Game Dev Tycoon
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| Studio | Greenheart Games | ||
| Publisher | Greenheart Games | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
2012 | ||
| platform | Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , Android , Apple iOS | ||
| genre | Economic simulation | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer through mods | ||
| control | mouse and keyboard | ||
| medium | Digital distribution , DVD | ||
| language | 6 languages including German and English | ||
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Game Dev Tycoon is a business simulation game by Greenheart Games that was released for PC in 2012 . The aim of the game is to build a successful software company.
Gameplay
In Game Dev Tycoon , the player started as an ambitious game developer in the early 80s in the garage at home, with the first goal of developing a commercially successful computer game . After enough money has been generated, the move to an own office is on the agenda, and there are also new opportunities such as hiring staff and researching new technologies and marketing methods .
Anti-piracy measure
Knowing that Game Dev Tycoon would become the target of software pirates despite an initial retail price of US $ 7.99 , the manufacturer took an unusual measure: Patrick Klug, founder of Greenheart Games, released a modified version of the game shortly after the game was released via BitTorrent , which displayed a message after a while playing:
"Boss, it seems that while many players play our new game, they steal it by downloading a cracked version rather than buying it legally. If players don't buy the games they like, we will sooner or later go bankrupt. "
“Boss, it seems that while a lot of players are playing our new game, they are more likely to steal it by downloading a cracked version than legally buying it. If players don't buy the game they love, sooner or later we will go bankrupt. "
At the same time, the income from game sales decreases, so that the player's company inevitably goes bankrupt .
As a result, players generated support requests to Greenheart Games complaining about the inability to stop the software pirates, thereby admitting that they had obtained the game illegally.
reception
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Game Dev Tycoon received mixed ratings in the trade press . Although it is overall a solid implementation of a well-known concept, the critics consistently criticized a lack of innovation as well as many minor errors and weaknesses, such as insufficient feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of the games developed. About 6 years after publication, Metacritic recorded an aggregate rating of 68/100 (as of July 2018, based on 21 reviews), game rankings of 67.70% (as of July 2018, based on 10 reviews).
“There are tests that are just not fun. I would love to celebrate Game Dev Tycoon, the first work of two strangers. How I would like to write that it not only made a name for itself with its innovative copy protection, but that it is also the secret of the season. Even if it's 87.6 percent stolen. Which makes their biting mockery look strange again to copiers. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mirjam Hauck: Game over for illegal downloaders. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 30, 2013, accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Education via BitTorrent: Pirates can only lose. Spiegel Online , May 2, 2013, accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Michael Obermeier: Game Dev Tycoon - pirated version with built-in software piracy. GameStar , April 29, 2013, accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Steven Bogos: Pirating Game Dev Tycoon Dooms Players to be Ruined By Piracy. Escapist Magazine, April 29, 2013, accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Game Dev Tycoon. CBS Interactive , accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Game Dev Tycoon for PC. GameRankings , accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ^ Game Dev Tycoon. 4Players , accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Game Dev Tycoon - PC. Eurogamer , accessed February 5, 2014 .