All changelogs combined (edited for better readability)
July 2025
- New Staff Member @Monke added.
- Unused land owned for over 21 days now incurs a land tax 20x the normal rate. Existing land is considered purchased at the time of this update. The construction destruction feature resets this timer.
- Landowners can now destroy existing constructions for free, without refunding construction costs.
- Added a one-time $10,000 fee for IPOs. All current public companies have been made private due to inactivity. Future public companies will be monitored more closely.
- Updated Game Manual with a new Land section and other revisions.
- Forum now auto-links @ mentions to player profiles. Use + for names with spaces.
- Fixed average article rating rounding on newspaper company pages.
- Fixed The Exchange My Offers to show 4 decimal places for bids.
- Separated Buy and Sell offers into individual tables on The Exchange My Offers tab.
- Fixed caching issue with Updated Threads list on Forum index.
- Fixed design issues with Popular Threads list on mobile.
- Added pagination buttons to the top of forum threads.
- Fixed quick links for private messages and friend requests with usernames containing spaces.
- Fixed company deletion issues with paid back, rejected, or forgiven bank loans.
- Fixed old forgiven loans not expiring properly.
- Company deletion now automatically transfers remaining money to the player.
- Added "days since last seen" display on player profiles (visible after 2+ days inactive).
- Added daily worked worker jobs counter to the Dashboard.
- Fixed special character encoding issues when editing forum posts multiple times.
- Fixed land links on the Apartment Renting management page.
- Added instruction to set trade/auction land amount to 1.
- Fixed slow loading of The Exchange Ticker.
- Fixed encoding issues in game-generated emails.
- Adjusted "USD in circulation" on the game landing page to exclude other currencies.
- Improved moderator tools for better game supervision.
June 2025
-Land tax for all properties multiplied by 5.
-2 more NYC streets added to auction.
-Company names now clickable in private share trades + added warning text.
-Government companies now display info box showing they are not player-operated.
-Staff members now have distinct profile pages for clarity.
-Unsold production item/resource notifications extended to all players (not just beginners).
-Quoting forum posts now removes nested quotes.
-Forum images no longer auto-load; players must choose to view.
-Added one-time fee for creating Groups to prevent abuse.
-Added headings for Currencies, Items, and Companies on The Exchange Ticker.
-Fixed slow loading of Exchange history graphs.
-Fixed company monthly financial data slowing game start of month.
-Fixed occasional bid/ask alignment issue on The Exchange Ticker.
-Fixed pagination error on forum threads when mods delete posts.
-Fixed long words in forum posts breaking layout.
-Fixed companies being deletable while owning land.
-Fixed referrer bonuses not always logging in referral list.
-Lowered net worth limits for private messages and forum posts.
-Removed ability to use img tags in public profile text.
-Various small technical and language tweaks.
February 2025
-Players now earn XP based on net worth.
-Referrer wage bonus re-enabled at 5%.
-Added quick share buttons for referral links on Facebook and X.
-Company management edit forms now auto-scroll into view.
-Simplified Reporting tool for articles and forum posts.
-Fixed graphical issues for players with long names.
-Fixed newspaper list sorting with pagination.
-Added anti-scam info to share auction bids.
-New loans capped at 25% daily interest, max unpaid 30x original.
-Fixed thread pagination links for long threads.
-Staff can't be appointed as CEOs/Directors by players.
December 2024
-Added a Report feature to flag rule-breaking forum posts, newspaper articles, or send general reports to moderators.
-Added option to choose 12-hour clock format in Settings > Preferences.
-Banks can now forgive partial or full loan amounts.
-Fixed issue where deleted company names didn't appear in History.
-Temporarily disabled referrer wage bonus to address potential cheating.
-Various minor tweaks and fixes.
September 2024 #1 #2
-Company creation fees in non-USD countries now use exchange rates instead of fixed values.
-Worker job completion now shows wage and bonus earnings on success.
-Unverified email users can now send money to their companies.
-Boost Drink production speed increased by 50%.
-Other minor bugfixes/tweaks.
-Improved droid purchase amount randomization further.
-Fixed droid purchases causing negative stock values.
-Droids temporarily blocked from buying Flu Vaccines.
-Lowered prices at Martta Market, Chicago.
-Newspaper company creation fee reduced and moved to Medium tier.
-Adjusted worker job limits for old companies (max 10 for resources, 25 for items). Some Item companies may need adjustment.
August 2024 #1 #2
-Fixed droids buying items from stores with insufficient electricity.
-Increased droid buying speed temporarily.
-Fixed unclear error message for invalid registration data.
-Enhanced History logging for private trades.
-Made small design tweaks.
-Various minor bug fixes.
-Added new government company paying wage in BRL.
-Fixed item amount limits in Retail Stores not reducing when selling.
-Adjusted item and currency limits on The Exchange and private trades.
