Game Dev Story Guide

Creating Games Genres and

Types Employees Careers Training Items Consoles Companies Achievements

Employee Statistics

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There are four main statistics that are used to measure an employee's skill.

Programming: General skill. Mostly govern the speed at which fun points are
produced during development.

Scenario: How good they are at both writing game proposals and adding creativity
points during development.

Graphics: How good they are at creating graphics and adding graphics points during
development.

Sound: How good they are at composing music and adding sound points during
development.

Employees with different job types are usually weighted toward different stats.

Careers

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Main article: Careers (Game Dev Story)

There are a total of 8 different careers, with different pros and cons. Some require specific
unlock conditions, but all employees start off with some job.
More information about careers can be found on the careers page, but a list of careers is:

Coder

Writer

Designer

Sound Engineer

Director

Producer

Hardware Engineer

Hacker

Leveling Up

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Leveling your employees requires Research Data (

) and raises both employee stats and

salary. Through the use of the Career Change Manual available from the traveling salesman,
you may choose an employee to change careers, and begin leveling them up in each career.
Once an employee is level 5 in both Director and Producer, the Hardware Engineer career
becomes available to that employee, and you may begin working on Console development.
Normally this means having level 5 in all jobs, but employees that start as Director or Producer
can circumvent this.
Because salaries grow at a compounding rate, the stat increases from levelling up come at a
high cost compared to training; so, the main reason to level characters is to unlock genres and
types or switch to a better career.

Hiring Methods

Type

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Cost ($)

Unlocked

Description

Word of Mouth

50.0K

Initially Available

Ask staff to recommend someone.

Magazine Ad

120.0K

Initially Available

Place an ad in a game magazine.

Online Ad

550.0K

Initially Available

Search from newbies to veterans.

Vocational School

800.0K

Move to office 2

Look for young kids with promise.

Open House

1,800.0K

Move to office 2

Expensive, but effective.

Hollywood Agent

3,500.0K

Move to office 3

Conduct a worldwide search.

Training Methods

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Main article: Training (Game Dev Story)

There are many training methods that your employees can use, with more and more being
unlocked as you progress through the game. Training drains the employee's power bar. The
training methods do stop having effect after a while, so keep this in mind.

Firing

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You may fire an employee in Game Dev Story, but this comes with both added benefit and
detriment. Firing an employee that has low stats or a high salary opens up room for another
employee. Budgetary constraints may also demand a layoff if your employees' salaries are to be
paid and you do not have the funds.
If an employee is fired, they retain their salary, trained stats and job levels. They may be hired
back through the normal method for that character, listed below. This can be used to great
effect- if you develop a console you will need a hardware engineer, who will have an extremely
high salary. Once you finish your console, you can replace them with a less costly, better trained
employee, and hire the engineer again later if you need to make a new console.

Genres and types are an important aspect when making a game, as each game can only have
one, and the ones you choose can greatly affect sales. These each cost different amounts to
develop and each have a different popularity with consumers.
More importantly is that when you combine different genres and types, it is possible to make
combos, which can range from "Not good" to "Amazing!". This can be very important to making
a top-selling game.
Unlocking a genre involves getting an employee to a specific level or higher in a specific career.
You can also hire someone who already has obtained this level to unlock it. Unlocking
a type requires an employee with a specific careers at a certain level or higher to use a
specific training method to unlock.

Genres

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Genre

Popularity

Unlock Condition
Job

Level

RPG

Writer

Simulation

Coder

Sim RPG

Director

Table

Action

Adventure

Shooter

Writer

Action RPG

Producer

Racing

Snd. Eng.

Online RPG

Producer

Initially Available
Writer
Initially Available

Genres (Part 1)
Genre

Popularity

Unlock Condition

Job

Level

Hacker

Online Sim

Trivia

Life

Designer

Board

Producer

Puzzle

Music

Director

Audio Novel

Director

Motion

Hard. Eng.

Educational

Card Game

Initially Available

Initially Available

Initially Available
Hard. Eng.

Genres (Part 2)

Types

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Game types are unlocked when an employee with a specific job uses a specific training
technique.

Type

Unlock Condition

Popul
-arity

Job

Min Lvl

Training

Sports

Coder

Jogging

Exploration

Coder

Movie

Martial Arts

Director

Movie

Fantasy

Writer

Reading

Virtual Pet

Coder

Pinball

Samurai

Writer

Movie

Dungeon

Coder

Game

Romance

Writer

Reading

Pirate

Initially Available

Comedy

Producer

Movie

Horror

Writer

Net Surf

Word

Director

Lab Study

Train

Designer

Stroll

Animal

Initially Available

Robot

Initially Available

Airplane

Coder

Museum

Conv. Store

Coder

Stroll

Historical

Bookstore

Snd. Eng.

Stroll

Comics

Hard. Eng.

Reading

Art

Designer

Movie

Movies

Writer

Movie

Game Co.

Coder

Game

Egypt

Producer

Long Trip

Town

Producer

Museum

Architecture

Director

Long Trip

Lawyer

Director

Net Surf

Medieval

Hard. Eng.

