Dive into nostalgia with two indie gems inspired by the iconic PC-98 era. Experience gripping sci-fi storytelling in Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog, and navigate the retro-futuristic stock market thrills of STONKS-9800. Classic pixel visuals, era-accurate retro vibes - welcome back to the golden age of PC gaming! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51712/PC9800_Renaissance/

[ 2025-04-02 20:04:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a bug where stock prices could change incorrectly after selling shares.
• Fixed a balance issue that allowed players to reduce staff salaries without significant consequences.
• Workers can now quit immediately after the player lowers their salary.
• Fixed a crash in the investment center when the number of investment options was too large.
• Fixed incorrect text display in the Income and Expense Ledger.
• The Income and Expense Ledger now retains only the last 1,000 events, as an excessive number of entries overloaded the system, caused long save load times, and had little practical value.

[ 2025-01-20 19:43:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yay!

[ 2025-01-16 18:42:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Improved overall game optimization for smoother performance.
• Fixed display issue with long messages in certain scenarios.
• Resolved several minor bugs for a better gameplay experience.

[ 2025-01-14 21:43:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

• You can now resize the game window however you like!
• The game is better optimized for different aspect ratios, so it now looks great on 4:3 screens as well as ultrawide monitors!
• Fixed a bug causing tooltips to display incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where the intro cutscene couldn't be skipped with a gamepad (or on Steam Deck).
• Plus, a bunch of minor bug fixes.

[ 2025-01-13 01:01:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Deposit interest is now calculated correctly. I also fixed some minor bugs and improved game stability.

[ 2025-01-09 11:41:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

- The game will no longer crash if your company name contains certain characters; - The game will no longer crash on old saves if you buy a special car; - Other stability improvements.

[ 2025-01-03 19:44:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed serious problems with game crashes after in-game 2003 and other bugs.

[ 2024-12-30 12:38:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Finally fixed a claw machine!

New Features:

• New Mini-Game: "UFO Cosmic Claw" a claw machine arcade game where you can collect various items.
• Item Gifting: Send collected items to your friends via mail.
• Calendar System: Keep track of shareholder meetings, holidays, and planned events, including court hearings.
• New Random Event: Companies can forecast their revenue to impress investors.
• Additional Random Events: A few more surprises to keep things interesting.
• Investment Center: Build an investment center to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Bar Gossip: Friends in the bar occasionally share rumors about various companies.
• Temple Donations: You can now choose the size of your donation at the temple.
• Reputation Perks: Reputation levels now grant new advantages, detailed in the "Profile" tab. These include (but are not limited to):
• High public reputation increases the chance of being invited to spend time with directors and board members.
• Speeches by highly reputable players have a stronger impact on the company.
• The ethics level affects the speed of friendship growth with Amy.
• Temple donations can reduce stress and boost happiness.
• Friendships won't drop below a certain level if you have a high networking stat.
• High networking helps you make friends faster.
• High market reputation lets you buy more shares during IPOs and on the stock exchange, and reduces stock purchase fees.
• Bank terms are now clearly displayed based on your financial reputation level.

Improvements:

• Gamepad Support: Hoshisama is now controllable with the gamepad stick.
• Popup Navigation: Interacting with buttons in popups is now easier using a gamepad.
• Expense Tracking: Hover over your total funds at the top of the screen to see recent expenses and income in all menus.
• Balance Visibility: Easily identify which transactions affect your balance.

Balance Adjustments:

• Yakuza services are now cheaper.
• Achievements now grant slightly fewer reputation points.

Other Enhancements:

• Text Display: Certain parts of messages are now highlighted with different colors for better readability. Text appears in a more user-friendly manner.
• Home Screen Updates: Slight rearrangement of elements. Chibi Amy now reminds you about holidays and upcoming events.
• Improved Animations: Popup animations have been refined for a smoother experience.
• Holiday Greetings: Amy will now personally greet you on all holidays.
• Sound Effects: Added sound effects for character dialogues and for spending or earning money.

Fixes:

• Fixed overlapping sounds when casting the fishing rod during fishing.
• Fixing all sorts of small bugs

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[ 2024-12-29 21:11:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend. Official Original Song MV PockeDate! https://youtu.be/Ogsmi-vAk7Q Play it for free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107350

[ 2024-11-27 18:25:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Prevented Self-Purchase Offers: Its no longer possible to send a purchase offer to your own company (lol).
• Improved Checkbox Clarity: Its now easier to see whether a checkbox is enabled or not.
• Updated Chinese Fan Translation: The fan translation in Chinese has been updated to the latest version.
• Crash Fix on Company Screen: Fixed a crash that occurred on the company screen when using Japanese and Korean languages.

[ 2024-09-24 18:13:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changelog

Fishing

• Fishing Lures: You can now purchase lures that have various effects.
• Easier Fishing: Catching fish is slightly easierthey gradually move towards the hook and do not break away as quickly.

