The Layoffs

Summary

The Layoffs is a management sim where you'll utilize your workers' talents to grow your company into a big player in the industry.

Your goal is to rise the ranks from a fledgling start-up to an industry-leading big wig. You'll utilize the endless supply of passionate developers to guide your studio to the top. Will you guide your company to top the final company standing at the game awards? 

Controls

LMB (Drag): Move Employees/Projects

RMB: Pan Screen

Scroll Wheel: Zoom In/Out

Space: Pause/Play Game

1~3: Change Speed

Escape: Go Back From Options (sorry)

How To Play

Recruiting Employees

Employees are the powerhouse of the company!

You can recruit employess by plucking them off the Linked-Out Conveyor(tm).

The number above them is their Quarterly Salary. The salary will be paid at recruitment, and then once every quarter (not including the recruitment quarter).

Hired employees will be paid regardless of project assignment.

Starting Projects

Projects are what will keep your company afloat!

Accept a Planned project by dragging an employee into one of the slots.

Every project has a Load which is the amount of manpower the project needs.

Each employee will also have a personal Load which is the manpower they can provide, determined by their Ability.

Make sure the sum of employee loads is bigger than the project load. Otherwise, the project will be Understaffed!

Understaffed projects will have a speed & revenue penalty. If the understaffing is severe (<75% Load or missing roles), a project will start to Degrade. Degrading projects will eventually be Scrapped, where it cannot be saved anymore.

Releasing Projects

You can only start gaining revenue after a project is Released. (In Dev projects will be included in the projected revenue, but not actually generate revenue!)

Release a game by filling up the progress. Employees with high Speed skills can help.

Employee Skillset

Each employee have 5 skills: Ability, Passion, Speed, Coop and Potential.

Ability increases the load of an Employee. 

Passion grants extra revenue to a released project. 

Speed helps release a project faster. 

Coop grants additional Passion & Speed per project teammate. 

Potential grants additional Passion & Speed per Level.

Leveling Up Employees

Employees gain EXP every quarter if they are working on a project. In Dev projects tend to give more EXP than Released projects.

When an employee Levels Up, they will get 3 Skill Points to spend on any Skillset (except potential).

Genre and Personality

Employees have a strong and weak genre based on their personality.

Working on strong genres yields extra Ability, Passion and Speed. A weak genre decreases them.

Easy way of memorizing: Look at the first letter!

Genre	Action	Puzzle	Role-Playing	Simulation	Visual Novel
Aggressive	+1			-1
Patient		+1	-1
Rational	-1		+1
Smart				+1	-1
Vibrant		-1			+1

Game Over

You can freely take loans (negative dollars) between quarters. However, once you have no money left at the end of a quarter, it's over for you!