Simp City Game

Welcome to Simp City, a city-building strategy game where your goal is to build the happiest and most prosperous city possible!

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Game Overview
• Gameplay
  • Main Menu
  • Starting a New Game
  • Building Types and Scoring
  • Game Features
• Advanced Features
• Requirements
• How to Run the Game

Introduction

Simp City is a turn-based strategy game developed using Python. Players take on the role of the mayor, aiming to build a thriving city by strategically placing buildings on a 4x4 grid.

Game Overview

• The game is played over 16 turns.
• Players choose between two randomly-selected buildings each turn and place one on the grid.
• The objective is to maximize the city's score by the end of the game.

Gameplay

Main Menu

When the game starts, the main menu provides the following options:

1. Start new game: Begin a fresh game with an empty grid.
2. Load saved game: Continue from a previously saved game state.
3. Exit: Quit the game.

Starting a New Game

• Upon selecting "Start new game", players receive an empty 4x4 board.
• Two buildings are drawn randomly from the building pool, and players choose one to place on the grid.
• Buildings can be placed freely in the first turn, but subsequent placements must be adjacent to existing buildings.

Building Types and Scoring

There are five types of buildings, each scoring differently based on their placement:

• Beach (BCH): Scores 3 points if placed in columns A or D, 1 point otherwise.
• Factory (FAC): Scores 1 point per factory, up to 4 points for the first 4 factories.
• House (HSE): Scores based on adjacent buildings, with special rules for factories and beaches.
• Shop (SHP): Scores 1 point for each different type of adjacent building.
• Highway (HWY): Scores 1 point per connected highway in the same row.

Game Features

• Building Placement: Choose between two buildings each turn and place them on the grid.
• Score Calculation: The game calculates the current score based on building placement.
• Save/Load Game: Players can save their progress and load it later.
• High Scores: The game maintains a list of top scores.

Advanced Features

• Program Validation: Includes error checking for inputs and valid building placements.
• High Scores: Lists the top 10 players by score.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• The game runs in a command-line interface.

How to Run the Game

1. Ensure Python 3.x is installed on your machine.

2. Clone or download the game files.

3. Run the game script using the command:

   python BuildingGame.py