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Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console) (https://github.com)

140 points by inflam52 3 days ago | 26 comments | View on ycombinator

allanrbo 3 days ago |

SIM=subscriber identity module. sim=simulator. :-)

_joel 3 days ago |

I hope it "Reticulates Tiny Splines" (good work btw)

gaudystead 3 days ago |

I literally JUST bought a Thumby out of a vending machine this past weekend, so this post feels a bit serendipitous for me. Thanks for sharing, and I'll have to check this out!

JKCalhoun 3 days ago |

Is it using the 1.3-inch monochrome OLED display of the Arduboy or something smaller? (Guessing the 72 × 40 display of the Thumby?)

Tiberium 3 days ago |

Small bug: the sim seems to double count residential population for taxes, industrial pop gets ignored. The duplicate logic seems to exist in UI but it's correct there.

Also I wonder if all the repetition could be reduced, or would it affect performance on MicroPython?

https://github.com/chrisdiana/TinyCity/blob/88d07cf98f13bb73...

coldcity_again 3 days ago |

Looks super cool, nice job!

hei-lima 3 days ago |

Really cool!

bowlcutWiz 3 days ago |

looks awesome! can't wait to try the online version :)

tinfoilhatter 3 days ago |

Looks neat! Great job!

mcsolid 3 days ago |

very cool!