Blooming Business: Casino
Release Date: May 23, 2023
Strategy, economic, indie games, simulation elements, singleplayer
A combination of a simulation game and economic sim, tasking us with managing our own casino. In order to meet our clients' growing expectations, the player must manage the facility, furnish it and hire employees.
Blooming Business: Casino is a combination of a simulation game and economic strategy inspired by the growth of Las Vegas during the 1950s. It was developed by an indie studio Homo Ludens and published by Curve Games.
Mechanics
Blooming Business: Casino makes use of the top-down perspective. The player's tasked with transforming an old casino into a famous, prospering facility, attracting tons of customers and bringing massive profits. To achieve that, we need to wisely invest money, expand and decorate the casino and hire qualified employees.
Though it may sound easy at first, things get complicated very quickly. Different guests have different tastes when it comes to room decor, so it's up to us whether we target a specific audience or try to please everyone. To manage our ever-increasing number of employees we must start hiring table managers, who supervise their work, increase their loyalty and unlock new management skills. Market research is also important, as it lets us unlock new items and bonuses.
If our budget starts running dry, we can also try to rig the results in our favor... unless we'd rather obey the law and satisfy our clients regardless of cost.
Game modes
Blooming Business: Casino features two primary game modes. The first is missions, tasking us with completing objectives and fulfilling the varied, sometimes contradictory expectations of VIPs entering the casino. By establishing contact with them we get to know them better and learn about their whims, to which we must adapt the facility; it's worth the trouble, as the pay-off can be massive. The second is sandbox mode, giving us access to all of the game's content without any objectives or limitations.
Technical aspects
Blooming Business: Casino makes use of a colorful, cartoonish artstyle. The visitors of our casino are unusual, including humanoid animals and animated mascots.
Videos and Screens
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Blooming Business: Casino Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Homo Ludens
Publisher: Curve Games / Curve Digital
Age restrictions: none
Blooming Business: Casino System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: (30 fps / 1080p) Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 460 or better, 1 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: (60 fps / 1080p) Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce RTX 2070 / Radeon RX 5700 XT or better, 1 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit