- Ambition: A Minuet in Power Spring Sale! - 16 March 2023
❤️🌸 Spring is the season of love and savings! Get ready to pursue your romantic ambitions with the Ambition Spring Sale! 💐 Enjoy the discount and create your perfect love story today. Don't miss out on this limited-time offer! And while you are at it, join our Discord community today! ⬇️ Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Ambition: A Minuet in Power - Now Available on Nintendo Switch! - 14 July 2022
Mesdames et Messieurs, We are thrilled to announce that Ambition: A Minuet in Power is now available on Nintendo Switch! What better way to celebrate Bastille Day than to topple the monarchy (or schmooze up to them), all from the comfort of your own couch? You can pick up Ambition on Switch via the links below, or in the eShop on your console. Ambition: A Minuet in Power (NA eShop) Ambition: A Minuet in Power (EU / AUS eShop) And if you'd rather play on PC, well we've also got you covered, of course. https://store.steampowered.com/app/949200/Ambition_A_Minuet_in_Power/ Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Version 1.091 Hotfix - 4 February 2022
Hello, As is common in games, we managed fix one thing, and broke another. Hopefully this hotfix should resolve the issues a few users were seeing, along with a few other minor improvements. Calendar - The calendar screen will no longer freeze when selecting the tutorial for party invitations Incidents - Fixed reward and credibility check issues in the incidents 'Fishy Business', 'Some Light Reading', and 'Wise Investments' Incidents - Fixed the missing tooltip text in 'Courting Disaster' Incidents - Fixed several French misspellings throughout the game Thanks again for your continued support, - Luther
- Version 1.09 Update - 20 January 2022
Content - 10 New finalized party incidents are now added to chapter 2! Calendar - It's no longer possible to have three invitations on the same day Incidents - Incident updates and typo fixes This update finalizes some additional party incidents that we wanted to add to chapter 2, just to give our players a little extra variety. A few astute players have already ran into unfinished versions of those incidents, so this should fix those up for them. As always, thanks so much for your support!
- Ambition Developer Playthrough — THE BIG ADVENTURE EVENT - 18 January 2022
Mesdames et Messieurs, We're very excited to be a part of The Big Adventure Event! For those not in the know, The Big Adventure Event (the BAE) is an event on Steam that celebrates everything adventure-related. Whether it's slicing up monsters with a sword, or gossiping it up in 18th century Paris, there's something for everyone who enjoys a good adventure! With over 100 demos, a world of boundless adventure awaits! We've also got a special video broadcasting on the the BAE page! Tune in on Sunday January 23rd at 3PM PDT to catch lead developer Luther Patenge play through the first hour of Ambition: A Minuet in Power! You can check the sidebar for the exact start time converted to your local timezone. Hope to see you there! Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Hot Fix! - 2 December 2021
- Hot Fix - Fixed the issue that prevented players from being able to open the game menu with the 'Escape' key.
- Version 1.08 Update - 30 November 2021
UI - Future saved games will no longer include Yvette's name in the title. Older game saves will be unaffected by this change. Stability - Minor improvement to the stability of the save system Stability - Fixed several rare crash issues that would occur in various incidents Incidents - Incident updates and typo fixes This is another small update which fixes some issues we noticed while plugging away on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Port. So glad to see so many people are enjoying the game!
- Vote For Ambition In The Steam Awards! - 24 November 2021
Mesdames et Messieurs, We’d like to give our community a big thank you, since the launch of Ambition we have received nothing but love, support and feedback! We are thrilled to see many of you enjoying yourselves in the beautiful streets of Paris filled with captivating adventures and entrancing soundtracks (composed by the award-winning John Robert Matz) to keep you immersed. With the Steam Awards 2021 upon us, you can now nominate Ambition: A Minuet in Power for Best Soundtrack! Feel free to give us a vote If you enjoyed the sweeping musical journey that transports you to another time!
- Ooh La La! Ambition: A Minuet In Power 15% OFF! - 18 October 2021
Mesdames et Messieurs, Any proper Parisian loves a good sale, so we come bearing good news. Ambition: A Minuet in Power is 15% off during the Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale! This is our deepest discount yet, so if you know anyone who's sitting on the fence, let them know! https://store.steampowered.com/app/949200/Ambition_A_Minuet_in_Power/ And of course, we would be remiss if we did not ask you to peruse through the other sales, you'll even spot Chère Yvette on the sales page. Just click the image below! That is all for now! Happy window shopping, and until next time. Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Version 1.07 - 15 October 2021
Save System - Saving the game during the introductory incident, then trying to load that incident will no longer cause freezes Incidents - Fixed issues with rewards in the incident 'Old Connections' Historical Accuracy - Removed all references to arrondisemenmts, as those weren't established until 1795. General - Various incident updates and fixes This update is relatively small, as we're mainly focused on implementing proper controller support, and working on the Nintendo Switch Port of the game.
- Version 1.06 Update - 28 September 2021
- Steam - 20 Steam Achievements have been added to the game! - Paris Map - If you intitiate certain story events with Cafe Principe or La Place Royale before visiting those locations for the first time, their intro incidents will integrate this information more smoothly. - Cafe Principe - Fixed an issue where, sometimes, visits to Cafe Principe randomly ended early. - Story - Fixed an issue where, sometimes, the Epilogue ended early during Alex's segment. As a general note, past play throughs will not be counted in unlocking of achievments, as that data was never being tracked up until this point. We apologize for the inconvenience.