General Improvements

• Tax Preview: The main screen now displays an approximate amount of taxes you'll need to pay at the end of the month, based on your income and tax rate.
• Cursor Indicator: The cursor now shows an additional indicator when hovering over items that have tooltips.
• Debt Payment Info: Hovering over your debt on the main screen now reveals the amount due for this month.
• Interface Text Corrections: Made visual corrections to interface text in various languages.
• Rental Income Preview: Before purchasing a house, the expected monthly rental income is now displayed.
• Insufficient Funds Highlight: House prices are displayed in red if you don't have enough money to buy them.

Balance

• Adjusted Rent Calculation: Changed the method for calculating rental income from houses.

For CEOs

• Manual Investments and Share Issuance: You can now attract new investments and issue shares manually.
• Company Valuation Display: If you lack sufficient reserves to buy a company, the minimum estimated value is now displayed.

Translations

• Fan Translation Credit: You can now specify the author of a fan translation in the ini file.
• New Chinese Translation: Added the first fan translation in Chinese by stevez.

Bug Fixes

• Palette Display Fix: Fixed a bug where an incorrect palette was displayed after saving the game.

[ 2024-09-20 21:19:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Meet Akari your virtual sweetheart, head over heels for you. But be careful not to let her down! You wouldn't want to make her sad, would you? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107350/PockeDate__Pocket_Dating_Simulator/ PockeDate! Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend. The game will be released this year and will be available for free. https://youtu.be/I-A7JbvvDPk

[ 2024-08-19 17:00:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

• New companies entering the market now have a lower chance of being successful and expensive;
• Company project multiplier wont change to x1 after level 6;
• The top-100 Tokyo businessmen ranking now considers the player's reputation and investments in stocks or real estate more, and cash holdings less;
• Companies will now issue new shares a bit less frequently;
• Players can no longer attend IPOs with less than the minimum amount;
• Fixed a bug where the players stake gradually diluted even if they refused to issue new shares;
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the game to crash when leveling up a project;
• Fixed a bug where the fisherman's hook disappeared in the water after viewing the collection;
• Fixed a bug where the QTE circle kept shaking indefinitely after a wrong button press;
• Fixed a bug where the pachinko machine required twice the money than stated;
• Numerous minor fixes thanks to your feedback, making the game run more smoothly.

[ 2024-08-13 13:06:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

• The game will no longer crash when exiting to the main menu from the bar or the stock market.
• Still trying to fix the poker issues.
• You can no longer manage your company via hotkeys while on vacation.
• Dividend yield now displays correctly on the portfolio page.
• Improved the instructions for creating fan translations and added new customization features, making it more user-friendly for Asian languages.
• Tweaked the colors of some card suits for better readability.

[ 2024-07-28 10:33:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone! It's been a year since I launched STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator in Early Access, and I'm deeply grateful to everyone who's joined me on this journey to improve the game. Just so you know, TERNOX isn't a company. It's just me, working solo, occasionally outsourcing some graphics to bring our ideas to life. This has become my biggest project, and honestly, it's been quite a ride keeping up with it. Over the past year, STONKS-9800 has expanded massively:

• Enhanced company management and a CEO mode
• The ability to interact with everyone you know
• Golf, an arcade hall with a shoot'em up game and gachapon, poker, fishing
• Yakuza events, financial regulations, and much more
• The game even got a Korean translation!

[previewyoutube=8Yv3hHMvxLs;full]https://youtu.be/8Yv3hHMvxLs[/previewyoutube] I'm incredibly thankful for all the player feedback which has helped make the game more user-friendly and enjoyable.

What's next?

I underestimated the scope of the updates. I hoped to be ready for a full release after a year, but we're not there yet. In fact, this year won't see the full release either, and I'm falling behind on my update schedule again. So, I'm updating the roadmap once more.
Already in Update 0.4:

• New mini-games including golf, arcade games, and fishing
• Direct interactions with the Yakuza and through employees
• A city map that allows travel to various new locations like parks and temples
• Companies can now go bankrupt, merge, or be acquired
• Random event mode, annual business rankings, and plenty of smaller updates and news

I'll continue to improve stability and add minor enhancements in 0.4, but I also want to share my plans for the major 0.5 update.

Expect in 0.3:

• A rhythm-based karaoke mini-game featuring my own tracks styled after retro PC-98 sounds
• Claw machine mini-game, allowing you to win toys for Amy and others
• Enhanced competition among companies in the same sector, giving you a clear view of your rivals
• The option to start a charity or research fund to utilize the endless billions if you're particularly successful

Future plans (not necessarily in 0.5) include a more comprehensive dating simulator. In Version 0.6, I plan to introduce commercial real estate, which will offer higher profits but at a higher cost. This update will be dedicated to that expansion. Afterwards, I'll focus on the story mode, which will be the foundation for the full release from Early Access. The full release might be a bit pricier, and will feature new characters to compete against or befriend. I appreciate your patience as timelines can be tricky. Thanks again for your support. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I enjoy making it. If you're not ready to play in Early Access, I understand. Please consider adding the game to your wishlist and waiting for the full release.

