Yesterday I discovered this site and I must say (being a city planning-student and very interested in the idea of cradle-to-cradle), that I find it absolutely fantastic. Today, I finally got the result I wanted to achieve (the highest building level for each tile), before time runs out. Since I didn't really have anything to build now, I decided to quit the game, assuming there was a time bonus (it was shown in the victory points screen, I thought). It was 2101 when I finished the game. Unfortunately, I didn't get any points, I actually got 15 less than was shown when I was still playing. So, is this a bug, or should I continue micromanaging to get a little higher score? Just trying to get to 700, or even challenge the top 2.

Hi Wessel! Great to hear you like the game.

About your question: that sounds pretty strange. I do know for a fact that the time bonus for completing level 4 is very hard to get.

Perhaps if you have some time to spare, and if you're up for it, would you please try to recreate the situation? It would be super if you could take a screenshot of the in-game score overview, and your end-game score overview. Feel free to post it here on the forums, or send it directly to me at dylan@paladinstudios.com .

If those two screenshots are not the same, then that would certainly indicate a bug.

Thanks very much for reporting!

Hm, tried to do it again, but no fail this time. Perhaps I simply overlooked the fact that when you replace a stadium or a park with a large living tower, you lose some points, so it only seemed that my score was lower. Now I'm going to sleep, since it is almost 1 a.m. here now. Quite an addicting game.

Incredible score! When we launched EnerCities v1.0 three weeks ago, we thought that even 700 would be impossible to reach!

What a nice score you got there! Congrats! Don't have any clue how you got it. Don't know how this score can be beaten, but I'll give it a try

Thank you very much for your kind replies! If you'd like to, I can post some strategies, so we can try to get to 1100 one day. I have one thing to point out though: one of the key steps for me that tipped me over 1K, was to maximize natural resources. When I quit, I only had 9 oil left. The reasoning behind this, is that heavy industry 1. makes a larger profit than bussiness centra, and 2. are available a stage earlier than the latter one, so they are required to optimize the score for stage 2. The trick is to switch to business centra just at the right point. This yields a lot, but I think that one design philosophy was to make the player aware of natural resource exhaustion. The way I played it, was to continue polluting until it wasn't possible to remain doing so, which is exactly what happens now, and what this game should make us aware of!

So, I propose a score point for every oil resource left, or perhaps 0.5 or 0.2. With a more economical use of oil, it is possible to save 200, or 300. The downside of this idea is that it probably won´t be worth the waiting for futuristic energy supplies (except for fusion). Still, it might be worth considering.

I like that idea! I agree that currently you can kind of 'cheat' by using up pretty much all of your natural resources, and claim your score just before Doomsday.

Thanks for bringing it up!

how on Earth did people manage those high scores!!! my best was a respectable 400 something etc etc..... ARGHHHHHHHHH

lol

Play it more often, and keep in mind that you want a high score. (Which not means, beating the game as fast as possible).

But then again, got the same question about the 1142.. :\ Came close once to 1100, but came 1 or 2 years short.. :/

edit: jeej:D now I figured it out I can go even higher, made 2 mistakes during my game which costed me 150 euro's and i think 20 points too.

Good luck WesselV1!

1149:O It seems that I should now unpack my final idea. I'm ready for the challenge.

Hehe I have some ideas left too! Like i edited in the previous post.. >:) Bring it on!

Right then, let's get started! In my last games I only tried to optimize my strategy but I may have found something else. Ended level 3 with 50 points more than I used to (around 610 this time) but ran out of time since I didn't have enough money to complete level 4. Perhaps a mix of these two could work...

Hmm.. I'm curious what your tactic is.. I think they are pretty much the same, but you never know what would happen if we work together

Tried again and made another mistake, costed me 20 euro's and 3 or 4 points, but wouldn't have made it to 1160.

In level 1, you probably build all the tiles full with parks (and 2 houses).. Do you upgrade the parks? I don't..

Since some games ago, I decided to put all statistics in an Excell file. Currently, my best game showed this result:

Level Economy Environment Well being Victory Points Time Overall Cumulative
1 2 21 4 0 10 37 37
2 41 57 15 10 2 125 162
3 159 220 30 8 0 417 579
4 186 313 61 21 0 581 1160
Total 388 611 110 39 12 1160 1160

I've missed a point in level 1, but since I'm going to overwrite that tile anyway, I'll take that loss.

Yet, I've thought of something else, which should work in theory, but I have no idea how much it works in reality since it is quite radical. Perhaps, 1200 is possible? Anyway, I'm going to try it.

Funny to see that you are really on the economy and I'm concentrating on the environment. Yet, we have 8 points different..

I came 2 years short on this score, was upgrading houses, but they didn't finnish in time

Apparently, that strategy did work, though I've missed 15 to 20 points. It would be very tricky nevertheless, because I now finished in 2107, would be 2109 then...

damnit damnit damnit! I had 1230 and counting!... But came 1 year short..

Tomorrow i'll try once more!:P

Yeah me too, noticed I had something left. I wonder what would be the limit, I thought 1050 was pretty much what could be achieved... perhaps even 1300? I'm going to try another game now, I think 1240 or even 1250 is just possible with some more micromanagement.

I'm running out on idea's.. I fail to finnish in time

I have no idea how you get 16 points more then I have..