Game Dev Story+

Name: Game Dev Story+
Rating: 4.81113 (7095 reviews)

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Game Dev Story+

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Kairosoft Co.,Ltd

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User Reviews for Game Dev Story+

The concept is fun but the end game is garbage.

The game is fun up until you understand how to play the game and/or get to the end game and depending on how good you are at the game that could be in a hours time. Once you get to the end game and start cranking out “Hall of Fame” games consistently there’s no real challenge or reason to keep playing. In fact once you start making Hall of Fame games it becomes more of a challenge to not make a game that goes into the HoF. And once you get to a certain point money becomes a non factor because there’s nothing to buy. You are just making money with nothing to really spend it on. All of That being said the real end goal is to make a “Game of the Year” game and that seems almost impossible. I have made 29 straight “Hall of Fame” Games, 15 straight games that have scored a perfect 40 rating all of which have made #1 on the top sales chart and I have yet to make a game that has gotten “Game of the year” instead the award is constantly given to a game with a name that’s a pun to a real world game. At a certain point it just felt like the game was against me and even if I would “beat” the game it just feels like it would have no substance to it. This game has potential to be addicting and great but it just falls on its face toward the back end when it should be more challenging and rewarding.

BladeMeDoIt, Jul 13, 2021

Great game

This really does give a better appreciation for how hard it is to create a good game. I love the style and thought process that went into this game. The only thing I wish it had was a better explanation of the different jobs. Maybe that’s an Easter egg to figure out that if you max out each job on one person it will unlock the hacker. Also I wish there was a way to increase max energy, first play through I didn’t fire anyone because the first people I got worked to make the company so big, but I could only get in the hall of fame. Training only gets you so far on dev points, and from the wiki it looks like different jobs give different development points. That being said I found this game addicting with a brush of nostalgia as i saw the game companies and their hardware changed to clever puns. I laughed at the Nintendo whoops. I’m glad the devs made this game with their flair and a high level of care. Cheers and thanks for reading

Bob the.bob, Jul 28, 2021

This game is great. But I’ve encountered a bug.

Okay, so first things first, this game is awesome. I enjoy the art and the concept. I am addicted and I love your company. But, I’ve found a bug that makes my experience frustrating. So, I constantly save my progress, so I don’t have to start all over, right? And every time I decide to close the app, I make sure to save my game, and everything’s fine after that. But after I open the app to play again, I click “continue” and I click my save that I’ve saved earlier, and I’m back at the original office! This has happened 5 times, and each time I start over and say, “It’ll be fine, I’m a master of this game”. But this is time I was frustrated. I had hired a hacker, had 30 million in the bank, I had upgraded to the biggest office you can get, and I was working on my own console! All my other games I had saved didn’t get this far, and I was very disappointed in your game after I’ve been playing it for a year and had a nice experience. Yes, the app is updated to its most recent version, and my device is too. Please fix this bug so I can continue enjoying your app. Thank you.

Choco Cat 😺, Jul 28, 2022

Nice Game, Could Do with Some Tweaks

Interesting concept of pairing different game styles to see which work out or not. There is also a good desire to build the best team to get to a perfect 40 score for a game, and then win the Game of the Year Award.However:1. The game is not open ended enough. It needs to go beyond Y19 or so2. When developing the games, instead of the creative phases (graphics, sound) being randomize, what about a mini-game?3. Some of the text and event dialogue are overly repetitive and could be removed.4. Increase the complexity and rewards of the contracts; at a certain point, they are irrelevant to the game.5. The characters you can get through hiring seems fixed, so after a while, the hiring screen becomes useless since you get to see the same characters you rejected in prior auditions.6. The options for Gamedex seem limited - why not allow us to pick the games on show to influence how people interact with the booth, or allow a sneak peak of the next game, etc?7. Should there be a way to permanently increase the Power of a character?8. Would be good to allow the Job Titles to have influence over the creative process, for example, a Director / Producer attached to the graphics and sound team, Lead Programmer to the programming team, …9. Why not allow multiple projects / teams to be developed in parallel?

jonodale, Aug 13, 2021

I’m just going to get straight to the point.

