![]() ![]() For example, within 15 years in office you can enact a global ban on all oil or coal if you wanted to.but the consequences of doing so are catastrophic. I felt that it presents all the different solutions, consequences and problems of climate change well too. It's punishingly difficult but drives the entire climate change narrative well through gameplay and presentation. They will learn something, and they will do it in a way that entertains and informs more than a book or video would. I love SimEarth as a simulation, and someday I'm going to make sure my kids play though it to better understand how natural sciences interact and relate on a large scale. Or rather, that in order to turn it into an enjoyable gaming experience, you'd have to water the scientific connections down into meaninglessness. ![]() There is also the fact that SimEarth is simply not a game. Will Wright pushed simulation toys that educated modern devs largely water down Will's ideas into simulation games that entertain. And there's nothing wrong with that - it is a business at the end of the day - but it leaves us in a sort of stagnation. Features are added, and the simulation made more complex, only insofar as it makes the playing experience more enjoyable. Unfortunately in modern game development, people approach these things from a "Gameplay First" perspective. Will Wright took his simulation models very seriously. For SimEarth, it was bringing on James Lovelock, the scientist who originally developed the Gaia Hypothesis on which the game is based. For SimAnt, it was Holldobler and Wilson's The Ants. Having just read through World Dynamics (one of the books, along with Urban Dynamics and Industrial Dynamics, that Wright used to structure his Sim City mechanics), I can say that Wright used a unique "Simulation first and gameplay second" approach back in the 80's and 90's. /r/GamePhysics - Clips of game physics shining and glitchingĭesign based on /r/FlatBlue created by /u/creeschįirst and foremost, Will Wright is a damned genius./r/gaming4gamers - middle ground between purely-for-fun and more serious subreddits./r/GamingLeaksAndRumours - Leaks and Rumors.Posting unmarked spoilers will result in removal and warning, and posting spoilers with malicious intent will result in a ban. Please report posts containing spoilers unless they are hidden using the following method or are inside a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers. If you want to promote without participating in the community, purchase an ad. For more information, see the self-promotion on reddit FAQ. Some promotional submitting (posting your own projects, articles, etc.) is permitted, but it must be balanced out by a much greater level of non-promotion participation in reddit - the rule of thumb is no more than 10% of your submissions may be promotional. Promotion must be kept within acceptable limits.Follow all specific content restrictions.No off-topic or low-effort content or comments.No personal attacks, witch hunts, bigotry, or inflammatory language.No content primarily for humor or entertainment.Questions likely to generate discussion.Want to schedule an AMA with us? Read our guidelines for more information! To see previous AMAs, click here. New to reddit? Click here! Subreddit Calendar Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of entertaining viewers.įor examples of quality discussion posts we'd like to see in our subreddit, please review this page.įor an in-depth explanation of our rules, please review our rules page. The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. If you're looking for "lighter" gaming-related entertainment, try /r/gaming! Please look over our rules and FAQ before posting. r/Games is for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. ![]()
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