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This is so much fun. I love the simplicity of the original feel of the game. No need for fancy graphics, etc. for it to be enjoyable. And I'm amazed at 0 bro

by salmo 5y ago

This is so much fun. I love the simplicity of the original feel of the game. No need for fancy graphics, etc. for it to be enjoyable. And I'm amazed at 0 browser issues or weirdness. Takes me right back to my Tandy 1000. My only wish it had the help stuff to remember how to resolve some of the problems in the city. I can't remember if that was in the game or in the book back in the day. I have housing and unemployment problems but have unpopulated residential, commercial, and industrial blocks. I know I'm missing something but my memory from the 80s/early 90s is failing me. Instantly remembered to slow it down after a while to maintain roads and rail, get to nuclear power ASAP, keep industrial away from residential, build parks, and all of that. Will need to start over again after a bit with better planning :).

DonHopkins 5y ago
Here is the html documentation from the Micropolis source code, which I typed in from the original SimCity manual (originally into FrameMaker, but then I converted it to HTML), that was released by EA under GPL: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/documentation https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... Introduction: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/intro.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Tutorial: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/tutorial.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Reference: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/reference.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Inside the Simulator: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/inside.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... History Of Cities And City Planning by Cliff Ellis: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/history.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Bibliography: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/bibliography.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Here is a pdf file of a scan of the HyperLook SimCity manual I made with the NeWS version of FrameMaker: https://donhopkins.com/home/HyperLook-SimCity-Manual.pdf https://donhopkins.com/home/HyperLook-SimCity-Manual.pdf And here's an illustrated transcript and video of the Hacking at Random talk I gave about Micropolis: https://donhopkins.medium.com/har-2009-lightning-talk-transcript-constructionist-educational-open-source-simcity-by-don-3a9e010bf305 https://donhopkins.medium.com/har-2009-lightning-talk-transc...
- salmo 5y ago
  Oh wow. Thanks! I actually downloaded the TCL/Tk version because the railroad stopped dropping for me right on the web one and I was hooked again. My 8yo daughter saw me playing and said “is that game like Minecraft”. I almost cracked up and told her it was a game I used to play when I was a little older than her. She sat with me a while and we played together. It was so much fun. Just like when we’d huddle around a PC together pre-Internet. I was so glad to share that experience with her. Thanks for all your work over the years on this breathing life into this.

by salmo 5y ago

DonHopkins 5y ago

Here is the html documentation from the Micropolis source code, which I typed in from the original SimCity manual (originally into FrameMaker, but then I converted it to HTML), that was released by EA under GPL: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/documentation https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... Introduction: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/intro.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Tutorial: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/tutorial.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Reference: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/reference.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Inside the Simulator: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/inside.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... History Of Cities And City Planning by Cliff Ellis: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/history.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Bibliography: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/MicropolisCore/documentation/bibliography.html https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/blob/master/Micropol... Here is a pdf file of a scan of the HyperLook SimCity manual I made with the NeWS version of FrameMaker: https://donhopkins.com/home/HyperLook-SimCity-Manual.pdf https://donhopkins.com/home/HyperLook-SimCity-Manual.pdf And here's an illustrated transcript and video of the Hacking at Random talk I gave about Micropolis: https://donhopkins.medium.com/har-2009-lightning-talk-transcript-constructionist-educational-open-source-simcity-by-don-3a9e010bf305 https://donhopkins.medium.com/har-2009-lightning-talk-transc...

salmo 5y ago
Oh wow. Thanks! I actually downloaded the TCL/Tk version because the railroad stopped dropping for me right on the web one and I was hooked again. My 8yo daughter saw me playing and said “is that game like Minecraft”. I almost cracked up and told her it was a game I used to play when I was a little older than her. She sat with me a while and we played together. It was so much fun. Just like when we’d huddle around a PC together pre-Internet. I was so glad to share that experience with her. Thanks for all your work over the years on this breathing life into this.