Game mood anyone?

Caterpillar Construction Tycoon is the real-time strategy game, especially design for one role player gamers. It is also categorized in economic simulation genre for games. The game is developed by Gabriel Entertainment which also produces other simulation games.

This basic building simulation challenges players to plan, manage, and execute a number of large, virtual construction projects, using Caterpillar brand industrial equipment.

Caterpillar Construction Tycoon casts the player in the role of a contractor, traveling the world and constructing facilities of all kinds. Draft a task force of heavy construction machines to each location. Once on the site, player will have to manage machines, allocate employees' time and money to get the job done - On Time and Under Budget!

This is how it looks on the ‘site’. A worker is working with the bulldozer to clear the area for construction. Player can add more machines to fasten the work. The top panel consist the cash flow in the company. The project duration is shown next to the icon that indicates material supplies. At the lower panel, are the icon for ‘blueprints’ of a project, a report log, a worker and his daily salary icon and the work in progress.

This the office for managerial task. Task such as hire new employees are done here. The employees comes in different rate and skills. They also have names and character!!

A view from a worker. The icon in the left panel indicates the project task progress and percentage of what the machine carries.

Merit for the game:
Great for learning the names and function of the machines, there are hundreds of machine to be discovers in this role player game. The game let players to manage 3M’s in construction (though in a very limited scope):

Manpower
Machinery
Money

Demerit
Going to be a bit dull once you have completed some of the tough stages. The game only provide building works. No bridges, tunnel etc.
Perhaps it’s a good early education for kids and teenagers, encouraging them to look at the construction more than just heavy trucks. After all, by change the mindset of today’s kids, we might contribute to achieve a friendlier construction career in Malaysia for thefurure.