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Script – Challenge Game

A script can create a game as a challenge game, the same thing the [Challenge Game] section of the New Game Setting menu does.

[CHALLENGE GAME]

Duration

Number of Game Years=<2 to 1000>

How long the challenge game lasts.

Ranking method

Ranking Method=<Score, Revenue, Profit, Goal+Score>

For example, Ranking Method=Goal+Score.

Method Participants are ranked by
Score Their game scores.
Revenue Their corporations’ annual revenue.
Profit Their corporations’ annual profit.
Goal+Score Two criteria in order: first whether they reached the challenge game’s main goal, then their game scores.

Creating a challenge game with a script

Write the script

Save it in the SCRIPT subfolder under your Capitalism Lab folder.

Load it and start the game

On the New Game setup menu, select LOAD SCRIPT, choose your file, and start.

Save it as a challenge game

Press S and select [Save Challenge Game]. It is written to:

Documents\My Games\Capitalism Lab\Challenge

Add a description file and release it

Ship a challenge game description file alongside the saved challenge game.

How to Create Your Own Private Challenge Game The Challenge Game Info File

Questions can go to the Capitalism Lab Forum.

Sample script

Download a Sample Script with All CHALLENGE GAME Variables