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Tag: city-builder

New city builder Generation Exile is a shot across the bow for both strategy game design and the gaming industry at large: ‘It’s simply not possible to keep expanding forever’

New city builder Generation…

Nels Anderson is about to pitch me on why Generation Exile—a new narrative-focused, solarpunk city builder about keeping humanity…
‘Did I make too big of a game?’ Lead designer of sky-high city builder Airborne Empire on wanting to build a ‘Skyrim or a Breath of the Wild’-sized world

‘Did I make too…

Building a city in the sky in 2020's Airborne Kingdom was a mostly chill experience—while you were in a…
In Frostpunk 2’s post-post-apocalypse ‘it’s not nature that’s your worst enemy, it’s human nature,’ and nothing proves that like my doomed attempt at turbo-communism

In Frostpunk 2’s post-post-apocalypse…

The city must not fall, which is unfortunate, because the city is very much in the process of falling.…
Synergy’s solarpunk aesthetic and harsh resource management makes it one stellar city builder

Synergy’s solarpunk aesthetic and…

After listening to the calm desert breeze alongside the whispers of woodwind and string instruments for the better part…
Hear ye, hear ye, Manor Lords has sold over 2 million copies—which is about 25 times the population of England’s biggest city in the Middle Ages

Hear ye, hear ye,…

Manor Lords sure took off, huh? Coming out of the gate swinging, the city sim quickly achieved, in the…
A medievalist’s take on Manor Lords: ‘It represents medieval peasants and their lives more fully than most games’

A medievalist’s take on…

Author bio: Emily Price is a freelance writer and a PhD Candidate in medieval literature. If you lived in…
Frustrated developer changes his game’s name to ‘Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, a creative building sandbox’ because Steam users keep tagging it as a strategy game

Frustrated developer changes his…

Seeking to quell confusion about what his new game really is, indie developer Tomas Sala has renamed his latest…
Despite not having mod support, Manor Lords player adds Shrek to the delight of its developer: ‘You can’t deny the potential’

Despite not having mod…

Manor Lords is doing pretty dang well, huh? It crushed it on concurrents to the tune of 100,000 medieval…
Don’t say Manor Lords was made by a ‘solo developer,’ argues competing city builder maker: ‘The team size on it is maybe even larger than ours’

Don’t say Manor Lords…

Hit medieval town builder Manor Lords is frequently said to have been created by a single developer, Greg Styczeń,…
That gorgeous cozy castle doodling game is launching a demo this month

That gorgeous cozy castle…

Since the surprise success of Townscaper a few years ago, a crop of other “radically casual” cozy city builders…