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76-425: SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright . The first game in the series, SimCity , was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off Sim titles , including 2000's The Sims , which itself became a best-selling computer game and franchise. Maxis developed the series independently until 1997, and continued under

152-422: A "World" system that allows players to revisit key plot points and make different choices to see how the story unfolds differently. Final Fantasy XIII-2 also features a similar non-linear time travel system to Radiant Historia . Early examples (pre-1983) of nonlinear gameplay include: Don Daglow Don Daglow (born circa 1953) is an American video game designer , programmer , and producer . He

228-523: A benchmark for the number of possible outcomes of a video game. Another unique variation of this system is the Sakura Wars series, which features a real-time branching choice system where, during an event or conversation, the player must choose an action or dialogue choice within a time limit, or not to respond at all within that time; the player's choice, or lack thereof, affects the player character 's relationship with other characters and in turn

304-468: A branching storyline (also known as an interactive narrative outside of a video game context), that players may control at critical points in the game. Sometimes the player is given a choice of which branch of the plot to follow, while sometimes the path will be based on the player's success or failure at a specific challenge. For example, Black Isle Studios ' Fallout series of role-playing video games features numerous quests where player actions dictate

380-402: A circular "range" in its vicinity. Inadequate funding of these services can lead to strikes or even urban decline. The primary source of income is taxation, though some income can be generated by legalizing gambling or placing certain "special" buildings such as military bases or prisons. The player may make deals with neighboring cities to sell or buy services, as long as a connection is made to

456-491: A few quests, but not the outcome. A second example is Obsidian Entertainment 's Fallout: New Vegas , where the player's decisions influence whether one of three different factions gain control of the area surrounding post-apocalyptic Las Vegas . These factions include Caesar's Legion, a group of Roman -esque slavers; the New California Republic (NCR), an expansionist military government; and Mr. House,

532-428: A handful of city-building games before 1989 , SimCity popularized the genre and laid the groundwork for many titles inspired by it, including Cities: Skylines (2015), which was greenlit after the poor reception of the reboot. More broadly, the lack of a win condition in favor of open-ended play was a novelty at the time that gave rise to Maxis' " software toys " design concept, which influenced many other titles from

608-495: A keyboard, a joystick, or a gamepad. Another notable feature is the game's network mode, in which players can play deathmatches with up to seven other individuals. It is one of the few games in the Maxis series that Will Wright did not work on, and the last Maxis game to be developed and released without supervision by Electronic Arts (which acquired Maxis in 1997 and "assisted" development of Maxis games thereafter). Originating as

684-431: A non-linear manner, as the player character encounters various non-player characters while wandering the city. These narratives are cross-referenced to an encyclopedia , providing background information as the narratives progress and as the player comes across various characters and locations, with various stories, situations and related information appearing at distinct locations. It provides enough freedom to allow for

760-537: A pre-historic city. On January 10, 2008, the source code of the original game was released under the free software GPL 3 license. The release of the source code was related to the donation of SimCity software to the One Laptop Per Child laptop, as one of the principles of the OLPC laptop is the use of free and open source software. The open source version was called Micropolis , since EA retained

836-414: A result, game publishers did not believe it was possible to market and sell such a game successfully. Broderbund declined to publish the title when Wright proposed it, and he pitched it to a range of major game publishers without success. Founder Jeff Braun of then-tiny Maxis agreed to publish SimCity as one of two initial games for the company. Wright and Braun returned to Broderbund to formally clear

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912-625: A sequel. SimCity 2000 released in 1993 with an isometric view instead of overhead. Underground layers were introduced for water pipes and subways, along with many new buildings, more elaborate financial controls and many other improvements. Maxis was purchased by Electronic Arts in 1997, and the company would gain control of the SimCity brand. Will Wright continued to work at the company, moving on to work on The Sims , with development on future SimCity titles being led by other Maxis staff such as Christine McGavran. The next title, SimCity 3000

988-501: A short story by Stanisław Lem from The Cyberiad , published in the collection The Mind's I , in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress. The first version of the game was developed for the Commodore 64 under the working title Micropolis . The game represented an unusual paradigm in computer gaming, in that it could neither be won nor lost; as

1064-408: A spinoff, The Sims quickly evolved into one of the most successful video game franchises of all time. Early releases retained a level of interconnectivity with SimCity , such as the ability to transfer neighborhoods from SimCity 4 to The Sims 2 . A crossover title, SimsVille , was earmarked for 2001 and would have allowed the player to build the city, as well as make sims and play them. The game

