Your Feedback Changed Our Game! Now It’s a Full Sandbox Tycoon
Hey everyone,
What started as a project focused on running a nightclub with some open-world elements is now evolving into something much bigger. Thanks to the feedback, ideas, and critiques from many of you in this subreddit, you’ve played a huge role in shaping our roadmap.
Today, we’re excited to share that with our upcoming update, The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is moving toward a full sandbox experience that blends multiple genres together.
Our goal is to maximize player freedom. You’ll be able to start from different scenarios or from absolute zero. Whether you begin as a nightclub owner, someone trying to survive in a rundown motel room by producing and selling small amounts, a thief pickpocketing people or stealing cars, or simply by taking daily jobs around the city… every path can lead you toward building your own criminal empire. We’ve also expanded the number of skills in the game, and you’ll need to actively use them in order to improve and master them over time.
With the next update, the game goes beyond just running a club. You’ll be able to build and manage your own production facility with deeper tycoon mechanics, supplying both retail and bulk demand. At the same time, new crime families will be introduced, and expanding into their territory may lead to conflict.
We’ve also reworked the police system. Now you’ll need to be much more careful while committing crimes, as getting caught can have serious consequences. Jail time will increase with repeated offenses, so you’ll either need to play smart or keep the right people paid off.
Our progression system (Feature Vault) has been moved to the main screen, allowing you to earn points from your actions across the city and unlock new features as you grow.
Looking ahead, our goal for the full release is to include at least three major tycoon-style businesses and a minimum of 3 rival families. We’re also exploring systems where you can kidnap enemy members, interrogate them, recruit them, demand ransom, or eliminate them permanently.
We’ve already added the ability to buy or rent houses and hotel rooms through a real estate system. In the future, we’re planning to expand this further with offices and additional mechanics like robberies and interrogations.
We’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. As a small indie team working on our first game, your feedback means everything to us. At the end of the day, we’re players too, and we believe the community should shape the direction of the game.
Thanks a lot to everyone who has supported and contributed so far!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2774040/The_Boss_Gangster_Criminal_Empire/
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