Octonoo
07-23-2008, 06:50 AM
Here's an interesting looking XNA game that is apparently going to be available for sale/download later this year:
Future Flow (http://www.futureflow.be/)
Sample screenshot:
http://i33.tinypic.com/260z613.jpg
Game Overview (Source) (http://imaginecup.com/MyStuff/MyTeam.aspx?TeamID=9001):
Future Flow is a city sim puzzle game. You, the player, have the task of transforming a polluted and unsustainable city into a clean, sustainable one. There are tools at your disposal including new technologies, renewable energy sources, and your sheer puzzle solving skill. However you must use your limited resources wisely if you are going to succeed in upgrading your city’s outdated infrastructure and finding a way to make Earth’s cities last.
You can use your existing infrastructure and both renewable and non-renewable resources to build new structures, and to upgrade or demolish outdated ones. You can guide the flows of power, fuel, water, and food to where they are most needed, as you get closer to your goal of making your city 100% sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Conceptually and stylistically, Future Flow borrows from traditional board games and more complex sims like SimCity and Civilization. Your city is represented by hexagonal tiles. Its aim is to educate players about sustainable technologies and the ecological problems we all need to face in the 21st century, and—of course—to be fun and challenging to play.
Yes! More boardgame-style stuff for the 360!
Future Flow (http://www.futureflow.be/)
Sample screenshot:
http://i33.tinypic.com/260z613.jpg
Game Overview (Source) (http://imaginecup.com/MyStuff/MyTeam.aspx?TeamID=9001):
Future Flow is a city sim puzzle game. You, the player, have the task of transforming a polluted and unsustainable city into a clean, sustainable one. There are tools at your disposal including new technologies, renewable energy sources, and your sheer puzzle solving skill. However you must use your limited resources wisely if you are going to succeed in upgrading your city’s outdated infrastructure and finding a way to make Earth’s cities last.
You can use your existing infrastructure and both renewable and non-renewable resources to build new structures, and to upgrade or demolish outdated ones. You can guide the flows of power, fuel, water, and food to where they are most needed, as you get closer to your goal of making your city 100% sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Conceptually and stylistically, Future Flow borrows from traditional board games and more complex sims like SimCity and Civilization. Your city is represented by hexagonal tiles. Its aim is to educate players about sustainable technologies and the ecological problems we all need to face in the 21st century, and—of course—to be fun and challenging to play.
Yes! More boardgame-style stuff for the 360!