With the help of Baphomet, bring back Heavy Metal to its former glory by managing a Vintage Record store using the power of the occult...eh...like...Record Store Tycoon meets the Number of the Beast. Become the owner of Vintage Record from Hell and experience this unique store manager, tycoon-type gaming extravaganza for yourself. Prepare to stock up on current heavy metal subgenres, upgrade your store, interact with the local misfits and use the dark arts to bring heavy metal to the top of the charts! The game is a day-by-day experience where you buy heavy metal record subgenres based on current trends, manage your inventory, your marketing, your staff, and make crucial daily decision on where to focus your energy. Organizing records? Helping out cashiers? Walking around as a human billboard...or worshipping the devil. A disappearance. A sacrificial site. A blood-drawn pentacle. Are these the vestige of a ritual gone wrong? It doesn’t matter, Baphomet himself needs your help. Pop music is plaguing the airwaves, humanity is at a loss and the horned god needs you to bring back heavy metal to its former glory. He needs you to open the Gates of Hell in your own record store so that every man, woman, child, and everything in between is converted into a devoted Heavy Metal disciple. If that doesn’t sound like a noble cause, I don’t know what does. As the store manager, you will need to learn to negotiate vinyl record prices based on the clients’ Karma and the overall market trends. Build your own collection of rare vinyl records from different Heavy Metal subgenre ranging from Grindcore to Glam Metal to Death Metal. Add Prestige to your establishment by upgrading record racks, counters, painting walls and adding tile...all this to attract a higher-paying clientele. Keep your record racks filled with the latest heavy metal subgenre trends and adapt your inventory so you don’t end up with stock no one is looking for. Witness as local events from the Heavy Metal scene appears in the local newspaper and influence album sales and can even turn a poorly praised album into a collector’s wet dream. Carefully plan out your marketing campaigns with flyers, newspaper ads or radio jingles and keep an eye on the weather forecast! Meet an ensemble of unique neighborhood misfits, each with their own story to tell and vintage records to sell. Follow their story, resolve each story-driven task and become the most coveted record store in town! Some Key Features • Fluctuating Heavy Metal subgenre market graph to help predict trends. • 5-day weather forecast to help plan out your marketing efforts. • Upgradable store items which will turn your vacant lot into a popular venue. • Buying, selling and dealing system which follows the market trends and sellers’ Karma. • Unique occult style skill tree fitted to the Sigil of Baphomet. • Five unique in-store simulation actions raging from helping staff to worshipping the devil. • A task system that focused on different aspects of the game which also can guide your steps. • Eight story-driven tasks to enjoy while getting to know the community of sellers. • Intergreated Steam achievements.
