Jailbreakers’ Underworld: first results & update
It’s been two hot weeks since Underworld has been first presented to the beta testers community. The time was pretty exciting for us, and there are reasons for that 
First of all, the game world’s population is now over 4,000 real players and growing, which is even more than we’ve anticipated for the beta testing period (sorry folks if you’ve noticed some network related delays - the world got overcrowded, and we wanted to give everyone a chance to play).
Secondly, we’ve received a hundreds of feature suggestions and some real useful feedback, which we wanted so much in our effort to improve the game. Thank you all for that and please don’t stop!
It is clear for us now that the concept and the execution of UW were taken very well, and it’s time to make the game even better.
Which brings us to the next point of this topic: game client update (1.0.1) was just pushed to Cydia. Changelog:
- fix: installation errors on some devices
- fix: random crashes on the first run on some devices
- fix: map screen crashes
- feature: map screen usability&speed improved
- feature: new game start (Profile->Edit->New Game)
- bonus feature - Jailbreakers’ Special - true commodity names
Go to Cydia’s “Changes” tab, the brand new shiny UNDERWORLD update will be waiting for you there.
Enjoy and don’t forget to let us know how did it go for you
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We are going to put more light on our nearest roadmap soon. Stay tuned.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Hello Team,
Great job, having a lot of fun playing the game
Keep the good work.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Thanks for the update guys!! I really do love this game and hope you keep on improving it! You rock!
January 31st, 2009 at 12:12 am
Kickass, glad to see an update and the actual names instead of herb and stuff. Option to reset your own game was also a plus! cant wait for more people to get involved!
January 31st, 2009 at 3:11 am
good f*ckin work on the map man… damn now is FASTTTTT… and easy and witout bugs… good f*kin work man… keep the updates comin.. i lov this game
January 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
ya glad you added the reset. i feel i failed bad so far so want to start over
i will keep giving coding feedback when i can!
January 31st, 2009 at 4:45 am
The new map is insanely better!!
January 31st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Hi there, if I update and jailbreak my phone…would i lose my current status and start over in Underworld?
January 31st, 2009 at 10:42 am
No, Hax, your character progress will be saved on the game server. Although some info, like Recent Deals (history) or Messages will be lost, ’cause they are stored locally.
January 31st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Is it just my location or have all the drugs dried up since the update? Where I once bought 14 Viagra pills now only one is availible. It’s like the market just went away when a day ago using the old version it was booming.
January 31st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
the map is good now, no longer map crash on 2g. you did a good job. are there the different icons on the map for bots and myself? i wait for more people nearby.
servus, bavaria, germany
January 31st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I still cant get this app to work. i wanna play so bad but every time i start it it just crashes immediately
January 31st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
@ Danny: I couldn’t install the game either until I restored the phone to 2.2.1 and JB it again. might help you too.
). If I remember correctly, this is what it was like. Andrey.
* Sean, I managed to remove your comment by accident, sorry (damn this new WordPress 2.7 has features I still can’t get use to
January 31st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I updated my ipone 2g to 2.2.1 and jailbroke it and now i can’t install. it says it is installed but it wont show up.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:51 am
I am still having a lot of trouble selling. I started over today and nothing has sold all day, I used all my upgrades of trade area. what gives?
February 1st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hey Sean! Great to hear you managed to install the game. Drop me a note sometime, how do you like it
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What comes to the initial crashes - sadly, we still can’t fix the bug, ’cause it won’t reproduce on any of our devices (both generations, almost all firmwares). Only thing we suspect, that it might be a compatibility issue with some other app installed through Cydia. Not sure though.
February 1st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I dont believe that the Official App store is yet to notify you of there decision. With your many delays competition is now beating you to the store: First Prohibition 3 and now pay2play (http://www.yanki.jp/?page_id=8).
I would be nice if you let us know what was actually going on.
J
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Hi,
Is there a forum for troubleshooting? I installed Underworld on UL + JB IP 2G 2.2 but cannot run the game. I just see the intro screen and then the app quits. Any advice? Thanks.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I’m with Christian - my market has dried up despite a bunch of people in downtown Chicago. What’s odd is that the same people are selling the same variety of drugs, they are just never go above 1.
February 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm
The market isn’t dry here (Mobile, AL), but I would like to see “real” people playing this game. I drive an hour one way to work, and never see anything other than the “bots” selling or buying.
This did bring me to a question, how are you going to regulate prices?
Wouldnt they continue to escalate higher, until there is a point that everything is too expensive for people to get into the game?
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Yes it could be nice to know a bit more about the rules, for example what’s the trade zone exactly (for buy and sell?, which distance?)
There are some problem to play due to the localization; this week-end I was sometimes in the suburbs and make quite no business. I make 10x more money when I’m in the center of Paris then when I’m in the suburbs. I can’t believe what it would be if I were in the no man’s land and yet I had my trade area to the max (satellite phone ,cartel and Underworld ;))
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:03 am
I would also be interested in a forum if the owners could set one up. Some extra details on the game would be excellent to assist with gameplay.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
rob, Brad,, we are definitely going to launch a public forum on a dedicated web-site for everyone to discuss the game, it’s troubles and strategies. Bit later though. Having a lot of work to do with the world economy for the time being.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
We are aware of some locations with a kinda frozen economy. Also, there are zones with really active bots, but still with a very static supply&demand model.
Which is why I’m happy to say that a new economy model is already in an internal testing. We are hoping to push it live before the end of this week.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Hi andrey,
I have the same problem as rob and Danny.
I installed Underworld after upgrading my phone to 2.2.1 and now I cannot run the game. I just see the intro screen and then the app quits.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I’m with Brad, I cannot figure out how to play!
Simple instructions on buying selling and setting price would be great!
So, these are not real people I am dealing with on my map?
February 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Any update you can give us on the status of the upcoming (should have been this week, right?)?
February 6th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
CatDaddy, some of them can be real people (depends on the locations are are in :), but many of them are bots, right.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
LANDSER, sorry for a delay, got swamped a bit
Gonna publish it soon though!
February 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Glad to hear it!!!
Can’t wait to see what awaits then!
February 9th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
loving this game would love a forum also.
would be nice to know who are bots and real people can normal tell due to display pic. i would like to set a priority not to price but to real people. a better way to push stock into the game might be when you upgrade you get some as a bonus meaning you can lower the amount of bots as well.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
how does the loan work ive had the money to pay it off for that day and it never happens then im late and have to pay double the amount this has happen two times already
February 12th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Any new info on the ETA of the update?
February 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I also crash on startup, I’ve reinstalled and rebooted countless times;(. iPhone 3G running 2.2.1. I’d really love to play, as the concept is neat.
Why won’t it work ? ;(
February 25th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
help me! i can’t find it on appstore!
February 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
It’s not there yet. Soon though
March 20th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
You make valid points all of them. I think that we want to be heard as much as we don’t want to leave comments in the wrong circumstances. It’s a human response to a human problem — as contadictory as we all are.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Really readeful article. Can you tell me more about it please. Thank you very much. See you soon.