Development (Social Dev Story)

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Development is the act of creating games within the game, and it is your main source of income, items, and perhaps staff.

Platforms

After you select Start Development, you first pick your platform, and your staff will begin to generate proposals that you can stock for later or turn into games right away. The platforms are as follows:

Platform	Unlock condition	Contract Terms	Contract cost	Planning Cost	Max Free-to-Play Cost	Max Long-Term Cost	Dev Time	Initial Users	+Users Per Hour	Best Hardware	Quality
Own Platform	Have third floor	-	-	110	15,000	75,000				All
Comcap	None	-	140	14	500	2500	1 min	220k	440	PC	80
Sego	None	-	520	52	1300	6500	1 min	420k	3360	PC	200
Gonami	Rank 2	Sales: 200 and above	2860	286	2750	13,750	3 mins	860k	12,900	Mobile	700
Digital Arts	Rank 7	Review: 2.50 pts and above	4160	416	2550	12,750	5 mins	1.25M	3750	Mobile	1200
Macrosoft/ Fightbox	Rank 8	Weekly Ranking: 550 and above	12,660	1266	5250	26,250	8 mins	3.8M	7600	Smartphone	1500
Woobisoft/ Dmaker	Rank 16	Sales: 1500 and above Weekly Ranking: 500 and above	14,000	1400	6100	30,500	12 mins	4.2M	6300	Smartphone	1800
RANK		Sales: 5000 and above Review: 3.80 pts and above	53,330	5333	12,000	60,000	15 mins	16M	48,000	Smartphone	2000
Maxivision		Sales: 10,000 and above Weekly Ranking: 300 and above	160,000	16,000	15,200	76,000	25 mins	48M	72,000	All	2500
Banzai Mamco		Sales: 30,000 and above Review: 4.0 pts and above	220,000	22,000	16,100	80,500	30 mins	66M	66,000	All	3300
Kairohard/ Kairolandia		Sales: 50,000 and above Weekly Ranking: 100 and above		18,666	14,800	74,000	45 mins	56M	28,000	All	3700
Mintendo		Sales: 100,000 and above Review: 4.20 pts and above		20,000	21,000	105,000	60 mins	60M	60,000	All	5000

Hardware

Once proposals are generated, or if you select to use your stock, you can pick one of up to four hardware options depending on what the platform supports. You can also rename your game at this step if you desire. However, it is generally recommended to stick with the PC because the differences in outcomes for better platforms are small, while the stamina cost is large, and stamina can be better used on acquiring co-op companies and seeking rare items via development of challenges, higher-quality genres, or outsourcing. The hardware options are as follows:

Name	Stamina Cost	User Count	Games per +1 Knowhow	Idea +HP at 0 Knowhow	Idea +HP at 100 Knowhow	Idea +Power at 0 Knowhow	Idea +Power at 100 Knowhow
PC	0	15,000,000	2	10	1500	3	0
Mobile	4	82,000,000	4	300	3500	18	10
Smartphone	8	103,000,000	8	2800	5500	38	28
All Platforms	15	200,000,000	16	5500	9900	65	55

Development Strategies

After selecting the hardware, you are offered three choices of development strategy. The cost is based on the platform you chose (see the Platforms table above), your familiarity with that platform, and whether you selected a Challenge proposal.

If you select "Free-to-Play and Long Term," you can continue collecting money for that game every 30 minutes after the usual sales event completes. The 30-minute timer resets as soon as you collect the money, but the funds you get are based on a whole number multiple of half-hours that have elapsed, e.g., if you wait 31-59 minutes, you will get the same amount of money, so you're effectively losing 29 minutes' worth of earnings in the latter case. Thus, you can generate money faster if you set a timer or wait a few hours in between collections.

When rewards are doubled during weekends, the doubling on Long-Term games' earnings happens after the earnings limit is applied, e.g., you can collect up to 82,000 dollars at once when your earnings limit is 41,000. Once you've produced 50 more games after a Long-Term one, the Long-Term one will start to say "No games" when you click its "Game Info" button, and if you restart the app after finishing that 50th game, the Long-Term one will disappear from the "games currently being managed" list and will stop generating funds.

