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A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't

An indie city-building game called Housing where the city actively resists and opposes the player's building efforts, subverting the typical city-builder genre. The project gained traction on Hacker News with 149 points and 56 comments.

Background

City-building games like Cities Skylines and SimCity are a popular genre; this indie project flips the trope by making the city an antagonist. Featured on Hacker News suggests interest in creative game design.

Source
Hacker News (RSS)
Published
Oct 11, 2026 at 04:31 AM
Score
5.0 / 10