Show HN: Skyline Co-op is like SimTower, but built around democratic socialism
Skyline Co-op is a new indie simulation game inspired by SimTower that replaces traditional landlord mechanics with democratic socialist principles. Players act as elected stewards managing a building where residents collectively own and decide on the facility's operations.
Why it matters
The game serves as a unique cultural experiment in applying political theory to game design, challenging traditional capitalist tropes in simulation games.
Manage the money. Create the jobs. House the people.
A tower builder run on democratic socialism
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Nobody owns this place - source on GitHub
Your building saves itself as you go. You can rename it any time from Load Saved Co-op.
Saved co-ops are managed from the Saved Co-ops screen.
What this is — SimTower was a game about being a landlord: build floors, charge rent, watch the money come in. This is the same building run on democratic socialism instead — the people who live and work here own it together and decide what happens to it.
Your job — You are not the owner. You are the steward the residents elected, and you hold the treasury in trust. Everything you build, they live in.
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