Amongst the games I’m playing at the moment is this little gem on the iPhone
Game Dev Story from Kairosoft.
Set in a fictional world, GDS doffs it hat, and also pokes a wee bit of fun, to the real world games industry ( for eg. I’m currently developing games for the ‘PlayStatus 2’ ) The game is controlled from the screen seen in the screenshot above and focuses on the aspects of project management where you have to hire the right devs for your studio, such as a graphics artists, sound engineers, programmers – you can even train them and level them up in their particular skills when they gain experience with the inhouse currency of ‘Research Data’.
The objective is that you have to produce a game, on the platform that you have bought a license for, with your dev’s skills ( or outsourced if you have the cash ) that is a good balance of Fun, Creativity, Graphics and Sound. You have a variety of game genres to choose from and unlock more as you get better skills: – produce good games, get more fans and fame, generate hype by advertising through diffrerent channels and make cash to produce more games. Hopefully you might even win a prize at Gamedex, the annual awards – such as my record shattering adventure fantasy title BunnyCraft. It’s simple but has a depth that is quite suprising.
Available for iOS and Android
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