2004 · Cat Daddy Games · Business simulation · Simulation

School Tycoon

Build and expand a school in School Tycoon.

Released: 15 January 2004
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Business simulation Simulation
Developers: Cat Daddy Games
Publishers: 2K Play
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Business
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

School Tycoon is a video game developed by Cat Daddy Games and published by Global Star Software in 2004. The game was designed to appeal to a younger audience as it is easier and less complicated than other business simulation games by removing the spreadsheets and statistics of game management.

Keywords

tycoon
building
artificial intelligence
difficulty level

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Gameplay

The game features an overhead view of a farm, city lot, or beach-side lot where a school is to be built. The player places buildings and paths to create the layout of the school. The objectives in the game increase in difficulty as the player progress; an easy objective might be to get a certain number of students into school while a more difficult objective would be to earn a certain amount of money within a time limit. There is also a sandbox game mode without specific objectives, giving the player the freedom to build any type of school they desire.

The game view can zoom in to select individual students, or zoom out to look at the whole school. The game also has speed controls, to accelerate the pace of events, and has variable difficulty settings.