In the strategic building simulation Tropico 5, you take on the role of the governor El Presidente, who is given the task of administering the fictitious island state of Tropico as a colony of the Crown. Beginning in the colonial era, the task is first to build up an economy from a bird's eye view, to ensure the safety and satisfaction of the inhabitants, to issue decrees and finally to declare Tropico's independence. From the subsequent period of world wars, through the cold war, to modern times, as El Presidente you must continue to expand your own state, establish trade routes, research new technologies, maintain diplomatic relations and finally win elections, while completing smaller missions and individual main missions in parallel. Such missions can be, for example, the generation of a certain amount of money in the state treasury or the export of a given amount of raw materials, whereby these can also be linked to a time limit. Besides an election defeat due to low satisfaction of the population (housing, work, health, food, etc.), an attack on the palace by domestic rebels or foreign forces can also cause the mission to fail. A building menu provides an overview of the available buildings, including those that must be unlocked either through research or by reaching a later age. In addition, there is a diplomacy menu, a research tree and an almanac. In the latter, several sub-menus can be opened, for example, to call up information on the state treasury balance, the (un)satisfaction of the population or the status of relations with major foreign powers.  After a tutorial, apart from the campaign, there is the option of playing a sandbox mode as well as PvP and co-op multiplayer with up to four players. In a competitive PvP game, players build on a common island to achieve one of the predefined victory conditions, such as a certain amount of state capital, the construction of a special building or the completion of orders that give points.

Master thesis Julien Hauer