Single?player desktop simulation/management game where you run a fictional investment company with, let's say, suspicious accounting. Advance time month by month, attract investors, handle deposits/withdrawals, and watch performance history evolve.

Status: superseded by a multiplayer web version

• New project: https://github.com/craylton/PonziWorld2
• If you are evaluating this repository, check the web version first.

High?level overview

• WPF app targeting .NET 8
• Data stored in MongoDB (see PonziWorld/App.config for the connection string)
• Prism (Unity) for DI, events, and simple sagas
• MahApps.Metro for dialogs and theming, Serilog for logging
• Two projects:
  • PonziWorld: the WPF application
  • NameGenerator: utility for generating random investor names

Core concepts

• Company (Company.Company): tracks month, claimed/actual funds, attractiveness, fame, and suspicion.
• Investors (Investments.Investors.Investor): have total funds, current investment, and satisfaction; may reinvest or withdraw.
• Time advancement (MainTabs/TimeAdvancement): generates prospective investors, new investments, reinvestments, and withdrawals for the next month, then applies them to the DB.
• Persistence: repositories (MongoDb*Repository) use MongoDbRepositoryBase to talk to MongoDB.

Run locally

1. Prereqs: .NET 8 SDK, MongoDB reachable (local default is mongodb://localhost:27017).
2. Configure DB: update PonziWorld/App.config connection string if needed.
3. Build and run PonziWorld. On startup the splash screen tests DB connectivity and enables actions accordingly.

Notes

• Logs are written to logs/ via Serilog.
• UI features include tabs for Time Advancement, Monthly Investments, Performance History, and Investor details.

Again, this codebase is kept for reference; active development continues in the web version: https://github.com/craylton/PonziWorld2