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Emperor: The Bureaucratic Examination

An Emperor Heaven 'Olympics' Competition

Trade Tycoon
 

Welcome to the competition page for the Trade Tycoon. To play this competition game you must have the Emperor Patch 1.0.1.0 installed. 

Click on the link below to download the game starting position:

Trade Tycoon

This download is a zipped .pak file. Unzip the download and place the .pak file in the Emperor Campaigns folder; typically C:\SIERRA\EmperorRotMK\Campaigns. You should then find Trade Tycoon listed when you open the in-game Custom Campaigns. 

Before you start to play ensure that you have selected the correct difficulty; that is, the difficulty at which you registered to play the Emperor: The Bureaucratic Examination competition games. The in-game engine will automatically apply a 20% reduction to the initial funds for the very hard game, so the appropriate initial funds for each difficulty are:

Normal: 8000 strings of cash
Very Hard: 6400 strings of cash

Now you can play.

This game was designed by BobT. 
The beta testers were Merepatra and Granite Q. 

Mission briefing

The familiar figure of the examiner, Yang Ya Bo, stepped up to the lectern again.

"Greetings Young Hopefuls. Today's test will be all about trade. Trade is the lifeblood of our cities. Trade is what made the Middle Kingdom what it is: the pinnacle of civilisation."

"Yours will be a simple task.  Your post will be in the city of Anyi from where you will have to demonstrate your good intentions to the neighbouring cities. Some of these cities you will need to convince of being allies, some to be trade partners, and others will need to be persuaded to gift you animals for your menagerie, so use your diplomatic skills well. You will also need to make money, a minimum of 3,000 strings of cash will let you pass the test, but the more skill you show at making money the better your results. "

Quick hands made notes as the examiner spoke, ink flowed from wolfhair pencil. Yang Ya Bo was silent then turned as if to leave the lectern. He hesitated, then turned back to the gathered crowd. 

"Ah, Young Hopefuls, did I mention you will need to do all of the above in only 8 years?"


Rules

Please note that the Emperor: The Bureaucratic Examination Competition Rules apply to this competition game.

If you have a query about this game which you feel (if posted on the Emperor Heaven forum) may breach Rule 7 (the 'No Game Discussion' rule), you should email your question to  graniteq@heavengames.com

This competition closes at 12 midnight, Sunday 23rd May 2004, US Eastern Time,  ET(US) - that's Heaven Games default forum time, should you wish to calculate the closing time in your own time zone. 


Competition Completion Criteria

Your competition entry must be a saved game in January 193 BCE. Please ensure there is sufficient time to pause your saved game and view it (at 10% speed) before the turn of the year.

The minimum criteria that your saved game competition entry should meet are:

1. Minimum 2 allied cities
2. Minimum 4 Trading Partners
3. Minimum yearly profit of 3000 strings of cash
4. Minimum 6 Menagerie Animals
5. Your city must not be vassal
6. Your saved game must be able to run to a successful mission completion (victory screen) without any intervention from the assessor.

The in-game mission goal to survive 8 years is for assessment purposes only, you should ignore this requirement.

Winning Criteria

The winning criteria are:
1) The largest amount of city funds (at the time of your save) 
    (as shown on the right of the mission goals page)
2) The largest yearly profit 
    (as shown on the right of the mission goals page)

The second criterion will be used to separate entries which are tied in criterion 1.

How to Enter

You should save your competition entry files using the following naming convention:
tradetycoon-YourName-Difficulty.sav 

ZIP the saved game using a program like Winzip (download it for free) or the  compression utility in Windows XP. Make sure the name of the zipped file follows the same naming convention.

Go to the Emperor Downloads Page and submit your entries.
To upload your entry, select Submit. Now select the E:BE Submissions and go through the regular procedures. Please fill in the title of the map (i.e. the game specific title which includes your name). The Short Description and File Description can be filled with EBE, or the File Description can be used to add information about your entry. Next select the proper Contest (name) and Difficulty tags.
Once you have filled in everything you can press the Submit button.

Please Note: Only the Staff involved in the E:BE can view the uploaded files. Everyone else will get an error trying to view the E:BE Submissions list.



Designers' Advice

The start date for this game is February 200BCE. Your competition entry should be a saved game in January 193 BCE. You should ignore this requirement to survive 8 years.

Remember to make a manual save in January of every year. You will get a message informing you of an increase in the price of paper (which plays no part in the game) as a reminder to make these saves.

Have fun!!
BobT

To participate in these competition games you must have the Emperor Update 1.0.1.0 patch installed.
You can download it from here

Links to other Emperor: Bureaucratic Examination pages:
General Overview
Competition Rules
Game Features
Events & Scoring
Scoreboard - Normal Difficulty
Scoreboard - Very Hard Difficulty