#TOWNSCAPER PLATFORMS SIMULATOR#
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The game has no people, or characters, to add to it. The article I was reading also referenced Studio Ghibli which I can totally relate with given the colorful sloping roofs and closely knit structures in the cities that emerge. Inspired by illustrations from Scandinavian children’s books the game brings to life the calm streets of Scandinavia without losing the latest, cutting edge, technical features that are allowing them to materialize. What I liked a lot about Townscaper is the basic design principle of minimalism it follows. Give it a few seconds and a flock of seagulls arrive to sit on the roof. It creates a metal scaffolding to hold the first floor and removes only the portion you right clicked. So what happens if you right click on the ground floor of a two floor house? Does it remove the entire structure? No. Right clicking removes elements (with pieces falling into the water).

If you wish to add a road connecting the home to something else all you need to do is keep clicking and extending the foundation granite road. The algorithm working behind the scenes essentially starts recognizing patterns in each block and adds/connects new similar elements to it. Click once more and another floor is added to the house. Left click on top of it again and boom! A quaint little home appears. Left clicking anywhere creates a foundation stone/part of a road. It starts off on a screen filled with animated water that is waiting for you to click. While parallels to creation/construction based platforms like Minecraft are expected, the straight forward and aesthetic illustrations offer a slightly different flavor.

#TOWNSCAPER PLATFORMS SIMULATOR#

Even though it is categorized as a game it really is a beautifully animated coastal town/city building simulator created by Swedish game developer Oskar Stålbergthat follows some refreshingly simple ideas. You can check how you can actually make a building freely with the browser version of Townscaper in the following movie.Browsing through my Flipboard feed today I happened to come across Townscaper. You can freely change the lighting position by operating the red frame part. You can remove the shadow of the building by clicking the square mark below the square.īy clicking the sun mark, it is possible to erase the color of the building and display it as a 3DCG model. If you check 'Square', you can display the guideline as a guide for where you can create a building on the surface of the water as shown below. In the red frame part, there are buttons 'Undo' and 'Redo', and if you are dissatisfied with the created building or land, you can start over from here. At the top of the menu are links to sales platforms where you can purchase the app version of Townscaper. The following menu is displayed on the right side of the screen. Click the gear icon at the top right of the screen. So, the building I created is as follows. If you add a building to a place where there is no land as shown below, stanchions will be created so that it extends from the surface of the water. You can add a building that connects to the base building. You can build a building of the color selected in the color palette on the left side of the screen.Ĭlick on the wall or roof of a building.

You can delete an object by moving the cursor to land or a building and right-clicking or left-clicking and holding it, right-clicking and holding to adjust the camera angle, left-clicking and holding to adjust the camera position, and mouse wheel to screen. It's easy to use, and you can freely create land and buildings just by clicking on the screen.

The browser demo version of Townscaper can be played from the following page.

#TOWNSCAPER PLATFORMS FREE#

The Steam version of Townscaper is distributed for a fee, but the browser demo version can be played for free, so I immediately tried playing it.Ī free Townscaper web demo, playable straight in the browser: 16:00:00 A demo version of 'Townscaper' that can be generated like a god just by clicking on a colorful and atmospheric building has appeared in the browser, so I played with itĪ browser demo version of the simulation game 'Townscaper ' that allows you to freely create colorful European-style cityscapes has been released.

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