i am playing a game
the game is "power network tycoon" https://davidmadethis.itch.io/power-network-tycoon
i am playing a game
the game is "power network tycoon" https://davidmadethis.itch.io/power-network-tycoon
it has a "mission mode (hardcore)"
i was going to make a joke about PG&E but upon reviewing the text i have realized that the joke is on me and the actual, literal PG&E would never be able to play
a happy customer exclaims "Lights on despite rain!"
oh boy. i was not prepared
there are exactly two types of games that call something inside the game world an "asset"
one of them is this
do you get to walk around with a flir?
fuck yes
this game is incredibly engaging, especially for early access. the UI is a little janky, some of the mechanics are a _little_ too RSI-inducing, but on the whole? an incredible amount of fun. i spent way too long on the first island because i kind of just vibed with the grid, right? that kind of game
ps. nimbys suck
@whitequark hmm maybe I should try it again, last time I played it I reported a bunch of bugs and left...
Did they add simulation of grid frequency and the effect supply-demand imbalance has on it?
As someone who works in this industry, energy/utility infrastructure, I feel I really need to check this out! This all sounds really cool!
Also, yes, I agree, NIMBYs are the worst.
@chfour @whitequark yeah I’m pretty sure this game is just what you get when a power engineer decides the best use of their time is making an indie game about doing their job
incredibly detailed mechanics turned into a game for people who might also like to be power engineers but never got the chance
@whitequark Does it stimulate partial breakdown events (and monitoring/prevention)?
(This game seems like the sort of thing I would enjoy watching other people suffer)
@krans @whitequark great overview @whitequark , I hope you're enjoying it!
Regarding partial failures, it does to some extent. Everything has a rated power level or rated max temperature, so if they exceed it then their reliability goes from 100% to less, so they have a chance to fail. When they fail, it's catastrophic. I wanted to add routine maintenance as an activity for each asset but it was a bit overwhelming (maybe that's life as a maintenance engineer?).
@krans @whitequark In the end I opted for an interval based maintenance cost based on the network.
There is a SCADA type system for monitoring, which gives alerts of systems overheating or of failures as well.