2. Our Goal Create a multiplayer strategy game that allows both economics students and a general audience to learn and have fun

3. Why is this fun? Goals: Competition Advancement Gameplay: Investments –Internal and External –Visual Feedback Supply Chain

4. Visual Feedback

5. Supply Chain

6. Cooperative Competition Conflicting Goals: Outperform other companies Don’t let your suppliers or buyers fail Achieve through: Communication Strategic Alliances Investments

7. Mixing it up Events –Attractive opportunity –Threat of possible catastrophes –New information –New technology Theme –Fantasy –Sci-Fi –Historical

8. Educational Opportunity Teach economic concepts –Supply & demand –Price equilibrium –Fixed cost & variable cost –Substitute & complementary products Allow a “Game Master” to influence the world

9. Things we’re thinking about Allowing the players to move into raw materials and consumer products Mergers and acquisitions Stock market

10. Questions?