Currently, I operate several eBay shops in different categories as a full-time job.
In my spare time I like to indulge in writing mobile game guides and reporting on my reselling activities. I occasionally write guides related to Get Paid To sites like FreeCash and Swagbucks, but less than I used to.
I previously hosted wikis for: Apex Girl, Road to Rich, Dark Brides, and Passion Pit. In an effort to return this site to Family Friendly skies, I have removed such content.
Player’s report varying reward values depending on platform. Other options include FreeCash ($3,392) and Mobius ($4,000).
The FreeCash terms are worse. The prizes pay out less for early goals and there are time limits on the realistic goals at level 200 and 300. Additionally, purchases are not fully reimbursed on FreeCash.
Some user’s report tracking issues starting at level 110.
Join a Union and ask for Tokens or Wands as often as possible.
Complete Events as they become available.
Tap and collect floating gifts.
Speed up the hourly gifts using Gems.
Complete quests to earn Tokens.
Earn Tokens and Prestige by Mining.
User Interface
Functions
Levels
For the offer, your account level is what is counted for goal completions. You can raise your level by collecting Prestige.
The export and import of site pages and posts was a disaster. None of the links were updated to the new site and the new site ran out of storage from the images.
For some reason all the reduced file size webp files were copied as jpg files instead, and they clogged everything up. So now half of the pictures are linked to fatwalletrefugee while the others are on kasanje travels. I am scrapping the entire plan.
I have more broadly decided to restructure this site around gaming alone. Kasanje Travels will become the new home of my travelog and food/cooking posts.
I have decided to archive my personal posts from Errant Literary as well as the Daily Prompt response posts. I am also throwing in the towel on the revival of the FatWallet Forums. The archive can still be downloaded from Payhip if you want it (https://payhip.com/b/Q7aAv).
I am also archiving and removing content in the following Categories: Investing, Sidehustles, Deals, News, Shopping, General, and Gold + Silver.
General posts directly related to gaming or site updates will remain in place.
A couple nights ago, I paid for a year of hosting through Host Koala for $24. I used a spare domain for the new site Kasanje Travel’s.
HostKoala Web hosting
The service is inexpensive compared to my WordPress.com hosted site which I paid around $70 per year for 3 years on a sale.
Considerations
I was considering the new plug-in supported “.com” sites that went on sale last Christmas, but after looking at the monetization policies, I decided to go with an independent service.
If I want to use a 3rd party advertising service, I would need to upgrade to the Creator plan, which is much more expensive.
There are no such limitations on a “.org” installation of WordPress.
I will be copying and pasting the older posts over and then eventually posting new content to the other site.
Hopefully, with a focused niche, the travel site will get traffic and the slimmer main site will rank better in Google’s eyes.
Site History
Over the years I have continued to add new stuff to the site, often far afield of my primary niche.
This site originally was a travel blog. After my travels ended, I struggled to find something new to write about. I eventually settled on game guides.
That was a hard pivot, though at the time I didn’t have any understanding of SEO or how the search engines worked.
I later moved to game galleries which ate up all my storage space. I made a new site, then lost interest. It was fine, the galleries were perennial and drove high traffic with little input on my part.
But all that traffic was no longer going to my main site and I returned to the struggle.
My next decision was to monetize this site and then merge the galleries back into FatwalletRefugee.
That worked, until I encountered a crisis of conscience and purged the site, bringing it back to a family friendly place.
Now, I am once again struggling to drive traffic to the site, and while I have added several new wiki’s, it’s not yet made up for prior losses.
The main problem is that my content is too spread out. The site’s niche remains gaming related, but all the other content is mucking up my page rankings.
I get little to no traffic to the Travel and Food pages or to the FatWallet Forums Archive project. Google won’t organically index those pages because they fall outside of my niche.
So, my new strategy will be to slim down this beastly site and make new home for the food and travel aspects.
Reporting a bit early here, but I felt inspired, and also my new phone has a screen recording function.
Besides the additional of more Travel posts, I have also built out several game wiki pages, notably the Dragon Traveler wiki, and new game guides for offers on FreeCash and Swagbucks.
