News & Updates
May 3, 2021
FEATURE
You can now move your character using WASD or arrow keys rather than just the mouse (the local chat shortcut has been changed to "X" from "S" to accommodate).
UPDATE
The daily reset now happens at midnight game time, regardless of daylight savings.
UPDATE
Improved performance of crowded party bomb floors by 30-40% (the sorting of items on some floors may have changed, but no items are missing).
UPDATE
Increased per-floor party bomb item limit from 10k to 15k due to performance improvements.
UPDATE
Improved syncing of party bomb items on crowded floors to better guarantee that everyone is seeing the same items.
UPDATE
Increased the stats on the Casino God Trophy that is awarded at level 100.
UPDATE
Condo and sprint invites are now blocked when you ignore a player.
UPDATE
New crew members default to having their battle status off (so they must be aware of being eligible for battle before getting included in one).
UPDATE
Various improvements to the new player tutorials.
FIX
Using a taxi to travel to casinos saved in your favorites wouldn't always drop you off at quite the right location.
FIX
A daily free spin could be overwritten when collecting a free spin from a party bomb at the daily reset.
FIX
The "watch list" button now shows on empty lots too.
FIX
It was possible for a crew battle match to happen shortly after the 24-hour window.
April 16, 2021
Another major milestone has been reached today -- SEVEN years since CasinoRPG ended beta testing! The game and community have come a long way in that time, and it has been our greatest honor to continue bringing this game to all of you throughout the years. Whether you've been here from the start or are just joining us, we appreciate all of you, and we can't wait to share what the next year has in store as we continue to push forward with exciting updates, features and content.
March 30, 2021
EASTER PROMO: GoldFire City is fully decorated for the season and we have 6 exciting limited edition items! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after April 14 by clicking on the egg icon at the top of the game screen.
EASTER EGG HUNT 2021: It wouldn't be Easter without a massive Easter Egg Hunt! Click on the basket icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Egg Hunt 2021 Trophy item!
EASTER EGG HUNT 2021: It wouldn't be Easter without a massive Easter Egg Hunt! Click on the basket icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Egg Hunt 2021 Trophy item!
UPDATE
Added a real estate market "watch list" button to casinos on the mini-map.
UPDATE
Added an "empty lot" filter to the real estate market.
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Added a "my watch list" filter to the real estate market.
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When declining a condo invite, that person won't be able to send you another for an hour.
UPDATE
Prevent removing items from the floor/lot of a casino that is listed for sale.
UPDATE
Added daily reset popup to make it more clear when the new in-game day has started.
UPDATE
Added an upper limit of 10,000 party bomb items to a floor to prevent excessive lag issues caused by loading so much data at once.
UPDATE
The poker battle/war challenge now has a minimum of 3 players instead of 4 to match the minimum team size.
FIX
If a foreclosure lot/casino didn't sell the first time, it would incorrectly wait 6 months to be listed again instead of a few weeks.
FIX
Camera pan position on casino floors is no longer reset after exiting a free daily spin from a party bomb.
FIX
Various other fixes and tweaks.
March 15, 2021
FEATURE
Added 17 new hotel entertainment amenity items (new seating, magic acts, new lighting, etc).
UPDATE
Overhauled the system that connects the client to the server to improve speed and stability, especially with lots of players in the same location.
UPDATE
Using the driver to go to one of your casinos now works again from an upper floor (and should avoid the issues it used to have).
FIX
The hotel manager would sometimes say the wrong thing based on your occupancy rate.
FIX
The numbering of the casino leaderboard on mobile was off.
FIX
Blackjack wasn't paying out the correct CP in some instances.
FIX
Toggling Dealer Chat in poker chat would sometimes cause player chat to not be visible.
FIX
The VIP status in the elevator wouldn't show correctly after adding VIP until reloading.
FIX
Various client/server errors.
February 9, 2021
MARDI GRAS PROMO: The city is decked out for the Mardi Gras festivities, and we have 6 exciting limited edition items available! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after February 24 by clicking on the Mardi Gras hat icon at the top of the game screen.
