports. :P), here are two keys to achieve this goal: 1. Heavily invest in Rubicon. If you put all Russian formations as stocks in the market, this is likely the stock I will invest in, if any. You can find their reputation out there. Unlike all those traditional Russian troops trapped in old hierarchies and corruption, they are focusing on innovation and drone warfare. They have proven records of their value, such as successfully forcing Ukraine to withdraw from the majority of Kursk. On the Ukrainian side, it almost works like a peer review. The highest honor an enemy can give you is to make you their top target. And Rubicon is such a target. Ukraine formed specialized anti-Rubicon units just for them. What's more fascinating? I can even find some similarity between their commander and me. But I am not going to tell you any details on this. Alright, where will I use them? My highest priority will be taking out Ukrainian drone operators. Use an expandable resource to recon. I don't care if those cannon fodder will survive or not, as long as they can find any drone operator. And then, take them out by any means necessary. After all, Ukraine's manpower is still much lower than Russia's. While Ukraine tries to use high-tech to cover its shortage, Russian equipment is more on the mass production side. The downside of high-tech is that a person operating it requires additional training. Thus, their lives are more valuable if we simply treat human life as currency to be exchanged. (Yes, the Russian side has a very high Warhammer 40k vibe.) The second priority shall be the logistics. The Ukrainian frontline is often facing all kinds of material shortages. They are good soldiers with usually higher morale than Russian soldiers. After all, they are defending their homeland. But you cannot expect any human being to fight endlessly without supplies. The recent scandal already shows that some Ukrainian officers had to abandon their soldiers to starvation. Thus, attacking supply lines or transports shall be piroriized. In addition to those targets on the frontline. I think places like gas stations are also good targets. They are easy to explode and can cause high casualties. Civilian gas stations are likely less protected. Yes, that's a war crime. But who is there to judge?

A mentally ill black man can stab a Ukrainian girl to death in America simply because of his hatred of white girls. An illegal migrant in Germany can push a Ukrainian girl to death in front of a moving freight train because he is so-called severely paranoid. They seem to both get away with their crimes. If Western nations cannot even prosecute such crimes in their nations because the legal system is broken by leftists, how likely are they to even make war crimes in this war hold any accountability? Putting Putin on trial is just an absurd joke with such incapacity.

Now, where are we? We just blew all those civilian gas stations. Next target, focus on the medical evacuation or any evacuation. The wounded will slow his comrades down, and open up a good opportunity to bury them all. Even though Ukraine is now equipped with unmanned evacuation land vehicles. Those are still valuable targets. In addition to an easy kill, those who control unmanned vehicles risk exposure throughout the process. They may even need to put additional drones or other resources to cover the evacuation. That makes more potential targets appear. And again, the civilian versions are also easier targets. And again, war crimes will not be held accountable in a legal system that cannot be enforced.

That's just to name a few targets. Maybe Rubicon is already working on a similar guideline. But I have no access to such a document. Thus, I have to make my own version for game design.

1. It will be an honor to play GO with Budanov, and he may even lose against me. Russia has lost many elite troops because of mismanagement and an inefficient command structure. Some special forces were even wasted as mere light infantry, almost as if their commanders had no idea of their actual value or how to use them efficiently. Thus, on the front, the available chess pieces are limited. However, the advantage in intelligence and spies remains on the Russian side, and I don't need to tell you that Russia's business partners are working with them more openly and directly. (I will not call them allies. Russia has only two allies, remember? :D) So, how will I play this spy game? Once again, Budanov had pointed me to where to attack. Time and time again, he is calling for unity. I don't like Unity. I am pro-Unreal. Jokes aside. That's where I will attack. Unlike many current well-known Russian operations. I will focus on crashing the unity behind the frontline. There will be two teams. One team focuses on low-risk, high-deniability tasks. Those tasks do not need spies to provide bomb-target coordinates, to blow up supply depots, or to leak information. All they need to do is just do nothing. Wait, what? Yes, you heard that correctly, you do nothing, and get paid. How does that sound? Now I get your attention. The truth is, you're going to do nothing on my demand. You are going to miss an important meeting. You are going to intentionally miss a safety check. You are going to do your work in a seemingly passive-aggressive manner. It's just like how VPNs are used to avoid deep packet detection. You are acting like your normal self, just with some critical failures at key moments. People may not even know if you are a spy or just get tired of this war. But what did you actually do? You may cause a weapon to fail in a critical moment on the frontline. You may cause ammo to explode prematurely. You may cause a group of soldiers to have food poisoning. You may cause an important message to be delayed. You may indirectly kill a wounded soldier with expired medicine. (But, look on the good side, you are very unlikely to see those consequences all by yourself. So, maybe you can even relax. :D) Will it work? Well, it's written in a CIA sabotage book I somehow got my hands on. Given that those tasks are low-risk and safe, and the real consequences will not be known to any potential recruits. It's more likely to find people to be willing to earn some extra cash in such a terrible time. Slowly, the corruption may grow. And there will be a lot of such spies on our payroll, silently spreading this fatal inefficiency.

