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Nice! That's what I've spent the past two years hoping for from Urbek City Builder, whose art style this immediately reminded me of. If you haven't already (which would surprise me), definitely check out Urbek. It's such a fun puzzle game, but development seems to have stalled. Anyway, buying this right away, if only for the Microslop license. Edit: I'm 2 hours in. Really fun vibe with a", "context": "", "use_case": "city building game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Microlandia, a brutally honest city builder"}, {"id": 738296608, "item_id": 46143538, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143538", "by": "mysterydip", "date": "2025-12-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love all the people-centric causes and effects. Really interesting design, sharing with my friends!", "excerpt": "Reading through the page, I love all the people-centric causes and effects. 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I am excited to see more Landlock tools emerge that make this task easier. - https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap - https://codeberg.org/dannyfritz/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Landlock-Ing Linux"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["city building game"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 803779120, "item_id": 50236195, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236195", "by": "phaser", "date": "2026-10-25", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've been working on adding energy mechanics to Microlandia", "excerpt": "I've been working on adding energy mechanics to Microlandia. right now i have added solar, wind, nuclear and coal power and houses, datacenters, factories etc use real-world usage. there is power selling and power buying and a score for carbon footprint. 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Nice! That's what I've spent the past two years hoping for from Urbek City Builder, whose art style this immediately reminded me of. If you haven't already (which would surprise me), definitely check out Urbek. It's such a fun puzzle game, but development seems to have stalled. Anyway, buying this right away, if only for the Microslop license. Edit: I'm 2 hours in. Really fun vibe with a", "context": "", "use_case": "city building game", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Microlandia, a brutally honest city builder"}, {"id": 738296608, "item_id": 46143538, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143538", "by": "mysterydip", "date": "2025-12-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love all the people-centric causes and effects. Really interesting design, sharing with my friends!", "excerpt": "Reading through the page, I love all the people-centric causes and effects. 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