Submissions by jackwilson tagged management

Transport Manager is a puzzle/management game played on the PC, in which the player plays as the sole controller of a city's transport systems. Initially these cities are very small, though over time they grow bigger, and the player has more to manage.

The first mechanic introduced to the player is the manual control of traffic lights. The player can click and drag from certain lanes to others to control these. The player may also set different 'templates' which they can toggle between, to allow more than one lane at a time. Over time the player may automate these with initial setup and an ongoing cost.

The second mechanic is the control of level crossings and railroad switches/tracks, which can similarly be automated after some time.

As the game progresses and cities get larger the player will not micromanage these as much, due to access to more money, and they will instead manage rail, bus, monorail services - that is what routes exist.


Image retrieved 13/08/2016 from http://www.fastcodesign.com/3055518/214-subway-systems-combined-into-one-worldwide-metro-map

Too Many Friends is a management game, where you must keep as many friends happy as possible. The player plays as a typical 'popular' person, who after an exhausting day at university, goes home only to find their 'friends' further chatting to them on a Facebook-style website.

When playing, the player is shown a messenger website, where over time, more and more conversations with friends appear after they message the player. They must be responded to within a short period of time, or else they will become unhappy and believe you are no longer someone worth being friends with, consequently unfriending you.

Over time, the entire screen will fill with messages, and the player must first respond to those at the front before they can see the ones behind. The game will become very hectic and quickly impossible to manage.

The moment that this happens, the game ends and you are presented with a score that counts the number of friends that were messaging you before it occurred. "You have x friends!".


Image Source Creoleindc, retrieved 26/07/2016 from http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/facebook-friends-how-many-is-too-many/