New Genres Mod V2.0.1 [UPD 04/03/24]

This mod adds 5 fully integrated genres into the main game!

The Genres in the mod are
- Board Game
- Educational
- Horror
- Rhythm
- Sandbox

Each genre is fully integrated to work with every other feature that the main genres have, they all have combos, gameplay features that work well with them, their own screenshots, and best of all, custom artwork for the icons!

This mod also adds new themes that are meant to go well with each of the new genres, but also can go well with pre-existing genres, please refer to the guides below to get the best results when making games.

Description

This is a core mod to help improve the gameplay of MGT2 by adding brand new genres to the table to play with. They are pretty unique and each have different traits compared to the rest of the genres.

Each genre has custom screenshots, and completely original artwork made by aewint18! This mod also adds new topics to better compliment the genres and also is compatible with other genres and topics, and each have their own combination of different gameplay features are good, bad, and mixed to use when making your game.

New Content

The New Genres

- Board Game
- Educational
- Horror
- Rhythm
- Sandbox

New Themes

- Band
- Creativity
- Geography (Replaces Education)
- Gross-Out
- Memory
- Paranormal (Replaces Horror)
- Pen & Paper
- Psychological
- Rapping
- Sci-Fi
- Tempo

Other Major Changes

- Added new NPC Games
- Added new NPC Ip's
- Changed publisher Hutbros main genre to Board Game

Theme Genre Compatibillity

Theme	Genre Compatibility
Creativity	Simulation, Economic Simulation, Building Game, Survival Game, Sandbox
Band	Skill Game, Rhythm Game
Geography	Education
Gross-Out	Skill Game, Action, Platformer, Fighting Game, First-Person Shooter, Third-Person Shooter, Horror
Memory	Skill Game, Rhythm Game
Paranormal	Adventure, Interactive Movie, First-Person Shooter, Visual Novel, Third-Person Shooter, Horror
Pen & Paper	Adventure, Role-Playing Game, Strategy, Board Game
Psychological	Adventure, Role-Playing Game, Interactive Movie, First-Person Shooter, Visual Novel, Third-Person Shooter, Horror
Rapping	Skill Game, Rhythm Game
Sci-Fi	Skill Game, Adventure, Role-Playing Game, Action, Platformer, Real-Time Strategy, First-Person Shooter, Third-Person Shooter, Survival Game, Horror
Tempo	Skill Game, Rhythm Game

Board Game

Unlocks	MAR 1979
Themes	Casinos, Chess, Civilizations, Candy, Dice games, Deck building, Economy, Gambling, Pen & Paper, Playing cards, Puzzles, Quiz show, Toys
Target Audience	Children, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors, ALL
Supporting Genres	Strategy, Education

Design focus
Game length	10
Game depth	2
Beginner friendliness	10
Innovation	1
Story	1
Character Design	3
Level Design	9
Mission design	4

Design direction
Core/Casual	10
Violence	0
Easy/Hard	3

Design priority
Gameplay	50%
Graphic	15%
Sound	15%
Technics	20%

Educational

Unlocks	MAR 1982
Themes	Books, Chemistry, Civilizations, Drawing, Geography, Healthcare, Kids, Languages, Learning, Mathematics, Musical Instrument, Physics, Politics, Puzzles, Religion, Science, School
Target Audience	Children
Supporting Genres	Economic Simulation, Interactive Movie, Visual Novel, Board Game

Design focus
Game length	1
Game depth	2
Beginner friendliness	10
Innovation	7
Story	0
Character Design	2
Level Design	10
Mission design	8

Design direction
Core/Casual	10
Violence	0
Easy/Hard	0

Design priority
Gameplay	40%
Graphic	5%
Sound	5%
Technics	50%

Horror

Unlocks	DEC 1989
Themes	Aliens, Apocalypse, Bunker, Devils, Dolls, Dungeons, Ghosts, Gross-out, Hell, Monster, Mummies, Mutants, Paranormal, Predators, Psychological, Radioactivity, Sci-Fi, Spiders, Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies
Target Audience	Teenagers, Adults
Supporting Genres	Action, Interactive Movie, First-Person Shooter, Visual Novel, Third-Person Shooter, Survival Game

Design focus
Game length	5
Game depth	2
Beginner friendliness	0
Innovation	4
Story	3
Character Design	9
Level Design	10
Mission design	7

Design direction
Core/Casual	1
Violence	9
Easy/Hard	5

Design priority
Gameplay	10%
Graphic	35%
Sound	50%
Technics	5%

Rhythm

Unlocks	DEC 1996
Themes	Band, Dancing, Memory, Music, Musical Instrument, Rapping, Rockstars, Singing, Tempo
Target Audience	Children, Teenagers
Supporting Genres	Skill Game, Action, Platformer, Fighting Game

Design focus
Game length	2
Game depth	3
Beginner friendliness	9
Innovation	5
Story	1
Character Design	2
Level Design	10
Mission design	8

Design direction
Core/Casual	10
Violence	0
Easy/Hard	0

Design priority
Gameplay	30%
Graphic	10%
Sound	40%
Technics	20%

Sandbox

Unlocks	JUN 1984
Themes	Agriculture, Art, Building blocks, Cities, Civilizations, Crafting, Creativity, Drawing, Factories, Fashion, Economy, Everyday Life, Game development, Industrialization, Planets, Raw materials, Renovation, Restaraunts, Survivalism, Terraforming, Theme Parks, Toys, Zoo
Target Audience	Children, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors, ALL
Supporting Genres	Adventure, Simulation, Economic Simulation, Building Game, Survival Game

Design focus
Game length	9
Game depth	6
Beginner friendliness	7
Innovation	10
Story	0
Character Design	5
Level Design	1
Mission design	2

Design direction
Core/Casual	8
Violence	1
Easy/Hard	3

Design priority
Gameplay	50%
Graphic	10%
Sound	10%
Technics	30%

Download & Installation

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Download Link

Here is a link to Download The Mod[drive.google.com] via google drive!

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Installation

Take the downloaded file, and extract it



Follow my guide called Guide to modding MGT2 to find out how to locate the folder (or just look at the image taken from the guide below)


Extract the Extern folder once the download is complete

Take the extracted Extern file and replace it with the current Extern file (before installing, please save a backup of this file somewhere)

Suggestions & Changelog

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Suggestions

Please write your suggestions on how I can improve this mod or what NEW genres I can also add to it, as well as topics or other things!

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Changelog

5/09/21 (9:33pm EST) V1.0
- Initial Release!

3/28/24 (2:57am EST) V2.0
- Added new themes
- Added new NPC games
- Added new NPC IP's
- Added new pictures
- Changed theme combo's for all genres
- Updated to current game version
- Updated guide contents

4/03/24 (1:59am EST) V2.0.1
- Updated mod description.

[Shadownite64]

It only works on new saves and this mod changes some existing themes so they most likely were overwritten.

[99thWarrior]

i put into vanilla game and some theme shows as 'missing text' don't know what and why

[Shadownite64]

It is not tested for the realism mod no, so I dont expect it to be compatible out of the box

[CalypsoSun]

only asking cause it isnt working for me.

[CalypsoSun]

does this work with fenomes realism mod?

[Shadownite64]

im working on a major update to add 3 more at the moment

[dogloafreal]

add more genres!!

[Kenai]

Nice, good job mate

[Shadownite64]

Updated this mod for the first time in almost 3 years, I dont know who will see it but its finally updated for the full release.

[Shadownite64]

The mod hasnt been updated in over 2 years, so probably not since it hasnt been since really early access it has recieved an update.