STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator News

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[h2]New:[/h2]

• New Mini-Game: Fishing on Vacation
  
• New Mini-Game: Secret Poker (Texas Hold'em)
  
• Direct dealings with the Yakuza: you can order them to take out rivals, shake up certain financial sectors, and even buy your way out of their wrath at any moment.
  
• New Vacation Outfit for Amy
  
• You can change the color palette of the interface, with additional color sets and the option to create custom palettes by editing the file "data/palette.png"
  

[h2]Quality of life:[/h2]

• You can now adjust the daily expense size by clicking directly on the scale, not just the + or - buttons.
  
• The right mouse button now functions as Escape in most menus (making it more convenient to play one-handed).
  
• News about changes in high-ranking positions will now display the portrait and information of the individuals.
  
• Stock price charts now show more consistent numerical values.
  
• You can now navigate the "Advisor" tab and "Milestones" menu using arrow keys on the keyboard or gamepad, and the Escape button returns to the previous screen.
  
  These changes are part of my gradual effort to make the game fully operable using only the keyboard (which will also improve gamepad controls) as well as only the mouse.
  

[h2]Fixes and Other:[/h2]

• Added crash notification system: if the game crashes, you will be prompted to send me a report (currently works only on Windows).
  
• You can no longer purchase real estate or cars while on vacation.
  
• You can no longer buy suspicious companies.
  
• Fixed a bug where a new company going public (IPO) had incorrect data from another bankrupt company (e.g., you were already in debt with short stocks).
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause the game to crash when exiting to the main menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where characters had two first names instead of a first name and a last name.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could start the next day during the Board of Directors meeting by pressing Enter.
  
• Fixed a bug where the name of an illegal company could repeat.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player could instantly lose the CEO position after engaging in illegal business.
  
• Amy no longer leaves with each new dialogue line.
  
• Players who have been waiting a long time for company responses can finally send new purchase offers (after some time).
  

- From now on, a player will be dismissed from the position of CEO and the board of directors of all companies when he goes to prison;
- Going to jail has a stronger impact on reputation;
- The average value of a stock in the portfolio is now reset to 0 if the player has sold all shares,
- Fixing visual glitches on MacOS on scrollable messages;
- Fixing a bug that caused companies to become NaN (HOPEFULLY);
- Other bug fixes,
- Probably new bugs.

- Now companies will go bankrupt or merge a little less often;
- Companies will not merge with a player's company without a request;
- An illegal company will no longer participate in new events that appeared with the last update;
- The amount of the yakuza payout is limited;
- Fixed a bug that caused the player to have too many people on the board of directors when merging companies;
- Fixed a bug with a game crash;
- Improved Japanese translation of the new text;
- Other minor bug fixes.

- Changes in employees' salary requirements will now be smoother;
- Fixed a bug with a huge decrease in the percentage of ownership in a company after a merger;
- Fixed a critical bug with NaN after issuing shares;
- Fixed a bug that could cause some achievements to carry over from another game session;
- Fixed a bug where a man in a bar offering illegal business would not appear.

- If a company is struggling, it can now go bankrupt;
- Companies can buy each other;
- The player's company can buy other companies;
- When starting a new game, the player will now be guaranteed to know the board of directors of a company already in the game;
- Companies will now be less likely to issue new shares;
- Rebalancing of stock prices;
- Gamepad controls have been slightly improved;
- Fixed some button labels in the Hoshimari mini-game;
- Fixed a bug with the game crashing when switching pages in the Portfolio;
- Fixed a bug with golf music;
- Fixed a bug with changing days during shareholder meetings.