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For context, Townscaper is a lovely, meditative townbuilding game (or what you might classify as a toy, since there's no obstacles, progression, or external obj

by kibwen 2y ago

For context, Townscaper is a lovely, meditative townbuilding game (or what you might classify as a toy, since there's no obstacles, progression, or external objectives). It's only $6 and I highly recommend it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291340/Townscaper/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291340/Townscaper/ In the same vein is an upcoming game called Tiny Glade, which currently has a free demo available, and HN may be interested to know that it's written in Rust and makes use of Bevy: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/

cactusplant7374 2y ago
Isn't there an online version?
- deleted 2y ago
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- michelb 2y ago
  yes, a version is here: https://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/ https://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/
michelb 2y ago
Offtopic, but I really like the UI/UX of these games. Very intuitive building. Would be cool to see some of these concepts get into Unreal Editor. They already have some when it comes to landscaping.
diggan 2y ago
> HN may be interested to know that it's written in Rust and makes use of Bevy I seem to remember that Tiny Glade specifically makes use of bevy_ecs, but not the rest of Bevy/not the Bevy graphics pipeline. Maybe someone closer to the project/with better memory can confirm this. Edit: > The gist of them is that they really enjoy Bevy's ECS, they wrote their own rendering solution due to Bevy's relative immaturity and their expertise, and that the migrations have been really smooth: about half-a-day for the whole game. According to https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1d4pnj5/tiny_glade_made_with_rust_and_bevy_ecs_just/l6juw9n/ https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1d4pnj5/tiny_glade_ma... and below comments
zeristor 2y ago
Townscaper seems to be one of the few games Steam games on Mac that works with a PS5 controller. Nice game, I love the trick of making floating buildings.
- ramesh31 2y ago
  Ditto for all Xbox controllers. It's bewildering how bad the gamepad support is on modern macOS compared to the Intel/OSX days
psuter 2y ago
Also in that vein is Island & Trains [1], though the release date may be further out. [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957760/Islands__Trains/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957760/Islands__Trains/

by kibwen 2y ago

cactusplant7374 2y ago

Isn't there an online version?

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michelb 2y ago
yes, a version is here: https://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/ https://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/

michelb 2y ago

Offtopic, but I really like the UI/UX of these games. Very intuitive building. Would be cool to see some of these concepts get into Unreal Editor. They already have some when it comes to landscaping.

diggan 2y ago

> HN may be interested to know that it's written in Rust and makes use of Bevy I seem to remember that Tiny Glade specifically makes use of bevy_ecs, but not the rest of Bevy/not the Bevy graphics pipeline. Maybe someone closer to the project/with better memory can confirm this. Edit: > The gist of them is that they really enjoy Bevy's ECS, they wrote their own rendering solution due to Bevy's relative immaturity and their expertise, and that the migrations have been really smooth: about half-a-day for the whole game. According to https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1d4pnj5/tiny_glade_made_with_rust_and_bevy_ecs_just/l6juw9n/ https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1d4pnj5/tiny_glade_ma... and below comments

zeristor 2y ago

Townscaper seems to be one of the few games Steam games on Mac that works with a PS5 controller. Nice game, I love the trick of making floating buildings.

ramesh31 2y ago
Ditto for all Xbox controllers. It's bewildering how bad the gamepad support is on modern macOS compared to the Intel/OSX days

psuter 2y ago

Also in that vein is Island & Trains [1], though the release date may be further out. [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957760/Islands__Trains/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957760/Islands__Trains/