News & Updates

June 11, 2013
FEATURE
Added browser compatibility checks for players that try to access the game on an older browser.
UPDATE
Major performance improvements across the board.
FIX
Fix several mission window issues.
June 10, 2013
FEATURE
3 new missions and mission givers. You’ll have to explore to find them.
UPDATE
Slots mission reward and completion requirements have been raised.
UPDATE
Unwanted missions can now be canceled.
UPDATE
Missions now have time limits.
UPDATE
Missions can now only be repeated every so often.
FIX
Tweak the probability of birds flying by.
June 7, 2013
FIX
The pigeons now show as the correct size.
FIX
The real estate menu can now be opened more than once.
FIX
Fixes an issue that prevented slot bonus spins from rewarding chips.
FIX
Other players now walk through the correct door when entering a casino.
June 7, 2013
FEATURE
You can now walk inside of Real Estate buildings just like you would a casino.
FEATURE
There is now an animation that shows when you earn experience. This also displays the amount of experience you just earned.
FEATURE
You will now see little blue birds randomly flying through the skies of GoldFire City.
FEATURE
A casino's name and floor name now show above the left wall when inside.
UPDATE
The wild and bonus symbols have been updated on the slot machine to match the style of the other symbols.
UPDATE
Mission givers will now walk around sometimes rather than staying in one place.
FIX
Players now correctly show on the casino floor that they are actually on.
FIX
Players now animate through the elevator instead of getting stuck outside of it.
FIX
The leveling up animation now works again.
FIX
Prevent the wall color slider from getting stuck on your mouse.
FIX
Prevent opening a slot machine or poker lobby while at the elevator screen.
June 4, 2013
FEATURE
A form of travel besides walking is now available: Taxi Service! Simply walk up to a taxi on the street and you will be able to select any point on the map to travel to.
FEATURE
Favorites waypoints are now available on the mini-map and taxi service. Simply expand the mini-map, and save up to 20 favorites anywhere on the map.
FEATURE
There are now bonuses and wilds available on the slot machines.
FEATURE
You can now win a progressive jackpot in the slots (in the future it will show what the current jackpot is).
UPDATE
S Lots of other tweaks and improvements to the mini-map.
UPDATE
The odds on the slots have been greatly improved.
UPDATE
Slot lines and bets are limited based on your level.
UPDATE
Various other updates and improvements to the slots.
UPDATE
Mouse over a slot machine or poker table highlights the one you are trying to select.
FIX
Improved the transitions from inside to outside.
June 2, 2013
FEATURE
The mini-map is now scrollable when it is enlarged. Simply click and drag to view other areas of the map without having to walk to those areas.
FEATURE
The apartment buildings now show up on the mini-map.
FIX
Fix an issue with pagination in editors.
May 30, 2013
FIX
Crashing issue on older systems.
FIX
Background music muting works correctly again.
May 30, 2013
FIX
Fix a bunch more issues with background music.
FIX
Sometimes entering an exiting casinos many times caused the browser to crash..
FIX
Fix issue where backspace didn't always work.
FIX
Fix a few issues with AI players.
FIX
Fix a black screen issue for some players.
May 28, 2013
FEATURE
There is a surprise waiting for you when you walk off the edge of the map.
FEATURE
You can now use the elevator! This also means that you can purchase multiple floors for your casino to get more floor space.
FEATURE
Big tycoon updates:

  • Popularity is now much more realistic and more challenging to achieve. There is no longer a hard 100 limit at the high end.

  • Popularity now has a greater impact on how many patrons visit your casino.

  • The location of your casino can help improve your casino's popularity.

  • When real players visit your casino, you will get popularity boosts for that (think of real players as in-game celbrities that the AI players want to be around).

  • Your casino's star-rating (1-5) also affects your casino's popularity now.

  • Logging in regularly and visiting your casino(s) provides positive morale boosts to your employees.

  • Employee morale now has a noticeable impact on their performance.

  • There are now positive and negative impacts to hiring the right mix of employees.

  • The morale menu now provides hints as to what factors are impacting morale.

  • The citizens of GoldFire City have become messier, and there is some variance so its not so rigid anymore.

  • Entertainers also impact your popularity now.

  • Most all casino items have been tweaked and provide various positives and negatives to your casino.

  • Bars now require bartenders, and when you hire a bartender, he will visually appear manning the bar.

  • Firing an employee can now have negative impacts on morale (or maybe not...).

  • There is now the chance that a high roller could visit your casino and earn you extra profit for a period.

  • Low security may lead to cheaters taking a percentage of your profits.

  • Since you can now add multiple floors, upgrading items no longer increases casino capacity.

FIX
Players that have been having trouble connecting due to outdated firewalls should now be able to connect to the game.
FIX
The formula used to calculate real-estate prices based on how many properties you already own has been tweaked to be more reasonable.
FIX
Fix door placement on new 5-star casino.
FIX
Tweaked the size of the large mini-map.
May 27, 2013
FEATURE
Automatic zone generation: whenever a zone is 80% occupied, all empty neighboring zones will be generated, allowing the city to automatically grow with the population.
UPDATE
Finish setting up all map templates. You won't be able to see these until automatic zone creation is finished (and there are more players in the game to expand the map).
FIX
Fix a few issues with buildings not always loading correctly when entering game from outside of Zone 0.
FIX
Fixes editor bug where items with a 0 coordinate didn't probably reset their position.
FIX
Fixes editor bug where all items showed confirm button after destroying unbought editor entity.