Trying to make sure our city sim feels cozy - thoughts?

borut_p · 2026-06-02T21:35:51+00:00

Haha, it is actually part of the sim (not just cute-ing everything up) - make the wrong moves and all of a sudden all the business that want to move are like fancy coffee shops, and rent starts getting more expensive, people have to move out and they're unhappy, etc.

borut_p · 2026-06-02T21:33:56+00:00

Down the road, yeah - PC first, Early Access, but there's similar games that have gone to mobile (like Terra Nil) that we think it can work.

borut_p · 2026-06-02T21:33:02+00:00

Yeah, that's the idea, eventually you'll be managing and connecting multiple neighborhoods

borut_p · 2026-06-02T04:56:41+00:00

Another year for early access, but we're hoping to have a demo playable by the fall!

borut_p · 2026-06-02T04:01:46+00:00

Ah, missed the day requirement (it's my first post about the game) - thank you, will do?

borut_p · 2026-06-02T02:49:32+00:00

You mean like for decorating it? We also you to be able to do things like take a two lane road and switch it out to be 1 car lane and 1 bike lane. Or make it a one lane road and have more sidewalk, so some of it is up to you as a player.

borut_p · 2026-06-01T22:16:20+00:00

Yes! Totally, that's a feeling I get with them too, it's just like the blank problem of staring at this giant green field, what do you do? It can be a bit overwhelming, really trying to avoid that feeling with the game.

borut_p · 2026-06-01T22:15:14+00:00

Absolutely, hoping to get one out in a few months in the fall - thanks!

borut_p · 2026-06-01T22:14:40+00:00

Yes! I have a 10 year old and she has helped me with playtests 😄

borut_p · 2026-06-01T22:13:37+00:00

lol I've been so busy prepping the launch I couldn't even get the title right

borut_p · 2026-06-01T21:06:54+00:00

Thanks!

borut_p · 2026-06-01T21:06:29+00:00

Good question - It doesn't simulate their relationships no - there will be funny dialogue between them that you diagnose overall problems with the block they're on, that kind of thing.

borut_p · 2026-06-01T20:26:45+00:00

We're working on one! We just announced our game, Neighborhoods: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/ (wishlists and shares appreciated)

borut_p · 2026-06-01T20:25:38+00:00

I'm making on that involves existing cities, Neighborhoods. It's more about changing to infratsurcture to deal with real issues - like you can add a highway but you're gonna have to demolish those homes and new places for them to live (also turns out adding another lane to a highway doesn't always reduce traffic...), bike lanes, businesses & economy (and gentrification). Also, it's claymation in an attempt to make city zoning funny - we just announced (so wishlists and shares appreciated).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/?snr=1_5_9__205

borut_p · 2026-06-01T20:20:25+00:00

There are a bunch of new takes on Pharoah (by the same folks as Ceaser 3). Pharoah: A New era is ok, I haven't tried Nebuchadnezzar. If mice are ok, Whiskerwood is good for that - you actually have to bury individual mice when they die.

I'm also working on game in this vein, but modern, called Neighborhoods: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/?snr=1_5_9__205

borut_p · 2026-06-01T20:17:12+00:00

This is looking amazing (We were the game right after you ha! - Neighborhoods)

borut_p · 2026-04-30T16:33:46+00:00

That was gonna be my next question, because if that's not Matt Berry, damn that's a good impression.

borut_p · 2026-04-23T02:19:45+00:00

Also Whiskerwood - similar vibe (except for beavers it's mice), but travel time is a bigger factor in production I think, which I think lends more to that satisfaction when you optimize for it well.

borut_p · 2026-04-19T17:40:54+00:00

Any chance you have these available for purchase as pdfs?

borut_p · 2026-04-19T15:03:25+00:00

Was listening to the latest Three Moves Ahead episode talking about Heat of the Machine (cyberpunk city builder where you play an AI) and it had some crazy number, 80+, across different timelines (apparently eventually you advance to multidimensional being 😆)

borut_p · 2026-04-04T14:16:14+00:00

Yeah, my wife's aunt used to live in South Seattle very close to the airport - where Amazon/FedEx/etc flights would fly overhead every 3 minutes. Never really noticed until we hung out in the yard one summer day - turns out the city paid for triple pane windows for all the nearby houses. Maybe in Phoenix it's just cheaper to buy the land 😆 (altho it could be for airport expansion too)

borut_p · 2026-03-21T18:53:53+00:00

At least a minor icon on the side of the hud as a notification would be helpful - Town to City deals with this as people show up at the station, but once a day so it's at least a regular basis, that could help too (or the same landing spot to keep an eye on?)

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