In Bank Tycoon you have both financial and military control but with great power comes responsibility. Will you risk shortages in your country, a rebellious population and a falling bank share price as you embark on a journey of global domination?
Bank Tycoon is a 3D turn-based simulator on a grid where the gameplay focuses on the tactics and strategies needed to take over countries through financial management or war.
- The world is made up of 20 countries that have differing dependencies, industries and roles
- Your home country has your Head Office and main bank
- You have 1 bank executive character, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) who :
- manages finances
- commands characters and travels to countries to create financial relationships
- is at risk of imprisonment or kidnapping when travelling
- manages finances
- You have an army to command, to free an imprisoned executive or invade countries
- Your decisions and natural disasters have consequences for trade partners :
- A natural disaster like a flood in an agricultural based country may cause food shortages
- Your investments help economies
- Wars impact industries and economies
- A natural disaster like a flood in an agricultural based country may cause food shortages
- Open offices in countries to unlock strategies for financial expansion
- Make decisions that influence your bank's share price
- Manage costs per turn as offices, wars and armies are expensive
- Create relationships and offices in other countries
- Tactically move characters across the grid and into countries
- Protect the COO
- Manage finances and profits as war and office expansions are expensive
- Monitor events for profitable opportunities and disasters that may cost you money
- Create money for expansion and to fund your army
- Upgrade offices to create branch networks and Ad campaigns to increase your market share
- Control your armies and provide tactics as they invade and attack countries
- Use spies for industrial espionage and war
- Every character has a turn and can be moved to a grid tile only on their turn
- Enemy soldiers move automatically on their turn and only inside their country
- All friendly characters except the Chief Operating Officer (COO) spawn on request
- Characters have specific roles, abilities and costs per move
- COO - controls the bank and issues orders to other units
- Soldiers - fight in countries where war is declared
- Medics - can restore health to any unit
- Spies - perform industrial espionage and attack enemy units
- Enemy Soldiers - attack any unit in their country if war is declared
Bank Tycoon is based on real life banking practices for credit management and international banking :
- Correspondent relationships between countries
- Credit creation, interest rates and debt management
- Foreign Exchange accounts for money transfers