June 2024
-Government Droids: Now purchasing Food Packages, Boost Drinks, Medicine Boxes, and Flu Vaccines from retail stores at reasonable prices. Purchase amounts start low and will gradually increase.
-Landing Page Update: The landing page has been updated.
-The Exchange Offers: New offers now display the last trade price and the best matching offer for selected items.
-History Graphs: Improved visibility of axis values on history graphs with large numbers.
-Company Management Instructions: Added clearer instructions for managing newly created companies.
-Bug Fixes and Tweaks: Made small bugfixes and design tweaks.
May 2024
-Currency/item values now stored as DECIMAL for precision—report any weird decimals.
-Wage page now tells rookies they can hold multiple jobs or start a firm.
-After founding a company you land straight on its management screen.
-Retail store warns if electricity is running low.
-The Exchange page notes it auto-refreshes.
-Future bank loans will track original principal; old ones won’t.
-New Google-referred players asked for search keywords (stats).
-Government firms (e.g., Martta Market) hidden from Community top-10.
-Player profiles flag “dead” or “banned” more clearly.
-Company history graph glitches fixed.
-Company-ad CPM bid floor set to $1.
-Minor text polish throughout.
April 2024
-Buy-offer caps live: Water/Caffeine $5, Elec/Cement/Grain $10, Herb $100, Food $200, Boost $500, Toxoid/Med/Flu $5k.
-Only active loans count in receivables/debt.
-Must verify e-mail to send cash.
-Logout button fixed on dead/banned pages.
-Typos squashed.
February 2024
-Net-worth snapshots now daily (was 5 min), history doubled to 180 days; check Financials tab for glitches.
-E-mail system rebuilt for stats & retention.
-Special-character encoding fixed—ping if your company name broke.
-Newbie production firms (<7 days old, owner <7 days) get +10 % speed.
-Blackjack/Slots locked until account age ≥24 h.
-Manual updated; landing-page screenshots refreshed.
-Minor design fixes.
January 2024
-Mobile UI polish.
-3 state employers always have open jobs & cash.
-Bank-loan timeouts pushed to 7 days (was 24 h).
-More Help/FAQ links (some rookie-only).
-Dashboard pings when you win an auction.
-Available Jobs bolds your current workplaces.
-Page-refresh bugs squashed.
-Using an item (e.g., Food Package) now shows energy gain & total.
-NPC retail buys paused while supply is low.
October 2023
-Newspapers: new company type, publish fee paid only on release; drafts free.
-Retail: 10 kWh power used per sale; active stores got 500 kWh buffer.
-Global daily weather (real data) affects Elec (wind), Water (rain), Grain/Herbs/Caffeine (temp & rain); view on country pages.
-Food, Med, Boost, Flu lines now need base resources; Construction reqs reset to original.
-Share-auction min value $100.
-FA-6 icons, new table style, drop shadows, mobile fixes.
-“Today/Yesterday” date labels.
-Lottery/BJ/Slots RNG tweaked.
-Auto-wage display fixed; more quick-links to manage pages.
-CSRF on logout; backup system upgraded; company-delete rounding bug squashed; FAQ expanded.
September 2023 #1 #2
-New base resources: Water, Grain, Caffeine, Herbs, Toxoids; Food/Med/Boost/Vaccine lines now consume them (amounts in Manage Production).
-Companies (CEO/Director) can auction items & shares; share auctions auto-cancel/restart if value drops >25 %.
Land auctions live (private sellers only); share auctions disabled until anti-scam rules ready.
-25 ad background colors with live preview; Available Jobs shows wages in company + your currency.
-Wage-bonus tiers (up to 10) for resource firms reward consecutive work days.
-Blackjack added under Gambling—report payout edge cases.
-IPO net-worth floor raised to $200 k.
-New accounts auto-set local timezone; old players check Settings.
-Company-creation fees & difficulty tiers tweaked; retail stores blocked from selling base resources.
-Fonts/scripts moved for GDPR; Exchange graph fixes; duplicate-name company-delete fix; manual updated; misc design polish.
April 2023
-Land auctions: 1 active bid per player, 30-day age minimum.
Chicago opens tomorrow.
-Ads: CTR penalty tweaked, mobile stats fixed, more box colors (more tuning later).
-BRL & EUR capped 1.8–2.2 USD by gov offers to curb swings.
-Exchange “Live Data” now auto-updates; no View button.
-Leave-page warning for PM/forum drafts.
-Public companies can’t be deleted.
-Player-title net-worth thresholds adjusted; company-creation fees tweaked.
March 2023
-Migrated to new Finland-based server.
-Ad system: highest bid no longer guaranteed win; repeat-view limits, highest-bid preview, whole box clickable.
-City tiles: retail/apartment owners & status shown at a glance.
-Germany + Berlin live.
-Landing page refreshed; Exchange ticker rounding fixed; job-list company links repaired.
