Banker Exploit Fixed!
Hello everyone!!
I hope you're doing well, this week was quite productive. I didn't really get reports of critical bugs but rather reports of game exploits
Let me tell you all about it right now
[h3]This Week's Recap[/h3]
As you probably already know, since I mentioned it in the last devlog, v1.26 will be released on March 9th, 2026 on Steam and GOG (at the same time). And to ensure an optimal gaming experience, I'm taking the liberty of focusing only on bugs. I feel like adding new features, but I'm holding back for now. Anyway, I've been working on an exploit concerning the banker.
For some of you, the banker is an integral part of City Game Studio and needs no introduction. But for others, they don't know him at all. So to summarize, the banker appears when you have financial troubles. Actually, he comes to rescue you by offering you impossible choices. Sell a studio, a console, or a game engine. Anyway, when you see him it's not good news. However, some of you found a workaround. Actually, they would rent hundreds of empty offices, and when the banker appeared, well he would always offer to sell a studio that was empty. So every month they could lose money infinitely without ever actually losing.
Personally, I quite like the banker mechanic. It allows you to play without overthinking things, but this exploit is a bit annoying so now the banker will no longer offer to sell empty studios, but only studios that have offices and employees assigned to those offices. So now to abuse the system it'll require a few more steps. I'm not saying it's impossible, but let's say it's more tedious and makes the game much less fun.
[h3]What's Coming[/h3]
Since I talked to you about the banker, and I've been working on him, I plan to add an option. Namely the possibility that he erases your debts but in return, the taxes on your profits increase by 20% permanently. You can only accept this proposal once. Be aware though that the tax rate depends on difficulty. On easy, the tax rate is 5%, and on hard it's 55%. And so this change would bring the tax rate to 6.6% and 66% respectively. Something to think about when you're on a high difficulty.
Well, in parallel I continue to read you and I particularly appreciate your encouraging messages, it warms my heart!
Also, we're approaching the v1.26 release, and I'll have to work on v1.27, so if you have suggestions I'm all ears, put them in the comments.
In any case, thank you for reading me, see you next week,
In the meantime, take care of yourselves
Xavier aka Binogure
I hope you're doing well, this week was quite productive. I didn't really get reports of critical bugs but rather reports of game exploits
Let me tell you all about it right now
[h3]This Week's Recap[/h3]
As you probably already know, since I mentioned it in the last devlog, v1.26 will be released on March 9th, 2026 on Steam and GOG (at the same time). And to ensure an optimal gaming experience, I'm taking the liberty of focusing only on bugs. I feel like adding new features, but I'm holding back for now. Anyway, I've been working on an exploit concerning the banker.
For some of you, the banker is an integral part of City Game Studio and needs no introduction. But for others, they don't know him at all. So to summarize, the banker appears when you have financial troubles. Actually, he comes to rescue you by offering you impossible choices. Sell a studio, a console, or a game engine. Anyway, when you see him it's not good news. However, some of you found a workaround. Actually, they would rent hundreds of empty offices, and when the banker appeared, well he would always offer to sell a studio that was empty. So every month they could lose money infinitely without ever actually losing.
Personally, I quite like the banker mechanic. It allows you to play without overthinking things, but this exploit is a bit annoying so now the banker will no longer offer to sell empty studios, but only studios that have offices and employees assigned to those offices. So now to abuse the system it'll require a few more steps. I'm not saying it's impossible, but let's say it's more tedious and makes the game much less fun.
[h3]What's Coming[/h3]
Since I talked to you about the banker, and I've been working on him, I plan to add an option. Namely the possibility that he erases your debts but in return, the taxes on your profits increase by 20% permanently. You can only accept this proposal once. Be aware though that the tax rate depends on difficulty. On easy, the tax rate is 5%, and on hard it's 55%. And so this change would bring the tax rate to 6.6% and 66% respectively. Something to think about when you're on a high difficulty.
Well, in parallel I continue to read you and I particularly appreciate your encouraging messages, it warms my heart!
Also, we're approaching the v1.26 release, and I'll have to work on v1.27, so if you have suggestions I'm all ears, put them in the comments.
In any case, thank you for reading me, see you next week,
In the meantime, take care of yourselves
Xavier aka Binogure