News & Updates

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.
May 26, 2013
UPDATE
The map template files are very large, and this is most of what you download each time we release a new version of the game. These have now been moved out of the main game file, so load times should improve a lot from this.
UPDATE
The 5-star casino has been completely redesigned, and we think it looks amazing (we think you will too)! Now all current buildings are fully visually updated.
May 25, 2013
UPDATE
Added an animation for winning Casino Points similar to when you win Chips.
FIX
Fix a bunch of issues with the playback of background music.
FIX
Hitting raise or bet with an empty bet input box doesn't cause a fold anymore.
FIX
Raising without enough chips is now handled correctly.
FIX
Poker chat input focus is no longer stolen when it is your turn.
May 22, 2013
UPDATE
The 4-star casino now has new art and animations!
UPDATE
Standardized the animations for chips and casino points.
UPDATE
Added a subtle animation for leveling up.
FIX
Fixed issue with chip animations running for too long.
FIX
You no longer get stuck in some casinos outside of Zone 0.
FIX
Tweaked the position of the camera in lot edit mode.
May 21, 2013
UPDATE
The art for the Entertainer NPC is now complete.
UPDATE
Selling items now actually returns part of the purchase price, based on the time since it was bought.
FIX
A bunch of updates to the AI players to get them working better and improve performance.
FIX
Fix issues with fade screen from outside editor to game world.
FIX
Fix flickering issue with fading out red arrow.
FIX
Disable player walking while inside of the casino editor.
FIX
Update Real Estate prices after purchasing a lot.
FIX
It is no longer difficult to click the volume button.