BEAD COLLECTING 2021: Join up with the rest of the community and collect the most Mardi Gras beads from the casinos of GoldFire City! Click the beads icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
BEAD COLLECTING 2021: Join up with the rest of the community and collect the most Mardi Gras beads from the casinos of GoldFire City! Click the beads icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
FEATURE
There is a new filter in the Auction House that lets you view any active auctions that you have bid on (even if you aren't currently the high bidder).
FEATURE
The Real Estate Market has also been updated with a search bar and filters for star-rating and whether or not you've bid on an auction (again, regardless of if you are the current high bidder).
FEATURE
Elevators in your own casinos now show a VIP Disabled/Enabled indicator to make it even more clear when VIP is enabled or disabled on your floors.
UPDATE
If someone invites you to join a sprint mission and you decline, they'll be blocked from inviting you again for an hour.
UPDATE
Submitted v1.3.0 of the mobile app for review with App Store and Google Play (fixes and performance improvements).
UPDATE
NPCs will no longer block you from playing at a specific slot machine (though they still won't be happy about giving it up!).
UPDATE
More adjustments to further cap the difficulty in the janitor and bartender job mini-games.
UPDATE
Deleted messages in global chat are now simply removed instead of being changed to placeholder deleted text.
FIX
Various optimizations to the simulation server to prevent it from getting backed up and causing some casinos to be stuck on "updating" for long periods of time.
FIX
If you had an hour or longer 2XP flag and received a shorter one from slots, the flag would disappear before your 2XP actually expired.
FIX
Some casinos bought from the auctions would show as opened from the inside but wouldn't allow anyone else to enter from the outside.
FIX
Various other fixes and tweaks.
January 13, 2021
FEATURE
An all new slot game, King's Ransom, is now available! It can be accessed from the slot lobby or the games menu in your in-game phone (as well as visiting a casino that already has the new game).
FEATURE
To go along with the new slot game, there are 34 new medieval-themed items available for your casinos (slot machines, decorations, wall items, furniture, dividers, etc).
FEATURE
A leaderboard showing the top 250 casinos by hourly profit can be accessed from the Hourly Profit details window in the Editor of any of your casinos.
UPDATE
Previously, casinos owned by inactive accounts that had run out of chips to cover losses would just be demolished and bypass the auctions. Now, they'll go straight to auction instead (so that all inactive casinos will eventually go to auction).
UPDATE
Separated the "exclusive" filter in the Auction House to "exclusive" and "limited." Exclusive is for unbreakable promo items/trophies and limited is for items exclusively from Party Bombs.
UPDATE
The purchase/bid popups in the Real Estate Market now show the CP fee next to the purchase/bid price so it is more obvious (the full chip/casino point fee can still be seen by hovering/clicking on the info icon to the right of the amount).
FIX
Various issues with the Auction House sorting when going between tabs.
FIX
The text "Pair" has been changed to "Jacks or Better" in Video Poker.
FIX
Leveling up twice at once could cause a duplicated popup to get stuck.
FIX
More fixes and improvements to the new player tutorial.
FIX
Janitor shifts should no longer be able to send you to a hotel floor.
December 21, 2020
HOLIDAY PROMO: The city is decked out for the holiday season and we have 6 exciting limited edition items available! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after January 6 by clicking on the snowflake icon at the top of the game screen.
UNBEARD THE SHARK 2020: The city is in need of everyone's help solving a mystery that could ruin this most joyous time of year! Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Unbeard the Shark Trophy item!
UNBEARD THE SHARK 2020: The city is in need of everyone's help solving a mystery that could ruin this most joyous time of year! Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Unbeard the Shark Trophy item!
FEATURE
Added a "pin" icon to the Casinos App in your in-game phone. This lets you pin any of your properties to the start of the list.
UPDATE
The Auction House now has two filters that can be used at the same time: single/multi and exclusive/non-exclusive.
UPDATE
The history tab in the Auction House now has the same search and filter options as the main listings.
UPDATE
The "Exclusive" and "Non-Exclusive" filters in the Auction House now work the same as in the Vault.
UPDATE
Adjusted down the max bartender job mini-game difficulty.
UPDATE
The number of CP symbols animating to your total in slots now matches the number awarded from each symbol (based on a random multiplier that can be applied by betting closer to your max bet).
