Thank you all for supporting this project! I hope you'll have fun exploring Zorana's world.

What IS available at this point - the main storylines and ability to play through the game from beginning to end (ish). Yes, it is possible to win the election. It'll probably take a while to get there though.

What is NOT available: the epilogue finale, credits, gallery/achievements for tracking your progress, most of the Kickstarter-specific content (New planet art, pet names, and backer-designed characters are in. Romance art, rebel plotline, and aliens are not.), final art on the preferences screen, etc. Updates continue to happen as we tweak stuff, fix bugs, and add content - I'll post the changelogs below.

At this point in time it is okay to stream the beta on twitch/etc. Just make sure that you note that it IS still in development and not finished!

If you use the itch app it will keep the game up to date for you (and will only need to download the changed parts, so it updates pretty fast) https://itch.io/app Otherwise you'll fall behind the fixes in this thread.

0.7.4 update
There is now a marker showing what phase you're currently in (and need to complete) if you go over to another tab, and a tutorial popup explaining it
The scene that usually happens if you don't win the Election within two rounds has been significantly changed in the hopes of making it clearer that this is plot-relevant and not a random assassination (This may also suggest, for people who HAVE won the election, what you might need to do in order to lose the election and *not* get that scene...)
Ozara's quest outcomes hopefully fixed
Crash winning a drinking contest fixed
"you can you still" typo fixed.
Vertical alignment of items in survey results improved

0.7.6 update

Class chooser buttons will now unselect the class when right-clicked.

Manually nvestigating Korundi's background no longer reports a spurious  blackmail unlock.

Can now Investigate Network on loyal characters.

Can no longer propose to Eve/Fire when you're already waiting for a call back from Fire.

Baby name properly interpolated when you tell Kxenia you already have an heir.

Removing a cabinet minister now zeros out any bonus/penalty they grant for skill learning. Fixes a crash when you view the skill details. Pre-0.7.6 saves with already-removed ministers will still crash in at least some places when viewing that skill's details.

Dialog fades in Grojdana's revoke scene; cabinet position release banner shifted around.

Missing "into" added to Emperorverse notes.

The "Quit" button on the epilogue finale now "Save Log". After saving the log, it will be replaced with a "Quit" button.

"Zorana would claim eventually"?"Zorana would eventually claim" in the Grib conventional warfare epilogue.

Zolot's quest now uses the standard framework for marking when you succeed, so it won't become available again when (events happen) Note that the fix only works if you succeed at Zolot's quest in 0.7.5+.

If you get an extra social action through studying, it will now be available in that turn's social phase instead of waiting until after the next navigation phase. Extra social actions unlocked through appointing a minister still only apply to the next turn. 

I understand the Codex will be finished later in development, but I wish there were bare-bones Codex entries. Even something as short as "Herkkan are a species of people" or "a trecen is equal to three cycles/turns" would be helpful.

(You can check what patch version you're using on the main menu screen in the lower right corner - it's a good idea to use the itch app to keep things up to date.)

Patch 0.7.16.1

NEW FEATURE - If you have a Logothete of Culture and they have a Media skill of 40 or more (sorry Vasily) you can use a social action to get some information about how Zorana's actions are viewed by the Empire (Behind the scenes: guvf unf gb qb jvgu snpgvba nccebiny engvatf.)

NEW SCENE - If you have an Elector in your cabinet who you know is good at puzzles, they can help you solve the Novan puzzlebox. (This means Xuqnee naq Guerr Ebpxf Arfgyrq vs lbh qvq Guerr Ebpxf'f dhrfg be vairfgvtngrq Xuqnee'f onpxtebhaq)

NEW SCENE - Small epilogue addition if you adopted a baby

NEW SCENE - If things went very badly with Esmarai at the beginning of the game and you found out Zolot was connected to her somehow, you can react to this when first meeting him on Myrkka I.

