Possible bug?

Kudos Kudos (General)
1

I’ve just purchased a copy of Kudos and am really enjoying the game, however, there seem to be a few problems with gaining stats off certain things. For example, although playing the saxophone is supposed to raise culture, and a +3 appears next to the culture bar, the culture bar never changes, no matter how many times I practice. Something similar happens with the video game where it appears on the screen that I have earned a problem solving point but the problem solving skill or IQ never increase.

Is this supposed to happen?

2

IQ raises fine for me using the crosswords.
Culture from musical instruments seems capped at 50%, though.
I bought War and Peace from the bookstore, which I guessed would raise it. It does, and at nearly a thousand pages, it should suit all of your culture needs for most of the game.
Just a pity about that cap on music-culture, though.

3

culture and IQ are split into subcomponents, click their indicators and you will see which bit needs raising. The tutorial doesn’t make this clear enough ;(