🎉 It's the 40th anniversary of Raid on Bungeling Bay! Did you know it was designed by Will Wright, who later created SimCity? 🏙️ #GameFact #gaminghistory #WillWright
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Retro365 on Little Computer People
It's one of those genius ideas that, after its introduction, lay fallow for a long while, 15 years in fact, before bursting back on the scene again and becoming a megahit.
The box of the European version of Little Computer People for Commodore 64. (image from MobyGames)
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I've heard the story of how #SimCity was built; #WillWright worked on a helicopter game, which required a city background to fly over. He enjoyed the city building part so much he decided to make it it's own game.
Maybe I should start by making something that simply looks nice, and then figure out how to make it dynamic; a canvas upon which to start layering mechanics.
So I wanted to clarify my last Will Wright rant post. There are two games with Will Wrights name attached: VoxVerse and Proxi. Both with some different spin but both in the end still are designed to have people buy, sell and create NFTs. Get rich quick scheme disguised as a game.
This is a far cry from the Sim City and Sims games of the past. In short: stay far far away from this malice.
#gaming #willwright #sad #rant #nfts
Will Wright’s trajectory over the last decade has perplexed me. Building this new gamified social media app. Where they too are using the AI buzzword. As well as pushing “blockchain”. I just don’t feel enthusiasm or excitement for Will’s next “big” thing.
It use to be about this endless creative sandbox to make whatever you wanted. Now it just feels like another sleazy social media app that will sell your data and distract you with NFTs. I’m sad man.
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Will Wright's Flavour Pt II - The Sims
Message for 1: Your mind is a temple, and you can dress it how you wish
Message for 2: Let's look at it another way - up close, the mind is extremely complex
Wright left in 2009, so Sims 3 and 4 don't count here. If anything, they're trying to replicate what 1 and 2 had, but they can't help but tell a different story.
In 1, every house is somebody's mind, and every family is a process of the mind. You can build the house how you wish - this is the idea. The Goth household is Will Wright's mind - He's a practical man, and he finds inspiration in strange places. This is a place of consequence - he fears that if he's not careful, he could ruin his whole life, hence the infamous fire event. But if he can make careful preparation of all kinds, he can prevent a worst case scenario.
You can remove the stove, add a fire alarm, and get Bella AND Mortimer to read cooking books. In essence, completing this task is a bit of witchcraft at work - Will Wright left The Sims before things went south, saving his own hide, and moving on to his next big project. Completing the tasks is a blessing to send him to a better position.
Will Wright's flavour is brilliant - it's Sesame Street, something so friendly with the use of monsters.
At his worst, he's made SimCity 2000. At his greatest, he has made SimCity 4.
SimCity 4's message: These are our synapses at work.
SimCity 2000's message: We are wasting our potential (but it's an uphill battle)
I finally got SC4 to work on my Windows 11 and delved right into it after watching an expert build their city (It's incredible! I couldn't believe the possibilities in road modification). Something unlocked in my brain as I played, and now my mind is in overtime thinking of different possibilities.
SC2k is an incredibly hard game to strategise and work with. We're looking at one region, representing one compartment. It's hard to keep everything alive in the city because what we're receiving (water) is running out. This water represents what we believe is beneficial to our Spirit (all our being - our mental and physical health, our education, our recreation), but it can only do so much, and there is only so much of it at any given time.
This game is working as it should.
Secondary message for SC2k: Religion is holding us back
👾 Here's a couple of great retro titles for the PlayStation 1. Driver 2 and Sim City 2000.
The Driver series was my first true open-world driving simulator games & it blew my mind spending entire summer vacations playing them.
Sim City 2000 was another game I would play for hours at a time. I drove my parents crazy (they found it boring), but I played it for years and it never got old. Will Wright (creator of Sim City/Sims) & team are great folks, I cannot wait to see what the next fancy new thing is they are working on now! 😉😉😉
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