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Contents
Before Starting the Game
System Details
Installation
Start of the Game
Interface and Toolbar
Gameplay
Decorating an Office
Personnel Management
Hiring Employees
Department Management
Project Development
Distribution
Technology Development
Reputation
Stocks
Reading Newspapers
Self Control
Office Management
Loans and Deposits
Item Mall
Status Bar
Employees
Items
Before Starting the Game
Establish a business, rent an office, hire employees, and develop products. Publicize
your company and products, and distribute them at the proper price. List stocks in the
stock market and stand out as the best manager while competing with other companies.
Most people think that the most crucial part in corporate management is to make
money; then what can you do to earn money? You can produce and sell the products and
make profits out of stocks. If so, how can you produce the product? There must be the
employees who design and produce the product, and the physical space where the
employees can work. In addition, factors like of time and capital have to be invested.
You can see that “making money” is the combination of the various factors mentioned
above, and that these factors are not simple if you look at them closely.
For instance, when you employ people, it is not only about filling a job vacancy, it is
about what kind of person is the most suitable person to carry out a particular job
requirement. This basic principle also applies when decorating your office; you’ve got
to consider its efficiency and allocate the items to draw out the maximum product
output.
Through this process, you can get managerial ability and improve it. The more this
process repeats, the more the ability develops.
The way to become the best manager is not as easy as you may think. It is all up to you
- your company may end up a success, or it may go bankrupt.
System Details
Operating System
Windows 95/98/2000/ME
CPU
At least Pentium MMX233
Memory
At least 32M RAM
Hard Disk Usage Capacity
About 200MB free capacity
CD-ROM
At least 4X
Sound
Sound card supporting direct sound
Graphic
Graphic card supporting 800×600, 16 bit
mode
Essential Driver
More than Direct 8.0
Input Device
Mouse, Keyboard
Installation
When you put this game CD into CD-ROM, the installation/execution Window should
appear. If you can’t see this window, double-click My computer, double-click the CDROM icon where the game disc is inserted, then double-click SETUP.EXE. Follow the
on-screen instructions.
Running Big Biz Tycoon
Put the Big Biz Tycoon CD into the CD-ROM drive, and click the play button on the
screen that appears.
Start of the Game
When you run the game, you will see the loading screen and the main title screen as
follows:
[Loading Screen]
[Main Title Screen]
New Game – Starts a new game. A list of scenarios appears on the Scenario Select
window on the upper right. If you click one that you
want, the lower window will show you the
background story, company name and manager name
in the selected list. You can also choose to create a
custom scenario (explained in the next section). When
you select one of the scenarios and click OK on the
lower right, the scenario begins. Click Cancel to return to the main screen.
If you click Custom Scenario, you can customize the scenario. You can select a
character and give a name to the company, choose the type of products you want to
produce, and pick your office space. Click OK to begin.
Load Game – Loads a previously saved game.
Credits – See the list of credits.
Exit Game – Finish the game and return to Windows.
Interface and Toolbar
Following is a list of the icons in the toolbar that is at the top of your screen throughout
the game. The icons are listed in the order they appear on the toolbar, from left to right.
The details of each function will be described in more detail later in this document.
Pause: When you click on this icon, the game will be paused. Once you want to
play again, just click any point on a screen.
Save: Save your current game. Both updating the save of the existing game and
saving the current game as a new game are possible.
Exit: End the game and return to the main title screen.
Message: Store the messages from the employees on the lower center window
of the screen and shows them in time sequence.
Sound Effect: Turn sound effects on/off.
Background Music: Select the background music.
Zoom in/out: It enlarges or reduces the game screen. The screen at the
beginning is the maximum size (zoomed all the way in). Clicking this icon will
cycle through the 4 levels of zoom – clicking in will zoom out 1 level, and after it is
zoomed out all the way, clicking it in will return to the closest zoom.
Rotation: Rotate the game screen by 90 degrees.
Valley: See the corporate information in the valley where you play, or move
your office to another location.
Self-Management: Improve your managerial ability and stamina by exercise
and study.
Office Management: Pay to have your office cleaned.
Personnel Management: You can take care of things like employee welfare,
personnel management, pay raises, recruiting employees from other companies,
holding a company picnic, etc.
Interior Decoration: Decorate and equip your office.
Charity Work: Do charity work to raise the honesty of the employees and the
recognition of the company. Some physical strength and money are required.
