Game Dev Tycoon - Thrall and Jaina's Painting Adventure

WoW Started = Y50 M11 W4

WoW Release = Y51 M11 W3

WoW Average Score = 10/10 

 

WoW Year 1: Game Year 52

Simulated Q1: 2.76 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q2: 2.10 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q3: 2.67 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q4: 2.27 Million Subscribers

 

Real World Year 1: 2005

Real Life Q1: 1.5 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q2: 3.5 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q3: 4.0 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q4: 5.5 Million Subscribers

 

By the end of the first year I had half the numbers of the real world version of WoW.

 

For the 1 year anniversary of World of Warcraft I decided make Thrall and Jaina's Painting Adventure for the Nintendo DS.

 

Painting Adventure Started = Y52 M6 W4

Painting Adventure Released = Y52 M11 W4

 

"Gol'Kosh! The Burning Legion has drained all the colours!" said Thrall.

"We need to go on an Adventure. A Painting Adventure!" said Jaina.

 

It was a Fantasy Casual Adventure game using the stylus to use Shaman and Mage spells to return the colours to the world. So not quite the same as de Blob.

 

 

The critics didn't like Thrall and Jaina's Painting Adventure.

Average Score: 4/10!

 

I still managed to sell 1.8 million copies of the game before it was taken off the market.

 

In the real world: Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans for the PC was started after Warcraft II was finished, but cancelled before completion. Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans was not a painting adventure, but a point and click adventure.

 

WoW Year 2: Game Year 53

Simulated Q1: 1.50 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q2: 1.47 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q3: 2.33 Million Subscribers

Simulated Burning Crusade Started = Y53 M9 W4

Simulated Q4: 2.27 Million Subscribers

 

WoW Year 3: Game Year 54

Simulated Q1: 2.03 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q2: 1.47 Million Subscribers

Simulated Q3: 1.17 Million Subscribers

Simulated Burning Crusade Release = Y54 M9 W3

 

Real World Year 2: 2006

Real Life Q1: 6.0 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q2: 6.5 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q3: 7.0 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q4: 8.0 Million Subscribers

 

Real World Year 3: 2007

Burning Crusade Release = January 16, 2007

Real Life Q1: 8.5 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q2: 9.0 Million Subscribers

Real Life Q3: 9.3 Million Subscribers 

I was 4x behind at the end of the second year. Over 8x at the end of Q3 in the third year. Things were looking bad!

 

So next time, the critics and fans react to Burning Crusade's release!