Creative Alternative

Exploring the creative side of video games.

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I spent today’s evening playing Sim City 2000 from year 1900 to 2015. This is my island Retropolis (pun), hehe. ^_^

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I'll be replaying the Sim City games (at least 2000 and 4) and posting cool screenshots from them!

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Stranded Deep looks even better if you don't have your graphics settings on low, so here are the official screenshots!

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It took a long time, but 4 hours later, I built my first shelter in Stranded Deep.

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Stranded Deep is a new survival game that was released as Early Access on Steam in January.

It takes a bit longer to build stuff than Minecraft and you can't just punch trees with your fist, as it's more dedicated to realism.

You can try the game out on Steam for $14.99. Available for Windows and OS X.

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Microsoft Buys Mojang for $2.5 Billion

Development of Minecraft will continue on all platforms, including Playstation.

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The Sims 4: Create A Sim Demo is out now for Windows.

Direct your downloading streams to this webpage to ease your Sims cravings before the game releases in Fall later this year.

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ScreamRide was announced yesterday at Gamescom, featuring a mix of both creating rollercoaster rides in the sci-fi setting, as well as destroying them to get the most screams out of the terrified guests. The visual similarity to Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is not coincidental, since the game is being made by the same company, Frontier Developments.

We'll see how the creation+destruction combination will fare in Spring 2015 on Xbox.

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Godus out for iOS

Peter Molyneux and his new studio 22cans has released the Kickstarter backed Godus for iOS on August 7.

Enjoy these wallpapers from the team's page and go get the game free from the iTunes App Store

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SimCity 4 available for macs in the Mac App Store and on Steam

This is not the freshest news, but I've just discovered SimCity 4 in the Mac App Store where it's been available since April this year.

In addition, the mac version has become available on Steam, so your previous purchase for Windows is now cross-platform. I'm not complaining. :)

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More screenshots from Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth.

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The best games of E3 had no guns

Despite E3’s reputation as the biggest, loudest, guns-blazingest show around, the games I spent the most time with — and didn’t stop hearing about — were the ones with hardly a gun in sight. I...

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The mix-up that brought same-sex relationships to The Sims

Same-sex relationships in Maxis and Electronic Arts’ life simulator game, The Sims, were originally cut from the game and re-added accidentally due to work from an old design document, according to the New Yorker.

Speaking with the publication, programmer Patrick J. Barrett III said that shortly after he came onboard, he was given an old design document to work on for implementing social interactions between sims — one that still included gay relationships. When the game demoed at E3 in 1999, two female Sims were seen smooching during the live simulation, and the company ultimately decided to keep the feature.

(Link to the full story)

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Planets³ by Cubical Drift was successfully funded on Kickstarter. They surpassed their $250k goal by an additional $60k in the last week of the campaign. The French team is also updating their website so you can preorder online as a late backer.

The main features of the game are:

Marked progression, with clearly defined zone levels

Scalable UI: you craft what you need (a map, a watch, radar…)

An ‘In Game’ vehicle construction system to build your transport solutions

Natural elements taken into account, such as planets alignment, because all the planets are in motion!

Realism, with features like pipelines to transport resources, different smelting furnaces for metal, electric circuits management, farming and animal husbandry

Estimated release is Q4 2015.

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth was announced at PAX East today.

As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

It sounds and looks a lot like Alpha Centauri 2 to me. Which is all I'd ever hope it would be.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is scheduled to arrive Fall 2014.

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Announce Trailer - "A New Beginning"

First look at the premise of the new Civilization game.

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The new Transport Tycoon is now available worldwide.

iOS App Store: http://bit.ly/GzLslg Google Play Store: http://bit.ly/GA0kzw

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The Sims 3 Into the Future: Producer Walkthrough

A look into the gameplay of the last Sims 3 expansion pack, before The Sims 4 hits early 2014.

The Sims 3 Into the Future is coming October 22, 2013.