Simulation game templates
A simulation template is a system you can poke. The split is whether you are running a day, a place, a price, or a single task.
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A day with a cost
A life sim is one person and one need. The Sims 4 (Maxis, 2014) is the mood. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 2020) is today's clock. If the need never changes the next action, it is a label. A dating sim points that need at one person across three meetings. Tokimeki Memorial (Konami, 1994) is the calendar. The score has to change a later line.
A farming sim ends the day. Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe, 2016) does it with an energy bar: one field, one crop, sleep. Plant forever and you deleted the day. A hobby sim is one task done well, the way PowerWash Simulator (FuturLab, 2022) is dirt. Do not add a boss. A job simulator judges the task. Papers, Please (Lucas Pope, 2013) is a stamp that can fail.
A place, a price, a belt
A city builder is a grid and a need that breaks if you only build one thing. Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order, 2023) is the traffic you caused. A colony sim names the people. RimWorld (Ludeon Studios, 2018) is a job plus a disaster. Colonists who cannot fail are a chore list. A management sim is one room, one employee, one visitor, which is the queue in Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios, 2018). A restaurant sim is that queue at dinner. Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games, 2018) is the panic of one dish. A shop sim is the shelf. Recettear (EasyGameStation, 2007) is the price on it.
A business sim stretches the price across months. Game Dev Tycoon (Greenheart Games, 2012) is the project. A tycoon lets you see the guests. RollerCoaster Tycoon (Chris Sawyer, 1999) is a plot and a queue. One attraction. Guests who cannot leave unhappy give you nothing to tune. A factory sim deletes the guest. Factorio (Wube Software, 2020) is a belt that should eventually build the factory. One machine, one conveyor. A second resource before the first moves on its own is how these stall.
Days and needs are the AI life sim maker. A field is the AI farming game maker. A grid that has to balance is the AI city builder maker. The shop, the park and the belt are different templates. Do not start all three on the city page.
Every template in this genre
Every build and style in this genre
- Business sim template: build it step by step
- City builder template: build it step by step
- Colony sim template: build it step by step
- Factory sim template: build it step by step
- Farming sim template: build it step by step
- Harvest Moon style template
- Stardew Valley style template
- Hobby sim template: build it step by step
- Job simulator template: build it step by step
- Animal Crossing style template
- Life sim template: build it step by step
- Social quest club template
- The Sims style template
- Cozy inn manager template
- Management sim template: build it step by step
- Restaurant sim template: build it step by step
- Shop sim template: build it step by step
- Tycoon template: build it step by step
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