Real Estate DLC: Land Auction game design #1
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 1:51 am
Here is the first draft of Land Auction game design from the dev team. Please let us know your comments and/or suggestions.
Land Auction
Residential land plots will be sold to companies via government auctions.
When an auction takes place, all companies can make a bid.
When an auction session has ended and nobody made a bid, the land plot will become available for instant purchase – anyone can buy the land instantly from now on.
There will be an option: “Notify me whenever a land auction takes place.”
The game will pop up a window informing the player of an auction, the player can choose to participate in the auction or ignore it.
The player can open a window showing a list of upcoming land auction events. The player can double-click on the list of scheduled auctions to view the locations of the land plots to be auctioned. To get a notification when an auction takes place, the player can check on the boxes of auctions of interest.
Residential and Shopping District, and Commercial District
The government may put a large plot of residential land for sale in a suburban or rural area and restrict its purpose to residential development only. The government may also sell suburban or rural land plots via auction. It is up to the mayor to decide that.
For downtime areas where land supply is scarce, the government may only put a small plot of land for sale via auction each time, which can be 3x3, 4x4 or even 2x2.
Industrial Zone
For an industrial zone, it will not be sold via auction. Instead, the mayor will allocate a large plot of land for industrial development.
Companies cannot buy industrial land plots without investing into building a real business operation. They must build a factory or a warehouse in order to buy the land plot underneath it. When a company shuts down a factory, the land must be sold back to the government.
Land Auction
Residential land plots will be sold to companies via government auctions.
When an auction takes place, all companies can make a bid.
When an auction session has ended and nobody made a bid, the land plot will become available for instant purchase – anyone can buy the land instantly from now on.
There will be an option: “Notify me whenever a land auction takes place.”
The game will pop up a window informing the player of an auction, the player can choose to participate in the auction or ignore it.
The player can open a window showing a list of upcoming land auction events. The player can double-click on the list of scheduled auctions to view the locations of the land plots to be auctioned. To get a notification when an auction takes place, the player can check on the boxes of auctions of interest.
Residential and Shopping District, and Commercial District
The government may put a large plot of residential land for sale in a suburban or rural area and restrict its purpose to residential development only. The government may also sell suburban or rural land plots via auction. It is up to the mayor to decide that.
For downtime areas where land supply is scarce, the government may only put a small plot of land for sale via auction each time, which can be 3x3, 4x4 or even 2x2.
Industrial Zone
For an industrial zone, it will not be sold via auction. Instead, the mayor will allocate a large plot of land for industrial development.
Companies cannot buy industrial land plots without investing into building a real business operation. They must build a factory or a warehouse in order to buy the land plot underneath it. When a company shuts down a factory, the land must be sold back to the government.