Hello everyone! Busy week! We have added two new seasonal products this week!

Weekly Update #3

Hello everyone! We've been busy with several improvements to the game this week. While these updates are automatically applied to your game (does not require Steam update), we wanted to keep you informed about what's new!

Updates:

Hello everyone! We've been busy with several improvements to the game this week. While these updates are automatically applied to your game (since it's browser-based), we wanted to keep you informed about what's new!

Updates:

Fix unable to run the game in fullscreen (macOS, possibly other platforms)

- Fixed game opening in fullscreen - Fixed players not being able to load the game

Government Orders update Government Orders Guide When the government needs to buy resources from the private sector, the players, it uses Government Orders (GO) to do so. You can think of these as tenders or procurement. To ensure fair order assignment, and cheap fulfillment, the government uses a form of auction, when picking which company to assign the order to. The companies that want to bid for the government orders need to form teams of 3 to 7 contractors, and apply together creating a Government Order Bid. Changelog

Happy Halloween! Changelog Autumn/Halloween seasonal update New resources: pumpkin, witch costume, jack o'lantern, pumpkin soup New Building: Halloween market
The Halloween Market is provided by the game for free for the duration of the season. It cannot be upgraded or scrapped. It doesn't contribute to the administration overhead, company building count, or company value. New production and retail mechanics, see Encyclopedia for details, or read Sim Companies Times articles from Patrik: Sim Times 314 Sim Times 316 Sim Times 318

Changelog September 1, 2024 Fix Income Statement computation August 30, 2024 -New retail modeling, Aerospace Entrepreneurs: 55->60% weight Magnates: 50->55% weight -Improve building auction display on smaller screens -Fix profile showing more building than player has building slots, due to buildings in reposition queue August 27, 2024 -Remove quality preset from Exchange > Recent section, not working as intended -Update National Reserves (NPC) market prices

Changelog August 22, 2024 -New retail modeling, 11th iteration Entrepreneurs: 100% weight regular retail - no change; 50->55% weight aerospace Magnates: 90->100% weight regular retail; 45->50% weight aerospace -Make Recent section on exchange display only last purchased by date, and preset quality August 20, 2024 -Top articles section in the library updated to deprioritize older articles -New retail model profits slightly increased August 19, 2024 -New retail model profits pushed down further -NPC National Reserves brick prices updated -Adjusted price limits handling -New retail model bug fix - profits were twice as high as they were supposed to be

Changelog August 16, 2024 Market saturation reaction to the amount of goods sold slowed down. Fixed issues with retailing: price too high / too low, NaN Profits with the new model decreased by about 8%. August 15, 2024 New retail modeling, 10th iteration Entrepreneurs: 90->100% weight regular retail; 45->50% weight aerospace Magnates: 80->90% weight regular retail; 40->45% weight aerospace August 13, 2024 Added a new monthly certificate: Cash Cow (highest accounting fees) Fix unable to put collectible on display through collectibles vault on exchange

Changelog August 8, 2024 Encyclopedia / supporters page - load speed improved and pagination added New retail modeling, 9th iteration Entrepreneurs: 80->90% weight regular retail; 40->45% weight aerospace Magnates: 70->80% weight regular retail; 35->40% weight aerospace August 6, 2024 Update to the new retail model (do no decrease selling speed with increased product quality) August 5, 2024 Add PL (polish) translations for the following guides: Collectibles guide Future development Interface tips Aerospace industry guide Supported platforms Robotics and specialization Building auctions Leveling and Experience Gain Buildings

Changelog August 1, 2024 New retail modeling, 8th iteration Entrepreneurs: 70->80% weight regular retail; 35->40% weight aerospace Magnates: 60->70% weight regular retail; 30->35% weight aerospace

Changelog July 24, 2024 New retail modeling, 7th iteration Entrepreneurs: 60->70% weight regular retail; 30->35% weight aerospace Magnates: 50->60% weight regular retail; 25->30% weight aerospace July 23, 2024 Fix exploit where a restaurant placed into reposition queue keeps running indefinitely. July 20, 2024 New retail modeling update Profits with the new model increased by about 20%. Market saturation reaction to the amount of goods sold slowed down.

