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simgrammar the grammar of simulation

locator

https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis

notes

GPL release of the original SimCity engine (year from contributor knowledge). micropolis-java engine: crimeScan sets cell crime = 128 - land value + population density (cap 300) minus a smoothed police map, clamped 0-250, high-crime message above an average of 100; doDisasters fires with chance 1/481, 1/241, or 1/61 per cycle by level, then picks fire, flood, tornado, earthquake, nothing, or a monster if average pollution exceeds 60.

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Chapter 2. Six layers

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Why deep systems are hard to read

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Treasury and budget, Citizen satisfaction, Crime and policing, Immigration by attractiveness, Labor market, Land value, Pollution spread, Power grid, Random disasters, RCI demand, Road networks, Service coverage, SimCity, Taxation, Traffic congestion

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2026-10-24
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