
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
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A fun tycoon simulation with a unique system for product development, and an enjoyable take on a variety of other disciplines involved in building a successful software business (notably pricing, marketing, staffing, and raising capital). I have played this on and off through Early Access and into the v1.0 release. It is quite well polished for what I understand was an out-of-hours project by a single indie developer. My only gripe would be a lack of depth: the mid- to late-game goes pretty quickly and could use additional mechanics to extend meaningful play time. On writing this, I have about 9 hours total play time, comprising already a handful of playthroughs, and have obtained all but one of the Steam achievements. Nevertheless, it is priced appropriately, so if you are into high-level management sims, or just want to try your hand at launching your own startup, I would say this is a worthy purchase for a few hours' entertainment and some unique perspectives on building a startup that are not found in other games of the genre.
Shame I bought it. For now at least. I couldnt get past the 3 playing hour mark. One word to sum it up: TEDIOUS means: '' too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous'' Lacks a good explanation on game mechanics. The investors pitch is a hit and miss, did not feel any logic behind the investor decisions. Then you get to sales figures vs marketing, 3 words in 3 letters double you T F! Does not make sense at all you spend 1k or 10k on any segment and it yields you 3 users per cycle/sprint. Also, wish I could disable the hints/tips as they keep apearing every time I create a new game, read it once, do not need to read it again! It is useless anyways does not explain much and sometimes I rather listen to someone explain something rather than read a text. Audio files are easy to record and put in game, did that with minimal coding on a game I coded once. Employee happiness: I actually increased salary and got TV's etc and some still quit so was not sure what the heck was going on. Then you go bust because investors walk out on the pitch, read above why, and you end up bankrupt then game over. Speaking of bankrupt, on one game load I got to minus $200, yes thats two hundred, and then week in week out went up to minus $18 dollars then I went bankrupt. Bankrupt because of being in the minus for $18 Dollars! So I just threw away the towel and hope not to see this game again. For now at least. Would love to continue playing, I actually checked out the credits, hats of to the guys as they built a great concept, built it on from other similar games in a better way. Audio and graphics are actually cool for this type of game. UI/UX needs tweaking, some depth wouldnt hurt. Then maybe I could pick it up again. Adios.
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Rsumen: Tiene buenas ideas, pero esta muy incompleto todavia. Actualmente con 4 horas tienes todo visto, no lo puedo recomendar hasta que este más completo y con desafios más interesantes. Puntos clave La forma de interactuar con el juego es bastante original y divertida, aunque le falta más contenido y un poco más de interacción en ellas. Como idea, se podría intentar incorporar un desarrollo paralelo en diferentes plataformas, tener un mercado interactivo con competencia, diseñar que puntos recalcar de a la hora de elaborar una estrategia de publicidad dependiendo del mercado, etc. El tema de los inversores es interesante, pero lo veo un poco desaprovechado, no hay manera de saber que puntos le podria interesar mas o menos a este inversor, ni queda muy claro como funciona la conferencia (parece que es una conbinacion aleatoria de temas). En mi opinión, se debería revisar esta mecanica y aplicarla de otra forma un poco mas acertada. Finalmente, me gustaria resaltar el tema de una IA en forma de competencia y un mercado, eso me parece un tema básico en un juego de gestión de empresa
Brilliant game and really playable. I didn't expect to like it, but I ended up playing it for about 4 hours. I did two companies. The first sold for $350 million, the next for $1.6 billion. I don't know if I'll play it any more as it probably needs some more variety, or some different sub games. Or maybe it needs a follow-up game where you're an investor looking at startups to invest your buckets of cash in? I don't know. That said I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and the mechanics of it.
Impossible to get past the first and second development goals on any difficulty setting. Stupid game.
Vamos lá, o jogo em si é interessante, bem complicado de pegar o jeito de início mas nada que umas 2 horas de gameplay não resolva. Minha crítica é mais sobre a duração da gameplay, você vai completando os objetivos até que em um certo ponto o objetivo principal é vender a empresa, quando você executa esse objetivo o jogo acaba, a duração é extremamente curta, sabendo jogar é 1h de gameplay, nesse ponto o desafio fica em ir alterando os modos de dificuldade, porém no fácil já é bem complicado passar o período de turbulência inicial da startup, eu terminei o jogo na minha primeira gameplay, e tudo aconteceu quando tudo parecia perdido, comecei a investir pesado em publicidade e acabou dando certo, trabalhei sempre no vermelho, com prejuízo, e mesmo com deficit negativo consegui terminar o jogo graças aos investidores, achei essa mecânica meio estranha, o jogo realmente é bem difícil, porém só até conseguir investimento, depois fica relativamente fácil. Sobre recomendar, se você tem dinheiro sobrando, e acredita em uma melhora do jogo no futuro, compre, eu comprei para testar, porém a gameplay foi bem interessante, acabei ficando mais de 2hs jogando, e justo no momento em que não era mais possível pedir reembolso o jogo simplesmente acaba, lógico, você pode seguir jogando sem cumprir a meta principal, porém o jogo fica bastante repetitivo.
About a 6/10.
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This game is a perfect combination of various pieces. Everything it simulates is boiled down to the core of the underlying business concept. Its balance makes it a perfect game for a Sunday afternoon, or probably even more. It is really well done, polished and sucks you into the world of startups.
If you love simulation tycoons, you'll love startup freak.
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