General information/en

ABOUT GAME

Virtonomics™ – is a free massively multi-user economic online game. Our players create commercial networks, industrial holdings and business alliances. The goal of the game is to successfully manage your own business in virtual conditions that are extremely close to reality.

Virtonomics™ – is not only a perfect economic simulation, but also a unique space for communication and education, a place where you can establish new business connections and gain useful experience.

To play Virtonomics you need an updated web-browser (we strongly recommend Mozilla Firefox, but it works with other browsers as well).

GAME WORLDS

After registration you can choose one or several game worlds (realms)- Virtonomics Entrepreneur, Virtonomics Tycoon or Virtonomics Business War. These realms were created at different time, therefore their level of economic development, update time, game geography, goods variety etc. differ as well. Servers exist independently: you cannot transfer funds, enterprises or qualification. However, you can use same account to play in different realms. To register a new character in one of the realms, go to «My office/Games» and click on «Start game» in a section of suitable realm. In this case you'll have several game characters in different game worlds. To switch server, go to the top right of your screen and select realm (next to the game date).

GAME ECONOMIC

By playing Virtonomics™ you can try various economic sectors: Production, Agriculture, Mining, Science research or Commerce. You can read more about each sector in corresponding part of game Help.

There are two kinds of production: initial (mining, logging, agriculture) and secondary (production of half-finished and finished goods, animal breeding). Most profitable strategy - is construction of production chains which involve several production fields. The more complicated production is, the longer the chain must be. For example, the longest chain is production of Cars. Science research can improve quality of produced goods. However, before starting any science research, you need to create a reliable source of income — profit from science research is not stable.

Commerce (trade) — is the most quick and fastest way to earn stable income. To succeed in this field you need a store, which can sell ANY goods you want to city customers (city population).

GAME GEOGRAPHY

Virtonomics™ game world consists of multiple countries, which are divided into cities and regions. Every city is the center of business activity: variety of enterprises produce consumer goods, extract natural resources and harvest agricultural products. Cities create the stage for retail and wholesale trade. You can open any kind of enterprise in any city you like, but we strongly recommend that you study information about the city in advance (average salary, wealth and education index). If you want to know more, go to Virtonomics world map.

It is important to note, that certain regions and countries have unique features, like additional quality bonus to certain goods, limitations to open certain subdivisions or their maximum size. You can find that information in Analytics > Bonuses and restrictions.

TIMELINE

Время в игре дискретное. В зависимости от игровой модели, за один реальный день пересчитывается 1 (классическая модель) или 24 (интенсивная модель) хода. Календарно каждый ход приравнен к одной игровой неделе (7 дням). Хронология игры непрерывна, текущая игровая дата в верхней панели игры ведет отсчет с 1 января 00 года. В течение дня вы можете в любое время после окончания очередного пересчета вносить изменения в деятельность своих предприятий, изучить новую информацию и принять соответствующие решения.

Время до начала смены даты в игре в классическом режиме можно найти на верхней панели меню. В интенсивном режиме пересчет происходит каждый час. При старте нового хода игровая ситуация начинает пересчитываться, и после окончания пересчета дата игры и игровая ситуация изменяется одновременно для всех игроков. Длительность пересчета может варьироваться в зависимости от активности игроков и объема изменений глобального мира. Никакие изменения в игре во время пересчета невозможны, доступ ко всем функциям управления и аналитики закрыт.

Virtonomics™ time goes 7 times faster than the real time — one real day is equal to seven virtual days. Game situation is updated once per 24 hours. Thus, shifting it to new game date (additional 1 week). You can visit Virtonomics website any time you want to make changes in your business or to study new data and make proper decisions. After the update (at night, Moscow time) the game date will shift for all players simultaneously. To see more about the time of update, go to «My office — Games».