1140-459: A timeline to alter the course of history, with each of their choices and actions significantly affect the timeline. The player can return to certain points in history and live through certain events again to make different choices and see different possible outcomes on the timeline. The player can also travel back and forth between two parallel timelines, and can obtain many possible parallel endings . The PSP version of Tactics Ogre featured

1216-578: A unique twist to the system by allowing the player to switch between both protagonists at any time during the game, instead of finishing one protagonist's scenario before playing the other. EVE Burst Error often requires the player to have both protagonists co-operate with each other at various points during the game, with choices in one scenario affecting the other. Fate/stay night is another example that features multiple perspectives. Chunsoft sound novels such as Machi (1998) and 428: Shibuya Scramble (2008) develop this concept further, by allowing

1292-448: Is best known for being the creator of early games from several different genres, including pioneering simulation game Utopia for Intellivision in 1981, role-playing game Dungeon in 1975, sports games including the first interactive computer baseball game Baseball in 1971, and the first graphical MMORPG , Neverwinter Nights in 1991. He founded long-standing game developer Stormfront Studios in 1988. In 2008 Daglow

1368-626: Is done is through a character selection screen. Linear stories cost less time and money to develop, since there is only one fixed sequence of events and no major decisions to keep track of. For example, several games from the Wing Commander series offered a branching storyline, but eventually they were abandoned as too expensive. Nonlinear stories increase the chances for bugs or absurdities if they are not tested properly, although they do provide greater player freedom. Some players have also responded negatively to branching stories because it

1444-422: Is hard and tedious for them to experience the "full value" of all the game's content. As a compromise between linear and branching stories, there are also games where stories split into branches and then fold back into a single storyline. In these stories, the plot will branch, but then converge upon some inevitable event, giving the impression of a nonlinear gameplay through the use of nonlinear narrative , without

1520-745: The Blue Sky Rangers , Daglow was promoted to be Director of Intellivision Game Development, where he created the original designs for a number of Mattel titles in 1982-83 that were enhanced and expanded by other programmers, including: During the Video Game Crash of 1983 Daglow was recruited to join Electronic Arts by founder Trip Hawkins , where he joined the EA producer team of Joe Ybarra and Stewart Bonn. In addition to Dombrower, at EA, Daglow often worked with former members of

1596-494: The DECUS program-sharing organization, earning popularity in the free-play era of 1970s college gaming. His best known games and experiments of this era include: In 1980, Daglow was hired as one of the original five in-house Intellivision programmers at Mattel during the first console wars . Intellivision titles where he did programming and extensive ongoing design include: As the team grew into what in 1982 became known as

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1672-402: The 1970s, his nine years of computer access as a student, grad student and grad school instructor throughout the 1970s gave him time to build a large body of major titles. Unlike Daglow and Flinn, most college students in the early 1970s lost all access to computers when they graduated, since home computers had not yet been invented. Some of Daglow's titles were distributed to universities by

1748-538: The 1980s, such as the space trading game Elite , and often make use of procedurally generated environments. In a game with a sandbox mode , a player may turn off or ignore game objectives, or have unlimited access to items. This can open up possibilities that were not intended by the game designer . A sandbox mode is an option in otherwise goal-oriented games and is distinguished from open-ended games that have no objectives, such as SimCity , and Garry's Mod . Games that employ linear stories are those where

1824-485: The 1990s, and in 2018 was featured at #86 of IGN 's top 100 video games of all time. SimCity 4 (2003) marked the high point in the franchise's GameRankings score at 85. The 2013 reboot was very poorly received, with Green Man Gaming comparing its effect on the franchise to the destruction of the city of Pompeii . The cities presented in the franchise have been criticised for being unrealistic—for example, lacking parking and cycle lanes. SimCity games are also built on

1900-664: The CEO position. See the article on Stormfront Studios for further information. In 2003 and again in 2007 Daglow was elected to the board of directors of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . He also serves on the San Francisco advisory board of the International Game Developers Association , the advisory board to the president of the Academy of Art University and served on

1976-585: The Intellivision team, including programmer Rick Koenig , artist Connie Goldman and musician Dave Warhol . Daglow spent 1987–88 at Broderbund as head of the company's Entertainment and Education Division. Although he supervised the creation of games like Jordan Mechner 's Prince of Persia , Star Wars , the Ancient Art of War series, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? , his role