The second team will be working on a more important task, and it will cause more devasting consquence. That is the "over-patorit" group. They still act like their normal self, but with an overzealousness. It also comes with high deniability. Can you arrest someone just because they are showing extraordinary patriotism? Can you accuse someone of being an enemy asset just because they sometimes go with extreme methods to "Slava Ukraini"? What do they actually do? Here are some examples. Internally, they are going to report those loyal officers and accuse them of being traitors! (Thus, delay the frontline rotation and cause capable officers to be unable to appear in the critical frontline in time.) They will also carry out their duties destructively. For example, drafting people as crudely as possible, carrying out law enforcement as heartlessly as possible. Externally, they are going to sow discord between Ukraine and its allies. At a low level, they will attack Chinese volunteers, accusing their nation of helping Russia; they will attack American volunteers, accusing President Trump of treating Zelensky unfairly; they will attack religious volunteers for not being progressive enough; they will attack pro-progress volunteers for violating their traditional values. None of the truth of those accusations matters. They just need to create a toxic working environment to force other people to abandon Ukraine. On a higher level, they are going to use "Twitter-Diplomacy" to accuse other nations of all kinds of reasons. They will position them on the moral high ground and claim Ukraine does not need any right-wing/nazi/pro-Israel supporters. To increase their credibility, sometimes, they may even "find" some of our real but expandable assets, such as those in the first team. They may use such credibility to later cause more scheming within Ukrainian society.

The guideline is always to have a long-lasting, survivable network of spies that can slowly corrupt society. Ukraine lacks manpower. To me, manpower is not measured in numbers but in the energy a person has. If we can cause a society to fall into a Soviet-like or Cold War-like paranoid, SBU will need to spend extra time and energy to work on those cases they can hardly identify (remember that high deniability part?) Meanwhile, for normal Ukrainian people, they may also lose grip on reality with endless infighting because anyone can be a spy. Someone lack motivation at work can be a spy. Someone reports others for their low morale at work, can be a spy. Someone who investigates and makes arrests can be a spy. Someone who does not investigate and catch spies can be a spy. Someone avoid getting drafted can be a spy. Someone who aggressively drafts people with a national zeal can be a spy.

Andrii Sybiha can be a spy for causing all the recent International tension between Ukraine and Israel by using "Twitter-Diplomacy" and specifically targeting Israel among dozens of nations that may accept "stolen wheat." (Oh, by the way, he didn't use the proper diplomatic channel and provided no evidence, according to Israel.) Iuliia Mendel (Ex-spokesperson for Zelenskyy) could be a spy, pushing quite hard on corruption in Zelensky's inner circle. NABU can be a group of spies for not thoroughly investigating Zelensky and his friends.

Does this work? Yes, because of the recent highly unprofessional display of the Ukrainian diplomats and some journalists who joined the leftists to attack Erika Kirk. For the first time in the past four years, I have decided to cut all financial support to Ukraine. If this is a Russian spy operation, very well done! I will give you the credit. For a long time, I think many right-leaning Ukraine supporters, like me, have been tolerating those leftist woke people among the "Ukrainian supporter" ranks. They have been shouting that Ukraine does not need us, and we treated them like childish, immature kids. I can tolerate their attacks on groups of people in general. They can attack Israel supporters. They can attack people who are pro-AI. They can attack MAGA. Fine. But, I do not tolerate they specificlaly attack Charlie Kirk's widow. Meanwhile, I can tolerate some incompetent officers who have no idea how to conduct diplomacy correctly. But what I do not tolerate is their ungratefulness in attacking Israel specifically. It's a backstab against all the support Israel has once provided to Ukraine. It's a betrayal of the 14 Israeli soldiers who died for Ukraine. See, no more unity. It works! You can't even tell whether it's a spy operation or just things happening naturally.

