

Fish tycoon fish breeding chart plus#
The ease of choosing commands – simply carried out via the '5' button – is one of the game's plus points. A well-structured interface allows you to view, feed and breed each fish. Your route to success is through the inventory screens. So it's up to you to rediscover the magical species to restore balance to the pond. Sadly, they've mysteriously disappeared, and the pond is now lifeless. It transpires that a tiny pond on the island of Isola once contained seven magical fish that helped the population thrive. Still, the developer has made an effort to inject extra motivation into the game, with the slightest of backstory. Your aim, unsurprisingly, is to amass as much cash from your fledgling business as possible – enough, we'd suggest, so you can retire to somewhere hot and dry because, after a week of this, you'll be sick of the little buggers. On that basis, you start out with one tank and a sprinkling of fish to feed, breed and sell on. As the title suggests, it's one of those long-winded strategy titles where the focus is on decision-making and inventory management rather than tickling your goldfish's tummy. Frankly, it seems more like an endurance test than a hobby.Īt least, in that scenario, Fish Tycoon ticks some boxes. Spend hundreds of pounds on tanks, equipment and coral, and then you've got to waste weeks setting up, checking the water's acidity and dealing with algal blooms before you can enjoy your first goldfish.

Keeping fish is no laughing matter, either. Fish may have proved themselves when it comes to being the stars of animated movies or populating pretty screensavers, but games? Finding Nemo aside, surely they're too fiddly and ugly to gain a place in our hearts?
