Game Dev Tycoon How To Hire Someone With Good Design

You can hire new employees when you're in an office (Out of the garage) by pressing the 'Fill Position' button.

You can then choose how much you want to spend on searching for staff (By adjusting the budget slider), and how you want to filter your possible staff. (Technology, Design, or Design and Technology)

1 Budget
2 Filters
3 Employee Attributes
- 3.1 Employee attributes effects
4 Algorithm for finding new employees:
5 Famous People

Budget [ ]

The higher the budget set, the more options you will have for Staff members and the more skilled they will be.

Filters [ ]

Complex Algorithms: Technology
Game Demo: Design & Technology
Showreel: Design

Employee Attributes [ ]

Atribute	Effects
Technology	Increases amount of Technology Bubbles
Design	Increases amount of Design Bubbles
Speed	Increases bugfixing and increases amount of regeneration during vacation and how quickly staff starts working after returning.
Research	Increases amount of Research Bubbles.
Level	Staff gain experience and level up. Reaching certain level thresholds unlocks specialization.

Employee attributes effects [ ]

These effects apply to the following activities :

Game Development (detailed algorithm : Tech and Design Points Generation Algorithm)
Custom Game Engine
Contracts

They can however be modified during the course of a game via Training, and are a requirement for mission specialization and domain specialization

Algorithm for finding new employees: [ ]

The available Employee properties depend on the Budget size and Office Level

Budget Ratio:

b – Percentage of Budget Slider (range: 0-1)

Office level factor:

e = (0.8 for Office Level 4 or 0.4 for Office Level 1-3) + (0.2 with 5% chance bonus) is in range 0.4 - 1

Cost for finding Employee:

(2 + 198*(-0.5*b*b*b*b + 3*b*b*b*b - 3.5*b*b*b + 2*b*b -> rounded down) * 10,000 is in range 20,000- 2,000,000

Number of Employees that will be found:

h = [ 2+3*(b+0.2 -> clamped between 0 and 1) ] -> Rounded down is in range 1 - 5

Slider percentage	Search cost	Employee count
0%	20,000	2
14%	80,000	3
47%	440,000	4
80%	1,110,000	5

Employee search duration:

Between 1.5 and 3 weeks.

Budget factor:

BF = b/3+(1-b/3)*(random number between 0 and 1) is in range 0 - 1

Game calculates Tech and Design complements from MinTech/MinDesign Ratios, result in the form of a table:

	MinTech	MinDesign	TechComplement	DesComplement
Complex Algorithms	0.6	-	0	0.4
Game Demo	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
Showreel	-	0.6	0.6	0.4

Game checks whether famous Employee is found:

R1 - first random number between 0 and 1  R2 - second random number between 0 and 1  BF > 0.5 and R1 > 0.5 and R2 > 0.5 - all conditions must be fulfilled

If the Employee is not famous, the game checks whether a famous Employee can be searched for again (Maximum of 2 times)

(b+0.1 - clamped between 0 and 0.7) =>              (Randomized Number between 1 and 0)

Afterwards, the game generates a Name, Surname, and Sex.

Percentage of chance between Male and Female:
	Male	Female
Famous	85%	15%
Not Famous	75%	25%

Parameters:

C=[(5*L -> rounded down) -> clamped between 1 and 5]

The game then sets up the employees properties:

Name  Quality Factor: L = 0.2 + e * BF - Ranges from 0.2 to 1.2   Design skill focus: D =  2/5*C*(TechComplement + DesComplement*(Random, between 1 and 0))  Tech skill focus: T =  2/5*C - D  Research skill focus: R = 0.2 + e * R1   Speed skill focus: S = 0.2 + e * R2   Efficiency: 0.05  Salary: P = [C * 10000 +/- 20% - RandomValue] (Rounded to the nearest thousand)  Famous: F = R1 > 0.5 && R2 > 0.5 && BF > 0.5  Gender: Dependent upon percentage of chance, found above.

Famous People [ ]

Name	Gender	Area
Bill J. Allen (Paul Allen)		Tech
Dennis Avelone (Chris Avelone)		Tech
Arthur Bee		General
Mick Brash (Michael Abrash)		Design or Tech
Bill Bright (Will Wright)		Design
Lucy Broadshaw (Lucy Bradshaw)		General
Rina Brok		General
Jennifer Cavanagh		General
Richard Chariott (Richard Garriott)		Tech
Jona Chen (John Cena)		Design
Drew Darpyshyn (Drew Karpyshyn)		Design
Nathaniel Diaz (Nate Diaz)		Design
James Di Margiti		Tech
David Draben (David Braben)		Design
David Drossman (Craig Crossman)		Design
Phillip Fesh (Phil Fish)		General
Michael Fisher		Design
Kevin Flin (Kevin Flynn)		General
James E. Garmack (John D. Carmack)		Tech
Ronny Garmel (Ron Carmel)		General
Dennis Habbabis (Demis Hassabis)		General
Heather Hailey (Heather Kelley)		General
Clinton Harris		General
Leeroy Jenkins		General
Arnt Johnson		General
Laureen Kamo (Maureen Carroll)		General
Ralph Koster (Raph Koster)		General
Andres Lamot (Andre LaMothe)		Design
Beverly Larand		Tech
Jane Lean		General
Jack Long		General
Allen Low (Al Lowe)		General
Chris Maley		General
Migeru Mayomoto (Shigeru Miyamoto)		Design
Eduard McGillen (Edmund McMillen)		Design
Sip Meyer (Sid Meier)		Design or Tech
Hasir Nebelli (Nasir Gebelli)		Design or Tech
Amy Nenning (Amy Hennig)		General
Martin Person (Markus Persson)		Tech
Paul Pres (Paul Frees?)		General
Peter Polynox (Peter Molyneux)		Design or Tech
Ron Raglow (Don Daglow)		Tech
Ricky Rartle (Richard Bartle)		General
Riana Ratchett (Rhianna Pratchett)		Design
Paul Reed		Tech
Tom References (Tommy Refenes)		Tech or Design
Christian Robertson (Chris Roberts)		Tech
Eric Robertson		Tech
Erica Robinson		General
Tony Rodriguez		General
Johnny Rome (John Romero)		Design
Alex Rose		Tech
Scott Rro		Design
Tom Schofer (Tim Schafer)		Tech
Ben Silverman (Ken Silverman)		Tech
Joe Smodley (John Smedley)		General
Jerry Sole (Jeremy Soule)		Tech
Christoph Sowyer (Chris Sawyer)		Tech
Kyle Stabler (Kyle Gabler)		General
Markus Stonefeather		Tech
Mark Torris		General
Warden Vector (Warren Spector)		General
Dino Watty		General
Brenda Wrathbate		General
Pauline Zobeck		General