- Lincity
infobox VG
title = Lincity-ng
URL = http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
developer = Various
license =GNU General Public License , optional CC by-sa 2.0 for artwork
media = Internet download
version = 1.1.2 and 1.91.beta
released = November 2007 (1.1.2), December 2007 (1.91.beta)
genre = City-building
modes =Single player
platforms =Cross-platform
input = Keyboard and Mouse"Lincity" is a free
construction and management simulation game , which puts the player in control of managing every aspect of a city's socio-economy. Its name is a play on the title of the originalcity-building game , "SimCity ".One of the features of "Lincity" is a choice between two ways for winning: reaching
sustainable development , or evacuating the entire population withspacecraft .Released under the terms of the
GNU General Public License , "Lincity" isfree software .Gameplay
The player can develop a city by buying appropriate buildings, services and infrastructure.
The simulation considers:
* population
* (un)employment
* basic water management and ecology
* foods
* goods (availability and production)
* raw materials (ore, steel, coal)
* services (education, health, fire protection, leisures)
* energy (electricity and charcoal, coal with finite reserves, solar and wind power)
* other constraints such as finance, pollution and transports.Various indicators are provided, with mini maps or statistics. The player has to take care of population growth and various socio-economical balances.
History
The original version of the game was titled "LinCity". This version can be played on older computers, without a 3D graphics card, low memory and a slow processor. It features complex, 2D, top-down gameplay. It was last updated in August 2004, though any changes since 1999 have been minor.
"Lincity" was originally designed for
Linux , but also runs onMicrosoft Windows ,BeOS , andOS/2 , as well as a huge variety ofUnix -styled systems.Mac OS X , however, is only supported when compiled from source using GCC and run usingX11.app . It usesSVGALib orX11 as its graphics interface API on Unix systems, with a variety of native versions on non-Unix platforms."LinCity-NG"
"LinCity-NG" is a fork of "Lincity" with
3D graphics and new sounds.However, the gameplay is identical (up to release 1.1.2) and it can read classic "Lincity" save files.
"Lincity-NG" version 2 adds water management to the simulation, and very simplistic ecology. Version 1.91.beta was released on
11 December 2007 .It is released under the
GNU General Public License with artworkdual license d under that and the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.0 license; the includedDejaVu fonts are distributed under their own liberal licensing terms."LinCity-NG" uses SDL and
OpenGL , and has an isometric view.See also
* "
Simutrans "
* "OpenCity "References
External links
* [http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Current homepage and wiki]
* [http://lincity.sourceforge.net/ Original "Lincity" homepage]
* [http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page "LinCity-NG" homepage]
* [http://developer.berlios.de/projects/lincity-ng/ Berlios developer site]
* [http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2929 Download]
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