In den Klassen von New York in den 1960er Jahren verwalteten Schüler knappe Ressourcen über Teletype-Verbindungen zu gewaltigen Mainframes und entschieden, wie sie Getreide und Land verteilten - in dieser wegweisenden Strategiesimulation. Nach sechs Jahrzehnten neu aufgebaut fordert das Spiel dich heraus, Getreide gegen Katastrophen zu lagern, Felder zu bestellen und deine Bevölkerung über zehn Jahre wachsen zu lassen. Balanciere Nahrungsvorräte mit der Ausdehnung der Siedlung, um das Aussterben zu verhindern.
Diese City-Simulation zwingt dich zu harten Entscheidungen zwischen Ackerland und Bevölkerungsbedürfnissen in jeder Saison. Fans von Ressourcenmanagement und Simulationsspielen kommen bei ihrem Kernloop der Überlebensplanung voll auf ihre Kosten. Ein Bevölkerungsrückgang auf null beendet den Run.
Between 1962 and 1965, some classes of students in New York were involved in an innovative research project. The goal was to create a new teaching method without teachers, using powerful computers, automatic systems such as slide projectors, and the playback of recorded audio lessons.
At the conclusion of the lesson, a 300-baud modem connected a powerful mainframe, costing tens of millions of dollars at the time, to a teletype under the students' control. The teletype printed long texts on continuous paper rolls, forcing the students to make difficult decisions on how to manage scarce resources to feed the population and plant crops for the next season.
It was the Sumerian Game, the ancestor of all strategy, management, and city simulation games.
The Sumerian Game, which was lost for 60 years, has been rebuilt and is now playable. Manage your grain, store it to withstand harsh seasons and natural disasters, grow your population, and expand your settlements. Find the best balance between people and food, or between arable land and cultivated fields.
You have ten years to expand your city and save it from extinction. If the population drops to zero, the lesson is over.
Call the teacher.
