STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator News

I know it won't work, but let's try!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539140/STONKS9800_Stock_Market_Simulator

The game is fully compatible with Steam Deck, officially approved by Valve.

- Added the ability to massively increase employee salaries;
- Fixed a bug with the game crashing during the event with the "disappearance" of the "mysterious company";
- The event when a strange fellow sits down with you no longer occurs repeatedly after his offer has already been accepted once;
- Fixed a bug that caused the event of a fire in the apartment to be mistakenly indicated as "you are bankrupt and your apartment has been taken away";
- Fixed a bug that caused the list of apartments and cars to disappear;
- Fixed a bug where clicking on the Company tab sometimes did not work the first time.

I understand that many of you might be disappointed with the new timelines, but this is a necessary step to allow me to work on the game at a somewhat reasonable pace and still have free time for other projects.

However, you won't have to wait 3-4 months for each update – I will now be rolling out updates gradually so that you're not left without new content for extended periods. The next major planned update, "0.4 Entertainment," will begin to roll out in December, possibly even a bit earlier.

For instance, from the upcoming content, you'll get more vacation events (and a new mini-game!) as well as increased interactions with the Yakuza, including in the context of company management. You will receive all this without waiting for me to complete everything planned for version 0.4, so don't be surprised if the subsequent 0.4 update doesn't bring as much content.

This approach will also help me better monitor the game's balance and address bugs more progressively.

[h2]About 0.3 update[/h2]

Regarding the 0.3 update, I might have overestimated my capabilities and ended up creating content that perhaps should have been released later. This particular mode feels like a standalone DLC (which I'm not planning to make yet, as I want to complete the full version of the game first). However, I believe it will be a pleasant surprise for those who start playing now and, at some stage, discover another game within the game.

Moving forward, I'll focus on the game's main theme – the stock market. And also on Emi. Emi will receive more content and costumes, which is something I personally want.
Thank you for sticking with me! Thanks to your feedback, the game is improving, so please continue to share your thoughts.

I am actively working on updating it with improvements after patch 0.3.


[h2]Version 0.3.0.3:[/h2]
- The ability to choose the level of free shares restriction at the start has been added. That is, on the easy difficulty, you can again purchase all 100% of the shares without restrictions;
- The ability to disable invitations to the board of directors of a particular company;
- Employees of the departments in your company are no longer strangers to you (friendship with them increases above zero);
- Friendship is also increased when hiring;
- Secret information from Yoshiro will now be more expensive if the player has more money;
- Characters now answer the phone more often on weekends;
- Fixed a bug with incorrect button signatures in one event;
- Fixed a bug where the sound when raising the friendship level with Amy could play longer than necessary;
- Fixed a bug with glitchy display of the game after firing an employee from the employee list screen;
- Fixed a bug that caused the R&D scale to always be at the bottom;
- Fixed a game crash when offering a job to a character;
- Fixed a bug with the bar crash;
- Now you will still receive income while on vacation.


It was also updated earlier (after 0.3):
- Improved display of Japanese text;
- Time now stops when viewing resumes;
- Fixed a bug with old employees in new company departments;
- Fixed bug with "100252";
- Fixed a bug with the game crashing after pressing the Escape button in some dialogs;
- And a few other small fixes.