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[ProDigit]

It's a scenario I'd written a few years ago,
2039 after the nuclear holocaust. The timer starts at 1939, no railroads out yet, as the economy has to be reborn.
You're going to need to survive on vehicles for a few years, and strategy.
Your aim is to survive the first years of depression.
It's not that easy!

As the game progresses, new industries will pop up.
It's basically a survival game in the beginnig.


It is doable, but you'll find you need to use the FF button a few times for time to pass faster, and money to accumulate.

I personally disable the AI, and it takes me a good 20 years (in the game) to be out of my debt.
You initially start out with a maximum credit line of 200.000.

*edit: I turned the date 1 year back, for a more difficult game play!*

[Alberth]

Nice scenario, but a bit too limited at the start imho.
You don't have much choice in how to start.

If you created a 2nd route (and perhaps from one of the water towers in the north-east), you'd have a bit more choice.
The caveat is of course that you must build more infra structure, so the costs rise

A second thing that could be nice is to leave some road here and there. Not enough to be really useful, but to challenge the player into using it.

[mfb]

Well, the short and the long water route are nice to build up the company. Once you established the longer route (costs ~200k for roads), the only limit is the money, therefore a second industry does not really help.

Edit: Is there any way to get a food chain running? Or a factory?

[ProDigit]

Nice scenario, but a bit too limited at the start imho.
You don't have much choice in how to start.

If you created a 2nd route (and perhaps from one of the water towers in the north-east), you'd have a bit more choice.
The caveat is of course that you must build more infra structure, so the costs rise

A second thing that could be nice is to leave some road here and there. Not enough to be really useful, but to challenge the player into using it.

The meaning of the game is to actually make it through the first years. Once you established some transport, more possibilities will open up, but the difficulty lies exactly in that you can't find any business to start, until you have the money, and the first business is very feeble!

Like the previous post mentioned, there already is this kind of road available, just not easy to see.

Manage until 1965, after which you most likely will be able to finish the game.

You can always fast forward the game in times where you can do nothing but wait for money to come in.

The game's difficulty is increased by not being able to do much of anything the first 20 years, which makes it even more difficult to reach the goals set in 2050 (to get an x-amount of stations, money, and transports delivered)

As far as companies, in the subtropic climate there are only these to be found:



You can always fund a new industry:

[Alberth]

Using the original scenario, I found a much better way to make money, namely wait 5+ years

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Once an oil well gets build, you make enough money to be out of debts in just 3 years with just two trains.

I guess if you transport water instead, you can make money even earlier.

[ProDigit]

I guess you got lucky you got those 2 so close by.
Every time you tun the game some industries get added,
I haven't seen that particular combination in my game!

another hint, pay back all your debt ($200.000) to the bank in the beginning, to lower interest fees during your 5yrs wait.
I don't know if it costs you more to be in red, or when you pay back 180.000 of the 200.000 and stay out of red, by having 0 < $$$ <20.000 loaned.
But one thing is true, the more you loan, the higher the intrest fees. Loaning 200,000 over 5 or 10 years can make you lose more money than loaning only $20.000, or nothing.