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* It was the first city-building game released after a year-long drought (''[[SimCity 4]]'' was released [[January 2003]]) |
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* It is a cooperative effort of designers of previous best-selling city-building games (notably ''[[Pharaoh (computer game)|Pharaoh]]'' and ''[[Caesar III|Caesar]]''). |
* It is a cooperative effort of designers of previous best-selling city-building games (notably ''[[Pharaoh (computer game)|Pharaoh]]'' and ''[[Caesar III|Caesar]]''). |
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* It uses a [[3D computer graphics|three dimensional]] [[game engine]] instead of a fixed [[Isometric projection|isometric view]]. |
* It uses a [[3D computer graphics|three dimensional]] [[game engine]] instead of a fixed [[Isometric projection|isometric view]]. |
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Revision as of 06:11, 4 December 2006
Children of the Nile is a city-building game set in ancient Egypt, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released November 2004 in the United States and February 2005 in Europe.
Overview
The game is noteworthy because:
- It was the first city-building game released after a year-long drought (SimCity 4 was released January 2003)
- It is a cooperative effort of designers of previous best-selling city-building games (notably Pharaoh and Caesar).
- It uses a three dimensional game engine instead of a fixed isometric view.
- It models individual behaviors of game characters.
Children of the Nile is similar to earlier city-building game titles in that:
- Players, acting as leader or "pharaoh", must meet the needs and wants of game characters.
- Needs include food, shelter, health, spiritual care, and economic growth for common and elite citizens.
- A map and campaign editor are included for players to create and share custom game scenarios.
The game is different from earlier titles in that:
- Players must attract elite citizens to work in the city to provide services and growth. This means instigating a continuous series of exploits and monument building.
- Game characters are individually simulated. This means they walk away from assigned duties as needed to socialize, shop, and rest before returning to work. They may leave the city or die, and be replaced by immigration or internal promotion of other characters.
- The (Nile) river is modeled in three dimensions to represent annual inundation and retreat of flood waters, restricting availability of tillable land to planting and harvest seasons.
Tilted Mill maintains an active online user forum where game play and game design are often vehemently and good-naturedly discussed. Players consist of newbies to city-building and old hands who still actively play previous titles. The forum has sub-sections for English, German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking users.
Some players maintain that Children of the Nile is the first step toward a "society-builder" game genre, because of the focus on modeling individual needs and wants of game characters in determining overall city success.
Release dates
- U.S. English version in November, 2004
- European versions released in February, 2005 (French, German, Italian and Spanish)
- On September 26, 2006 a 4th version of "Caesar" hit shelves. It uses the same game engine as Children of the Nile.
See also
- Tilted Mill Entertainment
- City-building game
- Computer and video games
- Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer and video games