2052-401: The ability to share regional maps and cities with other players, allowing players to collaborate, but not to interact in real-time gameplay. Depending on the title, there may scenarios with city performance-related goals and time limits in which to complete them. Development of the original SimCity began in 1985 under game designer Will Wright , and the game was published in 1989. Wright

2128-703: The advisory board to the Games Convention Developers Conference until it was dissolved in 2008. In 2009, Daglow joined the board of GDC Europe. He has been a keynote speaker, lecturer and panelist at game development conferences in Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Between 1988 and 1995 Daglow designed or co-designed the following titles: During the late 1970s, Daglow worked as

2204-407: The challenges in a fixed order nonlinear games will often give multiple approaches to achieve said objectives. A more linear game requires a player to finish levels in a fixed sequence to win. The ability to skip, repeat, or choose between levels makes this type of game less linear. Super Mario Bros. is an early example of this, where the player had access to warp zones that skipped many levels of

2280-481: The company. Open-ended (gameplay) A nonlinear game will allow greater player freedom than a linear game. For example, a nonlinear game may permit multiple sequences to finish the game, a choice between paths to victory, different types of victory, or optional side- quests and subplots . Some games feature both linear and nonlinear elements, and some games offer a sandbox mode that allows players to explore an open world game environment independently from

2356-431: The concept is combining non-linear branching storytelling with the concepts of time travel and parallel universes . Early attempts at such an approach included Squaresoft 's Chrono role-playing game series (1995–1999) and ELF 's visual novel YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world (1996). Radiant Historia takes it further by giving players the freedom to travel backwards and forwards through

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2432-400: The dark side wants to destroy the world of Enroth, the light side tries to save it. The choice determines which grandmaster levels the player characters can obtain and the quests they have to do in that part of the game. Earlier in the game, the player already has to choose sides in a border conflict between Elves and Humans, or remain neutral. This affects the flag in their Castle Harmondale and

2508-445: The direction and outcome of the storyline. Later games in the series added several variations, including an action gauge that can be raised up or down depending on the situation, and a gauge that the player can manipulate using the analog stick depending on the situation. A similar type of conversation system later appeared in a more recent action role-playing game also published by Sega , Alpha Protocol . Another unique take on

2584-482: The enigmatic de facto ruler of New Vegas, in command of an army of robots that patrols the city. Each of the three sides aim to control Hoover Dam , which is still operational and supplying the American Southwest with power and clean, non-irradiated water; thus, control of the dam means effective control of the region. A fourth option, siding with a robot named Yes Man and prevailing upon or eliminating

2660-522: The free-roaming mode). Cities in the game were also presented in 3D hybrid graphics, a first for the franchise. SimCity 4 was released on January 14, 2003. Among various changes, cities were now located in regions, which were divided into individual segments. Each region represents the metropolitan area of a city, while individual segment maps represented districts. The zoning system was updated, and buildings were classified into several wealth levels, types, and building size stages, which were affected by

2736-474: The game in the week after release. The always-online requirement, even in single play, was highly criticised, particularly after gamers determined that the internet connection requirement could be easily removed. An offline mode was subsequently made available by EA in March 2014, and a mobile port entitled SimCity: BuildIt was released later that year. It has been suggested that the poor performance of SimCity

2812-413: The game's main objectives, if any objectives are provided at all. A game that is significantly nonlinear is sometimes described as being open-ended or a sandbox, and is characterized by allowing players to measure progress through self-determined goals, independent of scripted game elements. A game level or world can be linear, nonlinear or interactive. In a linear game, there is only one path that

2888-446: The game. In some games, levels can change between linear design and free roaming depending on the objective of the stage. Super Mario 64 is an example where the main stages are free roam, while the levels where Bowser is encountered follow a straight path to the end. When a game is sufficiently large and open-ended, it may be described as an open world or as a sandbox game . Open-world game designs have existed in some form since

2964-405: The handheld's dual screen to display additional interfaces at once. System specific features were prominent, such as the microphone, which was used to blow out fires, and the touch screen, which was used to control the interface. A 2008 sequel introduced a challenge mode in which players guided their city through different historical periods. For instance, the player could create a medieval city, or