Become the CEO of Earth Inc. and grow into the mining tycoon you were always meant to be! Dig down to the core, discover unique treasures and gold, and get rich in this idle mining simulator!
(Available On Android)
Offer Terms
Must be installing Earth Inc for the first time to receive Points.
In-app purchases and upgrades are available.
Award will pend for 10 days
You must complete goals within 30 days of installing to receive Up to 23,984 Points
There is a single Bonus point goal for Planet 30 to be completed by day 7 for a reward of 2.4k points ($16).
Spending Goals
Spending for this offer is mostly reimbursed with the exception of the “Remove All Ads” option for $17.99, with reward points only valued at $10.67.
Both the ad removal and premium pass purchases must be completed within the first 10 days of play. Generally, these types of purchases should be completed on the first day of play to get the maximum benefit.
Total spending for this offer is $40 with $32 in reimbursement. The point earnings from Planet 3 through Planet 25 is 1,584 or $10.56, this is enough to cover the shortfall in spending goal reimbursements.
Essentially, if you decide to complete all spending goals, you will be at breakeven by the time you reach Planet 25.
Gameplay
As with most idle tycoon games, this involves a lot of micromanagement and careful decisions on where to spend resources to gain the maximum benefits.
Speed in clearing Planets is important to reach out goals within the 30 day time limit on the offer. The sole Bonus point reward comes by reaching Planet 30 within 7 days of play.
Tips
Set your upgrade buying to “Next”, since that indicates when you’ll get a large increase.
Make sure you’re claiming your sporadic earnings (minigames, free powerup, etc), they’re easy to miss.
If you’re going to be offline for a while, stock up on power to avoid hitting an ice level whilst offline.
Prioritise quests, since the rewards are usually pretty good.
Use up TNTs and similar level-clearing powerups as soon as possible, to progress to more valuable ores.
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play, team-based PvP shooter that lets players create squads of Marvel characters to compete in objective-based matches on destructible maps.
The story features a tense meeting between Doctor Doom and his heroic 2099 counterpart, resulting in a “timestream entanglement” that creates new worlds where heroes and villains from the multiverse battle each other to stop both Doom variants from winning.
History
Developed by NetEase Games, it features a large roster of characters, unique “Team-Up” skills that combine abilities, and dynamic environments inspired by iconic Marvel locations.
The game launched in late 2024 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a PS4 version following in 2025, and receives regular content updates with new heroes, maps, and modes.
Features
Team-Based Gameplay: 6v6 matches focused on objectives, requiring teamwork and strategy.
Vast Roster: Includes heroes and villains from the Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.
Dynamic Environments: Battlefields are destructible and change during matches. For example, a player controlling Magneto could combine his powers with another hero to manipulate metal in the environment, creating new paths or obstacles for the enemy team.
Team-Up Skills: Combine character abilities for powerful, unique attacks.
Free-to-Play: The game is free to download and play.
Modes
Quick Match games are unranked and feature three modes: Domination, Convoy, and Convergence. Players can team up with others to battle AI opponents in the Practice Vs. AI mode.
The game has seven modes that can be played:
Convoy
Teams are assigned offense or defense, with the offense aiming to escort a moving object through the map while defenders attempt to stop them by eliminating the offense and recapturing the object. If the offense succeeds in escorting the convoy to the end within a time limit, they win. The object moves automatically once captured, and it goes backwards if defenders recapture it unless attackers are nearby. In competitive mode, teams swap roles after the offense has progressed, and they continue until a winner is determined based on the best performance.
Domination
Both teams compete to capture a point on small maps. The defending team earns points until reaching 100%, ending the round. The game continues on another map, with the first team to capture two points winning.
Convergence
Teams are assigned to offense or defense roles, with offense aiming to capture a checkpoint while defense seeks to hold it until time runs out. If the offense succeeds, the game transitions to Convoy mode, where they escort a cart to two additional checkpoints. Victory is achieved by reaching the final checkpoint, and in competitive play, both teams strive for the best progress, with additional attempts allowed if both reach the objective.
Resource Rumble
Both teams compete for one of three randomly selected points on a single map to collect resources; once depleted, the next point unlocks. A team wins by collecting all resources from both points, but if both teams reach a minimum resource amount, a third point unlocks for capture. The mode is available only in custom matches.