Changelog Catching up: July 17, 2024 New retail modeling, 6th iteration Entrepreneurs: 50->60% weight regular retail; 25->30% weight aerospace Magnates: 40->50% weight regular retail; 20->25% weight aerospace July 15, 2024 Fix MAX button for production does not consider user selected quality July 11, 2024 New retail modeling, 5th iteration Entrepreneurs: 40->50% weight regular retail; 20->25% weight aerospace Magnates: 30->40% weight regular retail; 15->20% weight aerospace July 8, 2024 Fix cannot sell robots below $189 on exchange July 7, 2024 Increase the wage threshold after which an executive considers early retirement by 30-50% New retail modeling, 4th iteration Entrepreneurs: 30->40% weight regular retail; 15->20% weight aerospace Magnates: 20->30% weight regular retail; 10->15% weight aerospace

Catching up to the Changelog

Poll and the Q&A

Catching up to the change log. June 19, 2024 Menu improvements - use more of space available on all platforms, unify game menus visually, improve contrast June 14, 2024 Fix article order on company profile should be from newest June 13, 2024 Fix transportation price not being updated correctly, causing big changes in accounting - Freight Out, OCI June 12, 2024 New retail modeling, 1st iteration Read more details in the Sim Companies Times #302 and Sim Companies Times #303 Entrepreneurs: 10% weight regular retail; 5% weight aerospace Magnates: 0% weight regular retail; 0% weight aerospace (no change) Guide translations added: Abundance - ES Roll out new chat to supporters - performance optimization, very little visual difference, can be turned of in preferences if causing big issues Fix players being able to send messages even when ignored by recipient Fix sausage quest not considering Launch Pads above level 7 as upgrade-able June 12, 2024 Fix collectibles SB sales going to company that listed them on the collectibles exchange June 6, 2024 Fix transportation price not being updated correctly for exchange trades, causing an artificial decrease in transportation source cost decrease June 5, 2024 Fix robots Q0 valuation in Balance Sheet Fix chat popup notifications appearing for old messages, mostly when being idle and returning to the game Do not require confirmation for abundance building rebuild if all resources are below 80% June 3, 2024 Fix Income Statement Gain On Sale NaN issue, when week or month is selected.

Spring is almost over, and we have a great start to the year behind us. I hope you are all enjoying the recently added feature, the building auctions. But we are not stopping there! I am excited to announce the nearly complete new retail model, which I mentioned last year. Our goal with this update is to create a better balance between industries. Unlike the current retail model, the new one will have zero bias towards pipeline complexity. This change aims to bring all industries on par, so you can potentially make as much money selling apples as you would selling laptops. However, demand and market saturation will play a much bigger role, Here's a hint: it will be the one with the fewest players. You might be wondering about the impact on restaurants and aerospace. Restaurants are already balanced in their own way; the profits are highly dependent on the number of companies in the business. We are adjusting aerospace to work similarly, and I will post more details once they are available. For deployment, we are taking a gradual approach instead of a single release due to the significant nature of this change. We will progressively adjust the resource time to sell, initially calculating it both the old and new ways, and gradually shifting the weight towards the new model. Be aware that third-party retail calculators might break, and reverse-engineering the new calculations will be challenging due to the continuous changes. We will start deploying this to Entrepreneurs realm first, followed with Magnates realm soon after. There will be a Personal Assistant message to everyone notifying about the change, once deployed. This marks a new chapter, and there will be opportunities for profits for those who can read the market! Good luck! Patrik Stay on top of game updates with the Sim Companies Times: https://www.simcompanies.com/newspaper/0/302/

Hello everyone Trying to keep up to date with the game's change log that is available for everyone in the library. Updates: May 19, 2024

• Sim Boosts cost to promote a Building Auction increased to 30 Sim Boosts (was 10). This is to give it purpose, it was currently used by 50% of the sellers, which made the feature a bit useless.

• Allow players above level 20 to reward newspaper article authors with 5 Sim Boosts.
• Show top 15 most liked articles in Library
• Add button to show reposition queue, visible on map when at least one building is in it
• Allow to scrap or send to auction not commissioned building won in auction

In the dynamic and fast-paced world of business, the ability to pivot and seek out new opportunities is essential for success. The bigger the company, the harder and more costly it is for big changes. Building Auctions, allow companies to experiment or change industries more conveniently.
Requirement must be level 20 to participate. Building(s) need to be level 5 and/or be an abundance of 95%+. Players can bid on as many buildings as they want.
All information will be provided on each Building up for auction. (Level, Type, Rating, Seating, Abundance, Robots, and Minimum Bid.)

Find more detailed information per the Building Auctions guide in game!

added zoom in (CTRL + "+") and zoom out (CTRL + "-") keyboard shortcuts

added context menu (copy text/link, save image, etc.)

updated dependencies disabled unused APIs fixed security bugs

fixed player language detection

fixed platform detection

added platform detection

• added splash screen
• added network error detection during app load
• added F5 shortcut to reload game
• updated dependencies

F12 shortcut creates a screenshot without opening dev tools