Hello everyone, Thank you all for your feedback so far. We've been working hard to make improvements to the game, and have updated the Beta Branch with some important QoL and UI changes. We're continuing to work on the Beta and hope to push it over to the Main Branch at the end of the month. We can't thank you all enough for all the support, we appreciate every comment, suggestion and bug report. Here are the changes for the current version:
Market Scanner
Reworked the Breadth page to fit the available screen space more effectively.
Fixed hidden and clipped Breadth Verdict content.
Expanded the Breadth Verdict with clearer market participation, trend, sentiment, and stress information.
Restored scrolling when dashboard panels are resized or set to wide mode.
Improved responsive panel sizing across different resolutions.
Added clearer Advance and Decline, Range Highs and Lows, Moving Average, Volume Participation, Market Stress, and Sentiment panels.
Improved the Scanner Sectors layout.
Restored missing sector names on the Sector Map.
Fixed sector labels being hidden behind heatmap cells.
Added safeguards against sector names, values, and summary text extending outside their panels.
Added clearer descriptions for abbreviated sector metrics such as ADV%.
Fixed Change values clipping in the Sector Participation table.
Corrected heatmap colouring when Yield is selected.
Improved Yield colouring so sectors no longer appear identical.
Fixed text overlap in Market Cap sized heatmap cells.
Improved responsive heatmap label sizing and truncation.
Improved column spacing and alignment throughout sector tables.
Screener
Added draggable column dividers while Edit mode is active.
Added sorting for Ticker, Name, and Sector.
Fixed a compilation issue affecting column sorting.
Added text truncation for cells that are too narrow.
Improved protection against values overlapping neighbouring columns.
Improved table resizing and narrow screen behaviour.
Company Overview
Reworked the Company Overview page to present important information more clearly.
Improved the visual hierarchy of market, company, technical, and operational information.
Fixed Why and Operations buttons merging together in Edit mode.
Improved spacing between editable controls.
Fixed market symbols appearing beneath the Ask price.
Improved clipping and alignment around market prices and indicators.
Added more useful actions and supporting information to the company header.
Company Analysis
Redesigned the Analysis page around a clearer dashboard layout.
Added a larger and more useful price chart.
Removed the volume chart beneath the price chart and gave the space to price history.
Added clearer headline metrics for price, daily change, RSI, trend, volatility, short interest, and borrow utilization.
Improved the Technical Indicators presentation.
Improved Volatility and Short Interest sections.
Improved the Related Securities section.
Added clearer navigation to related instruments and company information.
Removed an unwanted highlight bar from the price chart.
Improved overall spacing and use of empty screen space.
Company Ownership
Redesigned Company Ownership to replace the long data list with clearer cards and grouped sections.
Added headline ownership cards for insiders, institutions, public float, and the player’s stake.
Added a circular ownership structure visualization.
Added clearer ownership percentages, share totals, and supporting bars.
Reworked Within the Public Float into a compact, easier to compare breakdown.
Improved Control and Acquisition information.
Improved the Named Fund Holders table.
Standardized text sizes across the page.
Fixed text extending outside ownership panels.
Fixed overlap around the ownership structure chart.
Fixed the ownership chart legend being clipped.
Fixed Shares Outstanding values overlapping other content.
Fixed text crossing panel boundaries in Within the Public Float.
Expanded and corrected the warning about measured holdings exceeding public float.
Fixed warning text being truncated inside the yellow information box.
Reduced excessive empty space in the Management section.
Improved the Ownership People page using a structured profile layout.
Added clear employee, executive network, financial, personal, housing, and employment sections without portraits or decorative icons.
Fixed an issue where the People page could render empty panels.
Company Control
Improved the Control page layout and information hierarchy.
Added the Capital Injection module directly to the Control page.
Reduced the need to navigate through the Subsidiaries area for capital injections.
Improved presentation of ownership thresholds and control requirements.
Added clearer guidance about actions that require majority control.
Improved visibility of control status and available company actions.
Company Operations
Redesigned the Operations page to make directives easier to understand.
Improved the read only state and control requirement messaging.
Improved the Control Status panel.
Reworked Pricing Stance into a clearer visual control.
Improved the Lines of Business presentation.
Reworked Capital Mandate settings into clearer allocations and toggles.
Improved Financial Autonomy information.
Added clearer descriptions of what operational directives affect.
Improved spacing, grouping, and overall use of the page.
