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Cool homage to the original, but I think not displaying the full city upon first load (and using fog to obscure out-of-view parts) diminishes the appeal to pote
by dmart 6y ago
Cool homage to the original, but I think not displaying the full city upon first load (and using fog to obscure out-of-view parts) diminishes the appeal to potential advertisers.
Who would want to buy a building out in the corner? Maybe the starting location should be randomized, at least.
- dvt 6y agoTo be fair, I think the original also had that issue (central/eye-level "real estate" was more desirable), although you're right that it was at least visible.
- floatrock 6y agoFirst rule of real estate: location location location. Although for that to make sense, each building should be tokenized with an auction-backed tradable token so people could speculate on real estate how they see fit (should it still be called real estate?) Bonus points if you geocode the entry location based on IP. Or we could, you know, spend our efforts not building an asinine virtual advertising pissing field.
- StavrosK 6y ago> should it still be called real estate? Fake estate.
- WiseWeasel 6y agoVirtually Real Estate
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoBidding for the prime location would be an interesting location; anyone bumped off the first spot would move to the second, etc moving down until (if it takes off) what was once the prime location is out to the edge somewhere. Of course, you'd have to re-evaluate what the prime spot is as well based on views.
- Nition 6y agoAnd the buildings are all the same. They could be part of the message. If I'm a customer-focused business, let me buy a house in the suburb instead of a skyscraper.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoYeah I'd like that (well, I don't like ads as a rule BUT I do like city building games), build a virtual city and put ads in. actually never mind, IIRC that's what the last instalment of Sim City did / wanted to do.
- eps 6y agoThey should tile the whole thing and open it up at a random point. This way there's no "center" and no edges.
- CamperBob2 6y agoWho would want to buy a building out in the corner? You looked, didn't you?