The Fortunes Update is here
This is the biggest update GG Life has had: the fortunes you make, the ones you lose, and what you leave behind. Here is everything that is new since v0.10.19.
Leave a legacy
Wills that leave things. You can now leave a property or a business to any of your children, not just your heir. It goes with its loan, and its value counts against that child's share of the estate. Gifts are shown when a generation ends and recorded in your family chronicle.
Pensions. A new Pension tab on the Finance screen. Pay in 0%, 5% or 10% of your salary from age 18 and your employer adds 3%. It unlocks at 65 and pays out monthly. There is no state pension, so if you save nothing, you get nothing. Whatever is left when you die goes into your estate.
Retirement. From 65 you can retire from your job and live on what you saved.
Your family has opinions about your will. At 60 you will be reminded to write one. Leave a child out, or give the family home to one child over another, and expect them to say something. You can change the will in response, or stand firm.
A fresh start for your heir. When a new generation takes over, a welcome screen shows where they live and what each lifestyle will cost them, so their first month is not a guess.
Play at your own pace
Autoplay. A play button next to Next Month runs the months for you at 1x or 2x speed. It stops by itself for anything that needs you: a decision, a birth, a new job, a problem, an achievement or the end of a generation. Quiet months are rolled into one summary when it stops, so you never miss what happened.
Life is not always smooth
Recessions. Every 10 to 20 years the economy turns. You get a warning a few months ahead. Then interest rates spike and fall, some people lose their jobs and others take pay cuts, property and businesses lose value, and the stock market goes bear. Hard, but survivable if you plan for it. A badge in the top bar tells you when one is coming and when one is on.
Setbacks you can recover from. Life now throws real problems at you, and each one comes with real ways out:
A debt crisis: sell something, restructure a loan, borrow interest-free from family, or ride it out.
Restructuring at work: take a step down, take the severance, or make your case.
Burnout: take time off, move to a calmer role, or push through.
A business in trouble: put money in, let someone go, sell, or let it shrink.
A parent who needs care: pay for it, share it with a sibling, take them in, or step back.
Some of them warn you in advance, and if you fix the cause in time, they never arrive. They are rare, a few in a lifetime.
A new screen: Activities
Things you choose to do with your own time and money.
Holidays. From a weekend away to a luxury getaway. Go solo, with your partner, or take the whole family. Family trips cost more, make everyone happier and become family memories.
Time off is real. A full-time job gives you 20 days of paid leave a year. Go beyond that and the days are unpaid, and the screen tells you exactly what you will lose before you book.
Regret the bill. Bigger trips can go on a travel loan if the bank will lend to you.
Wellbeing, family, social and leisure. Spa days, health checkups, therapy, date nights, family days out, visiting your parents, networking events, dinner parties, concerts, hobby classes and nights out.
Careers: more paths, real choices
Careers can now fork. Some jobs lead to two different next roles, and when you qualify for both, you choose. For example, a Senior Developer can become an Engineering Manager or a Principal Engineer. One road usually needs a qualification and pays more at the top. The other is quicker and needs only experience.
Four new industries, each with a full career ladder:
Influencer: the riskiest job in the game, with one of the highest ceilings. Go from Aspiring Influencer to Media Mogul.
Aviation: work your way up the cabin, or pay for flight school and become a pilot, then a captain.
Science: the research road through degrees, or the quality road through experience, both leading to Lab Director.
Creative Arts: from Studio Assistant to Creative Director.
New forks in existing careers: Technology, Healthcare, Trades and Finance each gained a second road up.
95 jobs (up from 70) and seven new qualifications, including an expensive pilot license.
See your next step. The bars at the top of the Career, Education and Business screens now show how close you are to your next promotion, graduation or business upgrade, and tell you what is still missing.
Money and markets
A fictional coin market. A new Coins tab on the Stocks screen, for players who like risk. Coins swing far harder than shares, pay no dividends and can go to zero. You can set a stop-loss to limit how much a crash takes. There is a 1.5% fee each way and they are cash only. These coins are entirely fictional: no real money, no blockchain, and nothing ever leaves the game. If you never open the tab, you will never hear about them.
Balance history. Click your money on the Overview or Finance screen to see ten years of charts for checking, savings, debt and your credit score.
Quality of life
Keyboard and controller support on the menus. The main menu, Load Game, New Game and Settings now work with arrow keys, Enter and a gamepad.
First name and family name are asked for separately when you start a new game, so your family gets the surname you meant. Thanks to the player who reported this.
The Problems button is always visible in the top bar. It glows red when something needs your attention, so you always know where to look.
Everything in this update is available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese.
Bug fixes
Fixed a broken date label on the Stocks price chart and the Events screen that could show raw text instead of a month.
Fixed the balance history occasionally showing a final figure that did not match your current balance.
Fixed the Financial Analyst career skipping a tier on its way to Finance Director.
Thank you
Every one of these changes came from the roadmap and from your feedback. Keep it coming in the discussions and on our Discord. We read all of it.
Enjoy building your dynasty.
- AfterGlow Games