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Game Dev Tycoon?
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10 reviews of this app found across Reddit:
It doesn't take forever to get through, but it's rather addictive. It's a good game to play while watching TV.
Edited: wrds
I'm referring to Game Dev Tycoon, which, if you look at their About page, was inspired by Game Dev Story:
>Game Dev Tycoon was inspired by Game Dev Story (by Kairosoft), which was the first ‘tycoon’ game we enjoyed playing on the iPhone; however, from the start, we wished the game would work and look differently. We wanted a game development simulation which would be less random, more about your choices and a little more realistic.
> because I lost my left hand to cancer last year
Accessibility is important. Holy crap is it important. :)
I did a bit of googling to see how you could get this better to the devs. Google suggests the developer is Greenheart games: http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/
That page has a Facebook and a Twitter link, if you can reach out to them there I get the feeling they'd be much more likely to find this feedback.
It's so important to give and get feedback, I would encourage you to go send this on!
We use the excellent greenworks Node.js native module. It's generously provided by Green Heart Games, makers of Game Dev Tycoon (also an HTML5 game on Steam).
Greenheart Games (Dev)
Currently $10 with links to some other places to buy it. They also have a demo if you want to try it out. Summer sales should start popping up soon too.
It's a lot less complex than real life, of course, but I love Game Dev Tycoon: http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/
It's a good exercise is balancing resources and learning to focus.
Game Dev Tycoon is an interesting study, where you have to prioritize things like research, technology, budgets, marketing, deal with others pirating your work, go from a small garage to a big empire.
He's talking about:
Your game is different, it's this one:
Hope I got yours right, and i'll give that one a look as I didn't know it.
http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/ This one. Never heard of that one before, but it sounds hilarious. Pirating secrets have always been funny. I believe in one of the Pokemon games, there was a person who told you to "Buy this game or die" or something similar.
Game Dev Tycoon also uses Node-Webkit (except for the Windows 8 Store app, but they probably share (some?) code with it).
- I'm an interested player, not the developer