Report a bug: press F8, or use the settings or the main menu. Describe briefly what happened, add details and an email for follow-up questions if you like. Optionally a screenshot, the log (without your user name) and the current save game go along. The game pauses meanwhile. Reports go straight to the developer; known issues and their status are listed at code-tycoon.de/bugs.
Competition that matters: rivals snatch contracts in their niche and push prices down there. New studios open, weak ones close — and the »New Competition« event really brings a new studio to the market.
Takeovers you can inspect: before buying you see who comes along — with role, language and salary —, the real monthly cost, the reputation gain and a note when you lack desks. The same goes for takeover offers from your inbox.
Filters and sorting: maintenance contracts filter by language and status and sort by monthly fee, months left or client patience. Specializations filter by status and domain — and sort by which ones you are closest to unlocking.
Promotions show the new position, the old and new salary and the productivity gain before you confirm.
The market card shows the estimated amount of work a contract takes.
Maintenance offers name the programming language before you accept.
Moving office shows rent, desks, the pay rise and your expected monthly result — with a warning when the move would run at a loss with your current contracts.
Sandbox: choose your starting capital, from 10,000 to 10 million.
Balance
Prices follow the scope: a contract's complexity decides the work, and the work decides the price. The programming language is only a damped surcharge now. Clients in a hurry pay more, patient ones less.
Maintenance contracts: a longer term means a lower monthly rate — over the whole term they still earn more.
Investors take their share of every profitable month's profit. Funding rounds dilute your stake instead of adding up to more than 100 %. Existing saves are corrected on load.
Realistic: pay and deadlines are back to normal. In return, bigger offices raise contract pay only half as much on Realistic and Hardcore — the middle game stays contested.
Bug Fixes
The API, payment, file system, search, localization and accessibility expertise could never rise, which made some specializations unreachable.
Reputation: messages now say why, such as a late or buggy delivery, and show gains too. Losing standing with a client group is announced. Reputation is capped at 100 again — it could climb past 3,000 before.
The XP bar names the level it belongs to, even when levels were bought with skill points.
Buying out every competitor brought the original five back the next month.
On Linux with display scaling, clicks landed offset from the mouse pointer.
Japanese, Chinese and Thai text wraps correctly instead of running out of the window.