A Tough Lesson, a Valuable Fix – Demo Now Playable! — Presidential Rise Steam update #617194

Hi everyone, I wanted to sincerely thank all of you who took the time to try the demo, even though many of you were unfortunately unable to start a new game due to a persistent bug. After spending quite a bit of time chasing down the issue, I’m happy to let you know that it has finally been fixed. Initially, I suspected the problem was related to the save system specifically the file path used to write JSON data. When that didn’t solve it, I rebuilt the system using PlayerPrefs instead, but the problem still remained. Looking back now, I realize I made a classic newbie mistake: I didn’t check the logs. While juggling this game and my full-time job, I was trying to fix the issue based on assumptions. This is my first game, and it’s been a tough but valuable learning experience. As it turns out, the entire problem was caused by a single missing variable. Unfortunately, that small mistake c...