Imagine you're a bank executive, managing finances and creating strategies to dominate the world. Is that enough? What if you also had control of a country's army and could declare war and invade countries?
In Bank Tycoon you have both financial and military control but with great power comes responsibility. Will you risk shortages in your country, a rebellious population and a falling bank share price as you embark on a journey of global domination?
Bank Tycoon is a 3D turn-based simulator on a grid where the gameplay focuses on the tactics and strategies needed to take over countries through financial management or war.
The world is made up of 20 countries that have differing dependencies, industries and roles
Your home country has your Head Office and main bank
You have 1 bank executive character, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) who :
manages finances
commands characters and travels to countries to create financial relationships
is at risk of imprisonment or kidnapping when travelling
You have an army to command, to free an imprisoned executive or invade countries
Your decisions and natural disasters have consequences for trade partners :
A natural disaster like a flood in an agricultural based country may cause food shortages
Your investments help economies
Wars impact industries and economies
Open offices in countries to unlock strategies for financial expansion
Make decisions that influence your bank's share price
Manage costs per turn as offices, wars and armies are expensive
Create relationships and offices in other countries
Tactically move characters across the grid and into countries
Protect the COO
Manage finances and profits as war and office expansions are expensive
Monitor events for profitable opportunities and disasters that may cost you money
Create money for expansion and to fund your army
Upgrade offices to create branch networks and Ad campaigns to increase your market share
Control your armies and provide tactics as they invade and attack countries
Use spies for industrial espionage and war
Every character has a turn and can be moved to a grid tile only on their turn
Enemy soldiers move automatically on their turn and only inside their country
All friendly characters except the Chief Operating Officer (COO) spawn on request
Characters have specific roles, abilities and costs per move
COO - controls the bank and issues orders to other units
Soldiers - fight in countries where war is declared
Medics - can restore health to any unit
Spies - perform industrial espionage and attack enemy units
Enemy Soldiers - attack any unit in their country if war is declared
Bank Tycoon is based on real life banking practices for credit management and international banking :
Correspondent relationships between countries
Credit creation, interest rates and debt management
Foreign Exchange accounts for money transfers