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Gary: Use one Player’s Guide footer and remove the master navbox on Main Page guide destinations

2026-10-06T18:16:20Z

Use one Player’s Guide footer and remove the master navbox on Main Page guide destinations

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2026-10-06T17:48:17Z

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Gary: Remove player-facing audit and build-check boilerplate

2026-10-05T22:33:32Z

Remove player-facing audit and build-check boilerplate

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	* Keep serving existing tenants well during a downturn; a slow arrival rate and poor tenant satisfaction are different problems.		* Keep serving existing tenants well during a downturn; a slow arrival rate and poor tenant satisfaction are different problems.

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Gary: Point visitor-feedback example to the existing Store reference section

2026-10-05T21:44:00Z

Point visitor-feedback example to the existing Store reference section

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	'''Conceptual tenant flow:''' hourly arrivals → capped prospect pool → daytime room search → chosen lease or sale. A successful lease consumes one prospect; an unsuccessful search leaves it in the pool.		'''Conceptual tenant flow:''' hourly arrivals → capped prospect pool → daytime room search → chosen lease or sale. A successful lease consumes one prospect; an unsuccessful search leaves it in the pool.

	'''Illustrative store visitor feedback:''' two occupied base [[Store\|stores]] initially contribute 2 × 17.5 = '''35 target visitor trips per day''' before wider market adjustments. Suppose the last three completed days contain 30 assessed store visitor trips and 21 succeed: 21 ÷ 30 = '''70% satisfaction'''. That lies in the 60–85% steady band, so it does not trigger growth or decline in the tower's store-feedback target. The target is not a guaranteed count of visitors or customers. See [[Store#~~Visitor demand~~\|Store visitor demand]] for the full rules.		'''Illustrative store visitor feedback:''' two occupied base [[Store\|stores]] initially contribute 2 × 17.5 = '''35 target visitor trips per day''' before wider market adjustments. Suppose the last three completed days contain 30 assessed store visitor trips and 21 succeed: 21 ÷ 30 = '''70% satisfaction'''. That lies in the 60–85% steady band, so it does not trigger growth or decline in the tower's store-feedback target. The target is not a guaranteed count of visitors or customers. See [[Store#Visitors and reputation\|Store visitor demand]] for the full rules.

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Gary: Add prospect-pool and store-feedback arithmetic with conceptual demand flow

2026-10-05T21:36:38Z

Add prospect-pool and store-feedback arithmetic with conceptual demand flow

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	Commercial tenants need customer traffic after moving in. Improve visitor attraction, access and service quality as well as the supply of prospective businesses.		Commercial tenants need customer traffic after moving in. Improve visitor attraction, access and service quality as well as the supply of prospective businesses.

			== Worked examples ==
			'''Illustrative default prospect pool:''' at zero stars, residential arrivals have a baseline of six prospects per day. Three baseline days give a pool capacity of '''18 prospects''' before map and difficulty changes. A [[Condo]] sale consumes one prospect, even if it brings four residents. Adding 100 vacancies does not create 100 prospects. Maps such as [[Nostalgia]] can change the baseline, so use the actual pool shown in your game.

			'''Conceptual tenant flow:''' hourly arrivals → capped prospect pool → daytime room search → chosen lease or sale. A successful lease consumes one prospect; an unsuccessful search leaves it in the pool.

			'''Illustrative store visitor feedback:''' two occupied base [[Store\|stores]] initially contribute 2 × 17.5 = '''35 target visitor trips per day''' before wider market adjustments. Suppose the last three completed days contain 30 assessed store visitor trips and 21 succeed: 21 ÷ 30 = '''70% satisfaction'''. That lies in the 60–85% steady band, so it does not trigger growth or decline in the tower's store-feedback target. The target is not a guaranteed count of visitors or customers. See [[Store#Visitor demand\|Store visitor demand]] for the full rules.

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	* Keep serving existing tenants well during a downturn; a slow arrival rate and poor tenant satisfaction are different problems.		* Keep serving existing tenants well during a downturn; a slow arrival rate and poor tenant satisfaction are different problems.

