Game Dev Tycoon | Cheerful Ghost

Game Dev Tycoon - awesome simulation game

I won't make this long winded, because I barely have time to write this, I'm sure you have little time to read it!

I had picked this up a long time ago on sale and finally tried it out.

It had much more detail to it than I thought. I mean, you had to research topics for your games (like subject matter for your game) and you had to research new game engines (2d or 3d graphics), game saving, tutorials. You had to pay fees to get a license to make games for different systems. You had to eventually hire staff and train them. You had stats and leveled up as you made games.

Many many many choices throughout the game.

My company Circlehard did quite well for itself. It's main... Read All

Video Game Company Simulator

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AdamPFarnsworth gives this a solid "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

AdamPFarnsworth gives this a "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

On sale for $3.99 on Steam!

I can't believe I haven't written about this game yet! I've put in over 20 hours and really enjoyed it.

I don't want this post to be too long, as the sale isn't going on long, but the game is definitely worth this price.

You create a start up video game company, starting back in the 80's. You have a few different options when you start, 4 different topics (you start with 4 different topics. Anything from Ninja to Transport to Zombies to Hacking), and 5 genres (Action, Adventure, RPG, Simulation and Strategy). Then you balance different aspects of the game based on the topic and genre (Story/Gameplay/Sound/AI/etc).

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JaBo wrote on 06/20/2014 at 08:19pm

I picked it up based on your review, thanks. Love light little games, easy to play at lunch at work or my laptop. I saw there's an andoid app to for it, but it didn't seem as good...

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 06/20/2014 at 08:43pm

Excellent! I hope you enjoy it :)

scrypt Supporter wrote on 06/20/2014 at 09:21pm

I'm kind of curious to play Call of Shooter...

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/21/2014 at 05:36am

Game Dev Tycoon is a lot of fun and runs well on my Mac. It's a nice sort of "pick up and play" whenever kind of game.

jaelte wrote on 06/23/2014 at 06:28am

Hey yeah, I played that game for a few hours awhile back and I am not ruling out picking it up again. It's quite fun.

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AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/05/2015 at 05:30pm

Game Dev Tycoon is one of my favorite games I've bought in the past couple years. It's a lot of fun trying out different combinations (like apocalyptic simulation lol) and seeing what happens. Or seeing if you can build an empire with systems that aren't as popular (like making games for Sega systems only)

It seems so simple when first starting out but the complexity scales perfectly as you go. I don't want to give any spoilers away, but it sounds like there's still a lot more in the game for you to discover as you go. Enjoy! I still love coming back to this game.