[999900000999]

I like the idea.

But this is a very weird way to sell a game.

1st, we have Steam. That's where I and most people buy games. 30$ for a random exe is going to be really inconvenient.

Launch it on Steam at the same time, or at a minimum promise a key.

It's also not clear why it's just a bunch of American cities, if you're pulling the data from Google anyway, any city ( within reason) should work. If you need additional data, let users add it.

Maybe on steam I'll buy it

[mcdonje]

>why it's just a bunch of American cities

They said they pulled commuter data from the census and another source. They'd need to get a few datasets from other countries to pull it off that aren't in google maps.

[999900000999]

No reason they can't provide a way for users to add this.

I'll wait on the Steam release.

[rustystump]

Perhaps my most favorite game is not on steam and sold as a sketchy exe/jar file. I say more power to sketchy .exe game devs and down with steam.

Now excuse me, my Pather friends called and there is a colony using ai which must be purged by Lud’s holy fire.

[as1mov]

Ha I was going to mention Star Sector as an example of a great game that's not on Steam, but looks like you've already got that covered.

Highly recommended space sim for anyone else reading this!

[ReliantGuyZ]

In the FAQ they explain that they use US federal data for the population simulation, including home and workplace locations, college student counts, and flight information from the FAA.

https://www.subwaybuilder.com/simulation

[xboxnolifes]

It will be on steam, says on at the bottom.

[brewdad]

For $10 more. I get that Steam takes their pound of flesh but this feels shortsighted given how games are consumed these days.

I like the concept and am intrigued but at this price point I'll wait for reviews from people who have played it extensively.