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Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator

Small patch
- In poker, players who have discarded their cards are now faded out.
- Fixed calculation of the number of free shares on the exchange
- Fixed a bug where players could buy more than 100% of a company's shares at the bar.
- Some corrections to the calculation of pair combinations in poker.
- Some fixes for possible game crashes.

Crash hotfix
Sorry

Another hotfix
Every day I try to make a few patches and fix the game, but this time it's the biggest fix, so I'm posting it here.
- You can now buy more commodities per day.
- The "Gambler" biography now grants instant access to secret poker at the start.
- Fixed FPS drop in the resume menu.
- Fixed potential poker bugs after removing players from the table.
- Fixed a bug where phantom companies could appear on the stock exchange.
- Fixed a crash when selecting the "Corporate friend" biography.

Update 0.6.2: Investment Improvements
- A new difficulty parameter called "Luck" has been added — if things feel too easy, try again on realistic difficulty and forget about lotteries, expensive gifts from friends, and other freebies.
- Investment projects can now be improved using your contacts — up to three of them will offer suggestions on how to make the project better.
- Investment projects can now come from companies listed on the stock market — the outcome will affect their share price and income.
- Investment projects are now tied to a specific business sector — their results may influence the entire sector.
- Company sectors have been revised — there are now 8 instead of 11 (some were merged).
- If you have an old save file (before version 6.1), you can now optionally create your profile and choose a name, appearance, birthday, and biography elements (though not all perks will be available).
- Companies can now perform stock splits — if the share price becomes too low or too high, they may multiply or divide all shares. The value of one share changes, but the total value does not.
- There’s now a 33% chance that instead of going bankrupt, a company will do a stock split to stay listed longer.
- The average share purchase price is now calculated more accurately (using the moving average method).
- When selling stocks, you’ll now pay tax only on the profit — the difference between your average purchase price and the selling price.
- Car accidents now happen slightly less often.
- Fires will also occur a bit less frequently.
- The Financial Services Agency now does its job a little better.
- The "Fortune Teller" biography now has a slightly lower chance of predicting a bad future.
- Some buttons now support hotkeys.
- Updated Chinese translation by Stevezxc.
- Fixed a bug that miscalculated the income required for the "Successful Leader" milestone.
- Fixed a bunch of minor bugs.

Small patch
- Horses can no longer have betting odds lower than 1.1.
- The game no longer crashes when giving money to your best bro.
- Crash report sending is working again.
- Some fixes to yen exchange rate calculations.
- "Go Out" locations can no longer be clicked while a dialogue window is active.
- Fixed real estate generation bug where business towers appeared tiny and cost very little.
- Updated Brazilian Portuguese localization file (thanks to the tireless efforts of fan Fabio Ekler).

New Major Update 0.6


This update brings a lot of new features and improvements as I continue moving the game closer to full release. Here's what's new:

Character Creation System

  • You can now create your character at the start: set your name, birthday, appearance, and choose up to three biography elements.
  • Biography elements work as perks, giving bonuses or penalties during the game. Some become available only after unlocking certain milestones.
  • CEO Mode is now one of the biography options, unlocked after successfully creating your own company at least once.


New Investment Options

  • Added trading in gold, silver, oil, and metals.
  • Commodities are more stable than stocks, making them ideal for long-term wealth storage.
  • New news events related to commodity prices.
  • New news events related to yen currency fluctuations.

Expanded Real Estate System

  • Properties are now divided into districts, which affect their prices.
  • Commercial real estate added — more expensive but offering greater profits.
  • You can now sort properties by district and buy all available properties with one click.

New City Activities

  • Players who own a car can now drive to the city center for weekend relaxation.
  • Horse racetrack added to the city map as a new leisure location.

Takeover System Changes

  • If you already hold a majority stake in a company, it cannot refuse your buyout offer.
  • Larger stakes increase your chances of a successful acquisition.

Other Improvements

  • It is now easier to place larger bets at the horse racetrack.
  • Unemployed friends are now available during weekdays.
  • Improved gamepad controls.
  • Added new milestones.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed winner calculation in Poker.
  • Fixed the company management menu not opening with the "7" key.
  • Fixed a bug where short selling required more reputation than displayed.
  • Fixed news events appearing for companies not listed on the exchange.
  • Corrected the display of the autumn equinox (previously shown in spring).

Balance Adjustments

  • New companies now appear more frequently.
  • Company profits now have a stronger effect on stock prices.
  • Companies grow less frequently into unrealistically massive corporations.
  • Added a new event where large unprofitable companies are forced to lay off employees and downsize over time.

As you can see, the promised commercial real estate feature has been implemented earlier than planned.
During development, priorities shifted slightly, so I will soon publish an updated roadmap and a separate post about it.
In short: the game is getting close to full release.
I plan one more major update during summer, after which I will start preparing for the full release with Story Mode.

Thank you for your support!

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Update 0.5.0.21

  • Fixed a bug where stock prices could change incorrectly after selling shares.
  • Fixed a balance issue that allowed players to reduce staff salaries without significant consequences.
  • Workers can now quit immediately after the player lowers their salary.
  • Fixed a crash in the investment center when the number of investment options was too large.
  • Fixed incorrect text display in the Income and Expense Ledger.
  • The Income and Expense Ledger now retains only the last 1,000 events, as an excessive number of entries overloaded the system, caused long save load times, and had little practical value.

Hotfix for crash "ds_map_find_value argument 1 invalid reference to (ds_map)..."
Yay!

Another small bugfix

  • Improved overall game optimization for smoother performance.
  • Fixed display issue with long messages in certain scenarios.
  • Resolved several minor bugs for a better gameplay experience.
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