[ 2024-07-17 18:20:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

- New achievements on Steam; - Updated poker hand calculations; - Now the numpad also work for switching between tabs; - Small changes to the comfort calculation, the indicator also no longer changes instantly, but still changes quickly every day; - Fixed the calculation of the dividend yield on the company window; - Fixed a bug that caused extremely comfortable individual houses to have a half-star comfort rating (they were actually very comfortable); - Fixed a bug where the last company on the portfolio page was sometimes not displayed; - Fixed a bug where the main menu of the game could be blocked by the city map; - Some fixes to the calculation of the correctness of poker combinations; - Various other fixes aimed at improving the stability of the game.

[ 2024-07-16 16:00:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

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New:

• New Mini-Game: Fishing on Vacation
• New Mini-Game: Secret Poker (Texas Hold'em)
• Direct dealings with the Yakuza: you can order them to take out rivals, shake up certain financial sectors, and even buy your way out of their wrath at any moment.
• New Vacation Outfit for Amy
• You can change the color palette of the interface, with additional color sets and the option to create custom palettes by editing the file "data/palette.png"

Quality of life:

• You can now adjust the daily expense size by clicking directly on the scale, not just the + or - buttons.
• The right mouse button now functions as Escape in most menus (making it more convenient to play one-handed).
• News about changes in high-ranking positions will now display the portrait and information of the individuals.
• Stock price charts now show more consistent numerical values.
• You can now navigate the "Advisor" tab and "Milestones" menu using arrow keys on the keyboard or gamepad, and the Escape button returns to the previous screen. These changes are part of my gradual effort to make the game fully operable using only the keyboard (which will also improve gamepad controls) as well as only the mouse.

Fixes and Other:

• Added crash notification system: if the game crashes, you will be prompted to send me a report (currently works only on Windows).
• You can no longer purchase real estate or cars while on vacation.
• You can no longer buy suspicious companies.
• Fixed a bug where a new company going public (IPO) had incorrect data from another bankrupt company (e.g., you were already in debt with short stocks).
• Fixed a bug that could cause the game to crash when exiting to the main menu.
• Fixed a bug where characters had two first names instead of a first name and a last name.
• Fixed an issue where you could start the next day during the Board of Directors meeting by pressing Enter.
• Fixed a bug where the name of an illegal company could repeat.
• Fixed a bug where the player could instantly lose the CEO position after engaging in illegal business.
• Amy no longer leaves with each new dialogue line.
• Players who have been waiting a long time for company responses can finally send new purchase offers (after some time).

[ 2024-07-04 22:08:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

- From now on, a player will be dismissed from the position of CEO and the board of directors of all companies when he goes to prison; - Going to jail has a stronger impact on reputation; - The average value of a stock in the portfolio is now reset to 0 if the player has sold all shares, - Fixing visual glitches on MacOS on scrollable messages; - Fixing a bug that caused companies to become NaN (HOPEFULLY); - Other bug fixes, - Probably new bugs.

[ 2024-04-06 12:54:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Now companies will go bankrupt or merge a little less often; - Companies will not merge with a player's company without a request; - An illegal company will no longer participate in new events that appeared with the last update; - The amount of the yakuza payout is limited; - Fixed a bug that caused the player to have too many people on the board of directors when merging companies; - Fixed a bug with a game crash; - Improved Japanese translation of the new text; - Other minor bug fixes.

[ 2024-03-22 16:02:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Changes in employees' salary requirements will now be smoother; - Fixed a bug with a huge decrease in the percentage of ownership in a company after a merger; - Fixed a critical bug with NaN after issuing shares; - Fixed a bug that could cause some achievements to carry over from another game session; - Fixed a bug where a man in a bar offering illegal business would not appear.

[ 2024-03-20 19:45:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

- If a company is struggling, it can now go bankrupt; - Companies can buy each other; - The player's company can buy other companies; - When starting a new game, the player will now be guaranteed to know the board of directors of a company already in the game; - Companies will now be less likely to issue new shares; - Rebalancing of stock prices; - Gamepad controls have been slightly improved; - Fixed some button labels in the Hoshimari mini-game; - Fixed a bug with the game crashing when switching pages in the Portfolio; - Fixed a bug with golf music; - Fixed a bug with changing days during shareholder meetings.