Idea Combinations

After your staff's initial battle with the genre, you have to choose a Game Content idea, later followed by a Development Method idea. The level of compatibility between these ideas and the genre is a major factor in the resulting game's quality. See this Google sheet for the letter grade of any Genre + Game Content combination (B is the maximum) and the grade modifier for any Genre + Development Method combination. You can also double the benefits of high-quality combinations by having a team member who has both the best job type for that genre and the Mix 'n' Match skill. You can grant a staff member the Mix 'n' Match skill via a scroll obtained by Outsourcing if you cannot find a staff member with the right job.

Repeatedly reusing the same idea, sequentially or otherwise, has no detrimental effects. However, using the same genre, game content, and development method consecutively causes a negative event being included in the game release roulette. On your third repeat, the "Seen as a boring rehash" (-30% downloads) event is added, and on your fifth repeat, the "Didn't appeal to users" (-70% downloads) event is added. Making a single game with a different genre, content, or method breaks the combo and removes those detrimental events from the roulette.

Releasing your game with at least one bug also adds similar (and several more) negative events, and the chance of landing on a negative event increases the more bugs you have, reaching a maximum chance at 100 bugs.

Ideas

You can remove the usage count limit on all ideas by enhancing them with either of two items named Limitless Ideas once you have a second floor in your development studio. Similarly, you can enhance the star rank of any idea up to 5 via either of the Creativity Boost items. Enhancing genres with Creativity Boost--especially the Cards and Playing Cards genres--is not recommended because it increases the stamina cost of using that genre.

Genre

Name	Number	Can Get In Meetings	Initially Infinite Uses
Card	1	Yes	Yes
Playing Cards	2	Yes	Yes
Minigames	3	Yes	Yes
Arcade	4	Yes	Yes
Adventure	5	Yes	Yes
Escape	6	Yes	Yes
Interactive Chat	7	Yes	No
Kids	8	Yes	Yes
Educational	9	Yes	No
Party	10	Yes	Yes
Mystery	11	Yes	No
Visual Novel	12	Yes	Yes
Board Game	13	Yes	No
Quiz	14	Yes	No
Puzzle	15	Yes	No
Fitness	16	Yes	No
VR	17	Yes	No
Tabletop	18	Yes	Yes
Casual	19	Yes	No
Rhythm	20	Yes	No
Action	21	Yes	No
One Button Action	22	Yes	No
Variety	23	Yes	Yes
Shooting	24	Yes	No
Simulation	25	Yes	No
Management Sim	26	No	Yes
MOBA	27	Yes	No
Dating Sim	28	Yes	No
Motion Game	29	Yes	No
Typing	30	Yes	No
Music Game	31	Yes	No
RPG	32	No	No
Fighter	33	Yes	No
Action-Adventure	34	Yes	No
Sports	35	Yes	No
Vehicle Sim	36	Yes	No
Racing	37	No	No
Life Sim	38	Yes	No
Tower Defense	39	Yes	No
Strategy	40	Yes	No
Multimedia Franchise	51	Yes	No
Sandbox	52	No	No
MMO	53	Yes	No
Action RPG	54	Yes	No
Vehicular Combat	55	Yes	No
FPS	56	Yes	No
Pet-Raising Sim	57	No	No

