Hi, can I please get some tips on how to play the game?
I’ve played for +30 hours over the past few days, but ALWAYS end bankrupt at around 14-16 years.
I always pick combinations that compliment one another, like RPG-Fantasy, Sci-fi-Simulation etc. I try to allocate the sliders so that they compliment the genre (focus on story in RPG’s and such) I focus on upgrading my coders as much as possible.
But still I always end up bankrupt. What can I do?
Edit:I also ALWAYS take any publishing deals with good genre/topic combinations, but leave the others out.
I used to have the same problem at start always starting to fail when I reached the second office after I hired 1/2 employes.
And then I discovered publishing deals and managed to go further…
I guess with some more information about where you start to “fail” would help people help you.
DOn’t go to medium office at your first offer, make sure you have 3mill in the bank.
When you do get to the first office, hire one balanced staff member and design a new game engine with as much tech as you’ve got.
Then, split yourself and your one staff member into a game or two, with publisher contracts.
Refer to the wiki for how to set sliders. it’s ok to have an unimportant slider right at the bottom! It will actually HURT your ratings and your sales if you waste time putting features into a game type where they’re not appreciated.
Finally, market as much as you can afford to. Market early, it just keeps building hype throughout production. I’ve never once seen hype fall.
You only need 3 or 4 sucessful published games before you can employ another staff member and self publish to get full benefit of your own work.
You’ll get there. plenty left to discover.
Howdy, there’s actually a few threads already existing regarding the difficulty of the game, and I’d suggest you ask in those threads if you still have problems. We like to keep all of the topics centered so there aren’t a hundred asking the same thing. If you’d like to continue discussing it, please do so in one of these threads:
http://forum.greenheartgames.com/t/game-balance-mega-thread/955
http://forum.greenheartgames.com/t/i-really-don-t-get-it/1693
http://forum.greenheartgames.com/t/i-do-not-understand-the-sliders-when-making-a-game/958/
http://forum.greenheartgames.com/t/development-phase-sliders/44
There’s also a great wiki which has some more information on developing the next great game! However, please note that the wiki is completely user-driven, and is not related with the developers, and, as such, we can’t give any help on it. Any topics about help on the content of the wiki will be closed.
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