Startup Panic 4+

This game is pretty fun at the beginning but the further you go along the less fun/ harder it gets. For example, I can’t make it past the point when you’re supposed to host the celebrity on your website, but all my technologies were 7 or over. That’s another thing the game isn’t very clear with its instructions. When it says “technologies” there’s no way for me to know if that means I need the ratings on the things I’ve unlocked to be over 7, or it could mean the area where it gives a rating for gaming, social, and the other thing. Additionally, I think there should be difficulty levels. For example, easy would be keep levels above 4 for the celebrity, regular would be 7, and hard could be 10.

The UI is bad. It is not obvious where the button for the marketing tab is. It is the globe that later appears on the top left. Also the buttons for choosing a recruitment method whether by social media or talent agency is also not obvious. They are the two thin vertical bars that sandwich the graphic. Overall the game is fun but challenging. To win you need to take the $100k loan. Do marketing in Asia India and SE Asia. Do what the investors want. Also don’t bother with training your employees. You need to constantly search for more talented employees. One last thing. I find it odd that when sending employees on vacation there is a good chance they will be kidnapped. What part of the world do the developers love in?

This game is often fun and has potential to be a great game. The employee motivation aspect can be unbearable - you have to send your employees on vacation so frequently that you almost never have a full staff to work on features. The post mortem piece is a great idea but can be unhelpful, which is frustrating because you’ve just spent thousands of dollars to learn that every trait needed more work and now you have to send your employees on vacation 🙃