[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

https://thebad.website/comic/2025_patch_notes