Project Development: Develop projects/products based on the types of
company you have.
Technology Development: Develop new technologies.
Department Management: Assign the employees to the proper departments
based on their ability and your business plan.
Publicity Work: Do advertising through leaflets, newspaper, and broadcasting
to raise your company’s recognition. The level of company recognition will affect
recruitment and product distribution.
Reading the Newspaper: Provides news related to current events containing
economy and useful information about product development strategy, distribution
structure, stock listings, mergers and so forth.
Banking: Take out a loan, pay back money, or deposit and withdraw money.
Dealing with Securities: Deal with stocks of other companies or list stocks of
your own company.
Distribution: Sell the project developed in your company. You can sell it
directly or transfer the license to another company.
Job Offer: Hire employees who are currently seeking employment.
Item Mall: Buy items to give to your employees as presents.
Game Play
Click New Game on the main title screen and then select a scenario. After the loading
screen, you will begin a new game.
What you will see is an empty office space with a white floor and some employees
walking around.
1. [Interface Bar]
Here are the tools needed to play the game. A brief description of each icon is above,
and later you will find detailed explanations.
2. [Status Bar]
The Status Bar is where you can check important issues about your company at a glance.
Click the Status Bar on the lower left of the screen, and you can look over the progress
status of advertisements, charity work, projects and etc. The financial status of company
and the list of employees can also be referenced here. More details will be explained
later on.
3. [Mission Bar]
When you click Big Biz Tycoon on the lower right of the screen, the content of the
scenario mission appears. The date in the game and your money balance will be shown
underneath.
Decorating an Office
You have to decide all matters such as the division of the space, the selection of floor
tiles and the arrangement of furniture.
First let’s find out how you install office items.
1. [Interior Icon]
Click Interior Icon at the Interface Bar
on the top of the screen.
2. [Interior Bar]
The Interior Bar will appear on the right of the screen. Select the type of items you want
to install. When you select the type, the list of available items will be shown. Hover
your mouse cursor over an item to show a tooltip detailing the item’s name and price.
Installing, Moving and Deleting Items
To place an item, click on it then click the location in the office where you want to place
it. Press the space bar or use the wheel on a wheel mouse to rotate the item before you
place it. After placing an item, you will notice that your cursor is still holding that item
– this is to that you can place more than one of that item. Right-click to remove that
item from the cursor. If the floor tile under the tile where you are trying to place an item
is outlined in red, you may not place that item there. Either the tile is blocked by another
item, or there is an employee standing in the way. In some cases, the order in which you
install items determines which can be placed where – for example, if you are unable to
place a wall right next to a desk, try moving the desk, placing the wall, and moving the
desk back.
To move an item after it is installed, click on it to pick it up, then click on the new
location where you want to install it.
To delete an item, right-click on it and choose “Delete”.
Office item categories:
Floor tiles
Walls, Doors (single door, double door), Partitions, Screens
Chairs, Desks, Meeting tables
Beds, Sofas, Sofa tables, Bookcases, Cabinets
Vending machines, Printers, Copy machines, Telephones, TVs,
Refrigerators
Toilets, Sinks, Toilet paper, Towels
Flowerpots, Pictures, Safes, Clocks, Wastebaskets, Mirrors
Floor Tiles
To tile a large area, select a floor tile, click on corner of the area you want to tile, drag
the mouse to the opposite corner of the install area, and release the mouse. You can
install a row of multiple wall tiles in the same manner – just be sure that the initial wall
tile is facing the correct direction.
Unlike other items, floor tiles cannot be deleted for a refund. To change a floor tile,
simply install a new floor tile over the old one.
Walls / Partitions / Screens
When installing walls, be sure to consider where you will be
putting the doors. The placement of doors will affect the
efficiency of employees, as it determines their available
walking paths.
Desks / Chairs / Tables
Desk and chair have to be installed together. It doesn’t matter
if the purpose of desk is just a supporting goods where you
just want to put things down but If you use desk for the
general working purpose, chair has to be set up with it. After
installing the desk, you can allot the seats to employees.
Assigning Desks
Employees cannot work until you assign a desk to them. Hover
your mouse pointer over a desk and right-click, and you will
these options: Delete, Info, and Replacement.
When you click Info, the following window will be shown.
