Today is good day of joy for the great nation of Tropico, because El Presidente is celebrating none other than himself! ːelprezflagː ːelprezflagː
On this day 4 years ago, Tropico 6 has been released and El Prez won’t stop caring for himsel-.. Tropico (and being awesome) anytime soon!

Now a word from our beloved El Presidente :

*Testing microphone* Today, I’m celebrating… ME. Because I, El Presidente, am the reason for the glory and happiness of every Tropican! On this day, 4 years ago, I decided to take the reigns of Tropico 6 and lead this nation to greatness and prosperity and I won’t be stopping anytime soon! My island, and your vote for me, shall bloom forever!
ːelprezflagːMay Tropico prosper for many more years to come! ːelprezflagː

Jacek Ziółkowski, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Theory and Political Thought from the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw and Piotr Rutkowski, MA, have been conducting innovative classes for students of Political Science, Internal Security and other departments (e.g., part of general university classes) and have included computer games and gamification mechanisms in education since 2013. This semester, the software used included our city building and political simulation game, Tropico 5! For which, we at Kalypso Media were thrilled to provide some keys for educational use. Of course, it’s known worldwide that El Presidente has a PhD in AwesomenessTM!






You successfully included Tropico 5 in your political science lectures. What makes Tropico 5 a useful tool for teaching in your field, in your opinion?

Piotr Rutkowski: “Tropico 5 in my view is a strategy game and very interesting social reality simulator with a slightly humorous tone, which engages the players all the more and develops all their competences. It is an ideal game for our classes, as it allows students to develop something that Professor Ziółkowski and I call political imagination.”


How do you define ‘political imagination’ and how does this manifest in Tropico 5?

Piotr Rutkowski: “It is the awareness of multidimensionality, multilevelness of social reality, realizing that decisions in one aspect affect all others, that dilemmas do not have a perfect solution. In Tropico 5 we find all the features that allow us to achieve this – we have economic, political and international elements that the student must deal with at the same time while playing the game, and each decision has consequences for what will happen next.

Decision-making is a key issue here, and in the entire course, one of the goals is to improve the optimization of decisions (as competencies) from the perspective of goals assumed by students. Tropico 5 also offers many possibilities here. The idea behind the classes is that the students, having familiarized themselves with the game, play a multiplayer session, where they will be able to specify what is important to them and what attitude they will adopt - will they help each other, or will they be competitive? Each of these approaches will require different priorities while dealing with day-to-day management.

In addition to purely practical values, our classes and Tropico 5 have a self-reflection function. They enable students to get to know themselves and their approach to tasks and problems. Choosing a cooperative or competitive approach, with no predetermined goals from our instructors, tells us a lot about ourselves and our societies.”




So, what can students take away and learn from Tropico 5?

Professor Jacek Ziółkowski: “Thanks to Tropico 5, students acquire competencies and skills that are very much needed on today's labor market. It is a very good complement to traditional forms of teaching. I especially notice this as the head of Internal Security studies. All this is maintained in a young people-friendly environment of computer hardware and computer software, as well as using role-playing, which strengthens learning outcomes and makes students enjoy classes. Tropico 5 has a lot of mechanics that enable the acquisition of competences necessary on the labour market.

The basis here is the optimization of the decision-making process from the perspective of the player's goals, but also those proposed by the game. Secondly, these decisions are subject to the functioning of the player with a deficit of resources and a deficit of time. Thirdly, we have elements of crisis management in the form of unexpected events, cataclysms. Most importantly, players cannot forget about any of the aspects, because the game can remind us at the least expected moment and teach us from mistakes (rebellion, superpower attack or lost elections).”


How does this translate into reality?

Professor Jacek Ziółkowski: “Tropico 5 adequately reflects the realities of the social world and what students will have to deal with in everyday life as managers, employees in private economy or political institutions and even politicians. I would like to mention that after each game we discuss the players' feelings, their approaches, strategies, decision-making processes, doubts, problems they encountered, which makes them reflect on their decision-making processes in front of themselves and their colleagues, which further strengthens competences they acquire by playing games such as Tropico 5. We are very excited about cooperation with Kalypso Media and using Tropico 5 in our classes.”


We’d like to thank Professor Jacek Ziółkowski and Piotr Rutkowski for taking the time to explain their approach and to provide us with some images of the practical implementation of Tropico 5 into their classes! If you want to read more, head over to their Facebook post.

