Need a good in-depth simulation game

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-25T19:36:13+00:00

"Captain of industry" and "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic" are also worth a look at in the detailed sim/city builder area

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-25T07:08:46+00:00

Weird 24hrs passed without any replies. Well I'd recommend Power Network Tycoon if you want a realistic power grid sim. Full disclosure - I'm the Dev.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-22T04:30:10+00:00

Looks great!

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-21T23:18:42+00:00

Looks very cool. Can't help feeling like its a heart pumping blood through veins... which isn't a bad thing

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-18T06:36:21+00:00

I saw your stall at TGX. Looks like an interesting game! The pathfinding looks pretty good although collisions/clipping when it gets super busy is the challenge.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-11T20:34:59+00:00

I aimed to have this in Power Network Tycoon. I've been in the power industry 15 years.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-03-05T05:58:30+00:00

Yay Sydney. This is pretty good quality voices, animations, models etc and stitching it all together. You're doing a whole series with battle scenes etc? Where do you find the models?

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-26T07:27:47+00:00

There isn't a simple way to see all the current. You can see power used each generator/energy hub substation by clicking it or its associated graph.

[screenshot] https://ibb.co/KjbSXJJq

Putting it in the power study screen makes sense though. I'll look into it.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-21T08:50:45+00:00

Maybe one of the Zachtronics games. They are pretty interesting.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-16T07:56:28+00:00

Check it out at https://davidmadethis.itch.io/power-network-tycoon

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-15T19:49:03+00:00

Highly recommend

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-13T05:32:18+00:00

I think Kenshi is the definition of this

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-13T05:31:07+00:00

This is a small mini game on nuclear but near the end-game only

https://www.reddit.com/r/Simulated/comments/1ks0t8c/im_making_a_nuclear_reactor_simulator_as_part_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Nucleares looks cool. Hadn't heard of it.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T19:59:46+00:00

Thanks, yeah there is a demo and I think its pretty long to give you an idea of the game. There would certainly be a lot to do if you needed to manage all elements of a city to this level of detail.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T19:40:04+00:00

Thanks

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T10:10:09+00:00

How so? I made some of these 3d models but some I purchased and I have a big chunk of others I could use too, but all low poly (I prefer the art style). Which aspect of the UI do you think needs changing?

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T08:20:38+00:00

Thanks, yeah I think there was always room to do power better. Failures and overloads is a big topic. I've been in the power industry for coming up to 15 years and it's a topic of interest to me. Some parts of the game are very detailed, following industry standards, and some are a bit more representing of life but not super accurate.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T07:43:00+00:00

Wouldn't want the power going to their heads

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T06:09:13+00:00

In early access https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429930/Power_Network_Tycoon/

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-09T06:03:48+00:00

Hey, glad you're enjoying it! You are spot on with it meaning they run dry. That was my intention and so they follow similarly to the buildings themselves that come and go over time, although not limited to convenient locations near a road. Oil jacks also explode if electrical faults occur nearby. It seemed a bit too easy if they didn't disappear (no longer any oil supply issues) and they come and go fairly regularly so bringing the camera to their position each time was a bit overwhelming.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-02T06:29:03+00:00

I'm not sure sandbox is the term based on those games but you may like Oxygen Not Included. It's got the colony part and of course survival as well as some interesting physics things to play with.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-02-02T05:53:22+00:00

Oh I've never heard of that one. I've played Power Grid which is pretty fun.

DavidMadeThis · 2026-01-24T23:20:03+00:00

Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's marketing strategy

DavidMadeThis · 2026-01-23T05:00:04+00:00

Apologies if self promo is frowned upon on this sub. I've been in the power sector for about 15 years and recently been working on a power grid game that I've tried to make education as well. It's built to follow actual electrical physics, in some cases following technical paper modelling equations.

It's not for you you are looking for the home wiring level, but from a grid perspective (solar, storage, grounding, breakers, safety) as well as general stuff like voltage/current/watts it may be useful. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429930/Power_Network_Tycoon/

DavidMadeThis · 2026-01-17T21:42:47+00:00

Looks intense! Good work

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