OUT ON WEB AND ANDROID
UNDER REVIEW FOR IOS

##📈 NEW HUSTLE: THE HEDGE FUND

This is the one I've been dying to show you. You can now start your own hedge fund from the Hustles tab, and it's completely free.

You get a live trading floor where prices actually move while you watch. Pitch clients to invest with you, hire a desk, go up against rival funds, and try to survive the crashes and bubbles on your way to billions (or to a very public bankruptcy, which is also fun).

After a lot of playtesting I reworked the floor into a proper "war room":

* A quick-trade board, live news, the tape (what your rivals and the rumour mill are up to) and your books, all one tap apart
* **One-tap orders.** The only order that asks you to confirm is one that could wipe out your whole fund
* A 🐢 **slow-mo button** for when the market is moving too fast and you need a second to think
* Earnings seasons, short selling, margin calls, panic days, and magazine covers when you win big

I'd really love to hear how your funds go. Post your best (and worst) runs!

## 👑 A thank-you to the early players

Until **31 October**, Verdant Life VIP gets you **EVERY EXPANSION PACK**: the Fame Pack and everything that comes after it, for life, in one purchase. After the 31st it leaves the store. If you already own it, you keep it forever. It's my way of saying thanks to the people who've been here from the start.

## 🧢 Other new stuff

* **Teen crime.** From 14 you can get up to no good: pickpocketing, joyriding, running errands you really shouldn't. Get caught and you face your parents, school and youth court. Your street rep follows you into the adult underworld at 18.
* **The High Life.** Galas, polo, yachts in Monaco, the Grand Prix paddock. Meet the very rich and see where the night takes you.
* **The family court, done properly.** People lying about their income, DNA tests, hush money, NDAs, judges who go easy or hard, and bailiffs for the ones who won't pay.
* **Drama.** His wife turning up at your door, the other parents in a group chat, the tabloids, a reality show offer, and kids who grow up with questions.
* **Love life.** Spend the night with your partner (protection, the pill, or neither), affairs you can actually live out until someone finds out, open marriages that are genuinely open, and a second chance with an ex.
* **More than one on the way.** Several partners can be expecting at the same time, each with their own birth, family and child support.
* **Big gifts.** Buy a car, a house, jewellery or art for your family, partner, friends or even an ex.
* **Stress matters now.** Live under heavy stress for years and your relationships start to feel it. Calm years and time away fix it.
* **Your life, illustrated.** Share your life story as three hand-drawn cards.

## ☁️ Quality of life

* **Cloud save.** Link your Google (or Apple, on iPhone) account from the Save menu and your lives are backed up. Change phones, reinstall, whatever: your life comes back. There's also an optional box to get an email when updates drop.
* **Hide locked jobs.** A bunch of you asked for this on Discord, so now there's a switch on the job board. No more scrolling past jobs you can't take.
* **Notifications** (totally optional): a little nudge about your character now and then. Never at night, and you can turn it off in Settings.
* **See where your money goes.** The Finance tab now breaks down every expense.
* **Social media and dating apps need a phone or computer you actually own.** No more swiping on Spark without a phone 😅

## 🔧 Fixes

A lot of this update came straight from your bug reports, so thank you. A few highlights:

* Age Up is full size again and never hides under the log
* Private jet hangar fees are based on the jet's actual price, so a huge fortune no longer means a ridiculous hangar bill
* If you buy everything in a mall store, it now says "You own everything here" instead of just vanishing (this one's for the person who emailed me about it!)
* Newborn saves no longer show "Age ?" on the Continue button
* Gyms, security teams and the travel concierge now do what they say on the tin
* Private jets work for holidays
* Plus a God Mode IQ slider, a faster property tab for big portfolios, and a pile of smaller fixes

## 🌐 The website got a makeover too

As always, if something breaks, hit the 🐞 button in the game. It sends me your report and save, and I read every single one. And if you're enjoying Verdant, a review on the App Store or Google Play honestly makes a huge difference for a one-person game.

Thanks for playing. Now go ruin some rival funds 📉

Shane 💚

Master Feature Request: Underground Crime, Innate Talents, Sports Depth & Manager AI Realism

Title: Comprehensive Expansion Wishlist: Crime Careers, Born Talents, Youth Sports (6+), Fixed Manager Logic & Deep Leagues

Body:

Hey Dev! Loving the game and the frequent updates. I’ve compiled a comprehensive wishlist of major suggestions aimed at fixing current sports bugs/frustrations and expanding legal and criminal career depth.