Game Contents

Name	Number	Can Get In Meetings	Initially Infinite Uses
Apartment	1	Yes	Yes
House	2	Yes	Yes
Sea	3	Yes	Yes
Company	4	Yes	Yes
City	5	Yes	No
Nature	6	Yes	No
Modern	7	Yes	No
Stadium	8	Yes	No
Old Japan	9	Yes	No
Hot Springs	10	Yes	No
Ruins	11	Yes	No
Island	12	Yes	No
Alt. Universe	13	Yes	No
Game Company	14	Yes	No
Hotel	15	Yes	No
Earth	16	Yes	No
Stone Age	17	Yes	No
Prison	18	Yes	No
Ancient	19	Yes	No
Virtual Reality	20	Yes	No
Wild West	21	Yes	No
Dungeon	22	Yes	No
Future	23	Yes	No
Campus	24	Yes	No
Fantasy	25	Yes	No
Deep Sea	26	Yes	No
Warzone	27	Yes	No
Medieval	28	Yes	No
Space	29	Yes	No
Basketball	30	Yes	Yes
Bowling	31	Yes	Yes
Billiards	32	Yes	Yes
Seaweed	33	Yes	Yes
Tennis	34	Yes	Yes
Martial Arts	35	Yes	No
Horseracing	36	Yes	No
Running	37	Yes	No
Soccer	38	Yes	Yes
Baseball	39	Yes	Yes
Ping Pong	40	Yes	No
Magic Tricks	41	Yes	No
Travel	42	Yes	No
Youth	43	Yes	No
Glamour	44	Yes	No
Unique	45	Yes	No
Airplane	46	Yes	No
Underwear	47	Yes	No
Computers	48	Yes	No
Sports Cars	49	Yes	No
Fishing	50	Yes	No
Sumo	51	Yes	No
Toys	52	Yes	No
Mystery	53	Yes	No
Dream	54	Yes	No
Cuteness	55	Yes	No
Treasure	56	Yes	No
Cat Ears	57	Yes	No
Anime	58	Yes	No
Office Worker	59	Yes	Yes
Detective	60	Yes	Yes
High Schooler	61	Yes	Yes
Awkward Boy	62	Yes	Yes
Gambling	63	Yes	No
Police	64	Yes	No
Chef	65	Yes	Yes
Politician	66	Yes	Yes
Teacher	67	Yes	No
Spy	68	Yes	No
Otaku	69	Yes	No
Family	70	Yes	No
Kiddie	71	Yes	Yes
Thief	72	Yes	No
Demon	73	Yes	No
Mage	74	Yes	No
Prince	75	Yes	No
Secretary	76	Yes	No
Firefighter	77	Yes	No
Doctor	78	Yes	No
Ghosts	79	Yes	No
Insects	80	Yes	No
Punk	81	Yes	No
Genius	82	Yes	No
Wealthy	83	Yes	No
Ninja	84	Yes	No
King	85	Yes	No
Princess	86	Yes	No
Animal	87	Yes	No
Chimpanzee	88	Yes	No
Pop Idol	89	Yes	No
Hunk	90	Yes	No
Alien	91	Yes	No
Samurai	92	Yes	No
Pirate	93	Yes	No
Champion	94	Yes	No
Cat	95	Yes	No
Babe	96	Yes	No
Giant Robot	97	Yes	No
Monster	98	Yes	No
Hero	99	Yes	No
Dragon	100	Yes	No

Development Methods

Name	Number	Can Get In Meetings	Initially Infinite Uses
Combos	1	Yes	Yes
100%ing Achievements	2	Yes	Yes
Rare Items	3	Yes	Yes
Pixel Art	4	Yes	Yes
Famous Graphic Artist	5	Yes	Yes
Deluxe Bonuses	6	Yes	No
Voiced Lines	7	Yes	No
Hidden Secrets	8	Yes	No
Celeb Voice Actor	9	Yes	No
Collab with Celebs	10	Yes	No
Online Battles	11	Yes	No
Item Fusion	12	Yes	No
Card Battles	13	Yes	No
Real Time Link	14	Yes	No
Event Updates	15	Yes	No
3D Characters	16	Yes	No
Online Rankings	17	Yes	No
Multiple Endings	18	Yes	No
Pre-Registration Bonus	19	Yes	No
Manga Characters	20	Yes	No
Cutscenes	21	Yes	No
DLC	22	Yes	No
Anime Characters	23	Yes	No
Gacha	24	Yes	No
Co-Op	25	Yes	No