News & Updates
June 27, 2019
FEATURE
Clicking multiple items in your vault now updates a single confirmation window allowing you to sell specific items in bulk.
UPDATE
Updated how our rendering engine handles art assets to lower memory usage, improve rendering performance, lower initial download size and lower battery usage. The new system is in place, but only around half of the assets have been converted to the new system, so this should continue to improve over the next few updates.
UPDATE
Tweaked up the odds of getting 2 daily slot spins from a party bomb and some minor tweaks to that challenge's scoring in battle/war.
UPDATE
Completing a solitaire hand during a battle/war challenge now provides a higher score boost than before.
UPDATE
Tweaked up the battle/war scoring on the roulette challenge.
UPDATE
Doubled the speed that the daily slots jackpot will increase.
FIX
Various fixes and tweaks to the new Lucky Dragon Slots and its bonus game.
FIX
The correct color of unlocked item is now shown in slot bonus game.
FIX
Display of XP when receiving a bonus in the Lucky Dragon Slots bonus wheel is corrected.
FIX
Global and crew chat scroll issues on some older browsers.
FIX
Further improvements and fixes to the new player tutorial.
FIX
More fixes for poker tables freezing.
FIX
More fixes for poker tournaments not always merging correctly.
FIX
The consecutive day streak would sometimes go up by 2 instead of 1 (the streaks that were off have been adjusted).
FIX
Some missions in the Golden Joker series wouldn't complete correctly.
FIX
The stats in the crew's bank tab wouldn't always update correctly when switching back to it.
June 4, 2019
GOLDFIRE DAY PROMO: GoldFire Studios is turning 11 on Sunday, June 9! To celebrate, for 24 hours only, a very limited edition item will be available for purchase (or until they sell out). We'll release a batch of 100 of the item every 2 hours throughout the day so every timezone gets a chance. These are on a first come, first serve basis with a limit of 5 per person, per batch.
FEATURE
Our latest slot game, Lucky Dragon Slots, is now available! In addition to the new slot theme, it comes with an all new bonus game and 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 131 new Chinese-themed items available for your casinos (slot machines, decorations, wall items, etc).
UPDATE
Crew battles have been updated to set the bet amount and refund the difference as soon as a match is made rather than waiting for the battle to start.
UPDATE
The timers app can now set timers up to 999 hours.
UPDATE
The break rate on upgraded casino items has been tweaked down as an added benefit to upgrades.
UPDATE
The mobile app can now be used in portrait orientation to make using chat, forums, etc easier.
UPDATE
Various improvements to scrolling in global chat on mobile.
UPDATE
People you've placed on your ignore list will now also be blocked from sending you gifts.
UPDATE
End of war notifications will now show you your final ranking.
UPDATE
There is now a background on daily slots to help with performance, especially on crowded floors.
UPDATE
Mobile devices will now show 2 party bomb items per tile over 500 (instead of 3 over 1000 as on non-mobile) to help with performance issues.
FIX
Some computers/devices would have issues where one of the slot reels (usually the last one) would appear stuck.
FIX
The ordering of party bomb items wasn't always consistent when entering/exiting a floor with lots of items.
FIX
Some bartender job levels didn't have a max speed working correctly and were much more difficult than intended.
FIX
If someone else had their party bombs locked, their bombs wouldn't show at all instead of just being opaque.
FIX
Chat messages in global chat with multiple addresses now work correctly.
FIX
Hired contractors would sometimes promote a different casino than the one you hired them at.
FIX
Improved performance of loading into slot games.
FIX
Grouping of items in the vault wouldn't always work as expected.
FIX
Stats would sometimes show incorrectly in the vault when owning multiple of the same item at different levels.
FIX
Various issues that could cause items to overlap on the floor or wall, making it look like they had vanished.
FIX
Error in slots that could cause them to freeze when entering bonus games.
FIX
Throwing cards in the entertainer job would sometimes go through the board on mobile.
FIX
If someone was near your crew hall or casino when you closed it, they would still be able to walk inside.
FIX
NPCs will no longer enter closed floors.
FIX
In poker, a straight with a low ace wouldn't highlight the winning hands correctly.
FIX
If a player leaves their crew before the crew war has started, they'll be removed from the war and the crew will be refunded.
FIX
External links will now correctly open in the system browser from the mobile apps.
FIX
Various fixes and improvements to the new player tutorials.
April 17, 2019
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 May 2 by clicking on the egg icon at the top of the game screen.
EASTER EGG HUNT 2019: 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 2019 Trophy item!
SLOTS UPDATE: We had hoped to have a new slot game ready for this update, but we are still putting on the finishing touches. A new slot game based on the poll results will be coming in the next update!
EASTER EGG HUNT 2019: 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 2019 Trophy item!