3040-485: The neighbor for that service, such as electricity cables. The player may have to deal with disasters, such as fires and tornadoes, or fictional crises such as monster attacks. SimCity titles are predominantly single-player games, with a few exceptions, including the "Network Edition" of SimCity 2000 , the Unix port of the original SimCity , and SimCity (2013). SimCity 4 provided a limited form of multiplayer gaming with

3116-646: The number of police stations, fire stations, and hospitals to allow for speedier dispatches. The second mode—the heart of the game—is the career mode. This puts the player in the shoes of a pilot doing various jobs around the city. The game is notable for being the debut of the Simlish language. The game gained controversy when a designer named Jacques Servin inserted sprites of shirtless " himbos " (male bimbos) in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appeared in great numbers from time to time. The easter egg

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3192-540: The other faction leaders, enables the player to go solo and take over the Hoover Dam for themselves. Another RPG example is tri-Ace 's Star Ocean series, where the storyline is not affected by moral alignments like in other role-playing games but, inspired by dating sims , by friendship and relationship points between each of the characters. Star Ocean: The Second Story in particular offers as many as 86 different endings with hundreds of permutations, setting

3268-500: The outcome of the story behind the objectives. Players can eliminate in-game characters permanently from the virtual world should they choose to do so, and by doing so may actually alter the number and type of quests that become available to them as the game progresses. The effects of such decisions may not be immediate. Branches of the story may merge or split at different points in the game, but seldom allow backtracking. Some games even allow for different starting points, and one way this

3344-523: The overall storyline and it is only after uncovering all the possible different paths and outcomes through multiple playthroughs that everything comes together to form a coherent well-written story. It is not uncommon for visual novels to have morality systems. A well-known example is the 2005 title School Days , an animated visual novel that Kotaku describes as going well beyond the usual "black and white choice systems" (referring to video games such as Mass Effect , Fallout 3 and BioShock ) where

3420-460: The ownership of Electronic Arts until 2003. EA commissioned various spinoffs from other companies during the 2000s, focusing on console and mobile releases. A 2013 EA-Maxis reboot was subject to what has been described as "one of the most disastrous launches in history", which may have triggered the 2015 shutdown of Maxis Emeryville and the end of the franchise. SimCity titles are real-time management and construction simulators. Across most titles,

3496-603: The player (acting as mayor) is given a blank map to begin and must expand the city with the budget provided. As the city matures, the player may be able to add government and other special buildings (such as a mayor's house or courthouse ), depending on how large the city is. Proper management of the city requires citizens to be provided with basic utilities (electricity, water and sometimes waste management) along with public services such as health, education, safety, parks and leisure facilities. These are provided by building relevant buildings or infrastructure, with each building covering

3572-436: The player cannot change the story line or ending of the story. Many video games use a linear structure, thus making them more similar to other fiction. However, it is common for such games to use interactive narration in which a player needs to interact with something before the plot will advance, or nonlinear narratives in which events are portrayed in a non-chronological order. Many games have offered premature endings should

3648-500: The player fail to meet an objective, but these are usually just interruptions in a player's progress rather than actual endings. Even in games with a linear story, players interact with the game world by performing a variety of actions along the way. More recently, some games have begun offering multiple endings to increase the dramatic effect of moral choices within the game, although early examples also exist. Still, some games have gone beyond small choices or special endings, offering

3724-418: The player must take through the level, but in games with nonlinear gameplay, players might have to revisit locations or choose from multiple paths to finish the level. As with other game elements, linear level design is not absolute. While a nonlinear level can give the freedom to explore or backtrack, there can be a sequence of challenges that a player must solve to complete the level. If a player must confront

3800-401: The player to experiment with the game , such as using it as a resource for their own role-playing game campaign, for example. Branching storylines are also often used in role-playing video games (RPGs) to an extent. An early example, published in 1999, is the fantasy role-playing game Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor , where players have to choose between Light and Dark. While

3876-473: The player to alternate between the perspectives of several or more different characters, making choices with one character that have consequences for other characters. 428 in particular features up to 85 different possible endings. Another approach to non-linear storytelling can be seen in Cosmology of Kyoto . The game lacks an overall plot, but it instead presents fragmented narratives and situations in

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3952-407: The players "pick a side and stick with it" while leaving "the expansive middle area between unexplored". School Days instead encourages players to explore the grey, neutral middle-ground in order to view more interesting, "bad" endings. It is also not uncommon for visual novels to have multiple protagonists giving different perspectives on the story. C's Ware's EVE Burst Error (1995) introduced