Conquest
Players form two teams, aiming to eliminate heroes and collect points dropped on the ground. Allies can also collect these points to prevent the opposing team from scoring. The game concludes when one team reaches 50 points or the timer runs out, with the team holding the most points declared the winner. In case of a tie, teams get an additional chance to score.
Doom Match
A free-for-all deathmatch with up to 12 players competing to achieve the most Final Hits, ending when a player reaches 16 Final Hits, with the top half declared winners.
18 vs. 18 Annihilation
Players form two teams in a 36-player battle, earning points for each elimination towards a target score of 120 within a 6-minute limit; the team with the higher score wins if time runs out.
Field of Play
As of April 2025, there are 13 unique maps in the game.
Yggsgard: Yggdrasil Path
Yggsgard: Royal Palace
Tokyo 2099: Spider-Islands
Tokyo 2099: Shin-Shibuya
Tokyo 2099: Ninomaru
Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown
Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park
Empire of Eternal Night: Sanctum Sanctorum
Hellfire Gala: Arakko
Hellfire Gala: Krakoa
Hydra Charteris Base: Hell’s Heaven
Grand Garden
Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: Birnin T’Challa
Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: Hall of Djalia
Klyntar: Symbiotic Surface
Klyntar: Celestial Husk
Klyntar: Throne of Knull
K’un-Lun: Heart of Heaven
Levels and Ranks
Players must reach profile level 15 to access Competitive mode, where they receive a projected rank based on their previous season’s rank or peak, followed by 10 placement matches to determine their starting rank.
Matchmaking occurs within nine rank divisions comprising three tiers, with promotions and demotions influenced by wins, losses, and performance.
The mode features Domination, Convergence, and Convoy, and allows Gold rank players and above to impose two hero bans per team, rendering selected heroes unplayable for both sides during matches. At season’s end, players earn cosmetic rewards based on their final rank.
Players must achieve at least Platinum rank and join a Faction to participate in Tournament matches, which follow Competitive modes and rules in best of three or five formats.
Each team can ban three heroes from the opposing team and has two protected heroes. Custom Games can also utilize these modes, including Resource Rumble.
Limited time offers: Complete Season 15 (4 days) $6.00 and Complete Season 30 (7 days) $18.00.
Episode 15 can be cleared within the 4 day limit if you purchase the Monster Pass. However, Episode 30 cannot be cleared in just 7 days without more spending.
All shops may be temporarily increased by watching an ad to activate a boost. This can be done 3 times for a 12 hour boost.
You can watch an ad to double your accrued offline idle income.
Tapping on the bird flying across the screen can earn Cash, and occasionally you can watch an ad for double rewards.
Trading cards counts towards “Get Cards” task.
To get Building Cards you need to achieve Customer Bonuses. This occurs when you reach a customer milestone by filling up the purple/pink bar on shop.
Customer Cards are available by Trading, purchase in the Shop using NanoSpider coins, or from Coffins and stage advances.
Surveys through Revenue Universe can be completed to earn extra Dream Crystals.
Spending
The Monster Pass is $14.99, but we only get $5.00 back from the offer. The Monster Starter Kit is $2.99 and is only available during the first 3 days of play. The first Purchase credit is $2.00.
Gnome Constable Pack $4.99
Gnome Constable, 666 Nanospiders, and 100 Dream Crystals.
Deadly Deals $4.99
650 Nanospiders, Rory Thompson (10), and 150 Dream Crystals.
Monster Pass
The pass includes special characters that boost the high tier shops. Lots of NanoSpiders, Skip Tickets, and some Dream Crystals.
Items must be claimed individually. This is helpful if you want to save some rewards for later, such as the ad skip tickets.
The game maps are called Episodes and proceed in stages of business development. Each level includes several objectives that must be completed before the player can advance to the next Episode.
Warning: Completed goals DO NOT carry over to the next episode. Make sure to collect all completed goals before advancing.
Shops will generate cash which can be tapped on to collect income after the timer bar has filled. Upgrading shops will boost the amount of cash they generate. Assigning a Monster to a shop will enable automation and passive cash generation.
