Hello and welcome to Plutocracy dev diary!
Today, I’ll tell you about a new game module that will be available in the game this week! This is the long-awaited stock exchange.
Yes, my friends, we have finally got around to making it and, keeping to the development plan, have been focusing on it for the whole month.
So, what information did we have at hand?
The 19th century, the absence of computers, the era of traders fistfighting in the pit and so on.
In this regard, we decided not to make a classic DOM (Depth of Market) representation which you can see in any stock market app on your computer or smartphone nowadays.
We will see the best buying and selling prices, provided there are available shares, and the graph showing shares dynamics during certain periods of time.
Having said that, we tried our best to create a full simulation of price behaviour on the stock market, so there is a direct correlation between how many shares you buy or sell and the respective prices; naturally, there's also a spread between them.
Any strike or accident at the company will lead to the fall of prices, so if you "keep the finger on the pulse", you'll carry out the most profitable transactions or even manage to manipulate the market!
But the main thing stock exchange in Plutocracy is for is the opportunity to buy company shares without direct negotiations with the shareholders. Fast and simple! And don't forget the ability to sell previously bought shares just as easily and fast.
And, as it is in the real stock market, if you try to buy too many shares at once, during the course of a single day, the price will start to rise, leading to the increase of interest, and the resulting average price may become too high for you to justify the purchase.
That is why big transactions are better done the old way, through meticulous negotiations. That's real life for you!
Additionally, your Portfolio page will show all statistics across all transactions. We were asked to add the history of operations so we decided to put it all together in one place, and now it'll be possible to apply different filters to your transactions history and not only see the transactions done in the stock market but also ex-pit, outside of it.
The module is undergoing the last testing trials, so we'll release the update in a few days and are going forward to reading your feedback.
Due to the fact that it is still a new module, it can be improved with the help of constructive criticism and suggestions from our community.
In the new update, we added a few more changes concerning the game balance and fixing the exploits found by our community, and also improved the main screen bar.
It got more informative, convenient and functional.
We also added a new time-skipping mode on the calendar as you had asked - a single day skip. I.e. one click on the “Play” button will add one day to the calendar. It may prove useful in some tight situations.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the improvements of Plutocracy and your overall support.
Following the request from our community, we have created a PayPal account to our website, so anyone who wants to support the project and our small team until the full release of the game has a chance to do it.
Also, we would like to remind you that you can take part in translating the game into your own language. We developed a new system for a more convenient and quick translation without having to learn special programs. The only thing you need is the basic Excel knowledge. If you want to participate, just write to our Discord server: https://discord.gg/KmzT9FsNuA and we'll give you access to the inner files of the game.
We'll be glad for any support and will definitely mention everyone who has supported our project in any way in a special list in the Developers section!
After the release of the stock exchange, we'll publish a new dev diary where I'll tell you about a new version of negotiations we're making to replace the current one.
Until next time! Keep following the updates of the game ;)
Redwood team.
