Publisher HandyGames and developer CrazyBunch have announced Tattoo Tycoon, a tattoo parlor management game coming to PC via Steam. A release date was not announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Tattuga Bay was once the heart of the tattoo scene, but today almost all parlors are closed. You take over the last remaining tattoo shop and turn it into a flourishing business, while making friends or enemies with other local characters, from weird customers, and troubled tattoo artists to the city’s most influential businessman, simply called “the Tycoon.”
Think Ink
Order furniture from INKEA and make your rooms look fresh to lure in more customers. Talk to them to find out what they really like and what to avoid. Only then can you offer them a tattoo design they cannot refuse.
You’ll need a steady hand to get ink into skin and not hurt your customers (too much) in the process. Beauty is pain, but the happier they are with your work, the bigger the tip.
Night and Day
Time is money. You decide when to open and close your shop and how to spend your limited time and energy to meet the new challenges of each new day.
Practice your skills and styles, hire new employees, and manage the day-to-day life of a tattoo artist.
Customized to Each Customer
Everyone has their own interests. You’ll need a wide range of tattoos, decorations, and related products like skincare, t-shirts, and posters. People might also want coffee, a cool drink, or some snacks as well as comfortable seating while they wait for their turn to get a tattoo.
To help you manage your ever-expanding customer base, you must assemble a capable team of specialists who can cover the different steps when working with a customer.
A Personal Story
You design and play your own character in Tattoo Tycoon and form personal relationships with the people around you. Learn about their issues and help them to earn their trust.
While you can start marketing campaigns to promote your art, personal connections, and word-of-mouth are as important to get famous in the tattoo world. And only the most famous artists can enter the most prestigious tattoo competition: Ink-Vasion!
Key Features
- Create your own character and experience a unique story.
- Manage every aspect of being an aspiring tattoo artist, entrepreneur, and shop manager.
- Pick one of many tattoo parlors in a vibrant city and bring it all the way to the top—or move places and have a change of scene as often as you like—each part of town comes with its own challenges and benefits!
- Customize and specialize your store with technical tattoo equipment, interactive store elements, and a plethora of decorations and furniture.
- Unlock over 100 unique tattoo designs, acquire new customers, choose your studio equipment, and expand your tattoo skills.
- Tattoo your customers but be careful: each customer group has its own likes and dislikes which need to be thoroughly evaluated to craft the perfect tattoo.
- From tattoo artists to desk clerks, hire a team for your tattoo parlor and make it your own.
Watch the announcement trailer below.