Energy Tycoon’s Solar Facility Minigame

September 15, 2016

  Above is a screenshot from one of the minigames from Energy Tycoon. The idea behind this one is to place the flowing charges onto the charge-plates. From there you can touch and hold the plates to discharge them. Discharging serves a few purposes, first to increase your score with a multiplier and second to […]

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My thoughts after my recent experience at Boda Borg Boston

September 11, 2016

Boda Borg is a group activity with a variety of unique challenges. For each challenge you enter a room and from there encounter a series of puzzles which are sometimes physical, other times mental, and occasionally both at the same time. Upon completing a room you unlock the next one, with the end rewarding you with a […]

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Tight Side Projects and Getting Funds

August 30, 2016

One of the things that I was acutely aware of from the beginning of my game development is how much funding could speed up the development of a project. This subject is something I am quite interested in, as it can do a lot to further the development of  Energy Tycoon. Thanks to a minor project […]

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Thoughts on how AI should work in Energy Tycoon

July 21, 2016

Lately what I have been thinking more about was how should I allow players to play on their own. One of the things I’m considering is to have npc corporations that would directly compete against you in interesting ways, especially in the map-node system. This may require you to take direct action if you want their nodes. […]

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Energy Tycoon Updates and Timeline

July 14, 2016

I have put together a full list of the current progress of Energy Tycoon and what will be needed to move onto the next step of development, which would be getting it into the hands of testers like you! Green = complete enough for next stage Orange = work in progress Red = not started Main […]

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