Some Great new Ideas for the Addon

[harkkam]

Here is a summary of a few things that I think should be added to the game to make it better than it already is

1) The ability to trade options
2) The ability to short stock
3) The ability for AI to split their stock when it reaches those astronomical levels
4) The ability to lend money in a money market situation perhaps to another company at a interest rate
6) The ability to buy futures contracts on commodities

5) The ability to manufacture high priced items like weapons and airplanes.
6) More control of the number of employees in a factory and the production level of that facility so you can build a factory and scale up or down depending on demand.
7) A stronger role of the headquarters and benefit from hired positions like Marketing officer etc
8) Proxy votes by shareholders based on a vote of confidence on your performance
9) A little bit more about supply and demand of a particular product in a market
10) More control over the quality of raw materials that you have a choice in using to make products and cut costs

Thanks

[Bigcat]

I suggest that the production cost of industry Product depend on the Technology Rating, the higher Tech. Rating the higher cost. This result will trends to market segmentation.

For example, the 30 tech. rating computer cost $50; 100 tech. rating computer cost $70. To maximize the profit, we will sell both computers at the same time but with different price. As a result, different price products will sell in the market to form 1st stage market segmentation.

If we can make a unique name to new product, it will be the best, then it is 2nd stage market segmentation.

[Bigcat]

I also suggest to add one more concept - Product's image design rating.

In the past, the game tell us the product's overall rating that come from brand, quality & price. And quality rating come from raw material quality and technology rating.

However, for example, the success of Hermes leather bags are not only the advanced leather's technology application and best brand name, but also the attractive and user-friendly design. I just want to say, we can add one more concept to the game that is Image design rating.

As like as R & D centre, we can built Design Workshop to create good Image design and improve design rating.

But what is new to the game? I suggest to add design's attitude to choose on design rating, like personality / public friendly, advance tech feeling / environmental friendly, attractive appearance / simplism, etc. Difference sub-market will love difference design class product.

For example, Palm's PDA, Apple's iphone and Nokia's mobile phone are competitive products, the technology rating of these products are at the same level. However, the design of iphone is more attractive to the market, as a result, the winner is iphone. This story can tell us the important of a good design.

Finally, if we can add design rating to the game, it will make the game more strategical variety.

it will create the 3rd stage market segmentation.

[Bigcat]

Dear David,

To make the game more funny, I suggest to add some mini-game into Capitalism Lab.

Thirdly, the Heavy Fine from court sentence (random event) is based on the result of mini game performance.

1) Add a game spot call "courthouse"

2) Click the building, it will purpose to charge our company a heavy fine (say $100,000) due to broken law, when the random event occurred.

3) This justice process is a knowledge Q&A game to ask 5 question about the topic of environmental protection, legal company operation, correct promotion activities, labourer health, product safety, etc.

4) Game programme will request us to choice the answer from a list (multiple choice).

5) For example, livestock growing. "Which livestock emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) during its life? - it is a question about greenhouse gas - CO2 footprint."

6) You can choice the answer from a) Cattle, b) Chicken, c) Pig, d) sheep.

7) If we have COO, he will cross one wrong answer for us.

8) And then the time will be counted down until finish.

9) At the end, you have conducted a judge process. How many question we answered, the heavy fine will be adjusted 20% for one correct answer.

If any player do not like to play the game, it will not affect the random event. It is suggested to make more interactive with player, and give them a small knowledge of the company operation process. And make Fun only.

[Teppo]

I never thought cows and pigs emit CO2... fine mini-game ideas anyway.

[Teppo]

I've said this one before but anyway - would also be good to have a possibility to donate to different charities and this could increase all brands of the corporation regardless of the brand setting, but only a little compared to cost-effectiveness of advertising because if it would be so effective in real world we would have a world that actually works. Humans don't value other people and earth that much yet. There could be statistics of different charity donations for each corp. Rainforest preservation, CO2 reduction, red cross and animal protection could be the choices, perhaps more.

And in the goal setting there could be a choice to achieve certain amount of total donations. AI can be tweaked so that they use their excess money for the purpose when the goal has been set, but it's not necessary. The personalities thing has many characteristics for CEO's so there could be one more: 'charity interest' with a certain value as in the others.

[Teppo]

This might seem very irrelevant to you but I still suggest because I see the benefit for all in it, not entertainment value though:

One fictional charity option could be "Support the establishment of Equal Money System" which is a new economic and political system developed by a group of people called Desteni. It is to be implemented globally in each country within a couple of decades and it's purpose is to provide the necessities of dignified living equally for each human being on earth and thus remove povery and inequality among tons of other problems we have on earth. This is Best For All Equally - unlike capitalism which promotes inequality. Even if the game is about "capitalism" and business, I really see a practical benefit for the world in adding this to the game.

You could also add the link to the information site in the game so that it opens a browser - http://Equalmoney.org (do check it out). The link could be near the fictional donate button. Real donations can also be made for them and it is one reason to add this, another reason is to bring awareness of EMS.

[patcetera]

I don't know if it has already been mentioned but I'd be happy if I could start a transport branch within my company. Not like in Transport- or Railroad Tycoon where you have to set tracks, more like with the tv stations. The player would just found a transportation firm, set a price for cost per lbs and mile, spend money on training and that was it.

Other competitors could also start transportation firms or use the one founded by the player. Just an idea, but I'd love it.

Pat