Thank you for everyone's patience! Here are some of the new features in our latest major release: 

YouTube Embedding

Due to changes in YouTube's embedding policy, we had to come up with a creative solution where we changed the origin of the app itself along with tweaking headers to get things working. While this was extremely challenging in and of itself, the bigger issue was that a different origin meant old user data would not load.

Storage Overhaul

We took the opportunity from the obstacle presented above to do a systematic refactor of the entire game's save state system. The result is a faster and more reliable experience. Considering that we the game can same many times a second when simming at high speeds, increased efficiency here results in lower overhead and faster sim speeds. All this being said, we encourage all users to backup their saves out of an abundance of caution. The new build is programmed to detect old game states and migrate them to the new standard and origin (which takes up to 10 seconds when first opening the new build and you may or may not see a flash). It leaves your existing save state unchanged and if you go back to a legacy build, you will resume from the last state before opening version 2.5. Progress in 2.5+ is notbackward compatible with legacy versions. If there are any issues, you can of course reach out to us at info@cinqmarsmedia.org and we can provide a code to restore your progress using the game's "restitution" feature.

Easy Mode (25% discounted Upgrades)

A lot of players have given feedback that it takes too long to arrive at the late-game. All players now have the option of toggling on Easy Mode in the title menu. All upgrades are discounted 25% while milestones require 25% more net worth to reach. We're trying to figure how out many margin calls should be required before this feature is available, but for now it's unlocked immediately. 

Major Electron Upgrade

Requiring a sizable refactor, the game now uses the most recent version of electron allowing it to take advantage of webGPU protocols more effectively. The result is better performance (5-10% on our systems) and stability. 

Financial Correlation Sandbox

We've added a new milestone that we hope can help get players thinking about how different financial indicators work together. Reaching this milestone unlocks a website preview that acts as an interactive visual sandbox. Explore historical correlations among technical indicators and nudge their biases to see ripple effects across the broader financial landscape. Upload your own data for deeper insight. A powerful educational and inferential tool. 

Other Updates

Updated brain.js framework for AI bots

Added option to open all links externally in title menu

Fixed rare ETF crashing bug

Use left/right arrow keys to control sim speed more granularly

Various other stability improvements, particularly with save state

Performance optimizations that can improve sim speed by up to 15% in certain situations

App will now offer to disable hardware acceleration without GPU at launch rather than crash (with steep performance penalty)

Thank you so much for all your support and patience. As always, the previous build is available under the branch "previous" and please reach out to us at info@cinqmarsmedia.org with feedback, questions or issues and we will get back to you asap.