SLOTS UPDATE: We had hoped to have a new slot game ready for this update, but we are still putting on the finishing touches. A new slot game based on the poll results will be coming in the next update!
FEATURE
Lots without a casino can now be clicked on in the mini-map to see their name, address and who owns them.
FEATURE
The mobile apps for iOS and Android now support pinch-to-zoom so that you can zoom in to see details and zoom out to better see the world or the casino floors. This works on phones and tablets.
UPDATE
Made significant improvements to the rendering of the game to improve overall performance, especially on mobile (which should help with battery usage). We are seeing increases anywhere from 15-50% depending on the device being used.
UPDATE
Floors with VIP status disabled can now be moved to the first floor of a casino (VIP will remain disabled until they are no longer on the first floor).
UPDATE
Improved the consistency of XP award animations with double-XP to make it more clear (you always were awarded correctly, but sometimes it was confusing).
UPDATE
Profiles now show the name of lots that don't have a casino on them.
UPDATE
When on a chat ban, you are also blocked from buying table items for others.
UPDATE
Clicking to edit a lot from the phone while inside a building now walks your character outside before going to the lot editor instead of just giving an error.
UPDATE
There is now a confirmation popup when listing CP for sale.
UPDATE
When building a new casino, there is now an instant build option sort of like when buying items for your casino. This is only for a new casino and not upgrades.
UPDATE
Tweaked down the size of the mini-map on phones so that it didn't cover up so much of the screen.
FIX
Various bug fixes that could cause items to appear to have vanished after being placed on a floor/lot.
FIX
It was possible to sometimes end up with two of the same card in Solitaire.
FIX
Slot sprints would sometimes finish without showing who the winner was.
FIX
Crews would sometimes get matched for battle without having enough available players.
FIX
Players that didn't participate in the war now correctly see the war results on their crew page.
FIX
Server restarts could sometimes cause the poker screen to go black.
FIX
Selling condo items would sometimes appear to be worth nothing, though the server awarded the correct value.
FIX
Getting a blackjack at the same time as the dealer wouldn't correctly count towards mission progress.
FIX
The citizenship bonus no longer factors into the daily spin challenge in battles/wars.
FIX
Winning the daily spin jackpot now gives a score in the battle/war challenge.
FIX
Other players would sometimes appear invisible after traveling to a location (there may be multiple issues causing this, so let us know if you continue to see it).
FIX
Improved global chat handling on mobile.
FIX
You will now stop walking when opening the mini-map.
FIX
Several issues and improvements to the new player tutorial.
April 16, 2019
We've reached quite the milestone today, one that most games never achieve. Five years ago today, CasinoRPG left beta testing! We've made lots of improvements, feature additions and new friends along the way. Whether you've been here from the start or just found our community yesterday, we are happy to have you as part of this amazing community. All of us on the GoldFire team have enjoyed getting to know all of you and we look forward to continuing to make this a great game and great community experience.
March 4, 2019
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 March 19 by clicking on the Mardi Gras hat icon at the top of the game screen.
BEAD COLLECTING 2019: 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 2019: 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!
UPDATE
Updated crew war date selection (which the server selects randomly) to not schedule a war that overlaps with double XP day.
UPDATE
Added option to withdraw from crew war while it is still pending.
UPDATE
Each raffle prize (poker, online, war) can now only be won by the same person once every 6 hours to give everyone a fair chance.
UPDATE
If the top item on a stack of party bomb items is one that you dropped, it would previously block collecting the one that is below it that someone else dropped. It now goes down the stack and collects the first one that you are able to collect.
UPDATE
Minor tweaks to scratcher odds to increase XP/CP payouts.
FIX
If a player sat at a Blackjack table while the dealer's cards were being dealt, a new hand would start instantly.
FIX
Another issue that could cause a poker tournament table to not start.
FIX
Various visual, scoring and other issues with crew wars.
FIX
Various issues with crew battles since the last update.
FIX
Possible fix for an issue that would randomly cause a phone app to get stuck on the screen.
FIX
Various issues and performance improvements on the new mini-map.
FIX
Various issues and tweaks with the new player tutorial.
FIX
Various issues that could cause server crashes, frozen poker tables, duplicated bombs and other random issues.
FIX
Waypoint paths could sometimes get stuck after doing a casino game mission.
FIX
Reordering of favorites wasn't always working correctly, especially with large numbers of favorites.
February 13, 2019
VALENTINE'S DAY PROMO: The loving holiday of Valentine's Day is coming up on Thursday, February 14. For 24 hours only, a very limited edition slots item will be available for purchase (or until they sell out). We'll release a batch of 100 of the item every 2 hours throughout the day so every timezone gets a chance. These are on a first come, first serve basis with a limit of 5 per person, per batch.
