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My wife is a water resources engineer, a type of civil engineering focused on flood prevention and erosion. I think I've finally found a PC game she's going to

by mabbo 4y ago

My wife is a water resources engineer, a type of civil engineering focused on flood prevention and erosion. I think I've finally found a PC game she's going to be excited by.

capableweb 4y ago
Other games you might want to recommend, as they include good fluid simulations: From Dust and Cities: Skylines (although not a huge part of the game).
- mabbo 4y ago
  Oh she is well aware of Cities: Skylines.
  - princesse 4y ago
    How about Timberborn? The whole game revolves around water management.
benj111 4y ago
I'm an accountant. I really /really/ want to play an accounting game. (I'm not an accountant, although I have partially trained as one)
- krageon 4y ago
  May I introduce you to spreadsheets in space: https://www.eveonline.com/ https://www.eveonline.com/ It's got big corps and large money management, etc. You can scratch that itch for sure.
- gremlinsinc 4y ago
  I'm bad at managing my own money, I'm wondering though if a game that sneakily teaches budgeting etc might be good, maybe call it 'the American dream' and it's basically the Sims but with real expectations on how life will play out with random tragedies etc.... car breaks down. it could even include wages from statistical sites and mortgages and rent pegged to the national average, as well as healthcare.
  - manimino 4y ago
    This is a fantastic idea. I would buy it for my kids so they could learn to manage money.
  - europeanguy 4y ago
    Oh, you want to gamify managing your money? 1- Install GnuCash. 2- Import your checking account into it. 3- Another account will automatically be created called "imbalance" with the opposite balance. The goal of the game is to manipulate other accounts so that the imbalance account eventually reaches 0. 4- did you have fun and want to keep playing? Import more accounts. Your credit card account, your mortgage account, your brokerage account, etc. 5- You can play in different difficulties. Do you have a tax account? Is it broken down into federal and state taxes? If so, does it match what the state/IRS thinks you paid? Keep doing this and you'll become as good as any accountant. Did you enjoy the game? Support the developers at gnucash.org/donate.phtml (no affiliation, just a happy gamer)
  - benj111 4y ago
    where are you from? im sure someone could suggest a good website for managing money. from the sounds of it you know what the problem is, and judging by the site this is posted on you have the skills/intelligence so open up a spreadsheet and get to work. i found the mr money mustache site quite useful on the motivation front fwiw.
- npteljes 4y ago
  Beware that Accounting+, however similar in name, won't fit the bill.

by mabbo 4y ago

My wife is a water resources engineer, a type of civil engineering focused on flood prevention and erosion. I think I've finally found a PC game she's going to be excited by.

capableweb 4y ago

Other games you might want to recommend, as they include good fluid simulations: From Dust and Cities: Skylines (although not a huge part of the game).

mabbo 4y ago
Oh she is well aware of Cities: Skylines.
- princesse 4y ago
  How about Timberborn? The whole game revolves around water management.

benj111 4y ago

I'm an accountant. I really /really/ want to play an accounting game. (I'm not an accountant, although I have partially trained as one)

krageon 4y ago
May I introduce you to spreadsheets in space: https://www.eveonline.com/ https://www.eveonline.com/ It's got big corps and large money management, etc. You can scratch that itch for sure.
gremlinsinc 4y ago
I'm bad at managing my own money, I'm wondering though if a game that sneakily teaches budgeting etc might be good, maybe call it 'the American dream' and it's basically the Sims but with real expectations on how life will play out with random tragedies etc.... car breaks down. it could even include wages from statistical sites and mortgages and rent pegged to the national average, as well as healthcare.
- manimino 4y ago
  This is a fantastic idea. I would buy it for my kids so they could learn to manage money.
- europeanguy 4y ago
  Oh, you want to gamify managing your money? 1- Install GnuCash. 2- Import your checking account into it. 3- Another account will automatically be created called "imbalance" with the opposite balance. The goal of the game is to manipulate other accounts so that the imbalance account eventually reaches 0. 4- did you have fun and want to keep playing? Import more accounts. Your credit card account, your mortgage account, your brokerage account, etc. 5- You can play in different difficulties. Do you have a tax account? Is it broken down into federal and state taxes? If so, does it match what the state/IRS thinks you paid? Keep doing this and you'll become as good as any accountant. Did you enjoy the game? Support the developers at gnucash.org/donate.phtml (no affiliation, just a happy gamer)
- benj111 4y ago
  where are you from? im sure someone could suggest a good website for managing money. from the sounds of it you know what the problem is, and judging by the site this is posted on you have the skills/intelligence so open up a spreadsheet and get to work. i found the mr money mustache site quite useful on the motivation front fwiw.
npteljes 4y ago
Beware that Accounting+, however similar in name, won't fit the bill.