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Post Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:21 pm

Re: Currency?

Camshaft91 wrote:Maybe just use the general gaming terms as used in like car racing games and sorts and just call the currency... ¢ so just call it credits? I just ask because I just noticed atm under the stats it currently has the running costs as $... hmmm

Maybe all money references in game should just be called Cr or Credits



$ is good because the symbol for it is available in pretty much every font ever :P
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Post Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:34 pm

Re: Currency?

Daffyflyer wrote:
Camshaft91 wrote:Maybe just use the general gaming terms as used in like car racing games and sorts and just call the currency... ¢ so just call it credits? I just ask because I just noticed atm under the stats it currently has the running costs as $... hmmm

Maybe all money references in game should just be called Cr or Credits



$ is good because the symbol for it is available in pretty much every font ever :P


That and it's by far the most common symbol for money around the world, used by over a dozzen different currencies. There's really no need to make up a new symbol when you already have one that is so universal!!
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