Platforms & Accounts
Where to play (web, iOS, Android, Steam, Discord), guest vs registered accounts and sign-in methods, how updates work, languages, music, settings, support, account deletion and legal.
Where to play
One account, every platform. Your progress, pets, stickers and friend code are the same wherever you sign in — a guest account is the exception (see below).
| Platform | How | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Web | ballintycoon.com/play in any modern browser (phone or desktop; the web game plays in portrait). | Older links to the game keep working — same game, same accounts. |
| iOS | App Store | Updates download inside the app (see below). Sign in with Apple is available here. |
| Android | Google Play | Updates download inside the app. |
| Steam | Coming soon | The desktop build; the launcher handles updates. |
| Discord Activity | Launch it from the Activities menu inside Discord | Signs you in with your Discord account, or links it to an existing account with the same verified email. |
Accounts
Signing in
| Method | Notes |
|---|---|
 Email + password | Username 3–15 letters, digits, _ or -. A verification code is sent to the address. |
 Sign in with Google | One tap; the account is created on first use. |
 Sign in with Apple | One tap; the account is created on first use. |
| Discord | Automatic inside the Discord Activity. |
| Play as guest | No email at all — the game makes an account named player + 5 characters that lives on this device. |
Guest vs registered
Tapping Play as guest creates a real account without an email. It works exactly like a registered one on the board — same rewards, same Marquee — but it only exists on the device that made it.
| Guest | Registered | |
|---|---|---|
| Progress | Saved on this device only; a reinstall or cleared browser loses it | Saved to your account; play on any device |
| SOCIAL menu | Locked (friends, leaderboards, guilds need an account) | Open |
| Hiscores | Not listed | Listed |
| Session | Stays signed in for a year | Stays signed in for 30 days |
| Upgrade | SETTINGS → SAVE PROGRESS keeps everything and adds a starter bonus of 1 free pet roll | — |
| Delete account | Type DELETE to confirm | Enter your password to confirm |
Your friend code
Every account has an 8-character friend code, displayed as ARC-XXXX-XXXX in SOCIAL. It is how friends add you, the code in your invite link (ballintycoon.com/i/<code>) and the Support ID shown at the bottom of Settings — quote it when you contact support. → Friends, Invite Friends
Founder rewards
Founder rewards have closed; rewards claimed during the Founder period stay on the account, the Founder title included. Everyone who had claimed the title (or the last Founder reward) also received the Founder Cape wings.
Full details: Founder rewards.
Updates
- Current version
- 3.1.1 build 137 — shown at the bottom of Settings next to your Support ID.
- Web / Discord
- Always the latest version: a new release simply asks you to reload ("Update available — tap PLAY to reload").
- iOS / Android
- Updates download inside the app on the loading screen ("Downloading update… 47%"), then the game restarts ("Update ready — restarting…"). If the download fails you get a RETRY button and can keep playing the old version until it succeeds. Store updates are rare — most releases arrive this way, no App Store or Play Store visit needed.
- Steam
- The launcher downloads the update and restarts the game.
- Update required
- When a version is too old to talk to the game, the title screen says "Update required — tap UPDATE to download" (or "get the latest from your app store"). Progress cannot be saved until you update.
- Scheduled maintenance
- A banner counts down from 3 minutes before a release; at zero everyone returns to the main menu and the new version rolls out.
What changed in each version: Game updates.
Languages
Pick a language in SETTINGS → LANGUAGE. 14 are available; English (US) is the base and English (UK) only changes spellings.
| Code | Language | |
|---|---|---|
en-US | English (US) | DEFAULT |
en-GB | English (UK) | |
fr | Français | |
de | Deutsch | |
es | Español | |
pt-BR | Português (BR) | |
pt-PT | Português (PT) | |
it | Italiano | |
id | Bahasa Indonesia | |
tr | Türkçe | |
pl | Polski | |
cs | Čeština | |
nl | Nederlands | |
tl | Tagalog |
Music & sound
Music and sound effects have their own toggles and five-step volume sliders in SETTINGS. Every world has its own theme, and each minigame takes over the music while it is open, then hands back to the world you are standing in.
Settings
- AUDIO
- Music on/off + volume; sound effects on/off + volume.
- GAMEPLAY LAYOUT
- HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL, on devices that offer both (reloads the game).
- LANGUAGE
- 14 languages (table above).
- SAVE PROGRESS
- Guests only — attach an email, Google, Apple or Discord to keep the account.
- CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Opens the support form (below).
- LEGAL
- 10 documents (below).
- MANAGE ACCOUNT
- Log out (two taps). Logging a guest out keeps its progress on this device.
- DELETE ACCOUNT
- Permanently deletes the account (below).
Support
In-game: hamburger → REPORT sends a bug report; SETTINGS → CUSTOMER SERVICE opens the support form. On the web: ballintycoon.com/support — categories Bug / Crash, Purchase / Refund, Account / Login, Report a Player and Other. Include your Support ID (your friend code) so the team can find the account; guests must give an email address for a reply.
Players can also be reported from their profile or friend tile (harassment, cheating, inappropriate behaviour, spam). The community lives on Discord.
Account deletion
SETTINGS → DELETE ACCOUNT. You confirm with your password (guests type DELETE). The account is anonymised immediately: name, friend code and currencies are wiped, sessions and friendships are dropped, pending trades and sticker requests are cancelled. It cannot be undone — there is no restore. The full policy is at /legal/account-deletion.
Legal
Every policy is linked from SETTINGS → LEGAL and lives at ballintycoon.com/legal:
See also
- Getting Started — A new-player guide to Ballin Tycoon: the core loop from bins and ore to the Hoard and its gates, the intro task ladder, what to spend on, common mistakes and the goals that come next.
- Founder Rewards — The early players' rewards — the Founder avatar and the Aurora Narwhal pet, and the Founder Cape for everyone who claimed the retired FOUNDER title or the last reward.
- Friends & Social — The Social menu: friend codes, adding and chatting with friends, the achievements timeline, gifts, and what lights the RANKS button.
- Game updates — Every build of Ballin Tycoon and what changed in it — 68 builds of release notes, plus how updates reach the browser, phones and Steam.
- Shop — Every shop aisle: the perks and perk bundles, the Ballin Bundle, the weekly limited pet FIRE SALE rotation, gem upgrades, ball / coin / gem packs with prices, the free gift and how checkout works on each platform.