Tropicans, 

During the Steam Base Builder Fest, we're offering a new Tropico 6 Profile Bundle in the Points Shop!
El Presidente demands you to make your profile almost as great as our nation Tropico! You could say, with this bundle, your profile is out of this world!

Check it out!
https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/profilebundles/reward/201749
https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/profilebundles/reward/201749

Save the date and stop by to watch the livestream directly on steam or via the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kalypsolive/



https://store.steampowered.com/app/492720/Tropico_6/

Dear Tropicans,

a new landmark, the Great Wall of China, has just unlocked for you all in Tropico 6 for PC, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

When El Presidente reached the moon, he was shocked to discover that the greatest nation of all time, TROPICO, was not visible from up there. This is, of course, a colossal, inexcusable mistake by Penultimo that must be corrected immediately.

To solve this annoyance, El Presidente demands you to steal- uhm borrow the landmark for an indefinite period of time, now! This wall even has the beneficial side effect of making it easier for our loyal Tropicans to live happily ever after (and don’t leave Tropico, ever)!

To prevent rocks from coming loose and endangering the safety of the Tropicans, Penultimo also has been ordered to walk the 21,000 km route every day on a trial basis.

Definitely NOT a punishment for his embarrassing failure!!



The new landmark “The Great Wall of China” is now available on PC, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. 

The MESSIah has arrived in Tropico 6: a new free landmark, The Christo Redentor, has been unlocked today!



ːpresidenteː In the beginning, El Presidente created heaven and the Earth. Then he gathered all his llamas and preached the good news to all creation: Christ is born in Tropico!
ːsteamhappyː Jesus is coming to town!

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🎅🌴 Merry Pre-Christmas, Tropicans! 🌴🎅
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The landmark is now available on PC, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Fellow Tropicans,

Tropico 6 Hotfix 19.2 has just been released for Steam as well as the Microsoft Store (and other PC platforms), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

This update mainly includes bugfixes, including an issue that affected some players with low system specs where trees disappeared from the game, as well as fixes for some issues with the DLC ‘New Frontiers’. It also includes a fix for a multiplayer issue that could lead to save data being corrupted when the host of a multiplayer game created a save game after the victory screen with the continue playing option.

For more details, please check out the full changelog below.

Thank you, Tropicans, for your continued support and feedback!

Viva Tropico!

• [PC Only] Fixed an issue, that led to trees disappearing for some players.
  
• [Multiplayer] Fixed an issue where the according save data was corrupted when the host created a save game after the victory screen with the continue playing option.
  
• Added several fixes for issues that occurred when trying to place a tunnel.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Solved an issue where assembly buildings in construction could disappear when players relocated the Spaceport Complex.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Adjusted the sliders in the Mission Configuration tab - adjusted to allow better control over the selection of the corresponding values.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Fixed some issues that occurred after deleting rocket components from the assembly building info panel immediately after launching the rocket. Players can now no longer remove installed rocket components after launching the rocket.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Fixed an issue where creating a save game while demolishing the Spaceport Complex resulted in the Spaceport Complex being placed again in the same location, but no longer accessible to the construction workers.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where an invading ship could get stuck on the ocean while trying to find its way to the island.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Fixed an issue where in some space events the deduction of supplies was incorrect.
  
• [DLC New Frontiers] Added missing robotic voice modulations of the character “Patch” in some languages.
  
• Fixed a couple of interface issues (e. g. wrong icons, scrolling issues).
  
• [Localization] Several text fixes.
  
• Fixed a couple of crashes.

Fellow Tropicans,

we have just released a hotfix for Tropico 6 Update 19 for Steam, Epic and GoG. Other versions will follow as soon as possible.
This hotfix includes a fix for the era progression with the new landmark 'moonlander'.
Please find a detailed list of changes below.

Thank you for staying aboard,
Your Tropico 6 Team

• Fixed citizens being stuck at entrances of buildings after they aborted waiting in the spaceship.
  
• Fixed Era progression quest in cold war when stealing the ‘moonlander’
  
• Salvaging space debris now fills up the rocket, if it started partially empty
  
• Fixed an overview checklist entry when reducing additional supplies and fuel
  
• Fixed two buildings overlapping in the starting city of the Map "A Bold Step Ahead"
  
• [Controller only] Fixed silently aborting mission a mission when pressing X on the Controller while rocket info is shown.

We are over the moon to announce that Tropico 6 – New Frontiers is out now for PC. Whilst a certain billionaire is distracted by the chaos at Twitter, El Presidente has decided that now is the perfect time for a little space exploration of his own if he truly wants to become the richest man in the universe. SpaceX who?



