Items purchasing system advise

Hey, I have a placement system I have been working on for days now and I have just finished it and it is working nicely.

In my game the player enters a “building state” in which the player has an open menu with a list of items they can place down, however it was only until playing some modern tycoon games like ‘Restaurant Tycoon 2’ that I realised the system they have is different and I am unsure if its worse or better than mine.

In ‘Restaurant Tycoon 2’ you have to visit a store to purchase all your place-able items instead of what I have done and have the items purchasable from the menu. I can’t decide if I should continue this menu purchasing system or if I should opt for a similar style to ‘Restaurant Tycoon 2’ and for this reason I am asking you. What do you think I should do?

  • Menu Purchasing System
  • In-Game Store Purchasing System

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This sounds like what you do in the Sims. You just pick the items you want to place and it buys it when you do that. Is that similar to your system?

Yes that’s exactly how it works right now.

Sounds more convenient to do it the way you are doing it. I don’t personally mind going to a ingame store but it would be easier to just pick from a menu while building. I would add a search function and categories so players can find exactly what they want.

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This kinda depends on what kind of game you’d like to produce.
If you want a more immersive/interesting experience, go for the in-game store.
If you want to encourage your players to buy more items/make a more efficient way of progression, go for the menu system.

hopefully this makes some sense

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My honest opinion is having an in game store, not a menu, because I think it’s more realistic, even though it would be harder to travel from store to your build.

If I did have this system I would probably implement some sort of quick travel feature.

Yeah, I think Restaurant Tycoon does the same.

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I have decided I will do both, if players want to feel more immersed in the game or whether they just want to progress there is an option for everybody.

Thanks for everyone’s help!

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