Poorup Redesign - Devlog #6

This phase was mainly about adding more depth to the player interactions, improving the bot system, and making the rankings feel more alive.

Deal Negotiation

I redesigned the deal flow so trades, loans, equity, and hybrid deals all work in the same way. When you receive a deal, a modal appears with accept and negotiate. If you close it, the deal does not get declined and stays inside the Finance rail. Both players can now see the same deal collapsed in Finance. The receiver can negotiate, while the sender can adjust or cancel the deal. You can open a full read-only view, change the parameters, and send the new version back. The server also checks old deal IDs so an outdated modal cannot change a newer deal.

Sponsored Purchases

I also added sponsored purchases. If a player cannot afford a property, they can ask the table for help. Other players can reserve contributions, and once the full amount is available, the buyer accepts and is forced to buy that exact property. The money is automatically returned if the request is canceled, the property changes owner, or a player disconnects. It is not a loan and does not create equity.

Bots

I continued improving the AI and no-AI bots. The bots now receive more context about the board, current obligations, loans, events, opponents, future rent risk, expected cash flow, and their own previous decisions.AI bots can now also counter trades, negotiate player contracts, choose debt rescue actions, and make auction decisions. If the AI provider runs out of credits or fails, the no api key AI takes over

Rankings

I added recent trend indicators to the ranking rows, so you can see if a player is moving up, down, or staying flat. I also added a seasonal ranking scope based on the current calendar season.

Rules Fixes

I also fixed the Double GO setting so landing exactly on GO now pays the boosted amount, while simply passing GO still pays the normal amount.TestingI expanded the tests and ran long bot campaigns with auctions, loans, casino, market, global events, sponsorships, and negotiations. The latest regression suite passes and the longer 2,500-game campaign had zero stalled games.

Next Steps

The next major step is making the bots simulate several complete future turns and improving long-term negotiation behavior. After that I want to add deeper browser testing and seasonal ranking rewards.
Also to lazy to do screenshots of new UI so you will get everything in the next devpost