IS this Game worth the money?

[Lachlan]

^^

[video game boots]

I'd buy it tomorrow if they'd add the ability to drive the cars. It's like having Kerbal Space Program, designing the rockets, and then just sitting there while a dry readout tells you how they did on their trip to the moon.

[Daffyflyer]

I'd say it's worth the money if either A: You'll have fun designing cars and engines or B: You'll have fun playing the complete car tycoon game and running a company, but you're willing to wait a while for that to be released.

If you fit neither of those categories, I'd say you may want to wait a year or so and see how you feel about a more finished game.


@Zebonka - Fair enough, but do remember the end goal is a Tycoon Game, so it's more like Transport Tycoon where you can't drive your trains ;)

We'd love to do a driving sim, but it's a bit out of reach for a small team like us. We're going to look into making an exporter to save your car out to other race sims eventually though.

[canis39]

How does this game compare to Gear City?

[WildKarrde]

Originally posted by canis39:

How does this game compare to Gear City?

Automation doesn't have the business simulation side of the game yet, but the car design part of Automation is far more in depth than Gear City.

[StayCranked]

I'll buy it once the tycoon part of the game is finished

[Conphucious]

Yeah. It honestly makes no sense to pay $25 for a designer app. How are you going to sell a tycoon game without finishing the tycoon part? ._.

[Daffyflyer]

Originally posted by Conphucious:

Yeah. It honestly makes no sense to pay $25 for a designer app. How are you going to sell a tycoon game without finishing the tycoon part? ._.

Well that's your decision if it's worth it to your or not. There are thousands of people who enjoy it in its current state, and there are also lots of people waiting for it it to be more complete before they get it. I understand both points of view

[sebo]

just found this game yesterday in my queue to the similar games that i play.

it does seem odd to call it a tycoon and leave the driving aspect out. games like Roller Coaster tycoon and the many other tycoon games allow you to ride the roller coasters you design,etc.

this is why i like games like Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 and 2015 where you work on cars and at least able to test drive them. doesn't have to be like Project CARS or Assetto Corsa, but at least a way to hop in and go for a spin. would of been an instant purchase for me, but i'll keep an eye out in case devs change their mind later on.. maybe modding community can help create the tracks (or is that the easy part)?

cheers.

[Dipply]

Originally posted by sebo:

just found this game yesterday in my queue to the similar games that i play.

it does seem odd to call it a tycoon and leave the driving aspect out. games like Roller Coaster tycoon and the many other tycoon games allow you to ride the roller coasters you design,etc.

this is why i like games like Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 and 2015 where you work on cars and at least able to test drive them. doesn't have to be like Project CARS or Assetto Corsa, but at least a way to hop in and go for a spin. would of been an instant purchase for me, but i'll keep an eye out in case devs change their mind later on.. maybe modding community can help create the tracks (or is that the easy part)?

cheers.

Uhhhh tycoon does not mean using what you make, it means to become a big buisness empire etc,

[Killrob]

This has been discussed so often: even if we could add it, it would water down the main game and make it less focused. Any time spent on an irrelevant-to-the-core-game driving part would make the core game, the business simulation and car designing aspects worse because we are dealing with limited time and resources. No matter of "it would be nice" will change that. :) Making even a decent driving part would take us a good 2 years time. We want to make the best possible car tycoon game, not a "let's try to be everything" game. ;-D

[Dustmuz]

this game somewhat reminds me Car Tycoon..


worth the money.. well i think it depends on who you are, as the first developer writes, i've played tycoon games since transport tycoon, back in the mid 90's (and actually still do)
i dont own the Automation yet, just waiting for the price to drop a bit (but thats just me :D)

i especially like the tycoon part of games, running a major company, and the more aspects of a game, i can have influence on, or decide myself, just makes the games that more fun for me.


if a game is worth the money, for me at least, comes down to the ability to replay a game, play different ways, doing things differently..

anoter "tycoon" like game is Prison Architect. that game takes the "tycoon" part to high lvls as you control every aspect of the game, except the prisoners themself

[CloversDrop]

Originally posted by Lachlan:

^^

No.

[SeriousSimon]

Yes.

Allow me to elaborate on this. The project "Automation" as a whole, is unique.
No game has come up with a car/engine designer as detailed as Automation and then combining the design parts with a tycoon game. As it has been pointed out, the tycoon part is still in the making though.

What does that mean?

For the casual gamer, who wants to be entertained for a few hours before moving on to the next game, it might involve some disappointment. As it does for those who are not familiar with the term "Early Access".

People who love cars, who have a true passion for games and how they are made and developed however, will already see a dream come true with Automation.

You will find that you can already make cars with a unique design or you rebuild the car you've always wanted to own.
You may find yourself inspired to come up with an ongoing story to your own car company.

The game has already inspired many players to design fixtures for cars, car models and calculations for racetracks.

We, the community, have held countless competitions to build cars matching a certain set of rules, from a certain legendary era, to find out who can make the best, most interesting and unique car.

And above all that, the developers united their passion for cars and making games and they allow you to be a part of it, if you're interested.

They stream the progress of making Automation regularly on Twitch/Youtube and are always interested in the input of the community, which has shaped the game to what is is now already: A true gem among the long list on independent games.

[Seed]

This games isn't finished, but if you like building stuff like Kerbal (though not driving it) and like cars, this game is already worth it's money. Once the tycoon aspects are in there, most definitely.

[MycroftCanadaNS]

Originally posted by Lachlan:

^^

If you are someone who appreciates building engines then yes, if you are looking for the tycoon aspect of the game I would have to say No.

The tycoon side of things is still far off, and this team is slow with their work schedule so we may or may not see it until the end of this year or sometime into next year.