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New type of business game: trying to create the one I am looking for.

A topic by yjonas83 created Nov 26, 2021 Views: 439 Replies: 6
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Hi everyone,

For a while now I am trying to build a game about business mechanics that is different from what I find.

To me, most games don't manage or aim to bring the real nature of business mechanics. The true nature of uncertainty, innovation, and failures seem to be missing in many games that try to focus on businesses. 

The trigger for this game is the common action available in many games "you can build a trade route". In reality, this is a complex and high risk endeavor.

To play: https://yjonas83.itch.io/you-can-build-a-trade-route 

I'm starting with a very simple text-based short adventure, to check if the basic topic, mechanics and theme are appealing. I plan to continue to some kind of top-down/map based game. Hopefully, all the way to PvPvE async multiplayer.

Looking for your feedback! Please let me know how do you find the experience.

Thanks!

Hi everyone and thanks for playing!
I created a very short feedback form about the game: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxFRqS2NSLwUd-aYlkWWx6vB-8Giv45WGGde6_...

I would appreciate it a lot if you could fill it out :)

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  • The concept looks promising.
  • The uncertainty of doing something new is captured well. It took me a few attempts to win the game.
  • In a given situation, the player doesn’t have some information, like the possible outcomes (eg: running out of food), the cost of food before deciding to buy, etc. Is this intentional?
  • It would be interesting to see how this theme can be developed further.
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Thanks a lot for the feedback!

The experience in this demo is intentional. However, I am not planning to have all of it throughout the game. The content of the demo follows the onboarding/intro phase.

Also, I'm planning a top-down map based UI.

A new version is now available!

To play: https://yjonas83.itch.io/you-can-build-a-trade-route 

What's new:

  1. New "Open world" UI for Episode 2.
  2. New endings to the game.
  3. Available also for Android (requires internet connection).

I hope you find the new version interesting and fun!

Looking forward to your feedback.

What you in is a business time?

New version & devlog: Hi everyone, I cared a new version of the game, very different from the previous one.
You can read about it and download to play: https://yjonas83.itch.io/you-can-build-a-trade-route/devlog/338212/how-did-i-dis...
Looking for your feedback!