Learned about the "Wuselfaktor" yesterday when talking about Settlers II for @dosgameclub

It's a German concept that describes how interesting and nice a game is to look at without the player doing anything in particular.

It's especially relevant for simulation type games, where your screen is filled with a bunch of characters that are each working on their own task.

Settlers II has a very high Wuselfaktor, but so do games like Lemmings or Transport Tycoon.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuselfaktor

Wuselfaktor – Wikipedia

@Tijn @dosgameclub Checkout Widelands, which is an open source reimagination of the Settlers 2 with an even higher Wuselfaktor as the original. (It also has a lot more depth and fixes many annoyances.) https://www.widelands.org

PS: Works great on my Steam Deck, which provides more than 6h of Wuselfaktor on the go

Widelands.org