eCommerce '99

About the Game

e-Commerce’99 is a rich and immersive company simulation game that lets you build and manage your own online business empire from the ground up. A deep and procedural simulation allows for emergent gameplay, where your strategic decisions shape a unique path to success.

Craft the perfect online storefront from the ground up. Choose layouts, colors, product displays, and marketing themes that match your business strategy and brand. Create synergies to attract the right customers for your product line up. Stay ahead of the development curve by hiring designers to research new design elements for your website. 

Get orders out the door before customers lose patience. Upgrade your tools and hire workers to stock your warehouse and ship your products faster. Every minute counts in the race to 5-star reviews. The layout of your warehouses matters: Optimize for the shortest walk way and avoid worker queue build up.

From your webstore to your warehouse furniture, personalize every aspect of your business. Want the bleak reality o a cubicle office or the utopian charm of a modern tech start up? Go for it. Buy your cat the latest accessories just to find out it wants to sit in a box instead.  

Outgrow your garage and purchase new buildings. Need an office for your staff? I hope you have a down payment for the vacant office building downtown. Or are you running out of space for your inventory? How about this old factory hall with a foreman office?  Automate, optimize, and experiment with different warehouse layouts to maximize efficiency.

Every action has consequences in a world that simulates market trends and customer behavior. Influence your customers through marketing, your website, product or pricing strategy. Create Monopolies and exploit your market power or diversify to be resistant against market shocks. Each game will have a new combination of customer preference, making each playthrough unique.

Never forget why you're doing this: Your cat needs a new food bowl! Keep her happy and maybe one day she will let you hold her. Feed your cat, pet her and with a bit of patience she will start to bond. Leave a few boxes out and you might find that she prefers those to a soft bed.