Hello there, Landlords!
First of all, we would like to thank you all for your support and your comments regarding the game. We’ve been more than thrilled with the response we’ve gotten since our reveal trailer. As we get further and further with the development though, we’ll be releasing more information about The Tenants, in a more consistent manner.
Our aim is to create a game that will blend the beauty of larger-scale simulation games with the intimacy of games like The Sims. We want you to be invested in your tenants, their stories as well as both their accomplishments and setbacks.
One of our core features includes the ability to split your apartments into multiple rooms so you can house multiple tenants under one roof. Choosing the pairings will be an important task as someone who’s into partying all night will have a hard time living with a bookworm.
Core Tenant Qualities
To help you navigate those differences in people, we’ve built a personality system that is based on four main characteristics, otherwise known as Core Tenant Qualities. Some tenants will be lazy, some will try their best to stay fit, just like in real life. Core Tenant Qualities are the following:
● Diligence (D): denotes how clean and energetic a tenant is, someone diligent is someone who doesn’t procrastinate around the apartment,
● Sociability (S): describes how sociable the tenant is,
● Extravagance (E): lavishness, the extent of the weird things the tenant might do,
● Creativity (C): describes how the tenant chooses to spend their free time.
The Core Tenant Qualities will be visible to the player upon inspecting the tenant only once they get to know the tenant in question. Players will be able to ask questions during the phone interview process that might reveal one of those qualities right from the get-go. This way you’ll have to decide on the most important aspect of your potential renter in various situations.
For example, if you bought an apartment in a neighbourhood with strict rules you’d want to know if the interviewee is not too sociable and won’t be throwing a party every night of the week. Likewise, you’ll want to know the tenant’s Diligence meter to properly fit him with your other occupants.
Let us know whether you wait for our game and in case you had any ideas or suggestions, feel free to drop them here!
- The Tenants Development Team