The saving is trash. The reason the first thing I say that, is just so you don’t have to read this whole thing just to know what is wrong with it. Don’t get me wrong, this game is really fun. I love the concept, and how this really works. But, when you play a game- and this isn’t just this game, when you play any game, it applies. When you play a game, you wanna play it for a little bit, get some progress, and get off. And this is what I am doing, getting progress for a while. But, when I want to get off to get a glass of tea or something, I save, and then turn off my phone. However when I get back-! I get back on, and then when I press the continue button, and press the button, and it brings me back to the first office, all the way at year 1, month 1, week 1. I don’t know whether this is just where I have multiple saves, or if it’s the game. Please fix, or tell me what I am doing wrong. Thank you.

latinoheat82, Jul 03, 2021

Slow Start but Good

Game is really slow at beginning as you start out as a nobody studio. I even had to dig into emergency funds at one point as I went negative. However few years after I started progressively making more money and I just managed to get all the good awards (there is an award for having the worse game and there’s a penalty for it) across the board at the 20th game award show. Once you get high enough you can make sequels to your games (they have to be Hall of Fame games to make a sequel) and even make your own console. I haven’t gotten to point of being able to make consoles yet as I can’t seem to find any hardware engineers to hire. I’d imagine this would be huge money as you no longer have to pay to license with another studios system. Instead they’ll have to pay you to make games on your system. Not sure how console creation works but hopefully it allows customization. I’ll try to remember to update review once I reach that pointAll in all I recommend trying the game out and getting past the beginning as that’s where the fun begins.

ProtonRadz, Jan 09, 2022

Amazing Game BUT….. it could be BETTER

All around amazing game I do however think that it could use some extra touches like…1. Add equipment including, chairs, PCs, desks, and other stuff like that and make them have upgradable stats that increase the performance of your employees (individual or not) BUT still keep the cosmetic stuff.2. Add a larger variety of characters, or add like a little ticket thing that you can buy (not with real money) that can allow you to customize the employee of choice.3. Add gear for employees that does things like, increase the chance of improvement success but decrease’s max power, increase one stat significantly but tragically decrease another, And other stuff similar. other than that the game is amazingly flawless and very enjoyable and I would be absolutely grateful if even one of these game mechanics are added to the game. And if the developers actually read this thank you for at least taking the time to read it and have a amazing day 👍

SGTpotato_05, Mar 12, 2022

Awesome game! But a bit outdated

I really enjoy game dev games, and have played a few so far. Although this game was amazing and addictive, it was a tid bit outdated and unrealistic. The game genres sometimes didnt match up even tho it should. Such as mixing dungeon and adventure together into a game; this has always been a famous game genre, yet the game always says this was not a good combination like what? The prices to buy licenses to produce for a new console were wayyyy too expensive. By the time I could afford making games for the cheapest console, 6 different new gens had already been released. And it doesent matter how well you make a game in the beginning, it will always be a trash game until you make a perfect game by todays standards.This is overall still a really amazing game with just a fee annoyances. Although there are better dev games out there, this one I Highly recommand!

Skylord5356, Nov 25, 2021

Don't bother if you've played the original

I suppose I can't complain since this game was functionally free, but I can't help but feel let down as the "+" in the title led me to believe that this was an expansion or update on the original Game Dev Story that came out over a decade ago. It is not. It is exactly the same as the original in every way, MAYBE some graphical improvement but I genuinely couldn't tell whether or not the graphics had changed or had just been upscaled for today's larger screens. If you already own the original, this app provides nothing. Don't bother.If you don't own the original, this is a decent distraction. It doesn't offer much replay value as the gameplay is incredibly shallow and once you know the "correct" combinations you can effectively print unlimited money on demand, but the hours of experimenting can be fun and addictive. Worth the download if you've never played this decade old game before.

Thatoneguywhosaidthatonething, Jul 26, 2021

Very fun!

The basic premise involves choosing a platform, a genre, and a thematic category for the game. The development process is broken up into three phases, Story-writing, Graphics, and Sound. It takes the basic premises described above and pile on a ton of strategic elements that really make the game a joy to play from a management standpoint. Outside of improving individual employees, each individual aspect of development has its own experience/level that can be developed, as your team becomes more experienced. A lot of the fun involves balancing making games, with training, with research while making sure there’s enough money until the next big hit. There’s also a very strong appeal to wanting to “make just one more game” or making new engines just to experiment with how new features impact sales. I had no issues with the basic control scheme, if the game hooks you in as it did with me, make sure you allocate enough time for play. It’s the perfect sort of game for mobile devices and there’s so much to do here in terms of developing personnel, researching items, and making games that there’s loads of replayability for quite a long time.

xcredence, Jul 20, 2021

Description

Manage your own game company and try to create a million-selling game in this unique simulation. A special version for Apple Arcade, with support for Game Center! Features the ability to develop your company's own game console, plus a system for changing your staff members' professions.

Hire talented people and train them to develop their skills. As your staff gets more experience, you will unlock a wider array of game genres and content to develop. Try to find the most popular combinations and develop for the latest platform! Your staff members can have a variety of game-related professions, from programmer to sound engineer. Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry! Enter the Leaderboards to compete with players around the world for the most sales. Choose from over 20 different styles of pixel art furniture to decorate your studio. Collect Achievements for a new level of completion! -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at http://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! https://twitter.com/kairokun2010