News & Updates
July 7, 2015
SUMMER PROMO: We have 8 new limited edition summer-themed items available for your lots! Get all of the details on how you can get your hands on 7 of them before they are no longer available after July 15 by clicking on the beach-ball icon at the top of the game screen (the 8th can only be gotten in Daily Slots and Party Bombs).
WINDOWS: As the Windows 10 launch approaches, we could really use your help by leaving ratings/reviews for our app. Click here to visit the listing page, thanks!
WINDOWS: As the Windows 10 launch approaches, we could really use your help by leaving ratings/reviews for our app. Click here to visit the listing page, thanks!
UPDATE
The Windows App is now fully updated for Windows 10.
UPDATE
Local and table chat boxes/font have been slightly increased in size.
UPDATE
The odds of condo/lot items in bombs have been lowered.
UPDATE
Several more tweaks to the new-player tutorial.
FIX
Fixed many memory leaks that were causing performance issues on the client, especially after playing for extended periods.
FIX
Fixed several memory leaks on the server.
FIX
Sometimes world pickups would spawn on top of lot items, which should no longer be an issue.
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The janitor outfit now loads correctly for janitor shifts.
FIX
Fixed various small issues here and there with the new characters system.
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Fixed some NPC's that were dressed with the wrong types of clothes (janitors, bartenders, mission characters, etc).
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Fix position/height of the new iron railing items.
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Various other bug fixes.
June 23, 2015
FEATURE
Character customizations have received a total overhaul from the ground up:
- All character art has been recreated with more detail and to look more natural.
- All animations completely re-created with 2 extra frames to be smoother.
- There are now 1,295 different clothing options, which leads to tens of millions of possible combinations.
- Added a new category: accessories!
- Completely new character creation screen that is easier to use and works better on all screen sizes.
- Added character preview rotation.
- Added color picker to clothing selections.
- Improved speed of saving new characters by 4-5x.
- Better compression of character images for faster loading.
- Added a second character idle state pose for better variety.
- Citizens now have access to the new holiday-themed outfits. More exclusive clothing to come in future updates.
- All NPC's in the city have been re-generated with improved outfits and personalities (it could take a few hours before they start showing up again).
FEATURE
25 new lot items added.
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23 new casino/crew items added.
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8 new condo items added.
FIX
Citizens that don't have building edit permissions now have their crew driver working correctly.
FIX
Fixed a few compatibility issues with Windows 10.
FIX
Fixed several missing addresses in various areas of the map.
FIX
Closed a loophole that allowed crew leadership to edit the founder's permissions.
FIX
Hourly profit notice now shows correctly when walking from an open to a closed casino of yours.
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Fixed occasional issue with saving of "block invites" setting.
FIX
Fixed a few rare bugs with the new networking system.
FIX
Various other bug fixes around the game.
June 2, 2015
CREWS: We'd like to get your feedback on proposed crew updates. Read the details and take the survey here: Proposed Crew Updates Survey.
UPDATE
Item stats are now displayed on the bidding screen of the Auction House.
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Another small tweak to crew rankings so that recent events aren't weighed quite so heavily.
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You can now cancel a building upgrade at any time during the countdown for a full refund.
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Since you can only play one casino game at a time, you can now also only participate in one party mission at a time.
FIX
Fixed a few bugs that could cause a casino to get placed outside of its lot, causing various other issues.
FIX
Fixed a few issues with crew searches not working for some characters.
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Fixed several missing addresses in a few different zones.
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Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause specific chats to get "stuck."
FIX
Fixed a few small memory leaks.
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Various other client and server bug/error fixes.
May 14, 2015
FEATURE
There are 3 new building designs available for remodeling the outsides of 3-star, 4-star and 5-star casinos.
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Completely rebuilt the client-to-server networking system to improve speed and reliability (we've been heavily testing this across all browsers for several weeks, but please let us know if you have trouble connecting).
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The GoldFire Network (goldfire.me, personal chat, notifications, etc) has now been moved to the same hosting provider that CasinoRPG was recently moved to. This will help with speed and reliability.
UPDATE
Espresso machines now take 60 seconds to warm back up between each drink purchase.
UPDATE
Chat username colors for CA's, etc now show the same in the Friends app.
FIX
Fixed a broken sidewalk that was present in a few areas around the map.
FIX
Fixed a flashing shadow sometimes caused by banks facing west.
FIX
Fixed various bugs/errors on the client and server.
April 30, 2015
Community Ambassador Applications: We are looking to add a few more players to the team, so if you are interested in being a CA, click here to apply.
FEATURE
Added 8 new lot items.
UPDATE
Poker away timer for freerolls has been lowered to 10 minutes and 20 minutes for paid tournaments.
UPDATE
Item name is now shown on broken item modals.
FIX
Fixed a few bugs with the resetting of job overtime shifts.
FIX
Fixed a few audio issues in Chrome.
FIX
The crew invite button in profiles of players that left a crew within the last 24 hours is now disabled.
April 16, 2015
One year ago on this day, CasinoRPG completed its beta testing phase and was released to the world. As we made clear then, that day wasn't the end of anything, it was just the beginning. We feel like we've lived up to that with more than one major release every week for the last year. The game and community have evolved and grown tremendously, and we can't wait to see what the next year holds! Happy Birthday CasinoRPG!