Movie

Monster

Designer

Meditate

Hunting

Designer

Game

Initially Available

High School

Coder

Stroll

Junior High

Writer

College

War

Snd. Eng.

Concert

Ninja

Cutie

Designer

Concert

Ogre

Writer

Meditate

Fashion

Director

College

Detective

Writer

Reading

Mystery

Writer

Reading

Cowboy

Producer

Short Trip

Initially Available

Types (Part 1)

Type

Unlock Condition

Popul
-arity

Job

Min Lvl

Training

Horseshoes

Director

Pinball

President

Hard. Eng.

Lab Study

Stocks

Coder

Lab Study

Cartoon

Writer

Anime

Cosplay

Writer

Anime

Pop Star

Director

Museum

Swimsuit

Hacker

Anime

Mini-skirt

Hacker

Short Trip

Mushroom

Hacker

Short Trip

Poncho

Hacker

Long Trip

Chess

Coder

Stroll

Checkers

Snd. Eng.

Anime

Mahjong

Coder

Pinball

Reversi

Dance

Writer

Concert

Drums

Producer

Reading

Fitness

Snd. Eng.

Medidate

Wrestling

Writer

Game

Basketball

Writer

Jogging

Skiing

Producer

Jogging

Snowboard

Director

Jogging

Golf

Swimming

Snd. Eng.

Meditate

Volleyball

Designer

Jogging

Motorsport

Writer

Net Surf

Soccer

Designer

Jogging

Ping Pong

Coder

Jogging

Sumo

Director

Stroll

Baseball

Coder

Stroll

Wrestling

Snd. Eng.

Stroll

Initially Available

Initially Available

Marathon

Initially Available

F1 Racing

Coder

Long Trip

Pinball

Writer

Pinball

Slots

Writer

Pinball

Dating

Designer

Anime

Harbor

Coder

Short Trip

Time Travel

Producer

Meditiate

Spy

Director

Long Trip

Celebrity

Coder

Concert

Types (Part 2)

Combinations

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Listings not below have no combination ("Nothing"). Before you have used a specific
combination before, it will say "First Try".
Amazing!

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Genre

Type

RPG

Fantasy Mushroom Ogre

Architecture Bookstore Cartoon Comics Cutie F1 Racing Game

Simulation

Co. Motorsport Movies Mushroom Pop

Star Romance Soccer Town Train Virtual Pet

Sim RPG

War

Table

Mahjong Poncho

Action

Basketball Historical Horror Ninja Ogre Sumo

Genre

Type

RPG

Fantasy Mushroom Ogre

Adventure

Cartoon Cowboy Detective Mystery

Shooter

Horseshoes Robot

Action RPG

Hunting Poncho Spy

Racing

Motorsport Snowboard

Online RPG

Medieval

Online Sim
Trivia
Life

Architecture Conv. Store Game Co. Mushroom Pop

Star Stocks Swimming Virtual Pet
Comedy Cosplay Mini-skirt Sumo
Animal Comics Dating F1 Racing Game Co. Mushroom Ping Pong Pop
Star Soccer Town Word Wrestling

Board

Chess

Puzzle

Checkers Reversi

Music

Dance Drums

Audio
Novel
Motion
Educationa
l
Card Game

Cowboy Cutie Dating Detective Horror Movies Romance

Dance Drums Fitness Pinball Pop
Star Skiing Slots Snowboard Volleyball
High School
Comics
Amazing! Combinations

Creative
Genre
RPG
Simul
ation

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Type
Architecture Art Cosplay Dance F1 Racing Golf Horror Sumo Train Virtual
Pet
Mini-skirt Sports Swimming

Sim
RPG
Table
Actio
n
Adven
ture

Fashion Martial Arts Wrestling

Comedy Dance Dating Detective Golf Lawyer Pinball Train

Comedy Cosplay Horseshoes Martial Arts Mini-skirt Ninja Ping Pong Train

Shoot

F1 Racing Fantasy Historical Hunting Lawyer Mahjong Martial

er

Arts Mushroom Virtual Pet Wrestling

Actio
n RPG

Basketball Dance Volleyball

Racin

Baseball Checkers Cosplay Cowboy Cutie Dating Dungeon Fitness Game

Co. Mini-skirt Monster Mushroom Ogre President Samurai Train

Onlin
e RPG
Onlin
e Sim

Exploration Swimsuit

Poncho Reversi

Trivia

Pirate Romance Swimsuit

Life

Art Fantasy

Board

Horseshoes Snowboard

Genre
RPG

Type
Architecture Art Cosplay Dance F1 Racing Golf Horror Sumo Train Virtual
Pet

Puzzl

Art Egypt Fantasy Fashion Sports

Basketball Checkers Conv. Store Cowboy Cutie Dating Detective F1

Music

Racing Horseshoes Mahjong Ping Pong Swimsuit Wrestling

Audio

Animal Baseball Martial Arts Mini-skirt Swimming Town

Novel
Motio

Architecture Bookstore Cartoon Comedy Cosplay Cutie Dating Horseshoes

Monster Mystery Ogre Romance Sports Stocks Swimsuit Virtual

Pet Word Wrestling

Educa
tional
Card
Game
Creative Combinations
Not Bad

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Genre

Type

RPG

Cartoon Cowboy Dungeon Egypt Exploration Marathon Medieval Mystery

Airplane Animal Baseball Comedy Conv.