FEATURE
We've been collecting all of your feedback on the crew wars and have created a new war experience that is a lot more fun and a lot more fair! The new system does away with teams (which means nobody has to be on the bench) in favor of an "all out war" system. The points/chips buy-in is now awarded at the end to the top 10% of individual players, similar to how payouts in a poker tournament work (it gets split between the players and their crew). Team challenges are now within your crew since there are no longer teams. Be sure to check the guide or open the "war info" button for all of the details.
FEATURE
There are two new trophy items available as part of crew wars. The first you win by placing in the top 10% and the other you win by completing your scorecard each day of the war (personal challenges and bonus challenges).
FEATURE
There is now a "war raffle" that awards free casino points to random online war participants all throughout the duration of the war.
FEATURE
Due to the war changes, we had to also make some changes to the crew rankings. The previous update was meant to simplify the rankings, but we didn't take it far enough. The rankings are now based on a simple accumulating score total (which means it can never drop). The values that make up this score are listed in the game guide so you can calculate exactly what you need to move up.
FEATURE
The monthly crew rankings have also been simplified to work like individual monthly rankings. They now reset at the start of each month and are simply a total of the score your crew has earned within each calendar month.
FEATURE
The mini-map has been overhauled to use an isometric view rather than a top-down view, so it now correctly matches the view of the world. This lets you see more in the same area and also makes it easier to navigate with everything aligned.
FEATURE
The real estate office's map has also been overhauled to now use the regular mini-map. This means that you can now view the entire city and buy any lot from any real estate building.
FEATURE
The real estate office's map now also includes a button to jump to the closest available lot from your current map location.
UPDATE
The "wars" stat in crew info has been replaced with "war winners" which shows how many members have placed in a war.
UPDATE
Tweaked the battle/war scoring on solitaire, blackjack and roulette to be more in-line with the other challenges.
UPDATE
Various updates and improvements to the Windows Store app (only on Windows 10).
UPDATE
When a casino is sold, any floors with VIP status will have their lists reset.
UPDATE
Added the keyboard shortcut "H" to get a hint while playing solitaire.
UPDATE
Overhauled the new player tutorials to better introduce new players to the various aspects of the game.
FIX
In rare instances, away players wouldn't get removed when they should from poker tournaments.
FIX
Issue that could sometimes cause a table in a poker tournament to not start.
FIX
The contract timer now starts when you first place the contractor rather than on purchase. This also fixes an issue that could cause contracts to get stuck on your head.
FIX
Using the "hint" option in solitaire could sometimes cause the game to freeze.
FIX
The Battle tab in crew windows would sometimes go blank randomly.
FIX
Instant upgrades on items would sometimes show a cost of 0 and a time of null when going in/out of the editor.
FIX
Indoor beam lights were not showing the option to replace when they were broken.
FIX
Various other bug fixes and tweaks throughout the game.
January 23, 2019
FEATURE
A new "lock party bombs" setting has been added to the game settings that prevents you from accidentally setting off party bombs with a mis-click.
FEATURE
Two new items have been added to Party Bombs and Daily Slots: B&W Slots and Purple Beam Light.
FEATURE
Previously, touch-screen users were unable to use local chat due to lack of keyboard. Now, you can click on yourself to reveal a chat button that will open the local chat input.
UPDATE
The time limits on buying lots/casinos have been overhauled to be applied evenly across all players. Instead of a time limit between each purchase, you are now limited to increasing your total number of lots/casinos by 5 each month. For example, if you were to sell 2 casinos, you could buy 7 others (net increase would then be 5 casinos for the month).
UPDATE
Limits on favorites have been increased from 50 to 100 and 100 to 250 for citizens.
UPDATE
There is now a 3rd time for the Turbo Trophy Fridays poker tournament that is at 12PM game time (first one will be scheduled after the next round of Friday tournaments).
UPDATE
The crew bank history now shows the time of last deposit overall and for the last week.
FIX
Floors that had thousands of items on them from party bombs would often cause significant performance degradation due to the limits of browser rendering. We've updated floors to now only render up to 3 items on a single floor tile at a time, which should significantly improve performance issues in those scenarios. The items are still there, they just won't become visible until others on that tile have been collected.
FIX
In rare instances, a casino could see its cheating costs shoot up significantly for a short period of time, which should now be resolved.
FIX
The winner of a slot sprint would sometimes not be shown, which would also prevent the re-invite option from showing.
FIX
Some crew's member lists couldn't be scrolled all the way through.
FIX
The notch on iPhone X, iPhone XS and iPhone XR running iOS 12 no longer covers up a portion of the game/toolbar.
FIX
Switching games with the "games" menu while in another game would cause you to get stuck in the first.
