- Too large penalties for accidents / Fixed - Reduced the likelihood of an accident - Company profitability adjustments
Serious bugs:
- Loyalty of other owners was not reset when selling the company / Fixed - Movement of workforce between companies / Fixed
Minor bugs / complaints:
- Many minor bugs / Fixed - Some issues with technologies / Fixed
New:
- MacOS 13+ support
- Mergers & Acquisitions
With the introduction of mergers and acquisitions, you will be able to buy your competitors and combine their companies with yours, truly establishing a monopoly in the markets and increasing your technological and production potential! Of course, the shareholders of both companies will have to approve this decision by a majority vote, and will also receive proportional shares in the new company (in the event of a merger). Or you can try to take over the company, and then other shareholders will not receive a share in the new company.
- More customization for character and his characteristics
Now you can choose in which state your character lives, the most suitable personality traits and choose a more suitable appearance in more detail using the new advanced character creator.
Being worked on:
- Political system - Characters being able to support or oppose the player - More difficulty options - New votings, changes in voting - Board of Directors
Update 0.189.2 is now available!
Attention! This update does not support previous saves!
Fixed:
Game Breaking bugs:
- Rare crash when loading saves / Fixed - Rare crash on the list of companies / Fixed - Rare crash when using Hitman / Fixed - Rare crash in the “Rating” window / Fixed - Not being able to start a new game / Fixed
Exploits and balancing:
-Transport companies being too overpowered / Fixed
Serious bugs:
- Age and race in the character generator does not work / Fixed - Map error after loading a save / Fixed - Killing people you owe money makes the debt stay forever / Fixed - Unable to fully repay a loan / Fixed
Minor bugs / complaints:
- Unprofitable companies were shown as profitable / Fixed - Translation errors for the English version / Fixed - English version had no text for the Hitman / Fixed - Russian version had no text for some states / Fixed - CEO skill point UI being confusing / Fixed - Some other UI errors / Fixed - Voting starts before issuing shares or expanding / Fixed - Your company still has to vote even if you own a majority / Fixed - Many small bugs / Fixed - English and Russian versions had no text for Cardinal / Fixed
New
:
- Ubuntu and SteamOS support - Windowed mode - Experimental support for 21:9 monitors - Technologies - Unemployment statistics and its impact on wages - New ambition "Take loan" - New agent "the Collector" - New sliders “Salary level”, “Daily production rate”, “Research funding” in company statistics - New artwork - Difficulty settings - Added skill levels in the character tooltip
Being worked on
:
- Political system - Support for Mac - The system of opposition and support to the player (from enemies and friends) - More difficulty options - Mergers & Acquisitions - Character customization - New voting popups in companies And much more…
Thank you all for the continued support of Plutocracy, whether through buying the game, leaving reviews or helping us find bugs we appreciate it all!
Dev diaries. Technocracy
Hello everyone!
Two weeks went by fast and now it's time to tell you about the new things we’ve worked on for you during this time.
You will soon be able to upgrade technologies. All technologies now have their own level. Every time a company develops or introduces a higher level of technology than the other companies in that state has the penalty for having a lower level of technology increases. To counter this you can spend company funds on developing better technology.
We’re also introducing a new technology “Innovation” which will replace the “Social Program” tech from the past versions. Better innovation will allow you to develop technologies cheaper.
After future updates with the formation of a trust or a merger the companies will share technologies with each other. Whichever company has the highest level technology will give that to the other companies.
The new option of “Research level” will boost the speed of research while costing more, it might even have some other associated costs such as having to improve “Accident Security” because of experiments going wrong or similar stuff.
There is a new “Staff turnover” statistic. The lower the turnover the more workers keep their jobs, it makes the production process more stable and increases the production over time. You can change the turnover with the new options “Wage level” and “Work-plan”. Happy workers, happy customers.
The “Financial Shark'' difficulty has also gotten some changes. Good deals are not as easy to come by as before and the usual ways of doing business that you are accompanied to will not work as well as before.
As always we would like your feedback on how to further improve balancing and difficulty, we really value your feedback a lot.
Of course we’ve also worked on the stability of the game and we were able to get rid of several crashes and fix some bugs that could cause you inconvenience.
The release of the update is already very close, and in the coming days we will work on testing it to save you from possible surprises like a bugs and crashes.
After 2 weeks we will come back to you with a new diary. Bye and see you soon!
Dev Diaries. New year - more work
Hello fellow Plutocrats!
