For any life experience that somebody could conceivably find compelling, someone will almost always inevitably develop a video game simulating that experience. If that’s not already an established rule of video games, it should be one. The latest in simulation games is a concept that was so inevitable it was only ever a matter of not if but when it would see the light of day: Esports Life Tycoon, an esports team management simulator.
Like any good simulation game should do for its respective subject matter, Esports Life Tycoon puts players in control of virtually every important aspect of managing an esports team, starting with the team’s name, crest and uniforms. Good branding won’t win tournaments, but choosing a cool team look sure feels like quite possibly the weightiest decision a new esports team has to make.
With that established, players then run their organization like any good general manager would. Not only must good athletes be recruited to your team, but those new team members have to receive proper training and counseling. In-game coaches, psychologists, and even marketing managers are all features meant to simulate the complex human elements that must be managed on an esports team. If you’re wondering what competitive gaming community the world of Esports Life Tycoon recreates, it’s League of Legends—not in name, but very much in spirit.
Progression occurs as your team wins tournaments, which will happen if your team is well-managed. Success means that you can upgrade the all-important game house, which provides your team with better training facilities, increasing your team’s skill cap in turn. Tournaments even include a stripped-down MOBA mini-game that’s not too complex to constitute a satisfying game on its own, but is at least significant enough to give players something to do during tournament play. Or, more simply, a video game about video games should let you play the video game.
Esports Life Tycoon was first released to Steam Early Access on June 20th of this year. It’s now available in a completed form for Android and iPhone devices.
Source: Pocket Gamer
