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The original SimCity is now the open source Micropolis

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT
Think you're smarter than the meatheads on your local city council? Now you can prove it -- without running for office -- courtesy of the original city simulation game. Electronic Arts (EA) has released the source code to SimCity under the GPLv3. The newly freed game is dubbed Micropolis, and it is playable in most major Linux distributions.


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LIGHTYEARS(6)							   Games Manual 						     LIGHTYEARS(6)

NAME
lightyears - single player real-time strategy game with steampunk sci-fi SYNOPSIS
lightyears [options...] OPTIONS
--window Start the game in windowed mode, regardless of the last saved state. --fullscreen Start the game in fullscreen mode, regardless of the last saved state. --no-sound Mute all sounds. --safe Restore default configuration (any existing configuration will be deleted). DESCRIPTION
lightyears is a strategy game with steampunk elements. You are the ruler of a new city on an alien planet and you have to provide it with energy to let it advance. To achieve this you have to construct "Steam Makers" and connect them through pipes and nodes. Ensuring a stable and plentiful steam supply will let you upgrade your city. This will result in additional "work units" which will allow you to do a higher amount of simultaneous construction work. Other than constructing "Steam Makers", nodes and pipes, you can also upgrade those to increase their efficiency. To make your task more difficult there are atural phenomenons that may harm part of your network, in which case you will have to repair it in hurry before the city loses too much energy. You'll also have to face enemy alien ships, of increasing power as the game advances, which will attempt to destroy your infraestructures. IN-GAME KEYBOARD CONTROLS Build node: N Build pipe: P Destroy: D, backspace Open the menu: escape SEE ALSO
You will find additional documentation in /usr/share/doc/lightyears/html/. AUTHOR
lightyears was written by Jack Whitham <jack@jwhitham.org.uk> and this manual page by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <siegfried@gevatter.com>. June 20, 2009 LIGHTYEARS(6)