Once you have started the game, you will meet Pam from Johnson Invest. The last two will be almost completely useless to you for much of the early to mid-game. To the left of this bar is a Map icon, which will return you to the initial map screen.įrom left to right, these buttons lead to the Purchase Item menu, the Research menu, the Finance menu, your Inventory, the Employees menu, the Company and Competitors menu, and the Outsourcing menu. Throughout development this menu has changed, but currently it consists of eight buttons. To the left of this menu is a '?' Help button, which will remind players of concepts that the in-game tutorial has previously touched upon.Īt the bottom of the screen, a menu bar is shown with icons representing different pop-up menus within the game that the player can select.
Clicking on this area brings up the Finance menu.Īdditionally, horizontally through this menu, the progression of time throughout the day is visually indicated by a thin blue line that progresses from left to right. Clicking on this area brings up the Research menu. The current time, given by default in the 24 hour format.
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For beginners, Career Mode is recommended.