You play the game like this:
1) Scout for a surface deposit of Coal and start mining coal.
2) Scout for (surface) deposit of iron ore and start mining ore.
3) Using Coal + Ore build Pig Iron
4) Using Pig Iron build picks and shovels to increase your
mining efficiency.
5) Build Smelter/Foundry
6) Locate lime and concrete develop cement.
7) Collect Sand and use with cement to build an iron casting apparatus
8) Using the sand casting build a steam boiler and steam engine
9) Using the steam engine and iron casting build metal stamping
10) Using Steam engine and metal stamping build rail road.
11) Start mining below ground and locate Copper.
12) Build a copper foundry.
13) Using metal stamping build wire puller (makes wire)
14) Using iron, and wire build generator.
15) Using generator create electricity.
18) Mine tungsten and build lightbulb.
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First one to a PDP-8 wins :-)
What about creating a Game ?
Of course all Graphics has to be ASCII :)
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK