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My Startup Story

Updated 5 years ago

Reynold Erwandi

Game Developer - Programmer

ABOUT THE GAME

 
My Startup Story is a simulation game where you, a person who dont get a job after trying to get one for a month, decided to make your very own startup. Luckily, you have a manager that will help you run your startup. The game aims to teach you the basic knowledge and senses to start building your startup in a fun way!
You can try the game here : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JwN_umoK2frls1yDUgiNoqTYjYfdtigm
Features
Create your own company
Hire and manage staff to create the best team for your company
Train and Motivate your staff to increase their productivity
Get to know your employees to find what’s their likes & dislikes
“Book of Law”, set rules for your work place that can affect your employee's productivity
Journal which contains fact about how to manage employees for a company
Inspiration
 
This game is heavily inspired by GameDev Tycoon but instead of focusing on making games, you’ll have to develop, organize, and control activities in your company. Start your research, get to know your staff, and set rules for your office to increase productivity!
 
Inspired by Frostpunk "Book of Laws",  This game has book of laws which allow you to set rules in your office that can affect your staff's productivity, such as:
Allow animals : +25% productivity for pet lovers, -25% productivity for pet haters
Forbid animals : +25% productivity for haters, -25% productivity for pet lovers
Allow smoking : +25% productivity for smoking employees, -25% productivity for non-smoking employees
Forbid smoking : +25% productivity for non-smoking employees, -25% productivity for smoking employees
Clean desk : +25% productivity for employee who likes clean desk
Creative desk : +25% productivity for employee who likes "messy" desk
Better vacation : -25% vacation time, +25% vacation cost
Strict vacation : +25% vacation time, -25% vacation cost
Featured Tools and Assets
By using Scriptable Object, i made databases for employees, projects, rules, and facts for the game.  
 
Post Processing Stacks is used to make the graphic better
 
 
I'm using ProGrids for easy snap when making the office room
 
Using TextMesh Pro for high quality text in the game
 

Due to late realization about the competition (less than a month), I decided to use some assets from AssetStore. Here is a list of assets used :
Simple People 2 – Cartoon Assets – https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/82661
Simple Office Interiors – Cartoon assets – https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/38028
Happy Music Pack – https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/15530
Mega Game Music Collection – https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/54687
DoTween PRO - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/visual-scripting/dotween-pro-32416
Odin Inspector and Serializer - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/odin-inspector-and-serializer-89041
Progression
Thanks to my friend, she made this cute icon to show what's the employee doing. can you guess what they mean ? :)
 
She also did some retexturing for the assets we used
 
Here is a placeholder UI before I start working to integrate the UI. Productivity system is also still missing at that time.
 

Future work
I have more ideas to put into the game but can't due to not having enough time to finish it on time for this challenge. For example :
Customize your own office and yourself
More in-depth strategy for the simulation
Custom events to act as more challenge for company to survive
and more...