Now, imagine this carried out on a large scale. Russia is well known for its vast resources compared to Ukraine's. The frontline has been well-known for its current meat-grinding reality. If we can overwhelm Ukraine with numbers in this secret war as well, draining the energy and resources of the SBU by massively using those two types of spies, while also carrying out other normal operations of sabotage and bomb target correction. There is a very good chance that even Budanov can lose.

Just as the game has an extreme level of freedom. The finding I am sharing with you also carries such a kind of freedom. If you are pro-Ukraine, you may try to build a defense against my strategy. If you are pro-Russian, maybe you can add my input to your war efforts. If you have read this far, while the other side has not, I think you deserve this reward to help the cause you believe in. After all, I genuinely favor my players over those who do not play, and much more over those who work against this game.

As such, I am building the "bad guys" in Siberia in the game based on my study. Their unit has been named after a river, just like the Rubicon. They are called Березина. A unit song has been added to the game with my war-game AI's assistance; it shall be highly authentic as a Russian unit song, intended to cause terror.

Here is one of their members. It's going to be somewhat like Metal Gear. At first, they are the bad guys. But maybe time will change, and different paths will open up. Anyway, the progress on the Siberian front is great.

OK, the darkest part of this diary is over. Congrats! You survived. Now, let's see some light-hearted content for a change. Recently, I made a Finnish friend. And all strange content started to appear in the game.

Totally not a parody of Surviving Mars. Oh, well, maybe Mars is more survivable. Technically, Finish people can "Perkele" you to death. Guess that's why small talk is a war crime to them. In case any UK police officers come to arrest you, just as they recently arrested an innocent YouTube artist while totally ignoring all those illegal immigrants who are busy raping girls on the streets, you can safely tell them this is a Buddhist flag! (Yes, I am mocking the Western censorship. In real life, the Finnish Air Force did use a Nazi-like swastika on their flag until they joined NATO and changed it to a more politically correct version. Bad move, people are losing fun of it. :D)

And a new character background has just been added. You can now play as a Crusader! It has special dialog options that let you perform exorcisms. But in this specific case, it reveals Mephisto's true identity, which you would otherwise have to put quite an effort into uncovering.

And even more flags, since we are in Siberia.

To make those flags more useful, we can already turn them into clothes. But now, after turning them into clothes, you can also make bandages from them. Not very cost-effective, considering alcohol is usually more valuable. But, if you are desperately in need to heal your bleeding and restore some HP, it's an option.

That's for this week. The journey may sometimes be uncomfortable. But it will not be fun if it's too easy.

Full update log of this week: 20260425 English ##########Content############### [Bazaar]The NAFO dog that bringeth unto thee all manner of Ukraine donation links may now be slain, should thy will incline thee thus. The battle is light and easily overcome; yet thy companions shall speak their minds, for those who are pro‑Ukraine shall look upon this deed with displeasure. [Music]New Song: Березина. This shall be the battle‑chant of the coming “bad guys” in Siberia, fashioned after a real‑world Russian unit; and behold, its name is the name of a river. [Boombox]Thou mayest now hearken unto Березина upon thine Boombox. [Furniture]New Flag: Imperial Standard of the Russian Empire. [Furniture]New Flag: Flag of the Soviet Union (wrought largely for the sake of mirth and meme). [Shopping]Various sellers of flags shall now offer these two banners, according to the land wherein they dwell. [Asset]The Flag of Freedom of Russia Legion doth exist within the game’s files, yet appeareth not within the world. (For now, mostly because of safety reasons. It can accidentally endanger any of our players currently in Russia. Alternative solutions will be considered. Anyway, playing this game inside Russia is always quite risky given the amount of pro-Ukraine content. Showing them pro-Russia content may cause confusion and buy you some time if you get caught. Safety-first, comrades) [Faith]The cost of Tenets within the customization window is now lifted high above the description text, made more visible by new colors and a background. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【巴扎】给你那些乌克兰捐款链接的北大西洋柴犬组织的柴犬现在可以被击杀。如果你想要这么做的话。非常简单的战斗。（队伍中的不同队友会有不同反应。亲乌克兰的队友会普遍有负面的反应。） 【音乐】新歌：Березина （未来会出现在西伯利亚区域的【反派】部队歌曲。基于真实世界中的一支俄罗斯部队。线索：这是一条河） 【音乐播放器】你现在可以在音乐播放器里听Березина 【家具】新家具：俄罗斯帝国皇旗 【家具】新家具：苏联国旗 （主要用于玩梗） 【购物】各种贩卖旗帜的商人基于地点会贩卖上面两种旗帜。 【美术资源】自由俄罗斯军团旗帜存在于游戏文件。但是，并未直接出现在游戏中。（现在基本上是因为安全原因。展示这面旗帜可能会意外导致我们目前在俄罗斯境内的玩家陷入危险。替代方案将会被考虑。不过，因为大量亲乌克兰内容，在俄罗斯境内游玩这个游戏本身就存在风险。如果被抓到了，给他们看一些亲俄罗斯的内容可能可以制造一些混乱。安全第一，同志们。） 【信仰】信条选择窗口中的信条花费现在会更加显著地显示在描述文字上。（它们现在有了不同的颜色和一个背景框。）

