Golden Parachute - Video Game Idea

[Hoblit]

Ok, here's my proposal for a new video game.

It'll be called Golden Parachute.

Theme: You're given the job of CEO for a fortune 500 company with 500 billion profits quarterly. You're goal is to run the company into the ground within the parameters of your stock holder's control, as fast as you can while accumulating as much personal wealth as you can. Bonus points for bonuses and extra points given per speed in which you drive the company down at each level.

Levels will be your corner stone quarterly stats with significant difficulties accumulating as you go. You'll have to deal with your share holders and other board members coming up with good ideas to keep the company afloat. (Such as special bank credit and loans or buying up the competition therefore depleting some of your personal prospects.) There would be a bonus level dealing with U.S. Government bail out loans. Basically you'd still have to trash the company after getting a huge loan while being able to pocket as much of that government money as you possibly can.

Ways to lose the game are obvious. If you're company makes four quarters profitable in any part of the game with an instant loss if it is profitable for two quarters in a row. You could also get lynched by a mob of unruly citizens or ex-employees (Because you'll have cut some jobs to make more money for the company that will in turn effect your bonuses in a positive manner.)who have had enough of your bad management. And of course the share holders have an obligation to replace you if you lose too much money TOO fast.

The game will be balance of pulling the wool over the eyes of everyone, profit as much as you possibly can while you simultaneously take the company for the ultimate nose dive.


I know you have ideas, get it off your chest.

[Billy's Little Trip]

The CEO would be able to get an invisible force field against unruly activists every time he spends some of the employee benefits money on eco friendly research and a prototype that will never work worth a shit.

[Hoblit]

The CEO would be able to get an invisible force field against unruly activists every time he spends some of the investors money on eco friendly research and a prototype that will never work worth a shit.

The worse the investment works the longer the shield lasts.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Extra kick backs and perks from the oil companies for every gas guzzling SUV produced. The more inefficient, the more he gets in his back pocket.
But, for every car that's produced that is fuel efficient, the oil companies double gas prices so that he can't sell his soccer mom tanks, which loses some of his quarterly bonus money.

[Hoblit]

Extra kick backs and perks from the oil companies for every gas guzzling SUV produced. The more inefficient, the more he gets in his back pocket.
But, for every car that's produced that is fuel efficient, the oil companies double gas prices so that he can't sell his soccer mom tanks, which loses some of his quarterly bonus money.

Ah, we'd make that one aspect though. Like, instead of choosing which character you wanted to be...or what map you wanted, you'd get to chose which kind of company you'd be.

Financial Industry
Automotive Giant
Big Oil
(Room for more)

Even throw in an 'easy' or 'training' level called Dot Com.

[Spud]

Extra kick backs and perks from the oil companies for every gas guzzling SUV produced. The more inefficient, the more he gets in his back pocket.
But, for every car that's produced that is fuel efficient, the oil companies double gas prices so that he can't sell his soccer mom tanks, which loses some of his quarterly bonus money.

You seen to be assuming that this game has something to do with the Automotive Industry. Hoblit didn't specify that anywhere.

[Billy's Little Trip]

That's true. It's just heavy on my mind at the moment.

[Henrietta]

Maybe a level where you have to reach the shredder before the timer runs out... while you fend off insubordinate employee attacks with a BFG that shoots pink slips.

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Wow, Harry the Handsome Executive meets Steve Jackson Games...

[Lord of Oats]

I actually saw a computer game in Big Lots called "Big Oil."

"Are you kidding me?" I loudly thought to myself.

[Hoblit]

Bonus points for busting people spending bank errors. (If you choose the financial sector as your 'game map' or whatever)

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