TheoTown, developed by blueflower is a city-builder with a retro style that looks to be inspired by the classic Sim City 2000 and it's now available on Steam for Linux.
Released on Steam earlier this month, TheoTown is also available on mobile but the PC version is a full and proper game with no in-app purchase nonsense. On Android at least, the game is very highly rated and I imagine a number of readers have played it there so now you can pick it up again on your Linux PC and continue building the city of your dreams. So far, the Steam user reviews are also giving it a good overall picture.
While it doesn't have Steam Workshop support, it does have its own plugin system built into the game so you can mod-away. Looks like it pulls the mods from the official site for the built-in downloader, although you can also add them manually into the plugins folder.
Note: It requires you to have Java installed, I've mentioned to the developer about including it to make it easier. However, it works perfectly with OpenJDK 11.
I've not had much time with it myself other than to check it works but it seems quite nice. Seems a lot more basic when compared to games like Cities: Skylines but that's to be expected of a much smaller developer.
You can find TheoTown on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: GuestHave to say I'm interested, but the mention of android, java, and so on sorta makes me want to turn away from it.Most compare it to SimCity 2000, both because of the art style and depth.
Is there nothing to be said about what sort of depth there is to it, or any actual details ? It's nice being made away of an option that'll run on linux far as games go, but this is hardly much to go on ?
So, if you want Skylines complexity, it won't be for you, but if you want something a bit more simple, it might be right up your alley.
I don't think every game should try to aim for Skylines complexity - I even feel that Skylines is sometimes just too much, especially with the traffic management which I wish you could mostly just disable...
Also, the Steam page of the game does NOT show linux in the requirements. So I guess many will think it't not available on linux if they catch a glance of it.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 25 June 2019 at 11:48 am UTC
Quoting: GuestLooks nice. I just checked and i see hardware requirements for Linux.Same for me now. Guess they added it very quickly after seeing it's not there.
Quoting: HoriI'm not one, I swear it!Quoting: TheSHEEEP(...) is sometimes just too much, especially with the traffic management which I wish you could mostly just disable...(...)said every real life city planner ever :)))
Sounds convincing, though. At least in Skylines you can just destroy everying around a street if you need a roundabout there without the citizens rallying in protests against you ;)
Arehandoro Jun 25, 2019
Quoting: TheSHEEEPI emailed them and mentioned it was missing :)Quoting: GuestLooks nice. I just checked and i see hardware requirements for Linux.Same for me now. Guess they added it very quickly after seeing it's not there.
I am a pretty big cheapskate I gotta admit, gaming on a phone is a pretty mediocre experience and its hard to justify spending any money on such a thing when I hardly enjoy it.
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