4028-441: The players chose and the reward system from SimCity 2000 returned. The game was met with mixed reviews. Wright, at the time developing Spore , later commented on the move away from Maxis: "I didn't have anything to do with that decision. Honestly, I didn't even play Societies . I read some of the reviews of it, though." SimCity DS , a heavily modified version of SimCity 3000 , was released that year. The game made use of

4104-468: The premise that simply adding police stations reduces crime nearby, which may not be the case . The franchise has been credited with inspiring a generation of urban planners, transport officials, and local government figures, who experienced the games at a younger age and took on those careers in later life. Various editions of the game have been used in education to simulate urban planning for students in elementary through college classes. While there were

4180-421: The region's population and condition. Urban decay and gentrification were simulated with buildings deteriorating or improving accordingly. Residents and neighborhoods were transferrable between SimCity 4 and The Sims 2 . After the release of SimCity 4 , EA had Tilted Mill Entertainment develop the next major title in the franchise, rather than Maxis. The group developed SimCity Societies (2007), which

4256-502: The release as "one of the most disastrous launches in history". The game required a constant internet connection even during single-player activity, and server outages caused connection errors for many users. Multiplayer elements were "shallow at best", with departing players leaving abandoned cities behind in public regions. Users were unable to save their game- with the servers instead intended to handle this- and so when users were disconnected they would often lose hours of progress. The game

4332-522: The rights to the game in 1988, when SimCity was near completion. Broderbund executives Gary Carlston and Don Daglow saw that the title was infectious and fun, and signed Maxis to a distribution deal for both of its initial games. With that, four years after initial development, SimCity was released for the Amiga and Macintosh platforms, followed by the IBM PC and Commodore 64 later in 1989. SimCity

4408-538: The simulation work conducted on remote servers, in part to combat piracy. In contrast, Maxis wanted to focus on graphical improvements with the new title. Quigley described the resultant title as a poor compromise between these two objectives- with only shallow multiplayer features, and a small city size limit- one quarter of the land area of previous titles in the franchise. The game was released for Windows on March 5, 2013, and on Mac in August. Medium would later refer to

4484-740: The trademark SimCity . SimCity Creator for the Wii was announced on February 12, 2008. The title featured the ability to directly draw roads and train tracks on the ground using the pointer function of the Wii Remote , as well as several customizable themes for the city's buildings. It was released worldwide in September 2008. The late 2000s and early 2010s also saw several games re-released for mobile devices. This included SimCity 3000 (2008), SimCity Deluxe (2010), and SimCity 4 for Blackberry playbook (2011). SimCity ' s sixth major release

4560-438: The use of interactive narratives . This is typically used in many graphic adventure games . A truly nonlinear story would be written entirely by the actions of the player, and thus remains a difficult design challenge. As such, there is often little or no story in video games with a truly nonlinear gameplay. Facade , a video game often categorized as an interactive drama , features many branching paths that are dictated by

4636-469: The user's text input based on the current situation, but there is still a set number of outcomes as a result of the inherent limitations of programming, and as such, is non-linear, but not entirely so. Branching storylines are a common trend in visual novels , a subgenre of interactive narrative and adventure games . Visual novels frequently use multiple branching storylines to achieve multiple different endings , allowing non-linear freedom of choice along

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4712-654: The way. Decision points within a visual novel often present players with the option of altering the course of events during the game, leading to many different possible outcomes. Visual novels are popular in East Asia , especially in Japan where they account for nearly 70% of personal computer games released there. A recent acclaimed example is 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors , where nearly every action and dialogue choice can lead to entirely new branching paths and endings. Each path only reveals certain aspects of

4788-451: Was also plagued by numerous bugs, which persisted long after launch. The title was heavily criticized in user reviews, and developer plans for post-launch updates were scrapped. EA announced that they would offer a free game from their library to all those who bought SimCity as compensation for the problems, and they concurred that the way the launch had been set up was "dumb". As a result of this problem, Amazon temporarily stopped selling

4864-541: Was announced on March 5, 2012, for Windows and Mac OS X by Maxis at the "game changers" event. Titled SimCity , it was a dramatic departure from previous SimCity games, featuring full 3D graphics, online multiplayer gameplay, the new Glassbox engine, as well as many other feature and gameplay changes. Director Ocean Quigley discussed issues that occurred during the development of the title, which stemmed from two conflicting visions coming from EA and Maxis. EA wanted to emphasize multiplayer, collaborative gameplay, with some of

