W latach 60. w nowojorskich klasach uczniowie zarz膮dzali ograniczonymi zasobami za po艣rednictwem teletype'贸w pod艂膮czonych do pot臋偶nych mainframe'贸w, decyduj膮c o podziale zbo偶a i ziemi w tej pionierskiej symulacji strategicznej. Po sze艣ciu dekadach gra zosta艂a odbudowana i rzuca wyzwanie: przechowuj ziarno na wypadek katastrof, uprawiaj pola i rozwijaj populacj臋 przez dziesi臋膰 lat. Utrzymuj r贸wnowag臋 mi臋dzy zapasami 偶ywno艣ci a ekspansj膮 osady, by unikn膮膰 wygini臋cia.
Ta symulacja miasta wymaga trudnych decyzji mi臋dzy ziemi膮 uprawn膮 a potrzebami populacji w ka偶dym sezonie. Gracze lubi膮cy zarz膮dzanie zasobami i symulatory doceni膮 jej g艂贸wn膮 p臋tl臋 planowania przetrwania. Upadek populacji do zera ko艅czy rozgrywk臋.
Between 1962 and 1965, some classes of students in New York were involved in an innovative research project. The goal was to create a new teaching method without teachers, using powerful computers, automatic systems such as slide projectors, and the playback of recorded audio lessons.
At the conclusion of the lesson, a 300-baud modem connected a powerful mainframe, costing tens of millions of dollars at the time, to a teletype under the students' control. The teletype printed long texts on continuous paper rolls, forcing the students to make difficult decisions on how to manage scarce resources to feed the population and plant crops for the next season.
It was the Sumerian Game, the ancestor of all strategy, management, and city simulation games.
The Sumerian Game, which was lost for 60 years, has been rebuilt and is now playable. Manage your grain, store it to withstand harsh seasons and natural disasters, grow your population, and expand your settlements. Find the best balance between people and food, or between arable land and cultivated fields.
You have ten years to expand your city and save it from extinction. If the population drops to zero, the lesson is over.
Call the teacher.
