Tropico

Tropico is a city-building construction and management simulation video game series created by PopTop Software. The franchise was introduced in 2001 with Tropico. With the exception of Tropico 2: Pirate Cove, the games task players to assume control of "El Presidente", a ruler who runs an island-based banana republic. He must construct infrastructure, draft policies, forge diplomatic relationships with other nations in the world, and keep their citizens content. Haemimont Games led the development of three Tropico games from 2009 to 2014. Limbic Entertainment developed Tropico 6 (2019). Franchise owner Kalypso Media subsequently assigned one of its internal developers, Realmforge Studios, to develop all future content for the franchise. History Gathering of Developers (2001-2003) Tropico was developed by PopTop Software, the company behind Railroad Tycoon II. For the game's development, the team's size increased from six employees to ten, including seven artists and three programmers. The idea for the first Tropico is to create a city-building game and integrate political elements into it. Elaborating on the concept of the game, PopTop's Franz Felsl said that the player's "job is social engineering as much as it is urban planning and industry building". Publisher Gathering of Developers announced the game in April 2000. A Dreamcast version of the game was announced but ultimately cancelled by the developer. Tropico is a criticial success. Its depiction of serious political issues through tongue-in-cheek humour was praised.