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Gary: Update prospect pools, leasing hours, star rates and advertising from current gameplay

2026-10-05T20:36:42Z

Update prospect pools, leasing hours, star rates and advertising from current gameplay

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-Market demand is the supply of prospective tenants for each room market. It is different from [[Room evaluation]]: demand affects who is available to lease, while evaluation affects how an occupied room performs.
+Market demand is the supply of prospective tenants for each room market. It is different from [[Room evaluation]]: demand determines who is available to lease, while evaluation helps determine which rooms they choose and whether existing tenants remain satisfied.
 == Prospect pools and leasing ==
-Each market has a prospect pool that replenishes over time. Map settings, stars, difficulty, market movement and temporary modifiers can affect it. Permanent tenants search only during daytime. Eligible vacant rooms compete with each other and with outside options; a successful lease consumes one prospect.
+Residential, office and commercial tenants use separate prospect pools. [[Condo|Condos]] and [[Apartment|apartments]] share the residential pool. A completed lease or sale uses one prospect, regardless of the number of residents or workers it brings into the tower. An unsuccessful search leaves that prospect available for a later search.
-== Visitors and campaigns ==
+Permanent tenants search during the map's daytime hours: normally 06:00 to before 20:00. Searches take place once per daytime hour, at a randomly selected minute between :20 and :50. Not every waiting prospect searches every hour. Eligible rooms compete with one another and with alternatives outside your tower, so even a suitable vacant room is not guaranteed a tenant immediately.
-Practical play: avoid expecting a large block of identical rooms to fill at once. Improve quality, unlock stars, use campaigns, and build enough visitor attraction and transport.
+Prospects replenish hourly, including overnight. New games begin with a full pool; normally it can hold three days of baseline arrivals. The pool cannot grow without limit, and arrivals beyond its capacity are lost. Building more rooms does not create prospects. Evicting tenants or losing them does not refund prospects.
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Gary: Expand gameplay manual from current game definitions

2026-09-22T07:08:53Z

Expand gameplay manual from current game definitions

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	Market demand ~~represents how attractive a room type~~ is to prospective tenants. ~~Rooms may carry a~~ demand ~~profile~~, ~~and the demand system applies configured actions and modifiers to a market snapshot~~.		Market demand is the supply of prospective tenants for each room market. It is different from [[Room evaluation]]: demand affects who is available to lease, while evaluation affects how an occupied room performs.

	~~Demand is not the same as~~ a ~~room’s current evaluation: demand helps determine the availability and selection of leases, while evaluation measures how well an occupied room is performing~~. ~~Housing~~, ~~hotel~~, ~~office, shop, restaurant~~, and ~~attraction content~~ can ~~use different demand profiles~~.		== Prospect pools and leasing ==
			Each market has a prospect pool that replenishes over time. Map settings, stars, difficulty, market movement and temporary modifiers can affect it. Permanent tenants search only during daytime. Eligible vacant rooms compete with each other and with outside options; a successful lease consumes one prospect.

	~~For practical~~ play, ~~build a balanced tower~~, ~~maintain transport~~ and ~~services,~~ and ~~avoid letting costs or poor local conditions undermine the rooms you want tenants for~~.		== Visitors and campaigns ==
			Hotels book on their own schedule. Commercial rooms use visitors, and their demand profiles can increase visitor pull and volume. Advertising and other temporary campaigns can change demand or visitor attraction; disasters can temporarily reduce demand.

			Practical play: avoid expecting a large block of identical rooms to fill at once. Improve quality, unlock stars, use campaigns, and build enough visitor attraction and transport.

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Gary: Add player guide sourced from current game mechanics

2026-09-22T06:59:30Z

Add player guide sourced from current game mechanics

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Market demand represents how attractive a room type is to prospective tenants. Rooms may carry a demand profile, and the demand system applies configured actions and modifiers to a market snapshot.

Demand is not the same as a room’s current evaluation: demand helps determine the availability and selection of leases, while evaluation measures how well an occupied room is performing. Housing, hotel, office, shop, restaurant, and attraction content can use different demand profiles.

For practical play, build a balanced tower, maintain transport and services, and avoid letting costs or poor local conditions undermine the rooms you want tenants for.

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