Simulati

Store Cowboy Dating Egypt High School Historical Hunting Junior

on

High Lawyer Mahjong Pinball Pirate President Samurai Slots Stocks Voll
eyball Word

Sim
RPG
Table
Action

Checkers Chess Dungeon Fantasy Medieval Pinball Reversi Slots War

Word
Airplane Baseball Cartoon Cowboy Drums Dungeon Exploration F1

Genre

Type

RPG

Cartoon Cowboy Dungeon Egypt Exploration Marathon Medieval Mystery

Racing High School Junior High Marathon Martial Arts Motorsport Ping
Pong Robot Samurai Skiing Soccer Sports Swimming Wrestling

Adventu Art Cutie Dating Egypt Fantasy Horror Medieval Romance Sumo Volley
re

ball

Shooter

Airplane Dungeon Fashion Golf Monster Ninja War

Action
RPG
Racing
Online
RPG
Online
Sim

Cartoon Cowboy Exploration Fantasy Medieval

Airplane F1 Racing Golf Marathon Skiing Sports Swimming Virtual Pet
Dungeon Fantasy Historical Hunting

Bookstore Historical Motorsport Samurai War Wrestling

Cartoon Chess Comics Cowboy Cutie Dating Egypt F1

Trivia

Racing Fitness Golf Lawyer Monster Movies Mushroom Ninja Pop

Star Robot Snowboard Soccer Train
Baseball Basketball Comedy Conv.

Life

Store Cosplay Cutie Dance Detective Motorsport Movies President Sports

Sumo Swimming Wrestling

Board

Baseball Cartoon Checkers Dungeon Mahjong Medieval Ping

Pong Reversi Samurai Slots Train

Puzzle

Chess Mahjong Slots Word

Music

Movies Pop Star Snowboard

Audio
Novel
Motion
Educati

Fashion High School Historical Junior High Mystery Pop Star Sumo War
Basketball F1 Racing Horror Motorsport President

Genre

Type

RPG

Cartoon Cowboy Dungeon Egypt Exploration Marathon Medieval Mystery

onal
Card
Game
Not Bad Combinations
Hmm...

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Genre

Type

RPG

Basketball Conv. Store Hunting Romance Wrestling

Simulation

Martial Arts Mystery

Sim RPG

Wrestling

Table

Art Egypt Horror Monster President Snowboard

Action
Adventure
Shooter

Architecture Checkers Comics Conv. Store Cosplay Pop

Star Stocks Town Volleyball
Game Co. Motorsport
Animal Bookstore Chess Cutie Dance Exploration High School Junior
High Ogre Ping Pong Samurai Soccer Sports Stocks Sumo

Action RPG

Baseball Romance

Racing

Art Bookstore Comics Movies Ninja War

Online RPG

Animal President Samurai Slots Town

Online Sim

Animal President Word

Trivia
Life

Airplane Dungeon Horror Ogre Stocks

Board

Architecture High School Historical Hunting Junior High Mystery Virtual

Genre

Type

RPG

Basketball Conv. Store Hunting Romance Wrestling

Pet

Puzzle

Basketball Dungeon Exploration Historical Horror Marathon Martial

Arts Monster Mystery Pirate Robot Romance Volleyball War
Art Bookstore Dungeon Fantasy Game

Music

Co. Hunting Lawyer Swimming Virtual Pet

Audio

Chess Lawyer Ogre Pirate Sports

Novel

Art Mushroom

Motion
Educationa
l
Card Game

Hmm... Combinations
Not Good

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Genre

Type

RPG

Airplane Checkers Chess Comedy Comics Stocks

Simulatio
n
Sim RPG
Table

Basketball Cosplay Detective Pirate

Action

Romance

Adventur
e
Shooter

Airplane Architecture Marathon Stocks War

Baseball Checkers Comics Conv.

Genre

Type

RPG

Airplane Checkers Chess Comedy Comics Stocks

Store Detective Marathon Movies Pirate Pop Star President Slots Town

Action
RPG

Art Sports Swimming Word

Architecture Cartoon Detective Fantasy High

Racing

School Historical Horror Junior High Lawyer Mahjong Martial

Arts Pinball Ping Pong Pirate Pop
Star Reversi Romance Soccer Stocks Sumo Word Wrestling

Online
RPG
Online
Sim
Trivia

Motorsport Mystery Word

Martial Arts Pirate

Dungeon Ogre

Life
Board

Airplane Mushroom

Puzzle

F1 Racing Motorsport Ninja Skiing Stocks Town

Music
Audio
Novel
Motion

Chess Comics Cosplay Exploration Historical Horror Mushroom Samurai

Sports Stocks
Airplane Reversi Stocks
Dungeon Fantasy Game Co.

Educatio
nal
Card
Game
Not Good Combinations