BALANCE ADJUSTMENT - New approval effects for a couple of quests that might give you a reputation for being clever. (Cyhf n fcrpvsvp Xuqnee obbfg naq ersrerapr ng gur raq bs Guerr Ebpxf Arfgyrq'f dhrfg. Guvf birenyy znl unir gur rssrpg bs znxvat vg n yvggyr yrff vzcbffvoyr gb trg Xuqnee ba obneq.)

BALANCE ADJUSTMENT - Fixed a bug preventing Krovos's secret ministry skills from being counted in some circumstances

BALANCE ADJUSTMENT - Fixed a bug causing people to object to adoption for no reason

SMALL EDIT - History skill gives you more information about the possible approval effects of a couple of political choices.

SMALL EDIT - Investigating Krovos's background now properly shows skill failures at the end if you didn't get the whole thing.

SMALL EDIT - A success with Ethexae now says to "lower yourself" rather than "bow your head" to be more clear.

SMALL EDIT - Using the 'Hide Tutorials' setting in the menu should now bypass the initial navigation/mood/phase explanations.

SMALL EDIT - Failing the empathy check completely proposing to Jade now actually ends the event when it should

and various other small fixes not interesting enough to mention (mostly fades, moving the position of empathy checks, a crash in the final speech, etc)

Patch 0.7.21

NEW FEATURE: Exploring social networks now shows an Elector's home sector rather than the name of their planet. (Planets might still get codex entries later, but this is a more relevant solution to the actual problem!)

NEW FEATURE: Skill checks that involve special bonuses (like, the results of several previous checks being combined into one) should have a symbol next to the bonus name to indicate that it's not a real skill.

NEW SCENE: Certain Electors (currently gubfr sebz Gunexnf Cevzr) may have bonus lessons available if they are in your cabinet and specific conditions are met. (Gurve nccebiny engvatf unir gb or uvtu rabhtu, naq lbh arrq gb xabj gung gurl cbffrff gubfr fxvyyf.)

NEW SCENE: More opportunities to convince Korundi to let you do a particular dangerous thing if you've faced life-or-death situations before. 

NEW SCENE: The Vzcrevny Pbafbeg ending now checks a couple of character details and a too-nice Zorana will refuse. Relatedly, the option to orgenl lbhe sngure now has a second possible skill check boosted by certain not-nice things you might have done in the past. Some of them will only work on a fresh playthrough.

NEW SCENE: Multiple scenes where you might find yourself mysteriously glowing now have a variant if you were nyernql n yhzra.

NEW SCENE: It's now possible to end up mysteriously glowing while floating in an escape pod.

SCENE EDIT: There are two times in the game where you can get a lengthy explanation of Starfall; now the second one should be shorter if you've already seen the first in this playthrough.

FEATURE EDIT: Branekka will no longer officially pledge her vote to someone else if you've done what she wanted but haven't gone back to talk to her about it yet. (This still doesn't mean her vote is pledged to YOU until then!)

BUG FIX: Adjusting some Yakau/Fleet deployment issues

BUG FIX: It should now be possible to unlock outfits in class even if you raised your skills outside of the normal class structure

Patch 0.7.26

NEW TEXT: New epilogues added for having Khdarr as your Commerce or Law minister, or Erilotti as Chancellor (can be overridden by other Mau epilogues)

NEW TEXT: Mazarin can now be visited in Social phases at the beginning of the game

NEW TEXT: Codex entries filled in, codex listings added for the various planet names and also StarFeed.

NEW TEXT: Character sprite added for the scientist at the Draug reception, some edits to the scene

SCENE EDIT: If Tutorials are showing, line of text explicitly clarifying what starting skills pets give during the Social phase when you name them

SCENE EDIT: Myrkka I reception intro shortened.

BUG FIX: Fixes for name boxes on cards to make things fit better

BUG FIX: Denouncing an elector properly blocks them from voting for Zorana

BUG FIX: Denouncing an elector removes the ability to propose marriage to their relatives

BUG FIX: Better handling for card scrolling in social phases

BUG FIX: Better handling of keyboard-based button cycling

BUG FIX: Having Tutorials set to Hide will no longer show the popup at the first class-chooser or the introductions to Denounce or Poll.

Thank you for the continued updates!