All employees are listed here; an X in the “Seat” column means
that employee does not have a desk, and an O means that the
employee has already had a desk assigned to them. Select the
employee you want to assign to this seat and then click chair button
. After assigning
the seat, click
to close the window. Click the Cancel button
to cancel the seat
assignment.
Placing Items on Tables
Items such as printers, scanners, fax machines, telephones, computers, etc. must be put
on desks, meeting tables, and sofa tables (except for the wooden sofa table).
Designing the Layout
You must take into account employees’ comfort when designing the office. For example,
if the toilet is too far from the work area, employees might spend more time traveling
there than working. If your office doesn’t have air conditioning in the summer, you will
likely hear complaints from your employees.
Also, it is not a good idea to have a full set of office equipment from the start. The
office interior does have an effect on the working environment, but you also must
budget well with the money you are given.
Item Management
All the items in your office must be well taken care of. Items can break or wear out.
1. Repair
The electronic appliances usually fall into this category. The
durability of each item differs. The item will flicker
approximately 10-15 days before it breaks beyond repair, so
watch for flickering items so you can fix them – otherwise they
will need to be replaced completely. To repair an item, right-click on it and choose
“Repair”.
2. Maintenance
Maintenance is required for plants. The maintenance cycle for
plants is shorter than the repair or replacement cycle.
Right-click on a plant and choose “Maintenance” to water that
plant.
3. Replacement
If an item is worn-out or out of order, it may be more economical
to replace it rather than repairing it. These are classified as
replaceable items and include things like desks, chairs, and tables.
To replace an item, right-click on it and choose “Replace”.
It is also possible to repair/maintain/replace all office items at once. Activate the
chatting window and type “/repair”, and you can repair/maintain/replace every item that
has under 15 days of durability remaining.
If you don’t carry out the proper item management, the items are eventually disposed of,
meaning that no repair/maintenance/replacement is possible. Having many broken or
worn out items will have a great impact on the work output.
Employee Management
You should exert all possible efforts to maintain a good relationship with your
employees. It is necessary to provide a pleasant working environment, promote them,
raise annual salaries, and maintain company morale. In addition, your can hold dinner
meetings, have picnics, and grant vacation days.
Messages
The relationship with your staff begins from the moment you start the game. Employee
thoughts and comments will flash in the message box permanently displayed across the
bottom of your screen. Click on the Messages button on the toolbar to read all
comments that have been made by your employees – they will be displayed in reverse
chronological order.
Vacations / Dinner Meetings / Picnics
You must pay attention to employee welfare. Having picnics and dinner meetings and
granting vacation will recharge your employees’ stamina as well as morale.
[Employee Management Icon]
Click the employee management icon
on the Interface Bar and select the first tab
when window appears.
Click the Dinner Meeting button
whole company on an outing.
or the Company Picnic button
to take the
To give an employee a vacation day, highlight that employee’s name and click
.
These activities are very important to keep employees happy, but they do cost money, so
budget accordingly.
Personnel Management
Sometimes you will need to give out bonuses or gifts to employees and adjust their
annual salaries or responsibilities to raise morale. If an employee has a complaint about
the company, you may consider giving a gift or adjusting their annual salary and
position to quell their complaints.
Click the second tab
in the Employee Management window and select the
employee. Click the
button. You can control bonuses, position and annual salary by
clicking the up and down buttons.
Giving gifts motivates employees to increase their abilities. Different gifts have
different costs and different motivating effects. To give a gift to an employee, you must
first purchase a gift from the store (the last icon on the right side of the toolbar). The
gifts you own are displayed in the Employee Management window under the second tab.
Select the employee and the gift and click
.
You can give more than one gift to an employee, but they can only possess one at a time
– giving an employee a second gift will replace the first one you gave them. Replacing a
gift will remove the ability benefit that gift provided, and that gift will not return to your
possession.
To see what gift the employee currently has, right-click on the employee, choose “Info”,
and click on the “Item” icon
in the lower right corner of the employee window.
Hiring Employees
Scouting
You can recruit employees who are working for other companies.
Click the third tab
in the Employee Management Window. Click on a company in
company list, and its employees will be listed on the right. Select the employee you
want to recruit, and click the
button (or double-click the employee’s name).
The employee’s position and annual salary appear in the employee’s window. Either
accept it or adjust them then click the
decline your offer of employment.
button. The employee will either accept or
People will be more likely to accept your offer of employment if your working
conditions are better than their current company’s. Scouting from other companies has
two effects: to add to your staff, and to leave your competitors short-staffed.
