Version 0.6.0.0 (the Ownership Update) has been released.
Changes in this patch:
- Added audio for new campaign log entries
- Added valuation of assets to determine proper company net worth
- Added stock shares for all companies
- Added artificial stock valuation modifier
- Added stock market window, with a general listing tab, a detail tab, an active offers tab, and an active auctions tab
- Heavily rebalanced AI technique and starting cash to improve stock performance
- Added quick-sell stock feature, that allows you to quickly sell any stock you own at below market value
- Added stock auctions feature, allowing you to put stock you own up to public auction. The AI will bid on it, usually ending up somewhere around the market value, but it takes several days. The AI can also put its own stock up for auction and you can bid on it.
- Added buy offers, allowing you to choose your price and offer to buy stock that the AI owns. You'll be given a general idea about how they might react, but you won't know for sure until a couple days later when they respond to your offer. The AI can also make offers on stock you own, and you can decide if it's worth it or not.
- Added force-buy feature, allowing you to force a company to sell you its stock. Right now, this requires you to pay 5x the current market price. The AI can also force-buy your stock, but inflating the value as much as possible will make that harder (on the other hand, the influx of cash from a force-buy may be a blessing in disguise).
- Added a failure state for the campaign. If your ownership of your own company falls below 50%, the game will end and you will lose.
- Added two new opportunity types related to the stock market. One will trigger as soon as tutorial opportunities are completed, the other will trigger when low on funds.
Please note, this is part 1 of a 2-part major update. Part 2, v0.6.5.0, the Endgame Update, will come before the end of the month.