Are you guys aware of Game Tycoon?

Game Dev Tycoon
#1

I just came across a new game called “Game Tycoon” on Steam. Apparently, people don’t think very highly of it, and the premise appears to be very close to Game Dev Tycoon - close enough that people are likely to be confused (indeed, I was!) Here’s the Steam link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/273770/

I came across this because I saw a YouTube video on my subscriptions list called “Let’s NOT Play Game Tycoon 1.5 - (One of the worst games on STEAM to date.)”, and was quite surprised, until I opened the video and saw it was actually a completely different game! I think the bad reviews of this game are very, very likely to give people negative impressions of Game Dev Tycoon because of the similarity of the name.

I just wanted to make sure people are aware of this, and that Game Tycoon is not Game Dev Tycoon!

[edit: Just a quick update - Game Tycoon has apparently been around since 2006, so it’s not a ripoff of Game Dev Tycoon. It’s only just gaining popularity now though because of its release on Steam.]

#2

I saw the reviews by critics they say it’s just waste of money and to say it in GDT terms “Utterly unimpressive”

#3

This game doesn’t make you want to play it.

#4

Hey @Sophira,

First off, I think the word ‘ripoff’ is used way too often nowadays.

From the above quote I can safely assume that you would have called Game Tycoon a ripoff if it had been released after Game Dev Tycoon. I think that the word ‘ripoff’ doesn’t apply between these two games at all.
Aside from the topic that both games obviously have in common, there aren’t that many similarities between the two games that aren’t topic-related.

I’m also going a little further in my assumptions and say that you probably haven’t heard about Game Dev Story. I assume this based on my earlier assumption that you would have called it a ripoff if it had been released later. Seeing as a ripoff of a ripoff is basically the same as a ripoff of the original, I can assume that you aren’t aware that Game Dev Tycoon is a way more valid candidate to be called a ripoff. In this case that would be a ripoff of Game Dev Story.

The iTunes link to Game Dev Story: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/game-dev-story/id396085661?mt=8

This may be true. On the other hand, however, that could’ve been almost exactly the same scenario between Game Dev Story and Game Dev Tycoon. If Game Dev Tycoon hadn’t been such a good game, it would have been exactly the same. Perhaps even worse, seeing as Game Dev Story and Game Dev Tycoon have way more in common with eachother than Game Dev Tycoon and Game Tycoon do.

There was a pretty big hype surrounding Game Dev Story after its release on the iPhone and there are perhaps only a handful of games like it. You could actually say Game Dev Tycoon is a ripoff of Game Dev Story and that, after its release, it launched itself by riding Game Dev Story’s hype. From that point of view I think it’s fair to say that Game Dev Tycoon getting some slightly negative impressions because of Game Tycoon is best described as ‘karma’.

Like I said at the beginning of this post, I think the word ‘ripoff’ is used way too often nowadays. And while I do believe that Game Dev Tycoon is a ripoff of Game Dev Story, in this case, I also don’t see that as a negative thing. Greenheart Games has done a great job of expanding upon the concept that is Game Dev Story. If I had to choose which of the two games is better, it would obviously be Game Dev Tycoon. But it’s very likely that Game Dev Tycoon wouldn’t be around if Game Dev Story hadn’t been made. Gotta love the original for that.

P.S. In case you’re wondering why I’m calling Game Dev Story the original, while it was released for iOS and Android in 2010 and Game Tycoon, as you said, was released in 2006, is because the iOS and Android versions were ported versions. The original release date of Game Dev Story was in April 1997 for the PC, although only available in Japan(ese).

#5

Hey @Ralph​Oenix. :slight_smile:

I was aware that Game Dev Tycoon has more reasons to be called a ripoff (even if Game Dev Story didn’t exist, it could have been a ripoff of Game Tycoon), but mentioning this in a post to these forums - especially my first post - probably wouldn’t have gone down too well. :wink:

It’s true that I wasn’t aware of Game Dev Story until after the post was made, though by the time I saw your reply I had learned of it. I opted not to edit my post to mention it for the reasoning I gave above - namely, that I didn’t want to be offensive to the forum, and neither did I want people to get the wrong impression of how I feel, because I really do like Game Dev Tycoon.

In short, I’ve learned a few things since the post, but I don’t think that what I’ve learned invalidates anything I’ve said. I probably would have worded it a bit differently to add that I was doing this for the reader’s benefit, but otherwise it would have been more-or-less the same.

Thanks for the reply. :slight_smile:

#6

yes, we are aware of it. our official response is here:

We just saw that Game Tycoon, a game originally released in 2003, was just re-released on Steam today.

Just to be clear:

We are NOT affiliated in any way with this game, nor do we have any affiliation with the developers or publisher (UIE GmbH).

#7

my two cents,

Game Dev Story and Game Dev Tycoon and Office Story is my favorite games. So far… that game looks like ____ Fill in the Blank :wink: (dont just in the mind lol)

#8