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Robin Hawkes ⚡️

Who wants to play SpinCity? It's an offshore wind farm game I might be working on… 👀

The concept is a cute, simple game that anyone can play in-browser to get a better understanding of offshore wind farms from an economical perspective as well as a construction, operation and general "holy shit that's cool".

This idea has been on my backlog for years so it's exciting to be finally working on it. I've only been tinkering on it for a few hours but I'm quite pleased with where it is so far.

Feb 25 at 9:39amWeb
Show threadRobin Hawkes ⚡️Feb 25

Features so far…

⚡ Place individual substations, turbines and inter-array cables

📉 Reduced turbine output when placed downstream of wakes

📈 Increased costs depending on water depth and distance from shore

❓ React to real costs and constraints. Want that extra turbine? Now you need another substation and export cable.

⚖️ Balancing the cost of construction as a £/MW

🏗️ Animation of wind farm construction when you're done

Show threadRobin Hawkes ⚡️Feb 25

And that's just after the first few hours, I have plenty more ideas to expand this once I put come more time into it.

I also haven't settled on a name yet, though I do quite like Turbine Tycoon 🤓

So would you play this? I'd love to hear your ideas and suggestions for features and things to consider in the game.

Show threadjoëlFeb 25
@robhawkes very interested to play this!
Show threadAriaflameFeb 25
@robhawkes Do you have to worry about high velocity wind systems?
Show threadJez NicholsonFeb 25
@robhawkes I'm only playing if it has a disaster mode with Godzilla destroying my wind farm
Show threadRobin Hawkes ⚡️Feb 25
@jez That's a shame, I was only planning to have a kraken as a disaster 😉
Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Feb 25
@jez @robhawkes I wanna be able to turn the windmills into motors and cause hurricanes.
Show threadJeremiah FieldhavenFeb 25
@robhawkes definitely an interesting idea! Will it also do things like seasonal changes and storms, inspection and maintenance/repairs? Is the plan for a restricted region, or something large-scale like country-sized?
Show threadJaneishlyFeb 25
@robhawkes Turbine Tycoon sounds like a great game that I'd either definitely play or definitely *wouldn't* depending on how many hours it sucked out of my life. But the concept sounds like lots of fun - sign me up for beta testing!
Show threadGary Feb 25
@robhawkes needs disaster scenarios, à la SimCity and Godzilla (or Cthulhu?) rising from the depths 😆
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaFeb 25
@robhawkes id total play this, I’m curious how the energy markets impact operations. I wish I knew more about how it worked.
Show threadJason BroccardoFeb 25
@robhawkes Is the Final Boss a golf course owner with an irrational hatred of wind turbines?
Show threadTom ChadwinFeb 25
@robhawkes Shiny
Show threadninkosanFeb 25
@robhawkes have you seen power network tycoon? Might be up your street: https://powernetworktycoon.com
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Show threadMarquis de GeekFeb 25

@ninkosan @robhawkes see also: Powerhouse. (Although the game was slightly biased towards nuclear, iirc)

Disclaimer: I was one of the devs.

Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Feb 25
@robhawkes meeeeee!!!!!!! I wanna play!!!!!!
Show threadjohnchimentFeb 25
@robhawkes looks fun!
Show threadGary Feb 25
@robhawkes hell yeah, that sounds cool!
Show threadMichael HorneFeb 25
@robhawkes Cute!
Show threadPaul BarnfatherMar 3
@robhawkes ooh yes, love this idea! ⚡️