Recruiting
In addition to scouting other companies for employees to recruit, you can also make job
offers to currently unemployed people.
Click the Job Offer Icon
in Interface Window.
Each job seeker’s abilities and required annual salary appear on the screen.
You can negotiate the job seeker’s current annual salary with the arrow keys next to the
annual salary. Click the
or decline.
button to make the offer, and the person will either accept
Generally, employees with higher abilities want higher annual salaries. However, every
case is not the same.
Department Management
Once you’ve hired an employee, you must assign them to a department.
Click the Department Management icon
in the interface bar.
There are five tabs (research dept., development dept., administration dept., distribution
dept., and publicity dept.) in right half of the department management window. Choose
the tabs of the department you want to view or edit.
If you click this button, all of the employees who are not assigned to a department
will be assigned to the department you are currently looking at.
This button will move only the highlighted employee from the waiting list into the
current department.
Highlight an employee who is assigned to a department and click this button to put
them back into the waiting list so you can reassign them to a different department.
This button will move all employees from the current department into the waiting
list.
NOTE: You cannot move (or fire) an employee who is currently working on a project –
you must wait for the project to be over.
You can put your mouse cursor over the ability tab above the
employee list and choose one of the abilities from the dropdown list to sort the employees in order of that ability.
About each department
Research Department – Develops new technology; useful abilities are intellectual
power and development ability.
Development Department – Develops a project or product; useful abilities are
intellectual power, development ability, and artistic ability.
Administrative Department – Manages the whole company; useful ability is
management ability.
Distribution Department – Distributes the product; useful ability is business ability.
Publicity Department- Advertise the product; useful ability is charm.
Project Development
When you are done setting up your office, hiring employees and assigning departments,
it is time to start making money.
There are two methods to earn money: selling a developed project, and stock trading.
Developing a project is the key process in the company. Carrying out a project involves
a lot of factors (employees’ ability, cost, period of time) so plan your project ahead and
monitor those factors.
There are nine industries:
Medicine
Game Software
Business Software
Sports Equipment
Education Aids
Toys
Clothing Production
Electric Home Appliances
Military Production
Click the project icon
on the main toolbar.
Select the type of products you want to produce by using the arrow buttons above and
below the currently displayed industry type., then enter a name for your product. Select
the employees who will participate in this project from the right list by clicking on the
name of each employee you want. The list shows all employees assigned to the
development department. In the bottom right of the window, you will see the required
abilities for this project. For each ability, there are 2 numbers listed separated by a /. The
first number represents the combined sum for that ability of all of the employees you
have assigned to the project. The second number shows the required ability for this
project. You cannot begin the project until you have assigned enough employees to have
the minimum ability requirements met (meaning that for each ability, the first number is
equal to or greater than the second number). When you are ready to start the project,
click the
button. You can monitor the progress of a project (or cancel it) by clicking
the second tab in the project window
, or cancel it by clicking
.
The project level is your company’s technical power and the product value that can be
used in the project. You can develop level 1 project when you first start your business
(although some scenarios will start at level 2 or 3). When your company develops
products, it will gain more experience and eventually be able to develop higher level
products. High level projects require more money and time to develop, but can earn
more benefits. Each project has a different cost and development duration depending on
the project type.
Be sure to monitor your employees’ statistics – if they are overworked, the project will
take longer than expected, and may even fail completely.
Distribution
Developing products is the most crucial part of your business, but you cannot earn
money from them unless you distribute them. There are two ways to distributing your
goods: self distribution and handing over the sales rights to another company.
Click the distribution icon
clicking the first tab
in the interface bar. You can see your product list by
in the distribution window. You will see the product name,
kind, cost, period and distribution for all products you have completed.
Click distribution button
after selecting one product. Decide the amount of
production and selling price at the new window, and start the distribution by clicking
.
If you want to look at the current status of distribution, click the second tab
in the
distribution window. Once the distribution is initiated, it is indicated as ‘O’ and the sales
volume and total sales are shown on daily basis.
When you decide the volume and market price, you must consider the break-even point
so that you can expect how much money you can earn. Sometimes, it is better to
produce a small volume of products for a higher price, or a larger volume with a lower
price. You will learn as you experiment, but when you are first starting, you may want
to try RAISING THE COST OF THE PRODUCT TO ONE NOTCH ABOVE THE
COST, AND MANUFACTURING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THE
PRODUCT.
