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Dec-29-2006 12:01

Look at that, an on-time launch for a change!

Apartments are now available in the following cities:

New York
London
Shanghai
Delhi

To purchase an apartment visit the real estate agency in the city you want to buy in. Apartments are quite expensive, and furnishing them is also costly, so you probably should wait if your short on funds.

There are two types of furniture that aren't yet working:

1) Study Furniture / Case File storage: These items will allow you to save case files, as in detective agencies, but this functionality is not yet finished.

2) Bookshelves: Bookshelves will eventually allow your guests to read books that you have collected (and gain the experience from doing so), but these are also currently incomplete.

Enjoy.

Dec-30-2006 03:04

Cool! Thanks Ben!

I got an invite to someone's appartment. But how do I know which city is it in? Is there a way to track down invites?

And a question to those who already bought one. Does it matter how big it is? Like: if you have more rooms you can store more cases or more items?

Dec-30-2006 17:00

Wow Ben and Sunny!

Thank you so much for the new apartments. They are so cool! I am enjoying my new residence in Shanghai. This is soooooo cool. :0) Now I'm broke in Shanghai and its not due to the racetrack. lol

Dec-30-2006 22:33

i saw th tower on the map, is it always going 2 b in the same place bcuz if I subscribe an get money i would like a place nearer the other river. does it move like larry and the toe?

Dec-30-2006 22:46

Update:

1) Bookshelves are now working. If you have a bookshelf, you and your guests can use it to access your book collection. This means that guests can get experience from books that you own, but they do not.

2) As per several requests, when you invite somebody to your apartment, the invitation message now includes the city that your apartment is located in, so they don't have to guess.

The case files still do not work. It will probably be a few days before those are functional.

Dec-31-2006 01:22

Is it true that we can only own one apartment?

Dec-31-2006 06:42

yes

Jan-1-2007 10:01

Yes, just one apartment for now. We need to put in some thoughts about the effect that having more than one apartment would have on game fairness.

Jan-2-2007 19:19

Any thoughts of adding a YMCA to the cities.Or maybe a locker at the docks or train stations. Somewhere where we can purchase an affordable locker to store a coat or a pair of shoes instead of the astronomically priced apartments and furniture? The apartments are a nice idea, but the high prices make them unattractive. Just a thought.

Jan-2-2007 19:37

Expensive, yes.

But I feel Ben has subscribed to the Field of Dreams mentality:

"If you build it, they will come."

So rock on, Admin-a-saurus. Keep giving us ways to blow our cash and we will continue to keep the Sleuth economy vibrant :)

Jan-2-2007 19:42

And a safe!!! I need somewhere to stash the cash I'm not splashing out on furniture.