Green Inc.

A tale of carbon dioxide, wind turbines and improvised science.

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A management game

• Game Genre: Management Game
• Management is driven by:
  • Game of emergence
  • Non-obvious strategy
  • Multiple crisis management (more than one problem, limited resource)
  • Progression (unlocking new stuff)

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Core game mechanics

• Pre-Built Scenarios

  • This will allow for the creation of comparable scores between players
  • Promote competitive play

• Player actions

  • Build green-energy production plants
    • Less efficient
    • Less CO2 footprint
  • Build high-tech housing
    • Less energy?
    • Higher revenue from rent
  • Build CO2 capture plants
  • Plant trees
    • Reduces CO2
  • Build sustainable farms and crops
  • Buy and dismantle other companies
  • Ultimately fight for space once the map is full

• Other agents

  • Cities
    • Population grows over time
    • Build new tiles over time
    • Require:
      • Energy
      • Food
      • Goods
    • Produce:
      • Waste
      • CO2
  • Competitor companies
    • Electrical companies
      • Produce electricity for cities
      • Build new (non-green) electrical plants
      • Buy fuel from mining companies
    • Food companies
      • Build new farms
      • Produce food for cities
      • In space competition with forests
  • Other companies
    • Mining companies (maybe)
      • Build new mines
    • Waste disposal
      • Create landfills

• Unlock Technologies

  • Tech tree?

• Pawns

  • Electrical
    • Coal Plants
    • Nuclear Plants
    • Oil Plants
    • Solar Panels
    • Wind Turbines
    • Dams?
  • Resources
    • Mine
    • Oil Rig
  • Food
    • Crops
    • Farms
    • Food factories (raw materials -> food)
  • Factories
    • Wood -> Goods
    • Oil -> Plastic
    • Plastic -> Goods

• Random events/crisis

  • Bonus to the player for certain activities
  • Fires

• Victory Conditions

  • Unless specified in a scenario, none
  • The game progresses with increased difficulty

• Game Over

  • Losing conditions:
    • Max annual CO2 increase
    • Bankrupt
  • Calculate score based on:
    • Time played
    • Number of trees
    • Number of population
    • CO2 Level

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References and further readings

• https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/3ngmm1/what_makes_management_games_fun/
• Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design