In Tropico 6 – New Frontiers, players are tasked with ensuring Tropico stays ahead of the international competition. It’s a wide world out there and El Prez is taking his persuasion tactics to galactic heights. With the new Space Port Complex, players will embark on launching Tropico into a glorious new future as they construct rockets and delve into research. Take on the Space Race, walk on the Moon and establish the first Mars colony of humankind with the all-new Mission Mars campaign. New characters, buildings and edicts open countless possibilities to make more money, keep your citizens happy and improve upon that Tropican perfection. You can even customise a fresh look for El Prez and his palace that is out of this world. But be warned, even with a stellar plan there is no greater risk than space exploration and who knows what unforeseen circumstances await. You’ll need to be creative if you want to claim glory for Tropico.



Want more cosmic content? With the just-released Tropico 6 update, El Prez is also happy to provide some new content for the citizens of Tropico including bug fixes and a new free landmark, the Moonlander – as long as you vote correctly of course. Tropico 6 – New Frontiers will also be showcased during the game’s first live stream with the Developers on Friday 2nd December at 6pm GMT / 7pm CET over on Kalypso Live.

Tropico 6 – New Frontiers is out now for PC. The cosmic DLC will blast off for PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles on 15th December.

Let the space race begin!

• Reach for the stars with Tropico 6 - New Frontiers: Together with the brand-new Spaceport Complex, the new mechanics open up exciting possibilities for you to play sandbox scenarios and significantly expand the end-game experience. Expanding your Mars colony by sending more and more Tropicans into space not only gets rid of unwelcome citizens, but also secures valuable bonuses for your island nation.
  
• Mission Mars: The new campaign with 5 missions lets Tropico compete against the international competition in the research race. Meet new and familiar characters from the Tropico series, including the Professor, Hector Sanchez, Patch and Veronica Veneno, and lead your nation into a glorious future!
  
• 9 new buildings shoot to the sky! Complete your assembly lines in the new Spaceport Complex and meet the increased energy demand with the Fusion Reactor and the Reclaimer. With the new vertical stacking mechanic, you can expand the Capsule Cluster, Agriculture Tower and Synthetic Food Lab to meet the needs of your subjects. You can also show the world how modern and entertaining Tropico is with the Hologram Funhouse.
  
• New design options for your palace and El Presidente! With the additional decorations and an all-new accessory, you'll be perfectly prepared for the challenges of the space race!
  
• 2 new edicts: Turn your space missions into more money with the "Space Soap Opera" or use "Hear the Call" to get your citizens to the spaceship.

Fellow Tropicans,

Tropico 6 update 19 – De sopetón has just been released for Steam. The update will follow for Xbox series X/S, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 | 5 on Dec 15th.

With update 19, we have added a new, free Landmark: The Moonlander, for the Cold War era. In addition, we have adjusted the costs for relocating buildings as well as the fluctuation of Tropocoins and removed the monthly upkeep for the “Funhouser Special” edict.

Amongst several fixes, update 19 also solves an issue that led to the Housing-Quality Bonus from Metro Station not being updated correctly when relocating the Metro Station or correspondingly affected residential buildings were relocated. Fixes also include an issue with crashes that could occur in multiplayer, when building bridges or saves included bridges were loaded.

For more details, please check out the full changelog below.
Viva Tropico!

• A new Cold War landmark has been added: The Moon Lander
  
• The cost of relocating buildings has been adjusted. Instead of always being at least 500$, the relocation costs can now be below this value.

• Fixed an issue where the superpower relationship would decay too quickly after loading a save game.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Disable Invasions’ option in the Creative Mode was blocking the era-progression when choosing to go to war in Colonial Times (now you can progress to the next era after waiting for two years).
  
• The Tropocoin price fluctuations have been adjusted.
  
• The monthly upkeep cost for the ‘Funhouser Special’ edict has been removed.
  
• Fixed an issue that led to the Housing-Quality Bonus from Metro Station not being updated correctly when relocating the Metro Station, or correspondingly affected residential buildings were relocated.
  
• Fixed an issue that resulted in the foliage of the palace not being loaded correctly after the building was relocated.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the money reward for the ‘Commercial Space Mission’ being not listed in the Almanac.
  
• [Multiplayer] Fixed an issue where the game could become unstable when building a bridge or loading a save game with bridges.
  
• [Multiplayer] Fixed an issue where objects from the Tropocoin Farm were not removed correctly after quickly demolishing multiple Tropocoin Farms.
  
• [Localization] Several text and menu fixes.