20260426 English ##########Content############### [Battle] Behold, we have increased the measure of judgment against the ungodly! The Racial-element calculation shall now always be applied, even if thy attack, skill, or item beareth not the tag to smite such a race. And if it doth bear the tag, it shall receive an additional fifty percent strength and efficiency. [Element] A new Element Tag is given: vs Woke. (It is a racial tag, even as vs Rats or vs Slime.) [Enemy] All the Woking Dead that walk the earth have now received the Woke tag upon them. [Equipment] Every newly generated MAGA hat shall now possess +200% power against the Woke. [CIA Safehouse] Thou mayest now also obtain MAGA hats from the store of Michael. (These bear no prefixes, unlike those redeemed with GPA coins. Yet this is for the greater accessibility of the equipment.) [CIA Safehouse] More free MAGA hats have been placed herein as a blessing. [Faith] The tenet called “Law and Order” hath been strengthened, and now granteth +30% power against the Woke. [Wiki] The page of the Faith Tenets hath been updated according to the new ordinances. [Loot] Greatly hath the chance been reduced for the Woking Dead to drop LGBT flags. (For the people has spook out that these flags had become an abomination unto them.) [Loot] The Undead Soviet Soldiers in the forest of Siberia may now drop Soviet flags according to their former earthly ways. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【战斗】我们加大了种族主义力度！种族元素现在总是会在攻击/技能/物品使用时计算，就算这些攻击技能物品本身不带有针对特定种族的标签。如果他们带有标签，现在还会提高50%的效果。 【元素】新元素：对Woke （这是一个种族标签。类似于对老鼠/对史莱姆） 【敌人】所有的Woke僵尸现在有了Woke标签。 【装备】所有新生成的MAGA帽现在有+200%的对Woke效果。 【CIA安全屋】你现在可以从麦克那里购买到MAGA帽。（这些不同于用GPA金币兑换的那些，不带有词缀。不过这是为了让这件装备更容易获取。） 【CIA安全屋】加入了更多免费的MAGA帽。 【信仰】【法律与秩序】信条现在提供+30%对Woke效果。 【维基】更新了信仰信条页面。 【掉落物】 大幅降低了Woke僵尸掉落LGBT旗帜的概率。（我获得的反馈是这种旗子的大量掉落让人非常讨厌。） 【掉落物】 西伯利亚那片树林里的苏联亡灵士兵现在可能掉落苏联国旗。

20260427 English ##########Content############### [Background] A new Background is given: Crusader. (For lo, it is not required that every background be solemn and grave. Sometimes the Lord alloweth a little folly and mirth as well. :P) [Prologue] And it shall come to pass that when thou choosest the Crusader as thy background, the officer at the airport shall be filled with great surprise. [Wiki] The page concerning Character Perks hath been updated. [Prologue] In both versions of the Prologue, a special dialog option hath been added for the Crusader. Thou mayest now attempt a crude exorcism ritual, whereby thou shalt swiftly uncover the secret of Mephisto which otherwise requireth many days and much labor to reveal. (But if thou choosest to skip the Prologues, nothing shall be altered.) ##########Debug################ [Prologue] A bug hath been cast out: If thou skippest the prologue, the image of thy character shall now be updated rightly from the beginning. [Prologue] Certain small errors of grammar in the English tongue have been corrected. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【背景】新背景：十字军 （没人说这个游戏一开始的背景选项必须那么严肃。有时可以有恶搞的内容。:P） 【序章】当你选择十字军为背景的时候，机场的工作人员会表示惊讶。 【维基】更新了角色特性页面。 【序章】在两个版本的序章中均为十字军加入了一个新的对话选项。你可以试图进行驱魔，然后很快发现梅菲斯特的一个秘密。否则的话，这个秘密会在之后的很长时间才会被逐渐发现。（如果选择跳过序章，则这段不会发生。） ##########Debug################ 【序章】修复了如果你跳过序章，有时一开始时的角色图像可能不正确的Bug。 【序章】修复了一些细小的英语文本错误。

