⚖️ Play as an entrepreneur building a business to scale!
You’re an entrepreneur with just 21 days to build a business that can scale. Make choices, manage your resources, and navigate the ups and downs of startup life. Grow too quickly and you could run out of money; play it too safe and you might miss your chance to grow.
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Features
- A visual-novel story with RPG-style stats and choices
- A day-and-night cycle where every action spends energy and time
- Daily events that could help or hinder your business
- A 21-day run with multiple endings
- Estimated playtime: 30 minutes (5,000 words)
Background
We joined the GTMTK Game Jam 2024, which the theme was Built to Scale.
We brainstormed on Excalidraw and created a game design document. We decided to make a visual novel game with RPG mechanics. You play as an entrepreneur in building a scaling business.
We chose Ren’Py as the game engine and wrote an initial script. We generated the repository from remarkablegames/renpy-template.
We then added core mechanics:
- day-and-night cycle
- RPG stats
- daily events
We shortened the gameplay from 30 days to 21 and rebalanced the game so it’s easier. We then did some last minute polishing and trimming of fat before submitting it to the 96-hour game jam.
You can find our game on GitHub. Let us know what you think!
Credits
Art
- Uncle Mugen
- Mad Scientist
- Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash
Audio
- Kenney Interface Sounds
- Text/Dialogue Bleeps Pack
- Sound effects from Pixabay
Font
Music
- Guilain de Coligny