Interesting Times: Customers

gcewing on 2011/04/07 11:01 of Interesting Times

Customer behaviour is starting to come together. In the shot below, the coloured houses have decided to subscribe to newspapers based on what they see at the newsstand (the building in the bottom left corner). Blue houses are subscribed to the Nine Times, red to the opposition. The newspaper on the ground in front of the blue house has just been delivered by the runner.

The coloured bars under the houses represent the customer's loyalty. It increases when you deliver news and decays over time. If it drops too low, the customer may cancel his subscription or switch to the opposition.

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Comments

mauve on 2011/04/07 11:14:

Aw, the little dude looks so cute. The houses look a bit flat by comparison.

john on 2011/04/07 16:49:

Isn't Interesting Times the name of a Terry Pratchett Discworld book?

akira44 on 2011/04/07 17:25:

Wiiii! Go oblique projection! I thought I would be the only one who would draw his sprites this way :)

gcewing on 2011/04/09 12:42:

Aw, the little dude looks so cute. The houses look a bit flat by comparison.

Yeah, that's because the dude was designed by someone professionally good at being talented and artisty, whereas I drew the houses myself. :-(