Notes from the developer:
- This is not a puzzle game, in Citystate there is no right combination to build a successful Nation. This is a sandbox, old school style in which most building tools are unlocked at the start. There are no mandatory guided steps, aside from a brief independent tutorial.
- Micro-management is minimal in Citystate; you won't need to build public facilities or set up bus lines. Instead, the game focuses on macro-management and economics, encouraging you to explore the big picture and experiment with political ideologies.
- The game mechanics are based on today’s global economy. The effect of policies aim to mirror real-world nations and their inherent differences. Citystate is often politically incorrect and possibly biased.
- The game is specifically designed for mature audiences.
Technical description:
Citystate is a city-builder and a political sandbox in which you plan, build and rule a micro nation from scratch. Design your map, your flag, name your State and pass the first policies! Experiment with political orientations and city-planning strategies to make your Nation strive toward success.
- + Realistic urban growth patterns, land value based dynamics.
- + Low income, middle income and upper income residential buildings.
- + Industrial zones, evolving from basic factories to high tech industries.
- + Commercial zones, evolving from small stores to malls, and tall office towers.
- + Arcologies, government buildings, parks and special unlockable buildings.
- + Real-scale skyscrapers.
- + 3 road types, monorail, airport and seaport.
- + One demand bar per social class.
- + Trade capacity / Infrastructures.
- + GDP growth rate.
- + Credit rating / Bonds.
- + Tourism
- + Demographics (population growth, poverty rate, income inequality,...).
- + Freedom Index (free market) VS Civil Rights Index (progressive).
- + Education, Health-care and Justice budgets.
- + 26 forms of government, from communist dictatorship to libertarian anarchy.
- + Slums and urban decay.
- + Illegal immigration, army and riots.
- + Large maps up to 4x4 miles (6.4x6.4km).
- + Region mode with 20 available maps.
- + Flag Creator.
- + Resource management.
- + Sandbox mod (unlimited money).
- + Space expansion with 20 planets to colonize.