[ 2024-03-19 16:21:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Finally, the game has a native version for macOS! It should work on Apple devices with Apple Silicon and Intel processors, the minimum OS version is macOS High Sierra 10.13. New in the patch: - MacOS version; - Updates of the company management interface; - Unemployed workers now work on "projects" in the company that bring additional reserves, research points, and increase the experience and characteristics of employees; - New mini-game - golf; - New achievements in the game; - Changes in the speech mini-game: lines are highlighted in different colors, a missed shot is no longer considered a mistake, only one shot at a time; - The replenishment indicator and expenses from the company's balance now have text animation; - A bunch of small fixes in the Ukrainian translation; - Fixed a bug that caused financial reputation to be deducted more often than necessary; - Fixed a bug with incorrect display of the cost of the Advanced Marketing Campaign; - Fixed a bug where the monthly salary of a player as a director or board member was not taken into account in the "Total" column; - Fixed a bunch of other minor bugs;

[ 2024-03-07 19:44:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

If you're tired of getting the economic crisis of the early 90s every time in the game (which corresponds to real events), you can now choose a random event mode when creating a new game - the Japanese economy will experience both ups and downs in random order. Have time to react to market fluctuations in time! New: - Korean translation has been added to the game; - The ability to choose a historical or random set of events when creating a new game; - A new collection of toy dogs; - Contacts will pick up the phone a little more often; - The stock exchange now has an icon next to company names that shows the type of activity of the company; - The city now changes depending on the time of year; - The main screen now has a special inscription if the player is on vacation; - The algorithm for calculating monthly financial reputation charges has been changed; - The upward arrow will now mark the Profile and Advisor tabs when there are important events related to Amy; - Yoshiro's services have become more expensive; - Prices for various random events related to the player's company have been reduced; - A bit of additional code to make it easier for you to collect toy collections; - Many new milestones in the game; Company management: - In the list of employees, department heads will be marked with a different color; - Employees of your company will now have the correct position information in their profile; - Viewing candidates is no longer available if all resumes have already been viewed; - When employees ask for a salary increase, their current salary and the desired salary will be visible; Bugs: - Fixed a bug with getting the Asset Ascension achievement; - Fixed an erroneous message from Amy at the beginning of the new game "Now you can trade on the stock exchange again!"; - Fixed several other minor bugs;

[ 2024-02-01 21:27:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Now you can switch between contacts from the company page (view director to board of directors); - Fixed a bug where the last company on the second page of the stock exchange was not displayed; - Fixed a bug where the game crashed due to a message from a yakuza;

[ 2024-01-18 18:59:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

A small update with quality of life features! - The possibility to easily switch to the next and previous contact is now available; - Now when you hover over a contact's profile picture, you will get additional information about them; - You can also now learn more about a contact by hovering over it in a dialog box; - Contacts' knack are now visible in the department menu; - Improvements to Japanese localization; - Faces of chibi portraits now match the full portrait; - You can no longer leave your own company in CEO mode (only if you are kicked out); - After resigning as CEO, you are subject to a one-year restriction period during which you cannot create a new company; - Large messages are now typed faster; - Yakuza will now be more often offering to pay off; - The bank will no longer be so quick and aggressive in taking away your property; - Fixed calculations for the size of your own company (in money amount); - Fixed a bug with lifetime blocking of trading on the stock exchange; - Fixed a game crash if a player has a nickname with certain characters;

[ 2024-01-18 00:32:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Fixed the issue with the game crash "Variable Index [1] out of range [1] - -1.mycar" - Fixed incorrect display of tooltips in Japanese Work of fan localizations has been improved: - Now the game does not crash if there are blank lines in the translation, but displays English lines. - Font in fan translations doesn't break every time you launch it.

[ 2024-01-14 12:51:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update is just the beginning of a series of updates with fun and more!

New features:

- At the end of each year, the financial publication will create a selection of the best companies of the year and the top most influential people of the year, which the player can get to: both wealth and reputation are taken into account; - New opportunity to go to the arcade and play a Shoot'em'up game and collect gachapon toys (more games will be added later); - A few new events in the bar; - Your friends can invite you to go for a walk in the city, and then you can choose where you want to go; - A map with possible places for entertainment (will be greatly expanded); - The ability to go to the temple and park with friends; - New very rare real estate offers with discounts with new events; - A player can be expelled from the company's board of directors if his reputation in the company is very low; - New possible event for the company director; - Yakuza now require regular payments for their services; - Yakuza now provide more services; - Some employees with a yakuza connection can provide "special services" if the player also has a yakuza connection; - You can now become an enemy of the Yakuza and they will make your life miserable; - If a player is in a high position in a company, their actions in the market regarding this company become more influential and can cause new events and news; - More different news; - Companies will now issue new shares, and the player, if he owns a large stake, will give his consent to this. Without issuing new shares, companies will hit a ceiling at some point; - New achievements.

