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About This Game

In 'Game Builder Tycoon,' you start in 2005 as a small indie developer with big dreams. Customize everything from your character's appearance to their skills, create games, market them, and lead your team to success against 2,000 other companies. Your decisions are crucial—choose game features like multiplayer and localization, manage your team from hiring to training, respond to industry trends, create sequels, and expand into bigger offices. Tackle events and financial challenges directly. With an easy-to-learn gameplay that still offers deep strategic depth, 'Game Builder Tycoon' delivers a fun and immersive game dev simulation experience, perfect for aspiring gaming tycoons.

FEATURES

Character Customization

Select from 16 unique characters and customize their attributes and abilities to suit your vision of a game development tycoon.

Game Development

Create games with a rich selection of genres, themes, features & devices, strategically allocate focus and characters to crucial areas like features, artistry, storytelling, and sound, ensuring each game uniquely reflects your vision.

Hire & Manage Employees

Build your team by recruiting from a pool of raw talent to experienced professionals, suitable for everything from indie projects to AAA titles. Choose your hiring methods based on your budget, from cost-effective word-of-mouth to expansive talent searches, to find the perfect fit for your studio's needs. Invest in skill-specific training and effectively manage your staff

Research Advancements

Research new genres, themes, features, marketing tactics, devices, and game sizes to create more engaging and profitable games.

Industry Competition

Compete with 2000 companies, striving to reach the top with strategy and creativity.

Sequels

Expand your gaming empire by developing sequels for your hit games. Capitalize on their success, leverage their popularity, and watch as fans flock to your latest releases. Every sequel brings the potential to surpass its predecessor, both in gameplay and sales

In-Game Events

Navigate through a variety of in-game events that challenge your decision-making skills. Each choice you make can have a significant impact on your game’s development and the company's future. From adding unique features to responding to industry trends, every decision counts!

Magazine & Newspaper System

Stay ahead in the game development industry with our unique Magazine & Newspaper System! Each year, receive well-crafted magazines and newspapers filled with hints, insider tips, and crucial gaming information.

Unlock New Offices

Progress from a humble bedroom setup to a mega studio. Unlock new, larger offices as you grow, allowing you to hire more staff and create bigger, more ambitious games.

Financial Management

Utilize loans to avoid bankruptcy and manage finances strategically. Annually review financial reports, including profit/loss, to assess game performance. Identify hits and misses. Keep operations streamlined.

Accessible Yet Challenging

Designed for ease of learning for beginners while offering depth for seasoned gamers, 'Game Builder Tycoon' strikes a perfect balance. It's easy to pick up, yet offers complex layers of strategy to master.

In-Game Music Player and Fan Letters

Elevate your game development journey with an in-game music player, offering 10 diverse tracks to set the perfect mood and boost creativity. Additionally, crafting exceptional games can earn you fan letters from admirers worldwide, adding a personal touch to your success.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Our game uses pre-generated AI visuals for creating a variety of graphic elements, including in-game posters, backgrounds for menus, game-over, and victory screens, and store page imagery. All content has been produced to align with our family-friendly approach, ensuring suitability for a wide audience. We ensure that our tycoon game's environment is non-violent and inviting, with every AI-generated element pre-designed to complement this atmosphere