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I like the idea.

But this is a very weird way to sell a game.

1st, we have Steam. That's where I and most people buy games. 30$ for a random exe is going to be really inconvenient.

Launch it on Steam at the same time, or at a minimum promise a key.

It's also not clear why it's just a bunch of American cities, if you're pulling the data from Google anyway, any city ( within reason) should work. If you need additional data, let users add it.

Maybe on steam I'll buy it



>why it's just a bunch of American cities

They said they pulled commuter data from the census and another source. They'd need to get a few datasets from other countries to pull it off that aren't in google maps.


No reason they can't provide a way for users to add this.

I'll wait on the Steam release.


Perhaps my most favorite game is not on steam and sold as a sketchy exe/jar file. I say more power to sketchy .exe game devs and down with steam.

Now excuse me, my Pather friends called and there is a colony using ai which must be purged by Lud’s holy fire.


Ha I was going to mention Star Sector as an example of a great game that's not on Steam, but looks like you've already got that covered.

Highly recommended space sim for anyone else reading this!


In the FAQ they explain that they use US federal data for the population simulation, including home and workplace locations, college student counts, and flight information from the FAA.

https://www.subwaybuilder.com/simulation


It will be on steam, says on at the bottom.


For $10 more. I get that Steam takes their pound of flesh but this feels shortsighted given how games are consumed these days.

I like the concept and am intrigued but at this price point I'll wait for reviews from people who have played it extensively.




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