Remove cammask pc6/28/2023 ![]() Startup Panic is available exclusively on PC through the Epic Games Store for $14.99. Startup Panic’s story, like many management simulators out there, takes a very simplistic approach. You’re an average nine-to-five worker who gets treated like less than human at their current workplace (something all too true of many game developers out there). Like I said, nothing too crazy, but it’s a premise that gets Startup Panic off on the right foot.įrom there, it’s an uphill battle as you work to run a successful tech startup while handling your competitors throughout the startup world.Īs such, you give up and decide it’s time to take matters into your own hands. This is aided somewhat by events throughout the game’s story, including fresh competition and events to raise your market share higher and higher. While this is, by all means, a good foot to get off with, Startup Panic has far too little of what would make this special. Beyond an event and quest rather early on in your journey, it does very little to freshen up the gameplay and force you to rethink your approach. ![]() The most it does is offer you fresh investors and new competition, but this often feels like the bare minimum rather than something out of passion (which doesn’t make sense given what I’ll talk about later). It feels there could be so much more in this regard, but it’s pushed aside and replaced with new versions of the same mechanic. It does very little to invigorate the late game, and thus hurt the narrative overall. Working Through Technologically Difficult Challengesįor much of this section, I’d like to reference a similar title from developer Greenheart Games known as Game Dev Tycoon. While there’s likely a stronger comparison somewhere out there, Game Dev Tycoon shares the strongest resemblance in my eyes due to their similarities in difficulty and approach. When it comes to Startup Panic, each new feature for your company’s application requires you to designate 100% towards three different areas. For some features each area will be more worth than others, forcing you to choose where you should focus based on the idea of the feature. This is for the most part quite engaging, allowing you to focus on whatever you think is best and punishing you for choosing wrong. You can go back and fix the errors, but this still forces you to think no matter what stage you’re at. Needless to say, this takes a much more in-depth approach as compared to Game Dev Tycoon.Ĭhoose poorly, and you’ll be down quite a bit of funding for the time being. With the addition of marketing in various game regions, employee motivation, additional moment-to-moment events, and stronger competition, there’s plenty to think about throughout your experience with Startup Panic. To some extents though, I find that Game Dev Tycoon’s “less is more” approach to gameplay is a bit stronger in numerous aspects.
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