Game Dev Tycoon

I bet many of you have at least dreamed of managing their own indie game development company and now you can in Game Dev Tycoon.

Before starting to put your programming skills into action, you will have to choose a name for both your company and your character. Starting a successful game company is not that easy and in order to climb up the ranks to be noticed by the media you'll have to do your best and develop a few memorable titles.

To achieve that, you will need to choose a catchy name that fits the topic of your game, select a genre and the desired platform.

Development is a three stage job, each focusing on three specific areas of your game. While developing the game you will generate design and technology points which will dictate how good your game will be depending on the number of points generated.

In addition to that, you will also generate bug points from time to time that will need to be fixed before the release of the game if you want to offer a smooth experience and gain lots of happy fans.

As your games slowly climb the popularity ranks, you will gain more and more fans but, also, more attention from the media. Having a close relationship with the media by launching promotional campaigns will increase the hype around your titles resulting in more sales if your games get great reviews.

After you gain enough cash to move to a bigger place, you will be able to hire more staff to help you develop more complex games. Staff will also be able to improve their capabilities and become specialized in various development aspects increasing your chances of creating a masterpiece.

Of course, Game Dev Tycoon has a lot more features that you'll have to discover by yourself during the 30 year campaign that takes you from the very first gaming PCs to the current next gen consoles.