Metropolis:3020

Metropolis: 3020
"'Metropolis: 3020 is a Resource Management and Card Duelling Video Game set in an alternate reality in the year 3020. It is based in the American city of Metropolis, which has become the world's focal point for fame and fortune, as well as Magic. To win, you must accumulate and manage a set of Resources and fight over the Assets that generate them by using Cards with special abilities.'"From the game's ReadMe file.

Metropolis: 3020 is a video game released for Windows 10 in December 2018. It is a free to play, independently-developed game which borrows stylistically from the Roaring 20's. The game was developed using the native Windows environment and does not use an advanced graphics engine such as Direct X. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer capacity.

About the Game
There are two modes of play, Story Mode and Gauntlet Mode. In Story Mode, the player chooses a character and receives a small amount of Resources with which to start up their business. The object of the game is to beat the AI-controlled Rival to amass a fortune of $1,000,000 before they do. In order to generate Cash and other Resources, the player is required to place bids on Assets at the Auction House. If the bid goes uncontested, the player acquires the Asset for their business. Otherwise, if both the player and the rival bid on an Asset, a Card Duel begins to decide who gets to keep it.

Combat in Metropolis: 3020 is dictated by Magic Card Duels. The player is given a hand of Cards with unique abilities and must choose them carefully to outsmart the opponent.

Development Process
The game was developed in the C++ language and used the native windows API (win32). Its structure is somewhat naive and basic, given the simplicity of the game engine and its requirements. It was developed over a period of 9 months.