Recently we’ve been thinking about how we could improve our own interaction with you guys. We think dev diaries would be a good start.
So, what have we done lately and what will we do in the future?
Mainly we will work on introducing the political system into the game. One of the key aspects of Plutocracy is influence, what’s more influential than having a powerful grip on politics? We want to add an entirely new dimension to the game with politics.
In any case, that’s a topic for another day, we will tell you more about the political system later.
We’ve also got some good news for Linux users! The game will support both SteamOS and Ubuntu in the next update. And of course Mac support is also coming, however, that will be later this year.
There’s also a lot of small, but important stuff. We’ve looked at your suggestions and taken it into account. Mostly we’ve worked on the balancing. Transport companies are less overpowered, we’ve made changes to the expenses and income as it was very unrealistic.
You can also give loans now. A character who wants to get a loan may ask you for money and if you accept you will receive a quarterly income based on the amount of debt. If they don’t pay, you can use the new agent, the Collector. Doesn't he look friendly?
Another important thing is the unemployment rate and its relation to the average salary. When hiring workers, you now lower the unemployment and the average salary increases. Unemployment also grows with time as the population grows which makes the average salary lower.
This should also fix the issue of unlimited workers because your expenses will grow too much after a more ridiculous amount of workers.
And of course we continue to fix the seemingly endless amount of bugs, both big and small.
Very soon we’ll release an update with most of what we’ve talked about here, we also plan to release dev diaries every two weeks or so to keep you updated on our work. See you all then!
Update #6 is here!
Fixed:
Game Breaking bugs:
- Crash when starting a new game / fixed - Crash at the end of a loading screen / fixed - Rare crash when opening a window / fixed
Exploits and balancing:
- You can blackmail over and over until you succeed / fixed
Serious bugs:
- An opponent does not appear after the start of a new game, if the old one was played without opponents / fixed
Minor bugs / complaints:
- Many missing variables and UI elements / fixed - Achievement bugs / fixed - Characters have ambition to buy companies that no longer exist / fixed - Population ratio goes to minus after expanding the company / fixed - Incorrect description of the achievement “Techno-Boom” / fixed - Bugs with the company window / fixed - Chief of police’s dirt replaces detective’s dirt / fixed - Some bugs with subsidies and contracts / fixed - AI returns to their starting location after loading / fixed - Some UI issues with ambitions / fixed - Bug with assistant / fixed
New:
- New companies are now be generated when another one goes bankrupt - New agent, the Hitman - Events now have the relevant company’s name in them - Dirt now gets deleted after use - State flags that change during the game
Being worked on:
- Political system - Map bug after loading a save - Misspellings and grammar - Improving the german translation - French translation And much more…
Thank you all for the continued support of Plutocracy, whether through buying the game, leaving reviews or helping us find bugs we appreciate it all!
Update #5 is here!
Fixed:
Game Breaking bugs: -Players not arriving to another state on time -Crash when going back to the main menu and loading a save
Exploits and balancing: -The company's reserves are not reduced at a loss
Serious bugs: -Timer after selling shares is extremely long, sometimes several years -The player’s money gets taken instead of the company when the company gets fined
Minor bugs / complaints: -Variables missing in text -Same company names generated
New:
-Spanish translation -Product price trends -Voting is now delayable -Added links to the relevant company and the initiating shareholder when voting -New events with unhappy citizens -Crash reports can now be sent in-game -Interact with your opponent more -No more unnecessary messages -Only get news from relevant companies -Go to a characters page by clicking on their name -Ctrl+shift to add 1000 -Skill confirmation button -New art for the loading screen
Being worked on: -Map bug after loading a save -Misspellings and grammar -Improving the german translation -French translation And much more…
As you know the most voted feature was "Politics" and we will therefore focus on that from now on. In the "Politics" update we’ll introduce a system of lobbying laws through politicians.
Economic features will also continue to be worked on. We will certainly develop all that we planned to do in the end, this is only the beginning.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the vote, your ideas and suggestions help us understand what is more important to you all going forward.
We also sincerely apologize for the continued delays on this update, we hope it was worth it!
Thank you all for the continued support of Plutocracy, whether through buying the game, leaving reviews or helping us find bugs we appreciate it all!
Update #4. Vote for new content!