Selling the product license to another company:
If you click the third tab
in the distribution window, you can sell the product
license to other company. Select the product from the list on the left, and select a person
who has negotiation abilities (sales and interpersonal skills) in distribution department.
Click the sale icon
in the middle of the window.
The required money and license price is showed in a pop up
window. The negotiation will start when you click
.
With direct sale, you will accumulate money slowly over a long period of time. If you
license your product, you will get a lump sum of money right away, but it may not be as
much as you could make over time by distributing it yourself.
Technology Development
You will only have access to a few kinds of technology at the beginning; in fact, you
will be given 1 to 3 at the most. However, you may be able to develop a new product
once you raise your level of technology. Technology is handled by the research
department.
Click the Technology Development Icon
on the main toolbar.
Select the kind of technology that you are going to develop by using the arrow button.
The staff list window will pop up - select the staff as you did when beginning a new
project. Click
to begin technology development.
You can monitor the progress of technology currently being developed by clicking
second tab
click
in the technology development window. To terminate development,
.
In order to develop a new technology, you must have reached level 3 in the technology
you started out with. The intellectual and development ability of the employees in the
technology development who are developing the new technology must also be sufficient.
The total amount of those two abilities must be equal or more than the amount required.
The required ability level differs for each technology and it is stated below the amount
of money that is required.
When the stamina of the participating staff is 0, the process is automatically suspended.
Once you raise their stamina, the activity begins but the total development period will
be extended by the amount of time that the process was suspended for. If it is suspended
more than 3 times, it ends in failure.
To acquire a stable technological ability, you are required to have a high level of
employee ability, funds, and quite a substantial amount of time. There is a great
possibility of failing if you run out of money or your employees lose stamina in the
middle of development.
Reputation
Your company’s reputation (or level of acknowledgement) is the public’s perceived
credibility and stability of your company. If you have a higher level of acknowledgment,
you can recruit better employees and have better sales.
How do you raise the level of acknowledgment?
Publicity (Advertisements)
You can raise the acknowledgement using mass media or advertising. There are 4 kinds
of publicity; media, handbills, newspapers, and electronic broadcasting. Advertising
costs and employee skill requirements are different for each type of publicity.
Employees must be assigned to the publicity department if you want to use this function.
Click the publicity icon
on the main toolbar. Click the first tab
in the
publicity window. Select the media and period, and click
. The marketing ability of
your publicity staff must be equal to or greater than the required skill for that type of
media (both are shown in this window).
To view PR activities in progress, click the second tab
. The kind of
PR media, period, the duration, and expected cost are shown on this
window. To cancel an activity, click
.
You can use several kinds of PR media at one time, but only one of each type may be
running simultaneously (for example, you can have a leaflet campaign and a newspaper
campaign running at the same time, but not 2 newspaper campaigns).
Charity Work
You can raise your company’s acknowledgement by doing charity work. Charity work
has two types: spending money and physical services. You can spend money supporting
charity organizations or feeding facilities. You can send employees to volunteer in the
protection of environment or natural disaster relief. Be sure to consider the physical
strength of the employee who takes part in the charities, because it will reduce their
physical strength.
To participate in a charity, click the icon of charity work
on the main toolbar.
Choose the type of charity work you want to take part in. Set up the period, choose the
employee from the list on the right, and then click the run button.
Charities won’t improve the public’s perception of your company as much as publicity
will, but it will increase the honesty level of your employees. An employee who is
lacking in honesty will have a tendency to sleep at their desk or take frequent naps in a
bed.
Stocks
Click the Securities icon
the first tab
on the main toolbar. To buy other company’s stocks, click
. Choose the company whose stocks you wish to buy, and click
.
You will see stock quotes for that company on the left, and also the name of the
company and percentage of shareholding on the right. Choose the trading volume and
click
.
Click the second tab
in the window to sell the stocks you possess. You will see the
breakdown of the stocks you possess (if you own stocks). Choose stocks you want to
sell on the right. Choose the trading volume and click
Click the third tab
.
to see the Top 100 companies in the valley according to their
assets and their Enterprise Value. You can consider the Top 100 companies as so-called
top-ranking companies. Entrepreneurs take it as an honor to be in the list because it
records not only name of the company but also of the entrepreneur.
