Wraith
05-04-2010, 09:40 PM
All the newsposts I saw about this are billing it as IBM's version of SimCity, just with a more educational / real-world problem kind of focus. What I still don't know is if it's a really simple (maybe even Flash based) game with a trailer full of fancy graphics. Or if it's a full-fledged, awesome-looking game that actually looks something like the city portrayed in the trailer. You'll see the final seconds of the game go into a very simple, cel-shaded design.
For now, I'm betting on a really basic game, but I'd love to be surprised.
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http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/retail.jpg
http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/Screen%20shot%202010-05-03%20at%2012.44.09%20PM.png
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5530375/ibm-builds-its-own-simcity-game), Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/1636325/ibms-cityone-is-like-sim-city-except-the-solutions-are-real), IBM (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/cityone/index.html)
Tomorrow, at the IMPACT conference, IBM plans to unveil CityOne, a video game that plops you into the role of being a city planner, trying to solve the sorts of business and environmental problems that grip today's modern cities. The ultimate aim for this so-called "serious game" is to teach laypeople how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought to bear, ranging from technological wizardry like smart grids, to better IT, to smart environmental policy.
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CityOne is much like Sim City, only the problems are scarily real, ranging among energy, water, banking, and retail. So, for example, one day you might get hit by a rapid increase in water usage due to population growth--while you're still losing 40% of your water supply to leaky pipes. (This is actually reality, in decrepit megalopolises such as Mumbai and Mexico City.) To fix that problem, you'll have to carefully install a real-time water management system. Or, to encourage growth in small-businesses, you'll have to set up an infrastructure of mobile payments, dynamic invoicing, and micro-lending.
For now, I'm betting on a really basic game, but I'd love to be surprised.
Tmf0ugQrDFk
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/retail.jpg
http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/Screen%20shot%202010-05-03%20at%2012.44.09%20PM.png
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5530375/ibm-builds-its-own-simcity-game), Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/1636325/ibms-cityone-is-like-sim-city-except-the-solutions-are-real), IBM (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/cityone/index.html)
Tomorrow, at the IMPACT conference, IBM plans to unveil CityOne, a video game that plops you into the role of being a city planner, trying to solve the sorts of business and environmental problems that grip today's modern cities. The ultimate aim for this so-called "serious game" is to teach laypeople how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought to bear, ranging from technological wizardry like smart grids, to better IT, to smart environmental policy.
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CityOne is much like Sim City, only the problems are scarily real, ranging among energy, water, banking, and retail. So, for example, one day you might get hit by a rapid increase in water usage due to population growth--while you're still losing 40% of your water supply to leaky pipes. (This is actually reality, in decrepit megalopolises such as Mumbai and Mexico City.) To fix that problem, you'll have to carefully install a real-time water management system. Or, to encourage growth in small-businesses, you'll have to set up an infrastructure of mobile payments, dynamic invoicing, and micro-lending.