Hello, I'm starting this thread for people who want to learn more about the game's inner workings.

I have a few questions myself.

Does each members' health on the "View Members" screen update after every show, or that only meant to display max health? It would be useful to know how much your members health decreases and increase in between shows, but if it's intentionally hidden in order to make the player have to go through trial and error to figure out the optimal strategy of resting and playing shows, then that's fine too.

If you replace staff members after the first show, do they get a 25% penalty to their effect, similar to how the corps members get a 25% penalty after being added late?

Do both members and staff get a loyalty boost after winning a show? What counts as winning, making the podium, or only getting first place? I think it would make sense to boost loyalty if you get either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

Is there any way to view a breakdown of your score recap after a show? In the "Practice Focus Time" section, it's a little tough to know what direction to place your practice time points because there's no feedback on what your corps is lacking.

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I will try to respond later tonight!

Also, are the late penalties permanent or do they get undone after the season is over?

As of right now the late penalties for lowering attributes is permanent however I will add a way for it to be just the current season.

The late penalties have been removed

Posted this question in the General thread and figured this would be a better place to get an anwer, lol. How exactly does one fundraise and take out loans? I can't seem to find the option anywhere.

Also, I can't register for shows day-of. I saw a comment reply on Reddit from a bit ago that said that should be possible, but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance for any assistance!

It looks like it has disappeared, I will fix that.

Registering for shows should be working, I was able to register today for a show. When you say it doesn’t work does it give you an error or it does nothing or do you not see the option at all?

I've been able to register for most shows just fine, but I wasn't able to register for the show today (yesterday? the one on December 23rd.) I think this is because I tried to register for the show the day of the show itself. I was given the option to sign up for it but the page basically just refreshed with nothing actually happening - no errors or anything.

Just to clarify, I tried to sign up about 8 hours before the actual show time, not after scores were announced or anything like that!

Thanks for clarifying! Were you able to join shows for future dates beyond yesterday?

Yes, yesterday I was able to sign up for shows from the 24th through the 27th, as well as I&E

If I put 100% of my money into revenue sources this season to save up for next season, do I need to make all my corps Inactive or can I just leave them as they are?

Could we get a little explanation about how the revenue sources work. The way I am assuming they work is that a random number in the range of investment will be rolled at end of season and that will be multiplied by the initial investment to determine the return.
If that is correct how do the sources with negative multipliers work. Will they take money out of the org account at end of season?
Also, will the seemingly more permanent forms of revenue (Bingo Hall, PAO) remain from season to season or not? (If that is a no I'd love to know if this is a programming or balance thing, because it seems like they should be a more permanent source of revenue)

So for the revenue sources, they are set up per-season at the beginning of the season and any income is paid out at the end of the season. The revenue sources have a +/- possibility. The higher return sources also have a higher chance of losing money, so it is a gamble. The programming for the payout is 100% random, so if you do a Performing Arts Organization you have the same chance of losing -2.5x your investment as earning 6x your investment (or anything in between).. If the next season comes around and you lose your investment and don't have enough money to cover the losses then you may end up having to go inactive or bankrupt for the next season.. so (just like in life) it's always wise to only invest as much as you are able to lose without going under.

If you put 100% of your sources into revenue for the season you can learn your stats just as they are - however if you put all of the money you get at the beginning of the account or the beginning of the season into your organization and do not participate in the shows, you may also be penalized the next season. What I suggest doing is setting up your corps, getting members, staff, competing at shows, and once everything is set up THEN move the remaining amount to revenue sources.

Each revenue source resets at the end of each season, because while they are a "permanent form of revenue" programming wise the they really just another form of a fundraiser because they all have a risk of earning and losing money.. you can always change your sources at the beginning of each season. I could change the Bingo, PAO, etc to be more of a permanent form of income and remove the negative possibility, but make it a high buying purchase.

The whole reasoning behind how this was all set up initially was to give people a way to earn money while also having a chance to lose money - but to also try to keep it fair across the board for all members.

I feel like it would be cool to have a low risk, but permanent form of revenue to work towards. It could maybe be multiple millions to set it up, but then have some form of smaller return each season (say it cost $1 million to set up, it might return 15-100k each year). Potentially you could also add a way to customize how "risky" it is, so it could maybe have the potential to return $200k or it could lose money.

It would also be pretty realistic as something like a bingo hall is an end goal for a lot of drum corps (eg Spartans opening theirs last year) to become financially stable and start making a push up towards the top.

Overall, I think the revenue sources bit is cool. But it would be even cooler if more depth was added to the feature. Especially as we basically act as the director in season and the board out of season, and a lot of what the board does is financial management.

That was my initial thought when building out the financials - but I always want to try to keep it fair and competitive for everyone.. for example if someone who able to earn so much residual money with no chance of losing it, they would theoretically be able to always field a corps with members and staff all with 100 attributes and would theoretically be unbeatable.. which would be not be fun for anyone. so even with the scoring (like in real life) there is always a variation with possible scores.

If a director managers their financials correctly and plays the long game, they should do well. If a director spends all of their money on a high risk fundraiser and loses it all with no money set aside then they are going to go bankrupt for the following season. Slow and steady will win the race!

With that said, every active corps (except for a few reasons) DOES receive money at the end of each season.

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