Old Money — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| 100 buyers in three days: what’s coming in Old Money 0.21.0 | 2026-11-05 | In its first three days, Old Money – Build Your Dynasty reached 100 buyers across at least four language communities. All four reviews are positive. Thank you for playing and sharing feedback. Your reviews and forum posts ask for a clearer start, "Renovate All", choosing whom to marry, larger late-game amounts and more luxury goods. Some of that is coming next; other requests remain in the backlog. Version 0.21.0 – 12 November Version 0.20.0 has been available since 4 November. Here's what the next update brings: Company crises: product recalls, patent disputes, supplier insolvency, data breaches, workplace accidents and social media backlash |
| Update 0.20.0: executives, kidnappings, a board of directors and a zoom fix | 2026-11-04 | The biggest update since the Early Access launch Two days after launch, 0.20.0 brings four new systems and a fix that affects almost every Windows machine. Existing saves load straight in. 👔 Executives: you cannot run everything yourself Every company you run yourself costs attention, and you only have two to five of it depending on your Charisma. Beyond that, each additional company loses revenue and morale. The way out: hire a managing director, a finance, marketing or operations lead. Applicants have a quality rating, a salary demand and a trait; the industry star is expensive and flighty, the loyal one stays. Pay below market and rivals |
| Update 0.19.0 – The music finally sounds like an instrument | 2026-11-03 | Old Money's soundtrack is generated live while you play – there are no audio files in the game at all. That keeps it endless and free of loop points, but until now it also sounded like a MIDI soundfont. Three reasons, all fixed: No room. Every note went straight to the output, bone dry. There is now a reverb behind the music, computed by the game itself. No attack. Notes faded in over a third of a second instead of being struck. They now hit in 8 milliseconds and ring out slowly. No life. Pure sine tones with no detuning. Two slightly detuned voices now create the shimmer of an electric piano, with a short metallic strike on top. Chords are r |
| Four new systems: casino, strikes, illness and a stock index | 2026-07-30 | The desk keeps filling up Four systems have been added over the past weeks, all aimed at giving the mid-game more friction – less spreadsheet upkeep, more decisions that actually hurt. 🎰 A casino with three tables Roulette on real felt (you pick your own spot), slots with weighted reels, and blackjack against the dealer. The house keeps its edge – but one night can change everything. ✊ Strikes that escalate Let morale drop too far and your workforce downs tools – and the losses grow every month it lasts. Your call: raise wages for good, negotiate, or sit it out. 🩺 Your body sends the bill As the years pass, real diagnoses hit you – burnout, |