Company Editing
Fixed Edit mode opening Company Overview instead of the currently selected company subtab.
Edit mode now remains on the active Company page.
Improved spacing between editable buttons and controls.
Improved handling of editable layouts at different resolutions.
Portfolio Net Worth
Redesigned the Net Worth page to use the full available screen more effectively.
Improved Total Assets, Total Liabilities, and Net Worth summaries.
Improved the holding composition display.
Improved separation between personal, trading account, company, and empire assets.
Improved empty state messaging.
Fixed lines passing through labels and values.
Removed unwanted strikethrough style artifacts.
Improved alignment of totals and section labels.
Portfolio Dashboard
Reworked the Portfolio Dashboard into a clearer summary of account performance.
Improved presentation of account value, gains and losses, exposure, allocation, and risk.
Improved spacing and hierarchy across dashboard panels.
Improved empty states for new portfolios.
Reduced unused space and improved responsive behaviour.
Portfolio Positions
Added more instrument specific information to Positions.
Added a responsive Details column.
Government bonds now show sovereign status, term, and coupon.
Corporate bonds now show credit rating, live issue count, next maturity, and average maturity.
Rebalanced column widths to prevent clipping.
Added more space for Details and Close controls.
Shortened bond descriptions using compact finance notation.
Improved narrow screen behaviour so optional information can shrink or hide cleanly.
Fixed bond details overlapping the Close button.
Improved Close button width and readability.
Bond Markets
Added credit ratings to corporate bond listings.
Added sortable Rating and Next Maturity columns.
Added live yield, price, coupon, position, and position value information.
Added exact next maturity dates to corporate bond details.
Added face weighted average maturity.
Added live issue count and total live face value.
Added annual coupon burden.
Added an issue level maturity ladder.
Added clearer credit risk descriptions.
Corrected bond default and redemption information.
Bankruptcy now correctly states that bonds settle using recovery value.
Acquisition redemption is described separately from bankruptcy recovery.
Preserved compatibility with existing issuer aggregated bond holdings and saves.
Bond Trading
Added issuer credit ratings to corporate bonds on the Trading screen.
Government bonds now display the SOV rating.
Bond trading information now includes rating alongside coupon and maturity details.
Improved consistency between the Markets, Positions, and Trading bond displays.
Trading
Fixed MAX shares failing to calculate when Limit mode had no price.
A Limit order without a valid limit price now behaves as a Market order.
Updated trade previews and sizing so empty Limit orders use the live market price.
Improved consistency between MAX sizing, order previews, and final submission.
Market remains the fallback order type for fresh settings.
The selected order type continues to be remembered between sessions.
Company Bankruptcy and Credit Risk
Confirmed that companies can become insolvent and enter bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy can be triggered by sustained losses, negative equity, or debt that cannot be repaid.
Bankruptcy can wipe out equity and default corporate bonds.
Corporate bond holders receive the applicable recovery value after default.
Company shares, options, convertibles, and related positions are settled during bankruptcy.
Bankrupt companies are removed from the listed market.
Credit ratings now provide better visibility into this risk before purchasing bonds.
Life Simulation Settings
Added the ability to enable or disable the Life simulation when starting a new game.
Added the same Life simulation toggle to in game settings.
Disabling Life removes eating requirements.
Disabling Life removes health deterioration and related requirements.
The setting is stored as part of the game configuration.
Existing games remain compatible.
Welcome and Settings
Improved the Welcome Back window layout and readability.
Improved session brief, progress, next steps, goals, and performance summaries.
Improved spacing and use of the modal window.
Fixed theme options extending beyond the Graphics settings window.
Improved scrolling and containment in the theme selector.
Fixed Custom Theme Builder sliders closing the builder when released.
Improved pointer handling while dragging colour sliders.
Improved theme preview and selection behaviour.
General UI Improvements
Improved clipping protection throughout tables, cards, and panels.
Improved responsive behaviour at different screen sizes and UI scales.
Improved text truncation where full values cannot fit safely.
Improved spacing between labels, values, controls, and panel borders.
Improved consistency of text sizes across redesigned pages.
Reduced unused space across several Company and Portfolio pages.
Improved Edit mode behaviour across tabs.
Improved table column sizing and degradation on narrow layouts.
Fixed several cases where values could extend into neighbouring cells.
Improved alignment of buttons, headers, charts, and summary metrics.
Added clearer terminology and explanations for specialist financial information.
