Manhattan Expands Before Your Very Eyes!
Manhattan is a BIG place... way too big to con-
struct one building at a time. To help you,
Tycoon City constantly monitors what you are
doing and helps you along. This means that as
you build you will see other buildings being con-
structed. Basically it works like this: If you are busy building shops and businesses, the game
will assess how many residents the area can now support, and will build residential properties,
flooding people into the area to spend money in your wonderful new businesses. If, however,
you decide you want to be a real-estate king and build lots of residential properties, the game
will assess the population and build supporting businesses to satisfy the people’s needs.
But be careful, because the game is also your competitor! If you want to be the richest, most
powerful entrepreneur in New York City, you will have to build far better and more prestigious
businesses than those that are building up around you!
Wonderful Opportunities
In Build New York mode, you will meet various New York locals who will present you with excit-
ing new business and civic opportunities.
Whenever a new opportunity becomes available, you will be alerted by the Ticker Tape. Once an
opportunity becomes available, you can address it at any time. You can also have multiple
opportunities running at once. Open the Opportunity panel and select from any of the unlocked
opportunities to meet one of the New York City locals.
Listen to what these people say! Then check the
Opportunity panel and build what you need to
reach the opportunity’s requirements.
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Find out what people want
To survey the needs of the city population, click on any pedestrian on the streets. The Citizen
Information panel will open showing you the individual’s information and current needs. For a
bigger view, you can pick on a residential building, which will present you with the aggregate
desires of all of the residents of the building.
Build! Build! Build!
Once you know what people want, you can start building businesses for them. Are they hungry?
Build them some restaurants. Do they want retail shopping? Build them a clothing store. Do
they want entertainment? How about a nightclub?
But be careful…
Different people have different tastes, and people with similar tastes tend to stick together. So
make sure that the businesses you build match the tastes and the pockets of the people in the
area, otherwise your businesses may bomb.
Are you in an insanely wealthy area? Or is it somewhere more bohemian? Can university stu-
dents really afford to eat in an exclusive French restaurant? (Do they even own a tie?) Do
supermodels really want to go to a cheap bar? (Imagine the hassle!) … You decide.
Upgrade, Enhance, Bigger & Better
Once you have built your businesses, make sure to do what you can to improve them. You want
yours to be the best, so upgrade it and make it more beautiful. How about something to draw
people in? Place some tables for people to sit at, or a waitress to improve service and increase
customer satisfaction.
Sphere of Influence
Every business has a Sphere of Influence. This is
the total area around the business in which citizens
are aware of the establishment. You can check a
business’s Sphere of Influence by clicking on the
building and then selecting the SOI button.
Upgrading your business will increase its Sphere of
Influence, making more people aware of it and
drawing more people in the doors. Increasing the
Businesses Rating will also add to the range of the
Sphere of Influence – the more popular the busi-
ness, the more word will spread!
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Watch for the reactions of people coming out of your businesses. If they’re
unhappy, you’ll be able to see it clearly in their actions.
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