IslandBiz 2, A VelociGames game

Hi!

Right now I'm getting ready to release the more advanced version of IslandBiz 1, IslandBiz 2

It's not only a simulation of the island but it simulates each and every person living on the island, down to how happy they are and if they own a car.

It means that every single citizen got their own set of features, and needs.
A floating economy based on income from citizens, and there are several
adjustments available trough the interface.

A short list of what will be simulated/calculated within each citizen.

- Food, they eat food to heal, and it costs money.
- Cash, they all got their own economy(also different income classes).
- Health, yep they can get sick. Virus/disease or just getting old.
- Age, well it explains itself
- Male of Female, pretty basic feature.
- Thoughts, they will react to tax adjusting. Government spending etc.
- Happiness.
- Things to spend money on, home, car etc. This will affect happiness and income.
- If they are working or not, also different types of income.

I've also put in a research center, where you can hire/fire scientists to research new techs for your island. Improvement of pollution removal, health, food etc. And there is also a scenario feature, where you can challenge yourself.

This new game is a total remake of what IslandBiz 1 should have been
Anyhow, some screen shots?







So what do people think?

Release date is set to soon

Sounds... better !

hehe

Yes it does , I wanna know more dude .. good job btw

Stigern: Why not post beta 3 updates here later...

I think the guys might be interested in it...

Oh, yeah. Why not

Development has been going quite steady lately, and with ideas from my beta-testers and myself I've tweaked and added new features. Now a Beta 3 is ready for release to the beta-testers. And 1.0 isn't so far away.

Picture of the Logger to the right.

Haven't had the time to try out the latest beta but I'll try to do so next week...

Well, I'm working on the 1.0 build now. Found many bugs, and added some small
extra features which I felt it needed.

Currently changelog for 1.0:

As for release-date, I'm not setting any date. I kind of hate the pressure it gives
Maybe next week, or the one after that one?

Update:

Some pics of the news.

Showing the Foreign Center, where you export/import food. And control the immigration.


Showing the factory, where you control every aspect of it:


And some new updates to the research center:


1.0 will soon be available so stay tuned

Looks so much better then before... Very good Stigern...

Well, it's time for 1.0 release. To download click the link under here.

Download IslanBiz2 1.0

If you run into bugs, don't forget to use the feedback feature
Also you might need .net framework 3.5 from microsoft. Get it here.

Nice. I'll check it out later today.

Is there no save game? Otherwise a great job.

Very fun...played it for like 3 hours lol

A feature request though would be the ability to keep playing even after completing a scenario.

It's a nice game. You should play scenario mode to make it interesting.
Free play doesn't give you that much.
The info center is cool.
A save function would be nice too.

The things that happens still feels a bit random IMO. Looking forward to future updates. It's a promising game that can be improved.

Importing food doesn't work.. unless I am doing it wrong?

Game is addicting though, I like it

It works for me :/

Plans for expansion/improvment/island biz 3 ?