School Tycoon

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $8.74

Features:

• Decide the ideal layout for your campus, then add any of over 50 buildings - libraries, dorms, labs, cafeterias and more
• Install revenue generators to make a heftier profit at your school - add snack machines, soda machines, gymnasiums and food service that keeps kids coming back for more
• Manage your school effectively as you face 24 challenging scenarios
• Go nuts & build the campus of your dreams in sandbox mode

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Great, Fun Game! [Posted on 2007-01-01]
I got this game with some of my Christmas money ($10). I loved the game. I was scared at first because I thought it would not work on my computer. It works fine. The game is kind of slow and it freezes once in a while. That may be from my computer. I don't have the best computer for this game.

You make your school and that is really fun. I played this for 2 hours the first day I got it. I would have played longer if mom haven't made lucnh. Well, at first you have all little classrooms and that does not teach very many kids. I think it holds 10 kids at once. Well, after you get so many classrooms you then unlock bigger claasrooms. When, you attract so many students the sidwalks get very messy. The kids intrest in the school start going down. In each kids profile thingy it says there comments. They start saying: Gross... the sidewalks are filthy and Gross! That means you have to hire cleaning people. You have to buy them a place where they can keep there stuff. That cost more also. I am going to stop blabbing now and going to go watch the ball drop on the TV. Happy New Year! I hope you enjoy this game!

Read me [Posted on 2007-02-17]
The premise for the game wasnt bad, the graphics could have been better. THE THING I HATED THE MOST; DISASTERS!!!! Once you got ahead of the game, got some cash and students, BOOM! earthquake or tornado. Who thought that up? You CANT turn them off either, i tried looking for cheat codes. Its a lame game, its not a good (im bored, need a good tycoon game to pass the time)so think before you buy, if its for a child, they'll get bored with it or pissed off.

School Tycoon Computer Game is Fun and Teaches [Posted on 2007-05-10]
I bought this Tycoon game for my 9-year-old granddaughter for those times when she comes to visit us. She is a very intelligent young lady and learns quickly. Her older sister has the Mall Tycoon game, and she loves it as well as the 9-year-old. However, the younger one doesn't get to play it very much, so I downloaded the product, and I sat her down at the computer with the instruction book and told her I would like her to try it by herself, but I would be nearby if she needed help.

She ran with it, and she was so excited about selling toilets in the building to make money. She was so smart, she even managed to sell a burning building. She was given a budget to build the school, equip the classrooms, hire teachers, custodians, cafeteria workers, etc., and the goal is to stay within the budget. She made out very well each time she played it, and I found out how educational it was. It teaches math, communication skills, creative skills, scheduling of meals, hiring and firing employees, buying books, appeasing students, etc. The whole time she played it, not only was she learning, but she was having fun.

I highly recommend this game to anyone. I even had fun playing it after she went home, but I don't think I did as well as she did.

School Tycoon?Is this another tycoon just thrown together by the devolepers or is it thoughtout? [Posted on 2007-05-28]
Seems like a very good idea.I saw it and i downloaded the trial. I thought it was very good (it was the 1 hour trial), i did have a tornado and a fire but I just thought it happenes only every once in a while.SO i go ahead and buy it....
Frist of all i find out it happens ALL THE TIME.Every 30 mins there is some sort of disaster,i dont think it happens that much in the real world at one school.IT gets realy annoying when your school is big,and there is no fireman or anything to help it on this game.This would of been a better game without it or at least not all the time.The graphics are clear yet cartoonish.The game is fun.The game is not realy cutting edge in anything realy.
The good:clear cartoon graphics,very fun,you can most likey find it lower than $20 bucks,not too conplexed yet not to simple
The bad:DISASTER happen every like 30 mins and makes it boring for people who play for long periods in time,some glitches.
Overall Scores:
Gameplay:6(fair)
graphics:7(good)
Sound:7 (good)
value:7(good)
tilt:7(good)
OVERALL:6.9(fair)its not junk,just an average game out there realy has its ups and downs,you realy just have to weigh it and see if the good covers the bad for you.
sound:7(good)
Graphics

Worth the money  [Posted on 2007-06-22]
School tycoon is fun. I've been playing it for 2 months and I am not bored of it yet. School Tycoon has it's ups and downs.



The ups:

-Make landscapes!

-Choose classrooms like english, math, social studies, library, etc.

-Pick teachers and other staff wisely, making sure they are fun and have high ability and they can't be too strict.

-Create students and decide their personalities.

-While you wait for a game to load, you get hints and tips on how to play.



The downs:

-Every 10-20 minutes your school faces natural disasters like "fires" and "hurricanes".

-The tutorial helps only slightly.

-School pathways get dirty so quickly, you need lots of janiters.

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