0048 · Project Fiskos is Hosting Tycoon

CC-01 has its name: Hosting Tycoon. Project Fiskos was the codename. In 0047 I said the real name would come with the Steam page; it is coming a little earlier than that, and it is the name the game will carry on Steam.

The picture above is the first one I am showing from the game itself. It is the main menu: a room that has only just been moved into, with a desk, one computer and boxes that are not unpacked yet.

From one VPS to your own datacenter

That line sits under the logo, and it is the shape of the game. You start small, with a single machine, and the infrastructure grows the way it does in the real trade: virtual servers and a panel first, then rented dedicated machines, then your own hardware in someone else's datacenter, and in the end a datacenter of your own.

The ladder is there, but you do not have to climb it in order, and late in the game it splits. Which way you go is a decision, not a default.

A market that moves without you

You are not alone on any of the three paths. Every part of the trade has named rivals with a share of the market, and those shares move while you play: some of what you win comes from them, and some of what you lose goes to them. You can compete with them, sell to them or buy from them, and whether you end up owning a corner of the market is up to you.

What comes next

This is only the first look. Much more of the game is coming soon: the three paths, the market, and the room once it fills up. I will keep writing about it here as it happens.