Early success is about balancing your growth to avoid hitting a "difficulty wall."
: The game compares your current tech and design points to your previous best. If you maximize every slider too early, your next game will need even higher stats to score well.
Once you move to the first office, hiring and training become your primary focus.
Each genre has specific priorities. Misallocating these can drop your score by over 20%. Stage 1 Priority Stage 2 Priority Stage 3 Priority Engine (+++) Level Design (+++) Graphics (+++) Adventure Story (+++) Dialogues (+++) Sound (++) RPG Story (+++) Dialogues (+++) Graphics (++) Simulation Engine (++) Gameplay (+++) Strategy Engine (++) Gameplay (++)
: Spend your first Research Points (RP) on New Topics and the Custom Game Engine .
: Look for employees with high Research skills initially; this allows you to unlock advanced engine features faster.