What is Industry?
Industry is a turn-based economic strategy game for one to five players, played in the browser. The state is selling itself off, and you are one of the people buying. Every player starts with the same money on the same 16 by 16 map and tries to finish with the largest fortune.
Nobody fights. You win ground by outbidding, outproducing and outlending the other players, and the economy you share with them pushes back: wages rise when labour runs short, prices move with what everyone buys and sells, and a bank that lends too freely can fail.
How a match plays
- Buy land. Land is bought from the state or bid for at auction, and where it sits matters: some terrain gives more ore, food or power, and buildings help or hinder their neighbours.
- Build a production chain. Mines, farms and power plants feed smelters, refineries, canneries and factories. Each building needs workers, and all players hire from the same population.
- Trade on the market. Resources are bought and sold through an order book. Sell your surplus, buy what you lack, or trade the swings.
- Borrow, lend and gamble. Take a loan to grow faster, open a bank and lend to the others, or run a casino. Debt that isn't repaid is collected.
- Research. A technology tree of sixty entries unlocks new buildings, upgrades and bonuses, including nuclear power and its risks.
- Earn Prestige. Meeting the state's Procurements, giving to the cities and raising monuments all count towards your final score beside net worth.
Who it is for
Industry suits a group that likes a long game with trading and a little treachery. A match is tuned for about fifty rounds with four or five players, and computer players can fill empty seats or let you learn alone. It is played on a desktop screen of 1280 by 720 or larger.
The game is in testing: the rules are in place and matches are being played to tune the numbers.