Planned release: 10/31/2025

This week was a real struggle with coding. I still spent most of my time writing code, but to avoid burning out completely, I also dedicated some time to developing the story.

So, introducing the second major faction: the Russian mafia. The initial three main gangs were formed shortly after the apocalypse. The Interkosmos started as a bottom-up organization uniting emigrants, intellectuals, and ordinary people stranded in South America. They also recruited smaller Slavic and Orthodox communities that were too few in number to form their own groups. The Federatsiya, on the other hand, was founded by diplomats and spies, preserving the authoritarian traditions and mentality of their pre-apocalypse agencies. They remain very nationalist, and the leadership still consists exclusively of Russians.

The third gang was an ultra-nationalist faction, but it was destroyed decades ago when it attempted to assassinate Alexander Taranov to prevent his marriage to Ana Paz, the daughter of a wealthy local industrialist. The plan failed, and the legacy of that union lives on. The Seven Sisters, introduced in Dev News #5, bear the joint family name Taranov-Paz. This family serves as the link between the two surviving gangs: they illegally produce weapons in their factory for the Interkosmos, allowing them to dominate local gangs despite their smaller numbers, while also financing the Federatsiya’s maneuvers through bribery, manipulation, and—of course—marriage.

Just like before, a high-resolution version of this week’s promotional image is available on my Discord server. That’s all for now — the last Dev News before the month-end release. See you in two weeks with version 0.0.5!