It will be helpful to refer to the list when trading stocks, because price-earnings ratio
raises with the Enterprise Value.
Listing
You can also list your company for stock trading. There are some requirements when
you want to make your company listed in the stock market. The details are explained in
the fourth tab
.
Stock Listing requirements
It must have been over 2 years since you established your company.
The capital of the company must be over 5 billion.
Things you should know about listing
- Listed shares should be over 100,000 stocks.
- You can’t increase or decrease the capital after you
are listed.
- If you are not a majority shareholder, you will be
deprived of the right of management and will lose
your company.
- If you become the majority shareholder in another company, you will get that
company’s employees, capital and technologies.
If you meet all the requirements and want to make your company listed, click
.
About Corporate Value
You will have C/V after your company has been listed. C/V refers to the values
connected with the stocks of the company. You have seen the C/V in the Top 100 list.
C/V and capital are factors that determine the list of the companies, as well as internal
factors (projects, PR etc.), external factors, and the price of stocks. C/V will be
indicated as part of the cash in hand.
Mergers of companies
If you become a major shareholder in another company, you can merge with that
company. After the companies are merged, you will get the company’s employees,
capital and technologies and the merged company will be dissolved.
However, if someone else becomes the majority shareholder of your company, he can
merge your company and your company will be dissolved.
If you want to get information about stocks, you can click the
last tab
in the stocks window.
Viewing the information of other companies
Choose the valley icon
from the main toolbar. The map of the valley will open
and you can see your company there. If you put your mouse on other buildings, you can
see the name of the company in the building. Click the building, and the list of the
companies in the building will be displayed. Click on a
company in the list, and will see the company name, the
name of the entrepreneur, the size of office and their rent.
Reading Newspapers
The newspaper will report news of different kinds of events, weather and stock quotes.
Pay special attention to economic news. Any big news may cause stocks to rise or fall,
and may also affect sales of your products. Click the icon of the newspaper
on the
main toolbar.
Self Control
It’s important for you to manage your employees, but it’s also important for you to take
care of yourself. The tasks you perform will consume your physical strength and your
management ability. From setting up the interior to managing the employees, you are
constantly using up your physical strength and your management ability. You must keep
these strengths up, or the tasks you can perform will be limited.
Click the self-control icon
on the main toolbar. You will see the current status of
you strength and management ability. From this window, you can increase your strength.
Click the up/down button over the picture and choose which sport you would like to do.
The different activities have different costs. Click
.
To increase your management skills, click on the second tab in the self-control window,
and choose an activity in the way as you would when choosing a sport.
Office Management
Moving
You will pay to rent office space. If you are having financial difficulties, or if you feel
your office is too small, you can move to a new office.
Office moves can be done in the valley window. Select the Valley Icon
on the
main toolbar. When the valley window pops up, select and click the office that you want
to move to. By hovering over the different buildings, you can see their size and the rent
they charge per tile. When you find the space you want, click on it and then click the
‘move’ icon
.
NOTE: If you move to a larger space, the current interior of the office will be
maintained. However, if you move to a smaller space, the current interior of the office
will be deleted and you will have to decorate your office again.
Cleaning
To maintain the maximum level of work efficiency, you should clean the office
periodically to provide a comfortable and pleasant office environment for your staff.
The cleaning cost differs depending on the size of your office. To clean your office,
click the Office Management icon on the main toolbar (between the self-control icon
and the staff management icon) and click
.
Loans & Deposits
As the time passes you may need to borrow money from the bank. Of course, you must
reimburse it within the loan period. If you don’t keep your credibility, you won’t be able
to take a loan from the bank anymore.
Click the Bank icon
on the main toolbar. Click the loan button
. Select the
amount that you want to borrow and the loan period and click
. The maximum
lending period is 12 months. You can borrow from $1000 to $1 million. (The terms and
amount can be varied) You can only get another loan once you have reimbursed the
previous one.
To repay a loan, click repayment icon
repay and click
in the bank window. Select the amount to
.
Depositing money
and withdrawing money
can be done in same way.
The interest rate for bank accounts is indicated and depends on the current market
situation; it varies continuously and the interest rate changes accordingly.
Item Mall
Item store sells gifts that you can give to your employees to raise their skill levels in
certain areas. There are also some items that do not raise skill levels.