Amenities:

- Improved Japanese translation; - The game now has partial support for Steam Input, which means the buttons are displayed correctly for different gamepads (Xbox, Dualshock, Dualsense, Pro Controller). However, the correct display of buttons is not guaranteed when changing configurations in Steam settings; - Gamepad controls: the ability to exit various menus by pressing the button, as well as to scroll through various lists using the D-pad, for example, in the list of real estate, cars, jobs, etc. - The portfolio menu can now be found on the stock exchange, and you can now see the dividend yield of companies there; - The portfolio now has a guide to "?", as well as an explanation of each column; - The speech mini-game has been slightly redesigned to make it easier to understand what you need to do; - The sound of the phone ringing is now quieter; - Pop-up notifications can now appear several at a time to make it easier to deal with them;

Balance:

- Selling and buying large portions of your company's shares instantly affects your company's reputation and makes news; - Penalties for market manipulation are now more severe; - The daily growth of R&D points in a company has been reduced under certain conditions; - Donations no longer give as much public reputation growth;

Bug fixes:

- Fixed a bug with calculating the efficiency of the main department in your own company; - Now you will not see the connections of a potential employee with the Yakuza if you do not have any connections with them; - Fixed a bug that prevented the field of activity chosen by the player from being taken into account when creating a company; - Fixed a bug that prevented clicking on company names on the second page of the portfolio; - Fixed a bug with an incorrect message for the player as the head of the company; - Receiving insider information now lowers ethics instead of raising it; - Fixed a bug that sometimes miscalculated the player's wealth in terms of houses and cars. - The game no longer crashes if you exclude all companies on the chart; - Fixed a bug that prevented special achievements for CEO mode from being credited if the game was loaded (unfortunately, it will only work in new games); - Fixed a bunch of other minor bugs.

[ 2024-01-13 17:13:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

I know it won't work, but let's try! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539140/STONKS9800_Stock_Market_Simulator

[ 2023-11-21 18:16:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

The game is fully compatible with Steam Deck, officially approved by Valve.

[ 2023-11-10 00:01:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Added the ability to massively increase employee salaries; - Fixed a bug with the game crashing during the event with the "disappearance" of the "mysterious company"; - The event when a strange fellow sits down with you no longer occurs repeatedly after his offer has already been accepted once; - Fixed a bug that caused the event of a fire in the apartment to be mistakenly indicated as "you are bankrupt and your apartment has been taken away"; - Fixed a bug that caused the list of apartments and cars to disappear; - Fixed a bug where clicking on the Company tab sometimes did not work the first time.

[ 2023-11-04 02:21:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

I understand that many of you might be disappointed with the new timelines, but this is a necessary step to allow me to work on the game at a somewhat reasonable pace and still have free time for other projects. However, you won't have to wait 3-4 months for each update I will now be rolling out updates gradually so that you're not left without new content for extended periods. The next major planned update, "0.4 Entertainment," will begin to roll out in December, possibly even a bit earlier. For instance, from the upcoming content, you'll get more vacation events (and a new mini-game!) as well as increased interactions with the Yakuza, including in the context of company management. You will receive all this without waiting for me to complete everything planned for version 0.4, so don't be surprised if the subsequent 0.4 update doesn't bring as much content. This approach will also help me better monitor the game's balance and address bugs more progressively.

About 0.3 update

Regarding the 0.3 update, I might have overestimated my capabilities and ended up creating content that perhaps should have been released later. This particular mode feels like a standalone DLC (which I'm not planning to make yet, as I want to complete the full version of the game first). However, I believe it will be a pleasant surprise for those who start playing now and, at some stage, discover another game within the game. Moving forward, I'll focus on the game's main theme the stock market. And also on Emi. Emi will receive more content and costumes, which is something I personally want. Thank you for sticking with me! Thanks to your feedback, the game is improving, so please continue to share your thoughts.

Updated Roadmap

[ 2023-11-03 17:31:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

I am actively working on updating it with improvements after patch 0.3.

Version 0.3.0.3:

- The ability to choose the level of free shares restriction at the start has been added. That is, on the easy difficulty, you can again purchase all 100% of the shares without restrictions; - The ability to disable invitations to the board of directors of a particular company; - Employees of the departments in your company are no longer strangers to you (friendship with them increases above zero); - Friendship is also increased when hiring; - Secret information from Yoshiro will now be more expensive if the player has more money; - Characters now answer the phone more often on weekends; - Fixed a bug with incorrect button signatures in one event; - Fixed a bug where the sound when raising the friendship level with Amy could play longer than necessary; - Fixed a bug with glitchy display of the game after firing an employee from the employee list screen; - Fixed a bug that caused the R&D scale to always be at the bottom; - Fixed a game crash when offering a job to a character; - Fixed a bug with the bar crash; - Now you will still receive income while on vacation. It was also updated earlier (after 0.3): - Improved display of Japanese text; - Time now stops when viewing resumes; - Fixed a bug with old employees in new company departments; - Fixed bug with "100252"; - Fixed a bug with the game crashing after pressing the Escape button in some dialogs; - And a few other small fixes.