April 15, 2015
FEATURE
There is now a setting in crews that allows for crew buildings to be made private. This prevents anyone that isn't in your crew from entering.
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If you have citizenship, you can now use your private driver from the crews window to freely be taken to your crew building's doorstep.
UPDATE
Another tweak to increase the impact on capacity due to item upgrades.
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Positive tycoon effects are now increased more than negative effects from item upgrades.
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Crews must now have 3+ active members to participate in wars.
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Crews must now have 3+ active members to challenge other crews to battle.
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The scoring in crew battles/wars has received some tweaks to make it more fair to both hardcore and casual players. Crew scores are now calculated as the average of the top half of active members plus the bottom half of active members (for example, in a 10-person crew, if the top 5 scorers averaged 10,000 points and the rest averaged 2,000, the team's total would be 12,000 instead of 6,000).
UPDATE
The treasure-map bonus game that is on a few of the slot machines now always gives a reward, even if only garbage is found (the reward is just lower in those instances).
UPDATE
If you whisper from a non-global tab, the whisper is now sent to global and works as intended.
UPDATE
There is now a specific setting to hide war chat independent of crew chat.
FIX
Fixed a few more bugs that sometimes prevented crew/war info from showing over players.
FIX
Fixed rare bug that could allow a lot's purchase price to be deducted twice on a double-click of the button.
FIX
Chat bans were showing the incorrect end date/time on the chat window.
April 9, 2015
FEATURE
We've been working with composer Megan Randa (the same composer that created our Kickstarter and launch trailer music) for several weeks to create 6 new original tracks to replace the current in-game soundtrack. If you'd like more information about the process and the composer, head over to the blog post we wrote about it!
FEATURE
There is a new "war" chat tab on the global chat window that lets you chat with the rest of the members of your war team. This chat is available from the time teams are selected up until the war ends. You can chat into the war tab just like with crew chat, except using the /war prefix instead.
FEATURE
There is now an option in the game settings to block receiving of crew invites.
UPDATE
Jobs now receive pay raises all the way up to level 100.
UPDATE
Tweaked up the impact of upgrades on capacity.
FIX
Fixed the ~15 second wait period at the start of some bartender job shifts.
FIX
Experience earned from sprint missions now correctly shows in the Missions app.
FIX
Prevent placing objects on top of the Palm Bush.
FIX
Chip transfers no longer count for or against your monthly ranking.
FIX
Fixed a few server logging issues to better allow us to troubleshoot any issues that come up.
April 3, 2015
EASTER 2015: The city is fully decorated for this colorful holiday! In addition, 6 new limited edition holiday items will be available through April 13. Get all of the details on you can get your hands on these items before they are no longer available by clicking the Easter Egg icon at the top of the game screen.
FEATURE
We've been brainstorming and testing lots of different ideas to improve crews/battles/wars over the last few months. In this update we are releasing the first phase of those changes to help make things more interesting and competitive:
- Rankings now have a larger emphasis on more recent activities to better illustrate who the top crews are currently. The new formula creates generally lower scores, but it is all relative (your crew's score will now be lower, but don't freak out because everyone else's is lower too).
- Scoring for battles is now the average of all active players in your crew rather than the sum.
- Scoring for wars is now the sum of averages from each team's crews (so, inactive crews won't hurt your team's score).
- When a battle/war starts, players that haven't been online in the last 10 days are blocked from participating.
- Pickups from bombs dropped by players outside of the battle/war no longer count towards battle/war points.
FEATURE
A new app has been added to your new phones: Missions! This provides both a log of the last 7 days worth of missions and an overview of your currently active missions.
UPDATE
Our servers are now running Node.js 0.12, providing significant server-side performance enhancements in certain areas (also fixes various odd bugs).
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Players that are banned from chat will now also be blocked from seeing chat while banned.
UPDATE
When clicking on the door of a closed casino, it now says it is closed instead of just doing nothing.
UPDATE
Don't popup a retry window after canceling a mission.
FIX
The chart for casino popularity history now displays correctly for popularity over 1000.
FIX
Fixed a bug with saving the setting for game location privacy.
FIX
Fixed bug with spamming chat with '/c' when global is hidden.
FIX
The blue casino sign item has had its animation fixed.
FIX
Tweaked starting position of Chip Race 3 so it isn't hidden behind a casino.
April 1, 2015
Edit: In case it wasn't obvious, April Fools!
The Mayor and his crew have been hard at work on a proposal for the city council to transform GoldFire City into the shining spectacle everyone always knew it could be. Today, we are pleased to announce that the proposal has passed with flying colors, and all streets city-wide have been paved with bricks of solid gold to fit the city's namesake!
There's one caveat -- gold is really expensive these days! So, starting tomorrow, all citizens will begin paying a 13.37% tax on all earnings for the remainder of the year to pay off the city's mounting debts. We believe this is a small price to pay for the privilege to live in such a glimmering world!
Oh, and one other unfortunate side-effect...gold tends to be quite reflective and has caused a significant increase in the average street-side temperatures. This has led to the city's population of flying piggy banks to quite literally fry. If you are a fan of bacon, maybe you don't consider this to be such an unfortunate event!