FIX
Depth sorting of some long items in the floor editor should now be fixed.
January 5, 2019
UPDATE
We've reached a point where there are so many casinos in the game world that the simulation server was crashing, causing various issues. We've overhauled how the simulation is run so that it can now scale to a nearly limitless number of casinos (we won't bore you with the technical aspects of how we managed this).
UPDATE
Submitted updates to both the iOS and Android apps that make several improvements and fixes (should be available in the next few days). The updates only support iOS 11+ and Android 5+ in order to provide a better app experience.
UPDATE
Overhauled the real estate fee structure to lower the fees in general and also make the difference based on location not as significant as it was before.
UPDATE
The item gifting limit per user has been changed to a daily limit rather than every 24 hours.
FIX
It was sometimes possible to end up with two buildings on the same lot.
FIX
The GoldFire toolbar on the mobile apps would sometimes get stuck in the middle of the screen.
FIX
Various keyboard issues on the mobile apps.
FIX
The auction house didn't adjust correctly to smaller screens.
FIX
Panning around a casino floor on a touch screen no longer accidentally triggers a casino game or other action.
FIX
A rare instance that could allow a crew with less than 3 members available to battle.
FIX
Various visual glitches and improvements.
December 20, 2018
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 4 by clicking on the snowflake icon at the top of the game screen.
HOLIDAY GIFTING 2018: Santa needs your help delivering toys to all of the casinos of GoldFire City! Join up with the rest of the community and wear your best Santa suit for more efficient toy delivery. 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 trophy item!
HOLIDAY GIFTING 2018: Santa needs your help delivering toys to all of the casinos of GoldFire City! Join up with the rest of the community and wear your best Santa suit for more efficient toy delivery. 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 trophy item!
FEATURE
Added a new "actions" menu to the vault that includes a feature to sell all filtered items from your vault with a single click. This means that any item currently visible in your vault will be sold by clicking that button. So, you can sell 100% of your vault at once or pick and choose with the available filtering options.
FEATURE
There is a new reward for reaching the almighty level 100 other than a medal - the new Casino God Trophy item!
FEATURE
Added 16 new exclusive items for Party Bombs and Daily Spins (includes new poker tables, blackjack tables, golden roulette, golden solitaire and more).
UPDATE
If you are reading this then you are seeing the new updates display. This is now part of the GoldFire toolbar to be standardized and can be accessed at any time with the "updates" button by clicking the "i" on the toolbar (or by clicking on any TV in-game).
UPDATE
Updated the CasinoRPG Steam app to use the latest renderer for better performance and stability.
FIX
Various visual glitches and improvements to the mobile version of the game (app updates coming soon to fix several other issues).
FIX
Memory leak caused by dropping a large number of Party Bombs during a single play session.
FIX
Another visual glitch that could show a slightly incorrect sale value for vault items (the server was still giving the right amount).
FIX
A waypoint to an under-construction building would sometimes get stuck.
FIX
Upgrading to a 5-star casino would sometimes instantly show the notification that the upgrade was complete.
FIX
Various audio fixes on different browsers.
FIX
Rare error that could cause slots to get stuck.
November 30, 2018
NATIONAL COOKIE DAY: A delicious holiday is coming up on Tuesday, December 4. For 24 hours only, a very limited edition item will be available for purchase (or until they sell out). We'll release a batch of 75 of the item every 2 hours throughout the day so every timezone gets a chance. These are on a first come, first serve basis with a limit of 5 per person, per batch.
UPDATE
Moved the game and the goldfire.me site to new servers to provide better and more predictable speed/uptime as well as the ability to scale to more players.
UPDATE
You can now hire a contractor for your casino while carrying party bombs.
UPDATE
Holiday ATMs from Easter and St. Patrick's now have their own unique Party Bomb designs like with Halloween.
FIX
It was possible in certain instances to visually have a bingo and not be able to claim it.
FIX
Prevent rare issue that could cause a crew to be pulled into a battle after canceling a challenge.
FIX
Party chat could sometimes get stuck after a slot tournament (let us know if this continues to happen for you).
FIX
Bonus spins during battles/wars didn't always add up the score correctly.
FIX
Bonus spins at the end of a slot sprint could cause the incorrect winner to be displayed (the correct winner was awarded correctly).
FIX
A rounding issue could cause the client to show a slightly different re-sale value in the editor than the real re-sale value.
FIX
Prevent clicking through map and setting off a party bomb.
FIX
Some crews were able to start a battle without 3 members "available to battle."
FIX
Lot prices wouldn't always show correctly on the mobile apps.
FIX
Panning around a casino floor on mobile would sometimes trigger a casino game or other unintended action.
FIX
Various fixes and improvements to new player tutorial.