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Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

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post #8

It simulates real life pretty well: - I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it - The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side - I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property - There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position - I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#12
post #8

It simulates real life pretty well: - I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it - The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side - I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property - There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position - I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

I think it's pretty common in Sweden at least to pay rent to your parents that cover your cost (food + symbolic rent) if you have a job and you're done with high school + uni.

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#13
post #8

It simulates real life pretty well: - I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it - The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side - I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property - There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position - I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

Mine did when I was working :P

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#14
post #8

It simulates real life pretty well: - I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it - The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side - I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property - There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position - I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

Everyone I know living with their parents after university pays "bed and board".

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#15
post #7

This is really really cool and is the kind of thing schools should use to teach kids about money management. I would make the next turn button a bit more prominent as I did not notice it at first. I would also maybe add a bit more of a tutorial. Really cool and keep it up.

Concept wise I would agree with some tweaks of course.

However, I think the style of the browser game might be a little off-putting for kids as they are not familiar with the "old windows" and generally more pixelated style.

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#16
Pretty fun.

If you want unlimited amount of money:

Get any job, then edit the "next turn" button to include an id.

Then just run this in the console:

const but = document.getElementById('theidyoupicked');

for (let i = 0; i but.click(), 1000 * i)}

You can lower the amount of time on the timeout, but it seems like there is some logic to prevent too fast calls.

But be gentle, it seems like it does a http request each time you click on "next turn" (I hope the author has some stable hosting because people who play will spam this button anyway).

I have hundreds of thousands of money but I cannot see a single property or car. It seems like there are a few bugs still.

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#17
Very cool idea and look!

Read the first few emails, checked out the bank and web and started advancing next turn.

And... nothing.. just calendar advancing month at a time.

No new e-mails warning me of unemployment, no warnings about expiring bank balance.

You'd expect that your bank account at least would go down.

Hopefully, I am not considered dead - incidentally it would be realistic to add some actuary data to the game. Not everyone makes it retirement.

Re: Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning

#18
post #8

It simulates real life pretty well: - I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it - The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side - I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property - There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position - I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

Indeed, it's pretty normal, though it's usually not at the rate you'd extract from a formal lodger.

https://www.onefamily.com/talking-finance/finance/should-you...

> According to a survey by My Job Quote people over the age of 18 and living with their parents pay on average £230 per month to their parents in rent – 65% less than the £690 median rent in England in 2018.

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