The Word Money ... doesn't look right if you stare at it and say it too many times. Or at least that's my experience within the past 2 minutes of starting this post.
I finally managed to get a paypal account linked to my bank account. I won't get in to details, but it should have taken 1-5 days, and it took a month!
BUT NOW THAT THAT'S FINISHED it's time for me to make a purpose for it. Buying stuff in the game! What could you possibly buy? Well I'll tell you what you can't buy in this game: an easy win!
The main items you might be buying in the game would be semi-passive account enhancements, such as increased research speed for science and technology, or the ability to see a bit more in the maps, and probably a few other things I can't remember... they're in a much older devlog I'm 50% sure but right now I can't remember it all.
Whatever the items are, they won't be bought directly but they will cost various amounts of a secondary in-game currency which will be tradeable in the market like other resources. This will allow players willing to spend money the ability to trade these special credits for helpful resources, and those who have some excess resources or can't spend the money will be able to acquire the special credits through in-game trade.
Below will be a stream-of-thought babbling and typing of name ideas for this new currency; it was sparked up now while trying to set up a Paypal button to buy this currency, and part of it is "Item Name" and it made me realize that there is no name yet for the item being bought! Duh..
Private Sector Contract = PSC
~ I think PSC would be more applicable to just the research buff
Special Investment Grant = SIG
Super-Imperial Grant = SIG
Super-Imperial Favour = SIF
Old Relic Donation Endowment = ORDE
STAR = Special Trade and Advancement Reserve
.... I think I like that STAR. For now, that's going to be it, I'm satisfied by STAR. I'll come back if I become dissatisfied and feel the need for another brainstorming session.
Also, for the main game currency COINS I'm shortenning it to [COIN, Currency of Interstellar Negotiation] because it just feels better (to me) as an acronyzed name.
Alright, now to play with some Paypal settings...
PS: This is officially Update#90 but it's actually my 100th post here! \o/
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