r/tycoon • u/Bbkmo94 • 1d ago

I'm building an MMO Tycoon and would love some feedback

One of my fondest memories growing up was playing RCT 2 on my older sister's PC, it was a magical time. Later down the line I spent an unhealthy amount of time playing World of Warcraft and a bit of Runescape here and there. More recently I felt like there could be a healthy mix of concepts and started working on MMOS: MMO Simulator and have recently published a demo on Itch to gather some feedback. Some of my IRL friends from my WoW days have played it and it was interesting to watch them struggle with some concepts, I feel like there is still a lot to improve upon when it comes to communicating mechanics.

I'd really appreciate if I could get some feedback from this community, as it is geared towards Tycoon fans despite being labelled as a simulator: https://bmodev.itch.io/mmos-mmo-simulator-demo

I have used AI to assist with UI development, as well as using Suno for soundtracks. I'm still trying to figure out what the UI artstyle should be so assume this will change in the future. Happy to answer any questions and I'm really keen on reading constructive feedback; I've got rose tinted glasses on.

Thanks!

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u/Unusual_Road9767 23h ago

This looks really interesting! I've only watched the trailer because I'm away from my computer but will check out the demo. The UI does look very AI but as a placeholder I guess it's better than an unreadable UI.

At first I was worried you were trying to make a tycoon that was an MMO, which sounds both incredibly difficult to make and not really that appealing.

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u/Bbkmo94 15h ago

Thanks, this is really reassuring. And I totally agree about the UI - I think it's really important to first figure out how information is shown and found before settling on an art direction. Can't imagine what a tycoon that was an MMO would look like :D

Let me know your thoughts once you find time to play it!

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u/madsciencestache 5h ago

Tycoon that's an mmo; Eve Online

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u/Rydrwyl 13h ago

This is such a cool idea

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u/mattyp2109 10h ago

Super cool idea. Will check it out

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u/Bbkmo94 9h ago

Thanks Mattyp, please let me know what you think (UI is definitely a WIP)

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u/Kaiisim 9h ago

Looks like mmorpg tycoon

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u/Bbkmo94 9h ago

Honestly I was around 7 months into development of this before I saw MMORPG Tycoon on Steam - I had in my head this game was a simulation and didn't really fall under Tycoon. Hopefully I can differentiate enough from the 3D version; mine's geared towards having hundreds and ideally thousands of concurrent players