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Chili City

·214 words·2 mins·
chilichip
Author
chilichip
Makers of VGC Zero, a tiny open-source handheld for playing and making games.
Lay roads, zone land, watch it grow.
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How to play
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  • Move the cursor around the 32×32 map with the arrow keys. The view scrolls when you reach the edge.
  • Press X (B) to switch tools: road, residential, commercial and industrial zones, and the bulldozer.
  • Press Z (A) to build on grass, or to clear a tile with the bulldozer. Each build costs money.
  • Zones only grow when they touch a road. Homes need jobs, and shops and factories need people.
  • Every month you collect taxes and pay road upkeep. Press V (Y) to see the city stats.
Key Button
Arrow keys / WASD D-pad
Z A (build)
X B (next tool)
V Y (stats)

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About the game
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A small city builder in the spirit of the original SimCity, made for the 128×128 screen of VGC Zero. You start with $5000, build roads and residential, commercial and industrial zones, and a monthly simulation grows each zone through three building levels while the population and your budget change. Built with the chili-chip 32blit SDK for the handheld, desktop, and the web.

Source code
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