Blooming Business: Casino, a game where anthropomorphic characters gather in a casino, gets a launch date.
Indie game developer Homo Ludens and publisher Curve Games have confirmed that Blooming Business: Casino will drop on May 23. The game will be available for PC gaming enthusiasts who love sim management games.
In Blooming Business: Casino, players become budding tycoons. Their goal is to revive a run-down casino and ensure the business gets maximum profit. This means they also need to entertain their clients, arrest troublemakers, and manage bartending employees, to name a few.
But creators from Homo Ludens said they want to set their project apart from typical casino-themed games. It focuses on stories every time you play,
said Paul Blachère, Creative Director at Homo Ludens.
The French-based game developer revealed that players could expect various story-driven interactions. These include "satirical narrative twists" and backstories of each character they meet.
We're not trying to simulate the casino per se as we're trying to emulate the idea of (running a) casino,
Blachère added. Homo Ludens also promised to introduce a refreshing take on the management simulation genre with Blooming Business: Casino. And then Las Vegas, it's just a colorful place. And a lot of things happen there,
said Blachère.
On top of its main campaign, Blooming Business: Casino will allow gamers to play it in sandbox mode. The sandbox mode contains two options, the creative and endless modes.
Unlike the campaign, players can customize casino types, items, decorations, and casino games when playing the sandbox mode,
developers said.
Development for Blooming Business: Casino spanned roughly two years. Homo Ludens had opened multiple demos and playtests before announcing the game's release date.