[characters are fooling around a logo that says "THE SMUGS"]
2025 PATCH NOTES
Changes:
- Removed slider limits on "Ego"
- Removed "Shame" trait from all public figures
- Updated career "Politician" to now require zero experience
- Smugs with the career path "Journalist" are now flagged as enemies
- Intelligence briefings can now be skipped
- New romance interaction: "Pay Off Affair"
- "Spray Tan" slider can now go above 100%, up to 200%
- Gold furniture now triggers environment penalties for tasteful Smugs
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a major bug where facts used to affect Smugs
- Fixed an issue where losing was treated as an ending
- Fixed exploit where classified documents could be stored in pool houses
- Dealt with recurring error where Smugs thought satire was endorsement (hopefully this time it will actually work?)
Known issues:
- The phrase "I take responsibility" is inaudible to other Smugs in all modes
- Smugs ask "Why is this happening?" after school shootings but do nothing
- In multiplayer, one player can control all three branches of government
- Loop in which Smugs deny climate change while being evacuated from floods
- It is possible to "Try For Baby" with a flag
- Smugs might high five lobbyists and PR execs after public tragedies
- Secret service Smugs sometimes just stop trying
- Graphical issue might cause empathy to fail to render
- Global economy rebalance might heavily affect your Smug
[a character with a floating cristal above its head speaks] On behalf of Smug Entertainment Inc. I would like to thank you for playing The Smugz and hope you are hyped for our upcoming european DLCs in 2026 and 2027