-Dead deposits >$1 B canceled; VIP badge added to Dashboard; misc tweaks.
September 2022
-New landing page.
-Design refresh: rounded corners, expanded color palette, etc.
-Names restricted to a-z, 0-9, space, dash, underscore; groups/companies also allow apostrophes (existing names grandfathered).
-Countries & cities now display as tiles.
-Worker Captcha and other minor bugs fixed.
November 2020
-Worker jobs reset daily (UTC) instead of every 24 h.
-Transactional e-mails (activation, death warnings) restored.
-Misc minor fixes.
September 2020
-Boost-drink cap cut to 5/day.
-NPC retail sales now keyed to droid-worker index, not city population.
-Health loss slowed: 1 %/day → longer life.
-Droid-worker limit doubled to 400.
-Banks must hold 50 % of deposits as liquid cash.
July 2020
-NPC Retail: tweaked buy rates; NPCs now grab vaccines & boost drinks; formulas open to further tuning.
-NPC Workers: droids auto-apply to highest-paying factory jobs, max 50 % of slots per plant.
-Public companies go private after 180 days with zero Exchange trades.
-Company-creation fees adjusted.
-Flu-vaccine output rate re-balanced.
-Exchange graphs triple the data points.
-Misc small fixes & tweaks.
March 2020
-Group invitees no longer count toward member total.
-Flu immunity for players <2 months old.
-Achievements removed from Dashboard.
-Font-size fixes; slot-machine display patched.
-Neutral history events grayed; page auto-scrolls on PM reply; PMs paginated.
-Forum quote bug squashed; country/city URLs now include names.
-Custom profile message (Dashboard → Settings).
-Exchange graph will soon show full year backward.
-Active-vaccine timer on Dashboard.
-Company valuation now includes production-level fee; holding-company ownership loops fixed.
-Mobile tweaks, spelling fixes, misc bugs crushed.
-Free VIP for net-worth ≥$100.
-Private trades auto-expire after 24 h.
August 2019
-Production Level system: resource companies can be upgraded for faster output.
-Dashboard → Companies & Jobs: drag-and-drop reordering for owned firms & decision-maker roles.
-“Companies” menu moved from Community to Business.
-High-score tables now refresh on a fixed schedule.
-Company History page gets a history graph.
-Retail offers can be edited in-place.
-Apartment controllers see current renter names.
-Auctioned tiles auto-clear retail offers & rental contracts.
-Misc bugs squashed, small tweaks applied.
June 2019
-Achievement points: 10 bronze / 50 silver / 100 gold.
-Available Jobs: wage hidden; rank = wage × 0.99^employees → smaller firms float higher.
-NPC retail buys restored (food & medicine only); feedback welcome for tuning.
-Auctioned tiles keep existing buildings.
-High-score load speed fixed; Groups list added under Community.
-Broken links repaired; construction cost estimate shown on contract form.
-More in-game ad slots; referral push notif + 30-day VIP to referrer when invitee buys VIP.
-Auction timer shows seconds; 0 s = no new bids (5-min extension planned).
-Future: auction resets retail offers & rental contracts.
-Net-worth graph number-formatting improved; misc tweaks.
March 2018
-VIP players no longer get the work CAPTCHA.
-“Next Job” link added to the job-finished page.
-NPC purchase rates for food & medicine doubled.
-“Energy Drink” renamed “Boost Drink” (no impact on energy stat).
-Loan & construction-contract rejections now include a message.
-Achievement tool-tips fixed.
-Misc tweaks & bug-squashing.
December 2017
-Rent-company value tweaks now cost 2 % energy per 30 min, matching other mgmt actions.
-Retention e-mails sent more aggressively.
-Land valuation switched from fixed price to auction-based.
-Achievement system launched: bronze / silver / gold tiers; past actions not counted—feedback on thresholds welcome.
-New “Energy Drink” item: +1 max jobs for 24 h each, capped at 30/day.
November 2017
-One-account rule
-Flu & flu vaccine
-Daily land tax + seizure auctions
-Land priced by auction value
-Auctions for unowned land / dead-player stocks
-Company creation fee tweak (counts in net-worth)
-Exchange-only item trading
-IPO, dividends, CEO, public-company split net-worth/market-cap
-Shareholder financial access; company debt shown
-NPC retail buys food & medicine (city-size scaled, cheapest first)
-Higher scaled cross-city purchase fee
-Exchange Ticker with 24 h volume/bid/ask
-Better graphs, CSV export (VIP)
-Net-worth titles & credit rating
-High-score rank on Dashboard/profile
-Fired-job notification
-Player groups & referral system
-VIP: €1/mo, no ads, 10 jobs, 90-day graph, CSV
-Energy loss 4 %/day workers, 2 %/30 min management
-HTTPS, menu dropdowns, URL titles, pagination, manual update
-Misc bug-fixes
