Thanks, everyone, for reporting these issues! We're looking into them, especially the ones that cause game play problems for people.

I haven't had any game play problems yet But one esthetic issue I noticed is when I bought the kitchen career upgrade and fully stocked with food, the food items lay over the coffee pot. No big deal really, just thought I'd mention it

LadyCFII: In the game that I mentioned, (buying the spice rack caused a work loop)I bought the coffee maker to see what happened. It DID take them out of the loop, but then they made coffee 3 or 4 times before continuing their work sequence. They DID finish the sequence though...which is better than looping between chopping and spicing!

In the next generation, I'll add one more kitchen item and let you know what happens.

Thank you ajuma! We'd love to hear what happens!

I hired the maid in all of my files, and she worked that day, however a day later when I load the game the maid never shows up. There is work to be done...I'm worried my peeps were just too messy and she ran for the hills. OK maybe not, but still...any idea where the maids ran off to?

One way to tell if a work cycle is finished is by watching the tools/things on the counter/work table....when the cycle is done there will be a "CLEAN" surface until they begin anew

Dragoness, there are a couple of reasons that you may not see the maid. I've explained one of the reasons in this post, and the other is related to the accuracy of the computer's system clock. Do you mostly play your game at night?

I don't know if anyone else is having this issue but my interest amount has gone weird. When I first started it was the normal 10% for the first 2 maybe 3 families I started but I noticed after starting the 4th especially, that instead of that amount it was giving me a really low random amount. For example, the family was supposed to get about 70 coins in interest but they got 17 and later for another family it was supposed to be about 120 coins but they only got about 30. Is this a glitch? I really don't want to have to start all over even though I'm still on first generation for all. If anyone knows what could be causing this please help!

If I remember correctly mododge, the interest isn't paid all in one shot, but over time. I think it's every hour or so, but I may be wrong about the time frame.

I just got the PC version. Love the game! But, I'm having trouble with one of my little people. She works in the office so I bought her the shredder. She never gets paid for working and her progress bar never moves. I saw the messages about the coffee maker, which I also have for the hubby. He's working fine. I tried exiting the game and restarting (with the game paused and without pausing), and exiting and leaving it overnight. Nothing is helping. She just makes no progress or money. Any ideas?