š Big Tech Tycoon is OUT NOW + Official Discord is Live!
Hey everyone! Iām super excited to announce that my labor of love, Big Tech Tycoon, has officially launched on the App Store worldwide!
š” What is Big Tech Tycoon?
Big Tech Tycoon is a retro strategy/simulation game where you take control of a tech startup in 1975 and guide it through decades of innovation, competition, and platform wars.
As a student developer obsessed with software engineering and especially computing history, I built this game to give tech enthusiasts a deep, authentic simulation experience without all the predatory cash-grabs seen in modern mobile gaming. I took time to make sure that the game has interesting mechanics that'll get you hooked for hours.
š„ļø Deep Tech Tree: 218 researchable tech nodes, 660 dynamic events, and handcrafted historical scenarios.
š¾ Design software, hardware, and operating systems
š¾Compete against rival tech giants
ā” Native Apple Tech: Built 100% with SwiftUI, seamless Dark Mode support, and full Game Center integration across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro (through iPad layer of compatibility).
š« No Ads or Microtransactions: A traditional premium game. Buy once and play forever (also works offline btw).
āļø Custom engine: This game features a custom simulation engine built from ground up for this type of gameplay. This is not some random asset flip. This game was engineered from ground up to provide the players with a unique gameplay formula.
š±Seed for the future: The launch won't represent the final state of the game. I'm commited to adding more FREE content/updates to this game for at least a year. Expect more scenarios, gameplay quirks and improvements along the way. We care deeply for user feedback, so leave some on our Discord server! We'll publish roadmaps of content planned for the game shortly after the release.
Big Tech Tycoon is currently only available for Apple platforms. Read more about other platforms in the next section.
Current system requirement:
We're looking forward to port it to other platforms such as PC/Linux/Android after the Apple release. But before we do that, we wanna suplement the game with a lot of content updates, so don't expect a new release for a while.
Our first focus is Windows. We've already got a early prototype of the game engine running on Windows. It's very bare bones but the simulation does run. It might take few months before the game is ready for a gold release.
Where can we see the game in action?
I'm gonna be soon recording and releasing small gameplay bits, developer commentary on some features and small video essays about this game. Expect video/text content talking in-depth about the game soon!
š¬ Join the Official Discord Community!
To celebrate the launch, the Big Tech Tycoon Discord server is now officially open!
Whether you want to share your top-performing operating system builds, discuss 80s/90s tech history, report bugs, or pitch new features, come hang out with us!
š² Get the game on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/big-tech-tycoon/id6782679607
š¬ Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/Z7DndZaFjm
Thanks to everyone who supported this project during development! Letās build some tech empires.
