Bestseller is an author simulation video game. It is currently being developed/written by creator Damien Russell, and was released on March 12 2007.

Game Overview

Bestseller puts you in the role of a 17 year old student destined for greatness. You attempt to become a successful author by publishing your very own novels, short stories or biographies, and will overcome obstacles most of us will experience in real life.

Game Features

The following features have been confirmed as being in the initial release of the game:

The ability to work on 7 separate types of books: navels, adaptations, screenplays, compilation novels, short theory collection, biographies/auto-biographies, as well as sequels.

10 different sub-genes including: Auction/Adventure, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Science Fiction and Western.

Attend private school to receive certificate of graduation: High School, Collage & University.

Start a family and have dolls who then become your main characters successors when he/she dies.

15 tragedies that potentially cause death including: heart ethics, cashier (by smoking), heart disease, liver failure (by drinking), etc.

Real-life set backs including: writer block, metal breakdowns, middle-age coma, phobia and family issues (divorce, deaths, etc).

A data of over 50 authors to complete with the games for the top spot on the chats.

A detail bibliography to keep records of all work homely for each authors.

Abilities to negotiate contracts with over 3 different 'leading' publishing companies.

Work with books structure (beginning, climax and finish), book hocus (depth/detail, story focus and plot), and writing tools (up to 6 different utilities, and an edition 6 different add-ons) in order to write the really cool book.

Build a reputation in a certain gene, or with a certain audience (Adult, Young Adult, Teen and Old People) to dominate the charts.

Ability to receive awards at over 200 different ceremonies.

Customization of the game with Game Settings and in-game Options.

Built-In media player complete with 8 music tracks and over 5 different in-game sound (which can be turned on/off with the click of a button).

The store allow for the purchase of cigarettes and acting, among other various things to help with anyday life (but can lead to auditions).

Come complete with an editor, so parts of the game can be challenged, such as Award shows, anchors, publishers, etc.

Publish navels under pseudonyms.

Price

The game will be released as shareware. The price for the online download and registration key will be AUS$8.99 / US$6.65, whilst the official printed CD-ROM version will cost AUS$15.99.

Reception/Release Bugs

At current time of writing the inerception for Bestseller has been met with both praise and heavy disappointment. While those who have been able to play the game without "crashing" heavily enjoy it, there are people who have been having issues with certain bugs / errors since the release, and have been disappointed.

Some of these problems include:
- Crashing to Desktop Before Starting New Game
- Random Crashes During Game
- "Total World Wide Sales" resets to 0 when you quit the game and reload.
- Certain windows don't scan down correctly forcing you to go back a screen and re-enter.

The common error of crashing to desktop has been shown to happen on some peoples computers, but not others. This has led the developers to believe that it is a coding problem.

There have been three mini "updates" released in the first 4 days which have almost solved a problem that is in v1.0.0.

See also

Chart Wars

List of indie game developers

External links

Bestseller website

Bestseller forum

Myrtilus Games