UPDATE
You can now only join or start a Solitaire Sprint if you don't already have an active game of solitaire in progress.
FIX
Searching for hotel items now works correctly in the Auction House.
FIX
Live updating of auction price/bids is now working again.
FIX
Deleted messages from one chat channel would sometimes show up in another.
FIX
Some sprint mission invite windows would get blocked due to another invite window already being open.
FIX
The chart for the guest ratings could sometimes show the values off by 1 due to a rounding error.
FIX
Clicking "Vault All Items" multiple times would appear to add them multiple times to your vault (just a client-side visual glitch).
FIX
Issues with adding multiple hotel floors at once.
FIX
Various issues with the new player tutorial.
November 24, 2020
FEATURE
The item Auction House can now hold listings of multiple items and non-exclusive items. You can list up to 50 items in one listing, mixing any type of item (the number of breaks on items will be shown in the listing).
FEATURE
New search filters have been added to the listings and to the "new listing" view to make finding items easier.
FEATURE
Item auctions can now be canceled for a full fee refund within the first 6 hours of starting the listing if there have been no bids yet.
FEATURE
The ATM menu now provides options to citizens to purchase 10x or 20x party bombs at once (using a new dropdown quantity option).
UPDATE
Various adjustments and improvements to the spam filter in chat, mainly to minimize false-positives.
FIX
Issue that prevented the last crew war from starting without manual intervention.
FIX
Medals for days or hours played would sometimes not be awarded correctly.
FIX
Toggling sit in/sit out in poker now has a built-in delay to prevent spamming the button.
FIX
Various other client and server errors.
October 21, 2020
HALLOWEEN PROMO: The city is decked out for this spooky time of year, and we have 6 incredible limited edition Halloween items to celebrate! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after November 5 by clicking on the pumpkin icon at the top of the game screen.
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2020: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2020 Trophy item!
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2020: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2020 Trophy item!
UPDATE
Upgraded all of our servers for better overall stability.
UPDATE
Increased the average Casino Point payouts from poker, blackjack, roulette, solitaire, video poker and bingo.
UPDATE
Casino Point symbols on slot games will now randomly pay out more than just a single CP, with the odds of this being higher the closer you bet to your max bet/max lines.
UPDATE
The various random casino game mission givers as well as the Golden Joker mission will now sometimes award a few Casino Points.
UPDATE
The time limit to resell Casino Points from the market at a higher cost than you paid for it has been increased from 3 to 12 hours.
UPDATE
In order to provide a more fair battle/war scoring experience, the Daily Slot Spins challenge has been adjusted so that your daily streak doesn't take away from your score.
UPDATE
Added a second confirmation window when selling an exclusive item from the vault.
UPDATE
Various improvements to automatic spam detection in global chat.
FIX
Adding empty lots to favorites now works correctly.
FIX
Prevent crew wars from being declared overlapping Double XP Day.
FIX
Another potential fix for "ghost" party bomb item issues.
FIX
Expenses in the profit report are now translucent so that it is easier to read.
FIX
The Facebook share link for casinos and the camera/photos app is once again working.
FIX
Various other client and server errors.
September 16, 2020
UPDATE
Significantly improved loading performance on floors that have a large number of party bomb items, which should help with getting stuck loading onto those floors.
UPDATE
Significantly improved rendering performance when a large number of players are quickly moving in the same area/floor (such as for a party).
UPDATE
Additional performance improvements to party bomb item rendering both indoors and outdoors.
UPDATE
Increased the maximum allowed chip price per casino point in the market.
UPDATE
The "Light Bar" item set now includes an option for a white Light Bar and Bar Piece.
FIX
New performance improvements to party bomb floors could cause "ghost" items that weren't actually there.
FIX
Some group private message chat threads were showing the wrong usernames on some messages.
FIX
Alerts for garbage on floors wouldn't clear correctly all the time when using the phone tools.
FIX
War team challenge data will now show correctly for crew members not participating in the war.
FIX
Other players would sometimes end up invisible when leaving a building.
FIX
Local chat typing indicator bubbles would sometimes get stuck on the screen when changing floors.
FIX
Various errors around the game that could cause various random bugs.