Kudos 2 by Positech Games (aka “Cliffski”) is an interesting life-sim game. I have the demo, yet unfortunately I haven’t had much time to play it, though I am sure that I would really enjoy it.

Regardless, Cliffski has done a nice little Post Mortem on the game, it is well worth a read right here.

While you are at it, don’t forget to check out the demo, or even buy the game from this lovely page.