[ 2023-11-03 01:31:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Finally, the long-awaited update! I'm sorry for the delay, but I'll be revising the roadmap in a few days, so stay tuned.

Company Management:

- Ability to create your own company; - A new mode in which the player immediately creates their own small company; - The ability to view a list of all key employees in the company; - Ability to build and develop company departments and assign key employees to them; - Now there are pop-up notifications when replenishing or spending money from the company reserves; - Significantly reworked the balance of company characteristics and income calculation formulas; - Ability to send employees on vacation, train them, and much more; - Ability to hold calming meetings for investors; - Now, the player can be fired from the position of CEO if they are not performing well and do not have a controlling stake in the company; - The player can be offered to resign from the position of CEO if they have a controlling stake in the company and are managing it poorly; - The player's company can now go bankrupt if it has a negative balance for a long time; - If a player as a CEO does not attend meetings, it negatively affects the outcomes; - Employees can now request salary increases or vacations; - Random acquaintances can now ask to work for your company; - New random events for the company manager.

Companies:

- New companies are now going public (IPO), allowing the player to immediately buy a certain amount of shares at a favorable price (or not, because who knows what will happen to the company); - Now, the results of shareholders' meetings affect the stock price; - New events have appeared at shareholder meetings.

Contacts:

- Ability to sort contacts by various indicators (not just by friendship); - All contacts can now have a penchant for a certain business (useful for managing a company); - More professions in contacts; - New phrases for contacts when the player communicates with them as their boss; - Increased the maximum possible number of shares that can be offered in personal deals; - Some changes in character generation; - New characteristics - thoroughness and experience; - Your company's employees also have energy and job satisfaction indicators; - Each contact now has brief information about their personality or hobbies (may not be true in old save files); - Now, improving or worsening relations with a board member or CEO affects the reputation in their company.

Convenience:

- Added the ability to skip the intro (but only after the first viewing, so you'll have to watch it once). For this, hold the Esc key or B on the gamepad; - Added the ability to speed up horse races; - The bottom panel is now dimmed when inactive; - Improved cursor control from the gamepad (it slows down slightly over active objects); - Added a trillion mark for corresponding large sums.

Technical:

- Traditionally improved Japanese translation; - Added a 1280x720 resolution setting (want to get the green checkmark for Steam Deck); - The game on Steam Deck should automatically select the best resolution (hopefully); - Now, the initial money is not considered in the achievements "Cash Catcher" and "Dragon's Hoard"; - New achievements.

Fixes:

- Characters now keep their noses, instead of changing them every time a save is loaded; - Fixed a bug where contact images appeared in the wrong messages; - Fixed the display of friendship level with Emi (to make it neat and even); - Fixed a bug with incorrect interview results display; - Fixed a bug that could cause the game to freeze when exiting; - Fixed an error where the list of contact professions was limited to a certain list over time; - Fixed a bug where the day started over after exiting the system menu; - Fixed several bugs that caused the game to crash; - Fixed a bug where events of the day replayed when reloading the game; - Optimization improvements (hopefully).

[ 2023-11-01 18:44:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Apologies are in order. It looks like I bit off more than I could chew this time around. Who knew that rest isnt just a suggestion, but a necessity? Shocking, right? So heres the deal: I dropped the ball and patch 0.3 is going to need a bit more TLC before its ready to roll out. But dont worry, Ill be sharing more screenshots in the next few days so keep your eyes on Twitter and Discord. Now, for a quick refresher: this patch is all about breathing life into your entrepreneurial spirit. Youll get to build your company from the ground up, handpick your team, assign roles, and watch your empire expand. And for those of you who are as impatient as I am, you can jump straight into the action with a ready-to-go company (itll be a modest start, but hey, Rome wasnt built in a day).
I can't thank you enough for your patience and understanding. Im considering a tweak in the roadmap to ensure I deliver nothing but top-notch updates without the delay. Every promise made will be a promise kept, thats a guarantee. Catch you soon!

[ 2023-09-30 18:10:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

- Friends can no longer have more than 100 friendship levels; - More readable rate display in the "2 Courses" menu; - Reduced the required reputation level for unlocking short trades; - Allows you to delete save files; - Fixed a bug that caused the chart to not update on days when a player was working part-time; - Fixed a bug with the game crashing when investing in Future Tech; - Fixed a bug that caused mailstones for friends to be counted incorrectly; - Fixed a bug that could cause the game to crash after certain events; - Fixed a bug that prevented you from participating in a shareholder meeting in the hospital.

[ 2023-09-11 00:51:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Finally, the first major update. It is dedicated to more convenient trading and communication with contacts.

