So I am working on my new game, which I think is quite novel, and probably a world's first. I'm building a pyramid building simulator. Complete with 1000s of workers, each doing their own planning. I wonder if someone has done a pyramid building sim before? I would love to have a reference. In my game you need to manage the supply chain, create support buildings, and hire workers. Oh, and the UI is in Hieroglyphics (as in, the real deal from Ancient Egypt.) Here's a screen shot:
I vaguely remember seeing a game before that involved managing AI workers like a castle building sim on Steam before but I don't think I've heard of a game that was specifically a pyramid building sim before. Could you share a bit more about what the game is like? It may help people think of comparisons. Edit: I think I remembered what game your description reminded me of. It isn't a builder game so much as an excavation game involving Drwarves mining around on their own and you're tasked with keeping them from digging into areas that will kill them off. I think the actual name is Dwarves. You might also check out the Stronghold series of castle building sims. There's also a Castle Builder Sim or something like that but I don't know much about it.
That sounds like a really novel idea! I don't think I've heard of a game like that before and I look forward to seeing how it develops. My only comment would be about the hieroglyphics UI. I think as a player I would be admitted by that, since I like to have my information at a glance, unless the goal was to teach hieroglyphics. In any case, I hope to see more of this because the concept certainly had me intrigued.
So yeah, there is a 'transcription' option that will show the english meaning on mouse-over The game is pretty much finished and will be on Steam soon. http://stolk.org/imhotep/
Thanks for the references! I will try to find videos of that Dwarves game. Sorry for the late reply, I should have subscribed to this thread.
That looks really cool. I've never seen a game about building a Pyramid. Maybe you could add more campaigns to build something like Mayans pyramides on a harder level?