Patron Now Available On Steam And GOG
Croatian development studio Overseer Games has just finished their management sim game Patron and have put it up on Steam and GOG. This one has most of the elements that other city sim games do (survival, resources, growth, unexpected events), but there’s one extra. Building a community from scratch to success involves something critical a lot of games don’t consider: the social aspect. A society can only function if everybody can get along, and differing opinions can lead to conflict. Using Patron’s unique social dynamics system, you must find ways to diffuse tensions between residents before they grow and cause problems. “Our main idea was to create a game that doesn’t just offer players the chance to build up a successful city, but asks them to create and manage growing society lives within it, with all the ups and downs that come with that,” says Overseer Games. “If both challenges are met successfully, the player can really feel like a true Patron and take pride in the buildings they’ve created