Monsters (managers) assigned to select shops will improve the income generation speed/amount. Monsters must be upgraded to continue using automation as the game progresses.
Focusing your upgrades on the higher tier shops will provide a much greater return on investment in the end game. Especially enabling automation for the periods when you go to bed.
As you advance through the Episodes, the amount of cash generated by low tier shops will become inconsequential. However, missions will likely require ineffective upgrades to progress the storyline.
Events
Throughout gameplay Event maps will become available and will run concurrently with the main map. Additional resources can be acquired on the Event maps.
However, be mindful of spending premium currency trying to clear the Events or rank high on the leaderboard. This can detract from the efforts spent clearing the goals on the main map.
Even small rewards from the Event maps can be useful in clearing the primary objectives. You can also expect regular players to spend cash to rank high on the leaderboards.
Event Strategy and Tips
These event maps use a simplified format for upgrading shops.
There are several versions of the Event maps and some use different rules. Some versions will use a single Card for Cash or Time upgrades that will allow automation, while each individual shop will still have the regular managers.
This means you only need to focus on upgrading a single Card if you just want the passive returns.
In other versions there are separate cards for all functions. And in others still a very simple 1-2 day timeframe with limited rewards.
In all events, the following benefits should apply.
At Event completion, we receive 25% of our leftover event currency as NanoSpider coins, up to a max of 500 coins. This means we want to end the event map with 2,000 event currency.
Completing tasks on the Event map will contribute to the Monster Pass tasks.
There are 162 cards in total (as of Feb 2026). Cards come in rarity ranks of Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Event. Most maps will only use 52 cards actively.
Some cards will increase the cashflow of a shop while others improve the speed cycle.
The cost to purchase cards in the shop depends on their rarity, with Common costing just 5 coins to start. The cost to purchase a card increases by 1 coin for each one you buy until either the shop refreshes or you reach a new Episode.
Rare cards have a base cost of 15 Coins. Epic cards start at 50 Coins each. Some special cards are only available from the Monster Pass.
Episode Clear Multiplier
A unique card, the spider “Lady” will boost the multiplier by a fraction when clearing episodes. I strongly suggest NOT spending any coins on the spider. A better option would be the Epic card Janice, who doubles the multiplier.
Statue Cards
Statue cards are earned from the Events and will place idle reward statues on your map area below the shops. The Owl and Eyeball statues will provide Coins every day. The Eyeball has a faster cycle period.
Ranking high in Events is the only way to get cards to upgrade the statues. Expect Whales (big spenders) to take the top spots in all events. So mostly these statues will remain level 1 during the offer period.
The difficulty doesn’t seem to increase much outside of level gimmicks and the occasional super hard level.
There seems to be a bug with a handful of levels being functionally impossible without a powerup but the team seemed grateful last time I reported one.
Other than that, I’ve mapped out harder levels by hand to know which block comes next in generators etc and it’s made things a breeze outside of occasional levels I simply can’t manage on my own.
The game has some very dismal reviews by users. Sentiment is pretty dour. There is some hope from Reddit though where several players report reaching Area 13 ($10).
Areas
Sort Joy is broken into Areas which are compromised of blocks of levels, starting with 15 levels for Area 1.
This chart shows the level progression for subsequent each area in Sort Joy.
1: 15
2: 25
3: 50
4-11: 75
12-19: 100
20: 150
Timers
You are initially given no limits on completing levels. However at level 14 of Area 1, a timer limit will become active.
In further stages of play, levels will include 2 or more stages that must be completed to advance. If a timer is active on a multi stage level, it will not reset between stages.
Boosters
Players start with a few booster items to clear the game board faster. Ads may be watched to gain additional Boosts.
Occasionally, on the Home Screen you can watch a series of ads spaced 2 minutes apart for Coins and Boosts. Seems to pop up every few days.
The game is reliant on advertising and micro transactions for revenue so you will see many ads and offers to spend money.
The frequency of boosters earned through ad views will decrease over time. Around Area 17, the availability of Boosts from ads seems to disappear.
Similarly, the ads that increase Coins after clearing a level also go away.
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