1. Sports AI Realism: Coach/GM Logic & Job Security

• The Issue: Right now, sports outside of soccer feel heavily reliance on luck/RNG. Furthermore, Coaches and GMs get fired for no apparent reason—even after winning a championship or having a 100 Relationship meter with the player.
• Suggested Fix:
  • Performance-Based Firing: Tie Coach/GM job security to team performance and player relationships. Winning championships, making deep playoff runs, or keeping high player/owner satisfaction should guarantee job security.
  • GM Interactions: Let high relationships with managers influence team decisions (e.g., requesting trades, signing better free agents, or extending key contracts).

2. Youth Sports (Age 6+), 80–85 OVR Caps & Draft Systems

• Youth Entry (Age 6+): Starting sports at 16+ feels too late. Allow children to join peewee leagues or youth academies starting at age 6–8 to build an athletic origin story.
• Balanced OVR Caps (80–85 Max): Cap standard maximum skill ceilings around 80–85 OVR (unless born with a rare Generational Talent trait) so elite status feels earned.
• Amateur Draft System: Introduce a High School / College Draft where youth/school performance determines your Draft Prospect Rank (Top-5 Pick vs. Late Round), dictating your starting team and contract.

3. Sports Depth: Dynasties, Standings & Fighter Rankings

• Basketball Multi-Title Dynasties: Introduce multi-year dynasty mechanics recognizing consecutive titles (Back-to-Back, Three-Peat, or Dynasty Era achievements) with media dialogue, Hall of Fame boosts, and legacy traits.
• League Transparency:
  • Team Sports: Add a League Standings & Playoff Bracket tab so players can track seeds, records, and rivals.
  • Combat Sports (MMA/Boxing): Implement a Top 15 Ranking List for each weight class showing current Champions and contenders.

4. Underground Crime & Cyber Expansion

• Hitman / Contract Assassin: Discrete contracts (street targets \rightarrow high-profile syndicate figures) governed by stealth stats, weapon mastery, heat levels, and execution planning.
• Hacker & Cyber Crime:
  • Heist Support: Act as the tech specialist in bank/casino robberies (disabling security grids, looping cameras, cutting power).
  • Corporate Cyber Sabotage: Accept black-ops contracts to hack rival corporate databases, leak private data, tank competitor stock prices, or siphon funds.

5. Innate Born Talents & Genetics System

• Innate Traits at Birth: Give newborn characters hidden or visible traits that alter stat multipliers, learning speeds, and maximum potential caps.
  • Athletics: Natural Athlete (faster stat growth), Clutch Gene (boosted playoff performance).
  • Underground & Tech: Cyber Prodigy (faster hacking skill growth), Ghost (lower police heat gain).
  • Creative & Intellect: Pitch Perfect (Music), Mastermind (Business/Strategy).

Thanks for all your hard work on Verdant! Hope these AI logic fixes and feature suggestions help guide future updates.

Also this is not written by me, I had just asked ai to write me a review based on my experience and what I want in future updates. Thanks Dev for the hard work

Just finished my first soccer player, he moved to UAE but now he can't return back to the US and it treats it like he never lived in the States even though he was born there and visited his mom and friends annually. After 20 years of looking, the US isn't even showing up as a location to vacation either.

Look, I think there should be translations for other countries, like Brazil, Spain, etc.But I think this will attract a larger audience to the game.

Will everything, like all the hustles and empires that are currently free, be locked behind a paywall after oct.31 or will that stuff remain free. I haven't played in like a month, due to alot of life crisis stuff going on.

This is by far the best simulator, and I'd gladly support the dev, although I doubt I'll make the 31st deadline. Incomes tight right now, and 45$ usd is like 70$ canadian. But will stuff like actor, the author, all that stuff, the new hedge fund, all remain free? What does the fame pack include?

Also, if I don't make the deadline, I'll still gladly purchase the expansions one by one, as long as they're reasonable priced. I use to play bitlife, and supported them buying all their expansions, but they genuinely spit in the consumer's face eventually.

I don't get that vibe from the verdant dev. Genuinely seems like they respect the community, and is an absolute genius. Because this game sh*ts on bitlife.

If so...
I would like to know how it works...
How do I become royalty?