It's just a thought. Is it possible that the future game allow player play as a single person in the game? I ask this question just because there are real pedestrians in the game.
What would you envision the role of this theoretical single person player? What would they do in the game?
Also, thank you for the message in the "POST HERE" forum - I'm sure it's a strange way to gain access to the forum, but it does make sure that spammers that post spam never have their posts be publicly seen, only by the mods here :)
I think this is one of my immature thought. I'm not a programmer, I know even if someone furfil this thought would require a lot of work. I don't really know what would those "pedestrians" do, which allow players have enough energy to play another totally different types of simulation. That would be a brand new game.
It's an understandable thought. I've wished for well over 20 years that Simutrans could be played more like SimCity. :) Although in those 20+ years, sometimes something gets added. You can actually build individual buildings now, although it's not the same as zoning for Res/Com/Ind and wathing the cities grow. But I will often play in -freeplay mode and use it as a sort of virtual railroad layout, and my goal is to make fun freeways, but also to transport as many goods/passengers as I can (regardless of profit). heh.
And although programmers are volunteers and there's rarely much time to work on requests that don't have broad appeal (especially to those doing the programming), again sometimes things get put in that are useful - like one-way signs for roads. When those got added, we could make two-tile-wide freeways. And things like elevated ways made freeway junctions much more flexible.
So while something radical like playing as someone visible walking around might not ever happen, there is a small chance that if you come up with good ideas, someone might want to implement them. THAT said...... there's usually not a shortage of ideas; rather, a shortage of time/energy to implement them. So it's a balance of expectations. lol. "Probably not, but you never know". :)
"I've wished for well over 20 years that Simutrans could be played more like SimCity." And you know up to a certain extend that it is possible.
Actually I try to set up my first Youtube video about the Simutrans ability on City building. Our paksets contain so many wonderful images that deserve a greater deal of attention. There are many Letsplay videos of Simutrans on Youtube, but as far as I know they all deal with the core capabilities of transport while additional features are left besides. It is time to add another view I think.