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phaser 5 hours ago

I continue to work on my city builder game Microlandia, launched here in HN ~6 months ago. I originally predicted a few dozen urbanism nerds would play it, but now almost 10,000 copies sold. I'm still a solo developer but now I collaborate with 2D, 3D and music artists. Which is good because the original art that I drew myself for the launch was horrible.

I'm currently working on modeling energy, climate and new policies like universal basic income

https://microlandia.city

A_D_E_P_T 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm working on a game myself. Mind if I ask:

- How difficult was it to get on Steam and other vendors?

- Are there any artists you'd recommend working with? I need a 3D/Blender artist, especially.

maccard an hour ago | parent [-]

Steam is simple - pay the $99 and follow the instructions.

sshine 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This reminds me of what "Hell Mod" did to Diablo I: Basically reinvented the game as it would have been if Blizzard hadn't been constrained by money or time, and knew what worked from their sequels.

Only to Sim City.

rstat1 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've played a little bit of it so far, and really enjoyed it.

khnov 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Man looks amazing, the detail level of the simulation seems to be in another level compared to sity skylines and co. If you need any help or just chat about this, reach out to contact (At) khorchani (dot)fr

clone1018 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Steam says its unavailable on Mac's with Apple Silicon processors, is that right?

phaser 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Only Apple Silicon is supported. It's unavailable for Intel, sadly.

Forgeties79 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This looks awesome. I’m pumped to try it out.

RagnarD 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"... new policies like universal basic income."

Is the engine honest enough to reality to demonstrate failure?

scubbo 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

OK, I'll bite - what would a failure of UBI look like?

graphime 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> OK, I'll bite - what would a failure of UBI look like?

Higher taxes for anyone earning over $100k

Higher cost of living, and lower quality of life for anyone earning below $60k

Politicians and corporations earn billions in profits on UBI distribution fees, and incentive spending/automatic deposit programs (contribute your UBI directly to health insurance and it’s tax exempt!)

scubbo an hour ago | parent [-]

> Higher taxes for anyone earning over $100k

Not a failure. Society working as intended.

> [...] lower quality of life [...]

Agreed, that would be a failure, if it were to happen. How on earth could "giving people money" lead to a lower quality of life for them?

> Politicians and corporations earn billions in profits on UBI distribution fees

As opposed to the much higher fees accrued by the more-complex means-tested programs today?

dismalaf 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Government revenue doesn't keep up with expenditures.

Forgeties79 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Boooooo