Lisien
A downloadable tool for Windows and Android
Lisien manages the rules and world state of your Maxis-style simulation.
Rules are snippets of Python code with simple effects, linked to other code determining when the rules should run. You can reapply rules to different parts of the world, or change when they run, without writing new code.
Lisien lets you time travel. It remembers everything that ever happened in the simulation, so that when something strange happens in a playtester's game, and they send you their save file, you can track down the cause, even if it happened long before the tester knew to look for it.
The screenshots are of Elide, the graphical development tool; Lisien itself is headless, and can be embedded or run as a server, though this isn't very well supported yet.
Updated | 21 hours ago |
Status | In development |
Category | Tool |
Platforms | Windows, Android |
Rating | Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | clayote |
Genre | Simulation |
Tags | agent-based-simulation, cellular-automata, Game engine, Life Simulation |
Asset license | Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal |
Links | Community |
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Install instructions
On Android, enable "Unknown sources" in settings, and open the apk with a file manager. You might like to use the "Import game" button to import one of the example zips.
If you've extracted a zip bundle on Windows, you can run Elide standalone; just double-click runThis.bat. This probably isn't sufficient to build a game with, yet, so run the included python.exe from a command line in the "python" directory and it should be able to
import lisien
Consider adding it to your Path (using the location of the "python" directory, not the one given by that answer).
If you'd like to use Lisien in some other Python interpreter, open a command line and install it with Python's "pip" tool, eg.
python -m pip install -U lisien elide
You may substitute the .whl files on this page for "lisien" and "elide," if you wish. See the README for programming instructions. Launch the graphical interface with
python -m elide
Direct support requests either to the comments below, or (preferably) the Issues tab on Codeberg. For more general discussion about the engine, please join the Gamemaking Tools forum.
Development log
- v0.21.7 fix importer21 hours ago
- v0.21.6 fix rule builder6 days ago
- v0.21.5 fix new game button *again*6 days ago
- v0.21.4 reorderable rules8 days ago
- example sims9 days ago
- v0.21.3 you can start games on Android again12 days ago
- v0.21.2 you can see Elide again20 days ago
- v0.21.0 bookmarks25 days ago
Comments
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Discord group?
Not on Discord, but there is a forum for Lisien
Great work & great forum if I may add! Getting me so inspired that I just woke up in spite of Electronic Arts lost potential with Maxis.