The Tech Debt trailer 0.1 is here!
I have been working with a video editor to get out a trailer for Tech Debt. It still has some rough edges, but perfection is the enemy of progress, so I am just going to send it now and get feedback on how to make it better.
What is next for Tech Debt?
Tech Debt took a back seat to a big client project for a bit, but my schedule is a bit less crammed this month, so I am back at it.
When I last left off, I was attempting to add at least a little bit of story to the game.
Before you had the bot during the tutorial then you were off on your own.
Now you get a non-technical cofounder that acts as your guide to playthroughs.
There are also increasing difficulties as you progress through the various stages of a startup: First, the “friends and family” round, then to the seed stage startup, and finally to the series A.
For now, after that, you can either exit (Sell the company) or you can enter “Endless Mode” where eventually you might be able to do a series B,C, etc.
Once you exit, you will have earned “Vested Shares,” which are basically a meta currency you can use to unlock bonuses, new technology, and new stakeholders which come with new missions for you to play.
It’s loosely based on how a real startup would work, but so loose that it's comical.
Listen, it wasn’t easy shoehorning real tech startup concepts into the meta progression system of a roguelite game, just like it wasn’t easy putting real cloud infrastructure into a 2d isometric base builder game, but I am doing my best.
Over the next month, I have a few fairly high-profile guest spots on industry podcasts, so I am hoping to show off some gameplay on those, so stay tuned.
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