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Groober

You are a taxi service algorithm. Balance the corporates, the regulator, the passengers, and the drivers to squeeze out maximum profit — and save yourself from being deleted.

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VIBELUTELY GAMES
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About the Game

Raining outside? Raise the prices!
Friday night? Raise the prices!
People got places to be? Raise the prices!
Just want more cash? Well… you get it!

Groober is a Reigns-like game about a taxi app's algorithm. You were built as the most powerful AI ever, made to extract maximum value for the company's owners. Sounds easy — just raise the prices, right?! Well, no: you're going to have to deal with all kinds of problems.

The powers of this world:

・The Corporates. Your creators. They constantly need money. A lot of money. Very much money.
・The Regulator. Constantly wants to shut you down so people go back to riding horse-drawn carts.
・The Clients. They blackmail, whine, and file complaints with the Regulator.
・The Drivers. Your primary workforce. But they just cannot stop themselves from doing sketchy stuff.

Game features:

・Over 50 characters and more than 300 situations
・Unlock new abilities: your own helper-bots, new taxi classes, play mini-quests, and… make friends with Anatoly (you need each other, damn it!)
・Expand your influence: new cities mean new problems — but also new opportunities
・A whole lot of rude humor, satire, and cringe that will slowly lead you to the thought: "Why am I even playing this?"

Besides the great Reigns series, I'd also like to thank for the inspiration: dirty seats, unwashed cars, rudeness, overcharging, and ads that don't match reality!

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