New features:

- Added income and expense book; - Added the ability to conveniently view your own portfolio, where you can easily track the most profitable companies for you; - You can now call, communicate, and invite your contacts to a bar on weekends; - You can now see the picture of the contact communicating with you; - 4 new music tracks in the game; - Your contacts with a good friendship level can now offer exclusive deals at the bar; - New random events; - Two modes of time passing speed; - The possibility to go on a vacation on your own once every three months; - In vacation, Amy now talks about vacation, not work; - New achievements; - Some more secret stuff.

Changes in the exchange:

- In the stock exchange, when you hover over "+" or "-", you can now see the price of the stock at which you last bought it; - Restrictions on trading on the stock exchange have been introduced: you won't be able to buy 100% of the shares of all companies as easily as you want, because not all of their owners want to sell them; - Now your purchase of shares has a more active impact on their price and the market as a whole; - Two new difficulty settings: the speed of time on the stock exchange and the presence of the FSA (State Financial Regulator) - FSA: If you quickly sell and buy shares on the stock exchange, shaking up the market, the FSA may issue you a warning or sue you. Note: some of these changes will not be visible in old saves. Start a new game on Normal or higher.

Quality of life:

- Improved ability to create fan localizations (read more here); - Ability to make a lower game speed; - Shareholder meetings are now held no more than once a week; - Removed decimal numbers from money amounts; - A small rebalancing; - It is now impossible to click Options during some events and while dialogs are present; - The boss now automatically gets behind the wheel of a newly bought car if there was no car before; - The speed of increasing or decreasing the bet on horse racing has been increased; - The chance of an investment offer from Future Tech has been increased; - You can now produce much more pachinko balls at a time; - The speech mini-game now works on the G H J buttons, as a unified solution for different keyboards. (Z X C will also continue to work); - Friendship level changes are now visible in the notification; - Japanese localization has been improved (but it may not be the best in the new timeline, this is temporary);

Bugs:

- There are new bugs;

Bug fixes:

- Fixed a bug where predictions in the bar could appear only once in the entire game; - Fixed a bug that could cause companies that have already been liquidated to appear in events; - Fixed a bug that caused the shares of all companies to drop dramatically for no reason; - A bunch of other minor bugs have been fixed.

[ 2023-08-27 15:34:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Another small update for the game. Next I will be working on version 0.2 with improved trading, so it will take longer. - Added a few events related to the presence or absence of a car; - Amy can now invite you to go for a walk on weekends; - The chart is no longer updated on weekends; - On the stock exchange, the share purchase multiplier no longer changes the displayed share price; - Fixed a bug with identical names of different companies; - Yakuza will no longer offer you a partnership after the second refusal; - Small rebalancing of company indicators.

[ 2023-07-27 00:38:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Improvements: - Improvements for chart: you can hover over the company name to highlight its series of metrics, and you can hide the metrics of certain companies;
- Added new professions for people (only works in the new game); Fixes: - Companies that have been liquidated will no longer leave an empty space on the stock exchange and will no longer appear as NaN in the graph; - A bunch of fixes to the behavior of people moving to different companies; - People will no longer work for liquidated companies; - In pachinko, you can now control the direction of the ball on the A and D keys; - Fixing bugs related to an illegal company and its exit from the market; - Fixed a game crash on Steam Deck; - Fixed Amy's incorrect phrase when the player is in jail; - Fixed a bunch of errors in the chart; - Fixed incorrect strings in the name of professions (only works in the new game) - The player is now displayed correctly in the board of directors of companies; - Fixes various other minor bugs and issues; - Correction of typos in the text, improvement of Japanese localization.

[ 2023-07-24 23:46:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

New features: - A borderless full-screen mode has been added; - In the stock exchange, shares are now bought and sold faster by holding the left mouse button longer; - New contacts in the list are now marked as "New" until you hover over them; - You can now leave the CEO position or add your own funds to the company's reserves; - More different professions have been added to contacts (will work in the new game); Bugs: - Fixed overlapping notifications in the bar or on a walk; - Fixed a bug with the company menu overlay on entertainment screens; - Fixed the sprite of your house on the main screen; - Fixed excessive notification after a birthday in the bar; - First and last names have been swapped to match Japanese spelling; - Fixed a bug where owning shares in the same company can deduct ethics points; - Fixed a bug when the research was freezing forever; - Fixed a bug when the status of a research was not saved; - A little work on the CRT filter to make its last levels more comfortable for reading; - Fixed a bug where the player became a director of several (often random) companies; - Fixed a bug that caused a random person to become a director of a company instead of a member of the board of directors; - Fixing various other minor bugs; - Correction of errors in the text, partial improvement of Japanese localization.

[ 2023-07-21 02:43:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is something I had planned for the game, but haven't realized yet. Maybe I'll figure out something else thanks to your feedback!
In addition, the game is always subject to minor updates, and the game has already been updated about 10 times since its release, and each time it was a different little fix. Thank you all! Also come to my Discord server!

