Mitrapunk is a simulator of software development within a corporation, with a focus on processes and interactions with people. Your task is to produce the best possible features by managing available resources. You decide which features to build and what constitutes the best feature. Decisions are made based on real obstacles that arise in the process of building top-tier applications that you use every day.
You take on the role of a engineering manager in a leading software corporation, akin to
Google, Facebook, or Apple. You're responsible for envisioning, designing, coding, and supporting new features for a demanding userbase. You work alongside other managers and teams. Every individual in the organization has unique values and visions, and you must find a way to work effectively with them.
An
engineering manager is an engineer on one hand and a people manager. This is the key role that allows Big Tech organizations to function and scale. This game aims to reproduce real experience in a game format to share the knowledge
WORLD
Mitrapunk's world boasts a light cyberpunk style. The society here possesses a more developed sense of aesthetics, and constructing unattractive things is prohibited. The game unfolds the story of the world as you progress.
MAIN FEATURES
- Manage your team of software engineers, nurture their talents, and assist them in their promotions.
- Construct and release features while maintaining the complexity, extendibility, and numerous other parameters of the project.
- Be prepared to make tough decisions amid conflicting leadership directives.
- Determine which strategy makes more sense in the current situation: writing stellar code or delivering more features.
- Understand the process, identify weaknesses, and address them to earn respect from senior leadership.
- Negotiate with others on any organizational aspect.
- Outwit other managers with your skill or cunning.
- Collaborate with other teams to obtain a synergy bonus in new features or architectures.
- Earn promotions and come out on top in the corporate race.
NEGOTIATIONS
Negotiations, though complex, are crucial for a manager. In the game, you'll engage in discussions on various matters, such as the assignment of API integration, selection of default architecture, and project leadership, among others.