__**Fixed:**__ **Game Breaking bugs:** -Deals sometimes softlock the game / fixed -Crash often when finishing a deal / fixed
**Exploits and balancing** -Player being able to buy back shares directly after selling / fixed -Transport, Oil and Refining company balance issues / fixed
**Serious bugs:** -Company voting for negative dividends / fixed -Wrong logistics costs / fixed -Bug with company CEO’s salary / fixed -"Fabricate evidence" being blocked with a friendly police chief / fixed
**Minor bugs / complaints:** -Several bugs with different ambitions / fixed -The game doesn’t pause during a deal among others / fixed -Saves always say “Medium difficulty” / fixed -The agent “Bishop” should be named “Bandit” / fixed -Bug with character who wants to sell but has no luxury / fixed -Agent result window disappearing / fixed -The exit button in deals sometimes doesn’t work / fixed -Several text bugs in letters / fixed
__**New:**__ -Auto-save now only occurs once a year to speed up the loading times -Look at selling price of an item during an auction -Auction AI now bids faster
__**Being worked on:**__ -Map bug after loading a save -Crash sometimes when loading an autosave -No unnecessary messages -Misspellings and grammar -Improving the german localization -Spanish localization -French localization And much more…
__**We have an important announcement for you!**__
**You can now vote on what you want us to focus on for the bigger content update coming later this year here:**
**Please follow the instructions closely and explain your suggestions as much as you can so we can use it in future development.**
**The vote will last for a week from now, get your voice heard, vote!**
Thank you all for the continued support of Plutocracy, whether through buying the game, leaving reviews or helping us find bugs we appreciate it all!
Update 0.186.3 is here!
Fixed: Game Breaking bugs: -Crash when loading a new quarter / fixed
Serious bugs: -Auctions stop happening after a few years / fixed -The button to add more than one at a time doesn't work on workplaces / fixed -Unable to buy shares from a director / fixed -Unable to buy shares from an assistant / fixed
Minor bugs / complaints: -California and Virginia don’t show up in filters / fixed
New: -New state - Georgia -Added filter for character ambitions
Being worked on: -Misspellings and grammar -Improving the german localization -Negotiate when selling -Go to a characters page by clicking on their name -Spanish localization -French localization And much more…
Thank you all for the continued support for Plutocracy, whether through buying the game, leaving reviews or helping us find bugs we appreciate it all!
Patch #2 is done
Fixed: Bild 0.186.2
Game Breaking bugs: -Crash when deleting/changing name in character creation / fixed -Crash when loading saves during the game / fixed
Exploits / Cheats: -Getting 5 points in economics / diplomacy is too easy / fixed
Serious bugs: -Pressing “calm” in a strike event making the window stay / fixed -Players getting random achievements / fixed
Minor bugs / complaints: -Influence top list not working, player permanently at position 0 / fixed -Reloading a save changes player’s position on the top list / fixed -Police chief making dirt against himself / fixed -News from random companies spamming the player / fixed - The roles of the governor and treasurer in the director’s window are mixed up / fixed
New: -Added ability to add more than one worker / workplace at a time -Added ESC as a hotkey for closing a window (Quit the game after pressing ESC in the office) -Clearer indication that the game is paused
Being worked on: -Spanish localization -French localization -Misspellings and grammar -Improving the german translation -Negotiate when selling -Fix for auctions stopping after a few years -Go to a characters page by clicking on their name
And much more...
We will continue to work on the bugs, as well as work on improving the game balance and adding new content. After fixing the big bugs and crashes we will start work on the most creative and ambitious ideas in our development plan for the future. Your ideas and suggestions are great and we will continue to watch them with interest.
The first patch 18 hours after the EA release is done.
The first patch 18 hours after the EA release is done. Bild 0.186.1
Game Breaking bugs:
-Save game crash / fixed -Skip voting crashes game / fixed -Crash in character tables / fixed
Exploits / Cheats:
-Expansion not costing anything / fixed -Deals are too easy to get a super good price / fixed
Serious bugs: -Subsidies mixed up with state contracts / fixed
Less serious bugs / complaints: -Too many notifications / fixed -Can’t have 2 surnames / fixed -Loud negotiation signature sound / fixed
New: -Added voting on the expansion of the company. -Change of dividends and number of employees requires a controlling stake -Added 3 new audio tracks
In the process: -Misspellings and grammar / in progress -German translation is not done and what's there is not correct / in progress -Negotiate when selling / in progress -Loading saves during the game / in progress
We will continue to work on fixes to make the game better. Thanks to those who supported us in Steam reviews and left messages about bugs, or development suggestions, this is important for us.
