Football Tycoon
Encyclopedia
Football Tycoon is a Java-based sports strategy video game developed for a range of mobile phone
handsets by BAFTA-award winning game studio Dynamo Games
. The title is the first to be released by the developer under the Dynamo Sports
brand of sports games.
, Rugby
, American Football
, ice hockey
and Golf
are due for future release.
Football Tycoon places players in the role of a wealthy business owner overseeing the running of a football club. The position of owner opens up many tactical decisions typically not found in managerial simulation
titles. As such, the game is comparable to the popular Rollercoaster Tycoon
series rather than managerial series such as Championship Manager
and Football Manager
.
Players have free rein to hire managers, control finances, develop stadiums and orchestrate intense media campaigns to take their chosen club to new heights. The game gives players a vastly diverse range of choices when compared to management simulators.
modes. The rags to riches Grass Roots mode tasks players with taking a small team to the top of the Tycoon Owner Rich List within 30 years.
Scenario Mode allows owners to tackle a variety of set challenges, such as taking over a small club and pulling them out of administration. How these goals are achieved is entirely up to the individual.
, or bank it all to better fund campaigns in higher leagues and gain entry to elite Europe
an competitions.
While Football Tycoon is primarily a strategy title, players can also dabble in games of chance by spending club funds at casinos
, race tracks and other gambling
venues. Financial gain is possible using this route but can have severe consequences.
Mobile phone
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handsets by BAFTA-award winning game studio Dynamo Games
Dynamo Games
Dynamo Games Ltd is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Dundee, Scotland. Established in 2004, it is the first developer working exclusively on mobile platforms to win a gaming BAFTA award, and one of the first studios to develop titles for the Google Android mobile operating...
. The title is the first to be released by the developer under the Dynamo Sports
Dynamo Sports
Dynamo Sports is the range of sports video games released by BAFTA award-winning mobile developer Dynamo Games. It was launched in February 2009 with the unveiling of the Independent Games Festival Award 2009-nominated football strategy title Football Tycoon....
brand of sports games.
Releases
Football Tycoon was launched as a Java ME game on the 21st of May 2009 across the major UK mobile operators. Other versions focusing on other sports including Formula OneFormula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
, Rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
are due for future release.
Gameplay
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
titles. As such, the game is comparable to the popular Rollercoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon may refer to:*RollerCoaster Tycoon - a series of video games in which a player must manage an amusement park**RollerCoaster Tycoon - the first game, which came out in 1999...
series rather than managerial series such as Championship Manager
Championship Manager
Championship Manager was the very first game in the popular Championship Manager series of association football management simulation games. The game was originally released on the Amiga and Atari ST in September, 1992 and then ported to the PC/DOS platform soon after...
and Football Manager
Football Manager
Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive...
.
Players have free rein to hire managers, control finances, develop stadiums and orchestrate intense media campaigns to take their chosen club to new heights. The game gives players a vastly diverse range of choices when compared to management simulators.
Modes
The title features two expansive single playerSingle player
A Single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. "Single-player game" usually implies a game that can only be played by one person, while "single-player mode" usually refers to a game mode for a single player, where...
modes. The rags to riches Grass Roots mode tasks players with taking a small team to the top of the Tycoon Owner Rich List within 30 years.
Scenario Mode allows owners to tackle a variety of set challenges, such as taking over a small club and pulling them out of administration. How these goals are achieved is entirely up to the individual.
Tactics
Players have the freedom to act as they see fit throughout the course of each season but must remain mindful of repercussions. For example, owners can inject some of their clubs hard-earned cash back into the local communityCommunity
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
, or bank it all to better fund campaigns in higher leagues and gain entry to elite Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an competitions.
While Football Tycoon is primarily a strategy title, players can also dabble in games of chance by spending club funds at casinos
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
, race tracks and other gambling
Gambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
venues. Financial gain is possible using this route but can have severe consequences.