Click the Item Store Icon
on the main toolbar. Choose the item you want to buy
from the list and use the arrow keys to select how many of them you want. Click
and the purchase is complete. Presenting the gifts to employees was covered in the
previous “Employee Management” section.
Status Bar
The status bar in the bottom left corner of your screen summarizes some key elements
of your business.
When you click on the status bar, you will see 4 tabs:
– Publicity Progress Report
– Charity Work Progress Report
– Project Progress Report
– Office (Finance)/Employee Information
Clicking on each tab will show you more details about that area.
Finance
Under the last tab on the status bar, there is a button to detail the company’s finances.
It’s helpful to know your company’s monthly revenue and expenses. In order to manage
your finances better next month, you should look into the breakdown of expenditures
often to know where and how the money has been used and how you earned it.
The contents of the finance window are as follows:
Activity Costs: The cost of self-improvement (improving your own physical and
managerial ability).
Office: Cost of furnishing the office, office moves, and cleaning.
Employee: Employee salaries and bonuses, dining, company picnics and vacations.
Item: Cost of items bought in the item store.
Charities: Money spent on charity.
Projects: Money spent on developing projects.
Public Relations: The cost of advertising.
Loan: Information relating to any bank loans you have/
Distribution: The revenue from selling your products.
Stock: Shows the gains and losses of your stocks.
Investment: Shows all the invested money from the Angel investor as well as the
amount in your bank account.
Others: Shows other costs.
Who are Angel investors?
An Angel investor may invest money in your company and disappear when you have a
good reputation and no debts. You don’t need to pay back the money you get from
Angel investors, so we can treat it as a bonus.
The second tab
of the Finance Window
has definitions of various economic terms for
your reference.
Employee List
Under the last tab of the status window, there is also a button to view the employee list.
It includes each employee’s department, position, current projects, etc.
Employees
Moving an employee: If you want to move an employee, you can click on them to pick
them up. Move the mouse cursor to where you want to put the employee, and click the
mouse button again to release them there.
Commands of employees:
Put the mouse on the character and right-click, and you will see the commands you can
give to that employee: work, rest, sleep, scolding, info, and dismissal.
Work: Tell the employee to get back to work.
Rest: Tell the employee to take a break. Sofas, vending machines should be
placed beforehand so that the employee can have a good break.
Sleep: Let the employee sleep. Sleeping equipment such as beds should be
placed beforehand.
Scold: Scold the employee if they are being lazy.
Info: Here you can view the employee’s name, salary, ambition, levels of ability,
department, rank, position, and item owned.
Dismissal – Fire the employee.
Level of ability
The colored bars show the employee’s level of ability in the following categories (from
left to right):
Physical strength - Physical strength is used up by performing most activities, such as a
project or service. Complaints will grow when the employee is worn out, and in the
worst case, the employee might resign.
Management - The ability to manage the company. You should assign the employee
with high management skill to the position of manager. Thieves and spies often visit if
there is no manager.
Intellectual – Intellectual skills are helpful for researching and developing a project.
Attractiveness – This ability is connected with PR. You should assign the employee with
the highest attractiveness to the PR department. The effectiveness of advertising will be
different according to the ability of the employee.
Development – This ability is helpful for developing projects and technology.
Business activities – This skill helps with distribution and sales.
Art – Art is useful in developing a project.
Loyalty - When loyalty is high there is a lower probability of the employee resigning.
Honesty – Honesty refers to the attitude towards work. Employees with high honesty
will pay attention to their jobs. Employees with low honesty will always be dozing off.
Ambition
Ambition refers to the personality or sense of value of the employee and shows what
their priority is. It has an effect when hiring new employees or commanding the
employees.
Items
Items are divided into two parts: office items and employee items.
Office items
These are items for decorating office interior. There are many different items, from
floors and wall tiles to furniture like desks, chairs, sofas, cabinets etc. and also
appliances like printers and scanners.
.
Furniture
.
Door
.
Partition
.
Restroom
.
Bed
.
Sofa
.
Appliance
.
Desk
.
Chair
.
Flowerpot
.
Other items
Employee Items
Employee items (gifts) are bought in the item store and are used to raise the level of the
employee’s ability. Different items raise different levels of ability. Theoretically, the
more expensive the gift, the more it will raise the employee’s ability.