EDIT5: yolo, Infrastruction it is.

Thank you @MurrayL@lemmy.world and everyone.

Thank you for all the ideas! Shoutout to “pussy eaters republic”.

EDIT: added non-twitter poll link

Since my game is not (only) about villages, but building up an entire nation, I thought of changing the title to make it more appropriate.

“Nation Architect” and “Sovereign Architect” and “Sovereign Roads” are the other ideas.

Game concept: You play as a country leader, tasked with building up a country (either immortal president, or some form of AI). You will need to plan roads and factories, then launch bidding process to see your blueprints get built. You will manage “teams”, which are generated by towns at certain milestones, specialize them and buy them vehicles. Eventually, relations with other countries will come into play as well.

A single badly-planned highway bridge is enough to bankrupt you, like irl for weaker economies.

Link to the name change poll:

https://linkto.run/p/XBW2J7Z5

The game (pre-demo prototype in the works):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4136240/Country_Architect/

If you have other suggestions, I’d love to hear them as well.

  • Jumbie@lemmy.zipEnglish
    302·
    4 天前

    Is there any media link that isn’t to X? Many don’t like giving clicks to the Nazi social media stronghold.

    I’d love to see your game!

    EDIT: Your steam link was great.

    I recommend simplifying it: Architect

    This also leaves you open for sequels/expansions that may have a different theme than “country.”

    • purple_mimosa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      4 天前

      Thank you so much!!!

      You’re right, I should have made some google poll or something, darn it. (EDIT: added non-twitter link, removed old one)

      There are games such as Prison Architect (that are my inspiration in various ways), but I wouldn’t bee as bold as to name mine just Architect. 😅

      Another idea was Nation Builder, but that also seems too generic to me.

      You’re the first person to explicitly say to like my Steam page (even though I am fully aware the graphics are kind of atrocious), so thanks again. I’ll keep developing this project, and see where it goes.

  • adhd_traco@piefed.socialEnglish
    101·
    4 天前

    I don’t like anything with ‘sovereign’ in it because it makes me think of the Sovereign Individual and the big tech people preaching it.

    I’d probably think of Jargon of the industry, words, phrases, etc. that people use who work all that infrastructure stuff at the core of your game. And then hope they inspire something. Some games that make think of this, for example: Tropico, Anno, Satisfactory

  • fulcrummed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 天前

    Birth of a Nation, Fledgling Nation

    Edit: kind soul pointed out the shitty connotations of Birth of a Nation, definitely do not call it that!

  • pheonixdown@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    4 天前

    It sounds very infrastructure/trade based than politics, so I’d stay away from nation/country terms. Regional Planning would be a generic term for the infrastructure piece, could use Commerce if trade is important. >

  • Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    4 天前

    Architects don’t design countries. Town planners or Master planners do…

    • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      4 天前

      Technically those don’t design countries either. They just tell people where what is allowed to be build.

      Actually, we are kinda looping back to architects do design countries. Puzzle piece by puzzle piece.

      • purple_mimosa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        4 天前

        This kinda convinced me to stay with Country Architect (for now). It seems like no matter what I pick, there will be some downside, people telling me about (very valid) concerns about legibility, clarity, accuracy and whatnot.

        Also, someone said there are terms such as “the architect of this or that idea, concept, big thing”, that is basically synonymous with “creator”. That’s what I was going for anyway.