20260428 English ##########Content############### [Furniture] A new Painting hath been revealed: < > [CIA Safehouse] A painting of < > hath been placed within this house as a sign. [CIA Safehouse] Thou mayest now obtain more paintings of < > from the hand of Michael. [SFX] A new sound hath been added: the rending and tearing of cloth. [Cloth] Thou canst now take garments directly from thy inventory and use them to fashion bandages. (Yet this also requireth alcohol.) [Wiki] The page called “Other Crafting” hath been updated. ##########System################ [Item] A new function hath been added to discern whether a thing is alcohol. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【家具】新绘画：《川普举拳》 【CIA安全屋】在这里加入了一幅《川普举拳》 【CIA安全屋】你可以从麦克那里获得更多的《川普举拳》 【音效】加入了一个撕扯布料的音效。 【布料】你现在可以从你的物品栏里直接使用布料来制造绷带。（但是要消耗一瓶酒。） 【维基】更新了【其它制造】页面。 ##########System################ 【物品】加入了一个函数判定某个物品是否为酒类。

20260429 English ##########Content############### [Furniture] A new Flag hath been revealed: Flag of Finland [Shopping] The merchants who trade in flags do now offer the Flag of Finland among their wares. [Skill] A new Skill is given unto thee: Perkele [Wiki] The page concerning Skills hath been updated. [Book] A new Skill Book hath appeared: < > [Shopping] Thou mayest now obtain < > in Liu’s Bookstore. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【家具】新旗帜：芬兰国旗 【购物】各种贩卖旗帜的商人现在开始贩卖芬兰国旗。 【技能】新技能：Perkele 【维基】更新了技能页面。 【书】新技能书《芬兰生存指南》 【购物】你现在可以在疁城书店买到《芬兰生存指南》

20260430 English ##########Content############### [Furniture] A new Flag hath been revealed: Flag of the Finnish Buddhist Air Force [Shopping] The merchants of flags do now sell the “Flag of the Finnish Buddhist Air Force” among their goods. [Shopping] Several new flags have been added unto Liu’s black market. [Distress Signal] The tale of the Distress Signal continueth. [The Church on the Hill] The secret room in the top-left corner may now be unlocked while thou walkest the path of the Distress Signal quest. [Wiki] The page of the Distress Signal hath been updated. [Character Customization] A new Playable Male Appearance is given: Boris 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【家具】新旗帜：芬兰佛教空军旗帜 【购物】随机的旗帜商人现在会贩卖【芬兰佛教空军旗帜】 【购物】多面新加入的旗帜被加入到了疁城的黑市。 【求救信号】剧情继续。 【山丘上的教堂】左上角的秘密房间现在可以在【求救信号】任务中解锁。 【维基】更新了【求救信号】页面。 【角色自定义】新可用男性角色外观：鲍里斯

20260501 English ##########Content############### [Tileset] A new Tileset hath been revealed: Snowy Tower [The Church on the Hill] A new rooftop area hath been added unto the Church. [The Church on the Hill] An attack helicopter hath been placed upon the roof. [Asset] A panorama of snowy Russian mountains hath been added. [Distress Signal] The bear shall now appear upon the roof after thou hast completed the previous tales. ##########System################ [Character] A solution hath been added for updating very great characters upon the map, such as a helicopter. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【图块】新图块：雪中之塔 【山丘上的教堂】加入了屋顶区域。 【山丘上的教堂】在屋顶加入了一架武装直升机。 【美术资源】加入了一张俄罗斯雪山远景图。 【求救信号】那只熊现在会在你完成之前的任务之后出现在屋顶。 ##########System################ 【角色】加入了一个解决方案用于处理在地图上更新超大的角色，比如一架武装直升机。

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