[ 2023-07-19 21:47:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539140/STONKS9800_Stock_Market_Simulator/

[ 2023-07-17 18:43:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow!

New trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z47QO_eFWCU https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539140/STONKS9800_Stock_Market_Simulator/

[ 2023-06-12 15:10:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, fellow traders! Today I want to tell you about an important thing: the reputation system in the game. In STONKS-9800, your reputation isn't some fancy metric. It's like your shadow in the game, showing how well you're doing across a whole bunch of things that make up the life of a businessman.
Here's the structure of the criteria that form your reputation: 1. Public Image: This is all about how you are perceived by the general public and the media. It will rise when you maintain a clean and scandal-free image. It's all about PR here. 2. Financial Success: As the saying goes, money talks. Your financial prowess, captured by your total net worth, annual profit, and asset growth, speaks volumes about your business acumen. 3. Ethical Conduct: Here's where your moral compass comes into play. Collaborating with the Yakuza and engaging in illicit activities can offer short-term gains, but will negatively impact this score. 4. Networking: This isn't just about whom you know, but how you maintain these relationships. Attend social events, make the right friends, and your networking reputation will soar. 5. Market Knowledge: Are you on top of the latest trends? Do you have a knack for predicting market shifts? Prove it, and watch your market knowledge reputation grow. 6. Philanthropy: Generous donations and charity work boost your philanthropy reputation. After all, a businessman's role isn't limited to just making profits. 7. Innovation: Pour money into developing and promoting novel technologies or revolutionary ideas. Taking the lead in innovation always makes a mark. 8. Overall Reputation: The ultimate reflection of your standing in the business world, this is the sum total of all the above facets. Each of these dimensions will not only influence how the world perceives you but also unlock new gameplay possibilities. A solid reputation might attract exclusive deals, special events, and unique opportunities, while a questionable reputation might incite public backlash or even attract government scrutiny. Stay tuned for more updates!

[ 2023-05-31 02:17:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! It's Ternox. I've decided to start a devlog of STONKS-9800 as I'm getting closer to releasing the game in Early Access. The devlog will continue as long as the game is updated, even after release. I'm excited to share my progress with everyone and give some insight into the development process. Well, you probably already know what the game is about, right? Maybe you've even played the demo and noticed that Amy plays the role of a player's assistant. And I decided to expand her role a bit. But I should warn you that the game is still primarily a fun stock market simulator, so don't expect it to become a fully formed visual novel.

So, first devlog about Amy. Who is she?

Amy is a complex character with a range of emotions and experiences, which I wanted to reflect in her dialogues. She's a hard worker and takes her job seriously, but also has a playful and mischievous side to her personality. I wanted to make sure that her conversations with the player were not only informative and task-oriented, but also had some humor and lightheartedness to them.
To achieve this, I came up with a variety of dialogues that reflect different aspects of Amy's personality. For example, I created dialogues where Amy tells stories from her childhood, shares personal and intimate details from her life, and even gets a little bit tipsy and acts silly with the player while on a walk. I wanted to create a character that would not only guide players through the game but also provide an engaging and memorable experience.
I also made sure to incorporate cultural references to Japan in the 80s, where the game takes place, to really immerse the player in the setting and make the dialogues feel more authentic. These references range from famous Japanese works to local customs and traditions. In addition to crafting her personality and dialogues, I also designed a storyline connected to Amy that runs throughout the game, offering different endings based on the player's decisions and interactions with her.
This storyline adds a layer of depth and emotional investment to the game, as players will be able to see how their actions impact Amy's life and the development of their relationship. As they progress through the game, players will encounter various events and situations that challenge their bond with Amy and require them to make crucial choices that will ultimately determine the outcome of her story. But I'll talk about the storylines some other time. Thank you for your attention, and please add the game to your wishlist! I hope to provide you with an Early Access release date very soon! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1539140/STONKS9800_Stock_Market_Simulator/

[ 2023-03-27 15:48:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

I was thinking... how would you feel about me releasing STONKS-9800 in early access in the near future? I have a lot of minor work to do and I realize that I really need players who will share their experiences so that I can improve the game, as I did with the release the demo. I wasn't planning on releasing the game in early access, but I feel that as a solo developer I need more feedback and it will help and motivate me to develop more actively. And the simulator genre requires a lot of things that I can't keep track of. So, what do you think about it? Discussion

[ 2022-12-17 00:32:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

STONKS-9800 was almost ready, but unfortunately, there was a war in my country. Russian troops attacked Ukraine on February 24, and so far it is very difficult for me to develop any games. I'm fine now, but I'm morally exhausted. I hope to return to the development of the game in the near future, as there is currently no active hostilities in my city. Sorry again for the delay. Glory to Ukraine!

[ 2022-03-23 21:11:03 CET ] [ Original post ]