- Version 1.05 Update - 15 September 2021
Parties - Gifting wine to the host of a party will no longer cause a random peril increase Story - Five brand new random political incidents have been added to Chapter 2! General - Various incident and typo fixes
- Version 1.04 Update - 9 September 2021
- Save System - Added the ability to overwrite existing saves. - Save System - Limited the maximum amount of possible player saves to 40, to preserve system stability. This should also prevent new cases of the error that caused some players to be unable to load their saves. - Servants - Added several more servant interactions to various incidents throughout the game, to improve their usefulness. - Story - Enhanced several sections in the epilogue related to Armand and his... plans. - General - In the case of certain errors, the game will give you the ability to email your save data to customer support so we can help you more directly. - General - Typos and minor animation fixes. To go into the saves issue a little bit more: When we first designed the save system, we didn't put a limit on the amount of saves that players could have. However, it appears that we seriously underestimated th…
- Version 1.03 Update - 2 September 2021
- System - Fixed the edge case where, in some cases, players stopped receiving party invitations at the end of Chapter 1. Previously broken saves suffering this bug should now also be fixed! - Art - Fixed a framing issue with Thomas unique art in 'The First Sparks' - Rendezvous - Fixed an issue with floating empty choices in Elisabeth's rendezvous incident - General - Various typo fixes
- Patch: Version 1.02 - 31 August 2021
- General - Increased max framerate to 60, improving the smoothness of animations, while preventing the game from consuming too many resources - Story - The player will no longer be able to turn down the parties necessary to complete their revenge on villains in chapter 1, ensuring they can have the last laugh without being undone by a mere scheduling conflict - Epilogue - Cleaned up some issues with Alex's segment of the Epilogue that, in some cases, caused the sequences to end early - Incidents - Fixed a situation in 'A Fabric Shortage' that caused the incident to end early - Incidents - Various typo and animation fixes
- Bringing 18th Century France To Life -- Gamescom Livestream - 26 August 2021
Mesdames et Messieurs, Welcome to Paris, the city of love, lies, and revolution. Join us as we talk all about how we brought an 18th Century Paris to life in Ambition: A Minuet in Power! Give the demo a try if it catches your fancy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/949200/Ambition_A_Minuet_in_Power/ And make sure you join us on Discord to gossip. Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Ambition: A Minuet in Power - Demo update and Gamescom 2021! - 24 August 2021
Mesdames et Messieurs, We've been thrilled to read your adventures in Paris thus far! We've got an exciting little announcement for you today. We're participating in Gamescom 2021! It's still being held digitally, so instead of setting up a booth in person, we've upgraded our demo. The new and improved demo has the same content, but has been more polished to reflect the quality of the final product. If you think your friends will enjoy Ambition, the improved demo will give them a great first taste of Paris! https://store.steampowered.com/app/949200/Ambition_A_Minuet_in_Power/ Ambition Twitter Facebook Iceberg Interactive Twitter Facebook YouTube Steam Publisher Page
- Patch: Version 1.01 - 21 August 2021
- UI - Version number watermark limited to the main title screen - Le Trompette du Peuple - Fixed background music and ambient sfx in Pierre's office - Calendar- If a player invites someone on a rendezvous and that character fails to respond to the invitation in time, the player will no longer be penalized for 'missing' an invitation - Parties - Reduced instances of the error where buying a party host wine raises the player's peril (this is still under investigation) - Story - Characters who leave Paris or die will stop inviting you on Rendezvous (this fix will only affect new play throughs, sorry) - Incidents - Removed an extraneous piece of floating text, as well as a bad character bark in 'Clandestine Meetings' - System - Frame rate has been limited to 30fps to stop the game from hogging video cards and processors on certain setups. - General - Typo fixes
- Ambition: A Minuet in Power is AVAILABLE NOW! - 18 August 2021
Mesdames et Messieurs, The day has finally come! We're incredibly excited to announce that Ambition: A Minuet in Power is available on Steam right now! It's been quite the journey, but our pièce de résistance is complete, and we're thrilled to finally share it with the world. Ambition: A Minuet in Power is a hand-crafted Visual Novel, set in 18th century Paris that is at the brink of revolution. Amass wealth and influence to alter the course of history, while meeting and falling in love with an unforgettable cast of characters. Features: Explore a lovingly crafted Paris; from its gorgeous gardens to its dark docks. Meet an unforgettable and diverse cast of characters. Court six colorful Love Interests, each with their own desires. Collect gossip from many affluent Parisians, then peddle it for money or influence. Choose the right dress for each party to impress the different factions. E…
- LudoNarraCon 2021 - Ambition: A Minuet in Power - Soundtrack Stream - 22 April 2021
Would you like to be transported, to the sound of a different time? To close out LudoNarraCon 2021, we'll be listening to the entire original soundtrack of Ambition: A Minuet in Power. No commentary. No theatrics. Just wonderful music. Love the bangers? Discuss them on Discord!