4940-404: Was cancelled so that Maxis could focus on future Sims expansions, and development for The Sims 2 . SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge! is an educational version of SimCity designed by GlassLab. The first two games were well received and sold well during the 1990s, with the franchise achieving a total of 5 million sales by 1999. SimCity 2000 in particular was among the highest selling games of

5016-455: Was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game. Streets of SimCity is a 1997 racing and vehicular combat computer game published by Maxis . One of the game's main attractions was the ability to explore any cities created in SimCity 2000 by car in a cinematic style. The game, like SimCopter , is in full 3D and the player's vehicle can be controlled using

5092-650: Was executive rather than creative. He took a lead role in signing the original distribution deal for SimCity with Maxis , and acquired the Star Wars license for Broderbund from Lucasfilm . Looking to return to hands-on game development, Daglow founded game developer Stormfront Studios in 1988 in San Rafael, California . By 1995 Stormfront had placed on the Inc. 500 list of fast-growing companies three times and Daglow stepped back from his design role to focus on

5168-561: Was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Neverwinter Nights pioneering role in MMORPG development. Along with John Carmack of id Software and Mike Morhaime of Blizzard Entertainment , Daglow is one of only three game developers to accept awards at both the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Interactive Achievement Awards . In 2003 he

5244-416: Was inspired by a map creation feature of the game Raid on Bungeling Bay that led him to discover that he enjoyed creating maps more than playing the actual game. While developing SimCity , Wright cultivated a love of the intricacies and theories of urban planning and acknowledged the influence of Jay Wright Forrester 's book Urban Dynamics . In addition, Wright was inspired by reading "The Seventh Sally",

5320-398: Was planned but never released. Allen Varney of The Duelist said it offers "fine solitaire play" and that the game eventually offered stand-alone city sets. SimTown is a 1995 video game published by Maxis , much like SimCity but on a smaller scale. SimTown allows the player to construct a town consisting of streets, houses, businesses and parks and control the people in it. SimTown

5396-476: Was released in 1990 on the ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K by Infogrames. The SNES port was very similar to the original edition but had some unique features, including Reward buildings, a Mario statue and possible attacks by a giant Bowser . The unexpected and enduring success of the original SimCity , combined with other " Sim " titles' relative lack of success at the time, motivated the development of

5472-506: Was released in 1999. It introduced many features, including waste management, agriculture, business deals and expanded inter-city relations. The game maintained the pseudo- isometric dimetric perspective of its predecessor, though the landscape became more complex and colorful. The Japanese exclusive SimCity 64 was released in 2000 and featured the ability to view the city at night, pedestrian level free-roaming, and individual road vehicles and pedestrians (which could only be seen while in

5548-609: Was responsible for the 2015 closure of Maxis' Emeryville studios, and the end of the franchise. During the 1990s a large number of games were developed under the "Sim" nomenclature started by Maxis in 1989. This list includes only spin-offs that directly relate to SimCity . Sim City: The Card Game is an out-of-print collectible card game based on the video game SimCity . It was released in 1995 by Mayfair Games . Several city expansions followed, adding location and politician cards from various cities including: Chicago , Washington , New York City , and Atlanta . A Toronto expansion

5624-409: Was significantly different from prior games, owing to a small-scale social engineering focus and less detailed simulation. Rather than placing zones, buildings were constructed individually for example, similar to Monte Cristo 's game City Life . Six "social energies", called societal values, allowed players to learn about the characteristics of the citizens. Cities behaviour responded to the energies

5700-411: Was targeted more towards children. SimCopter puts the player in the role of a helicopter pilot. There are two modes of play: free mode and career mode. The free mode lets the player import and fly through imported SimCity 2000 cities or any of the 30 cities supplied with the game. However, user cities sometimes need to be designed with SimCopter in mind, and most of the time the player must increase

5776-700: Was the recipient of the CGE Achievement Award for "groundbreaking accomplishments that shaped the Video Game Industry." In 1971, Daglow was studying playwriting at Pomona College in Claremont, California . A computer terminal connected to the Claremont Colleges PDP-10 mainframe computer was set up in his dorm, and he saw this as a new form of writing. Like Kelton Flinn , another prolific game designer of

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