Landfill Tycoon

by troaked
co-authored: @jayjayec
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.80
A newly developed city is looking for a company to handle its waste management system. Surprisingly, even though you have no experience they turn to you. Monopolize this industry as you manage your landfills, trucks, population growth and pollution in this filthy tycoon, Landfill Tycoon.

Can you revolutionize the garbage system and develop the first black-hole incinerator? Find out when you play Landfill Tycoon

This game was built from scratch using Python and the pygame library. This is our first Ludum Dare.

All sounds and sprites were made by us except for the following:
- City Buildings: PINKCANNON - https://opengameart.org/content/svg-isometric-buildings
- Trucks: pixel32 - https://opengameart.org/content/pixel-art-vehicles
- Landfill Buildings: pixel32 - https://opengameart.org/content/pixel-city-municipal-buildings

Note from Jayjayec


The creative vision of the one and only Jayjayec and his apprentice Troaked has been crafted into a part game, part environmental policy statement which will leave you moved. Presenting... Landfill Tycoon.

##### Who built what:

JayjayecTroaked
The city generation systemRendering system
TexturesTextures
Vehicle Pathfinding
User Interface
Main Menu
Road Building
Landfill Building
Landfill Grouping
Building Construction
Money Logic
Pollution Logic
Sounds
Notification System


Screenshots



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How To Play:


- Use the arrow keys to move the camera around.

- Click to perform actions

Tools:



IconNameDescription
menu-pause.pngPauseClick this button to pause/unpause the game
menu-build-road.pngRoad ToolWhen selected drag your mouse to build roads. Roads must be in a straight line to be built
menu-landfill.pngLandfill ToolWhen selected drag your mouse to build a landfill. Landfills must be at least 3x3. You can extend current landfills using this tool by building a new one connected to it.
menu-building.pngBuilding ToolBuild buildings to deal with waste in landfills. Buildings must be built adjacent to a landfill.
menu-bomb.pngDelete ToolWhen selected, click a tile to bulldoze. Be careful as bulldozing costs money.


Buildings:


IconNameDescription
menu-fire.pngIncineratorCheap and gets the job done! Removes waste from landfill but produces pollution.
menu-recycle.pngRecycling PlantMore expensive than the Incinerator but produces no pollution.
menu-blackhole.pngBlack Hole GeneratorWhatever passes the horizon... never comes back.


screenshot
Tools: pygame

Comments4

Sauski14 Aug 2018, 04:12
Fantastic depth for a Jam game! It certainly brought out the city building perfectionist in me. Although I must admit I sent myself bankrupt Homer Simpson sanitation commissioner style the first few attempts. Perhaps a clearer idea of the continual cost of buildings and trucks would have helped, but I guess that comes with experience!
Robo_Chiz15 Aug 2018, 22:29
A solid entry. Nice art, simple but effective. I love these sort of games so the general premise excited me. It's calling out for a fast forward button, and maybe the ability to zoom. But I see alot of potential. Keep at it!
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ThatSommeS15 Aug 2018, 22:49
Please use WASD and not the arrow keys.. :wink: And the game starts very slowly, am I supposed to do anything other than collect garbage to get it going?
Carlos Giraldo18 Aug 2018, 19:40
Very good job doing a city sim in such a short amount of time. Smart to simplify it to just roads and one utility. Overall, balancing could use some work since I think the city builds a little too slowly and you run out of cash quickly. Overall, very impressed!
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