Block'Hood Early Access Trailer (2016)¶
Block'Hood Early Access Trailer from jomasan on Vimeo.
Description¶
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities. You will have full access to 90+ building blocks to combine and create unique neighborhoods, and discover the hidden inhabitants of each combination. The game will embark in a story of ecology, understanding how resources are needed to unlock new configurations and allow prosperous neighborhoods. You will need to avoid the decay of your city block by making sure each unit doesn’t run out of resources.
developed by
plethora-project.com
by Jose Sanchez @jomasan
References¶
The game invites players to envision a neighborhood, by building structures out of a catalog of 200+ blocks. The player is challenged to maintain an ecological balance as each block placed will consume and produce resources of different kinds. Blocks that are not provided of their required input, will slowly decay and deteriorate to a point of collapse.
Player creations will attract inhabitants, both humans and animals, that will populate your neighborhood. It is the hands of the player to provide a positive environment for inhabitants to prosper.
The game is both an educational and research initiative exploring the connection between games and architecture, contributing to a form of digital infrastructure for the ecological and systems thinking that is necessary in contemporary urbanism.
The project won the 'Best Gameplay' Award at Games for Change festival in New York on 2016, was one of the finalist for 'Games for Impact' at the Game Awards in Los Angeles on 2016 and was a finalist as 'Best App' in Fast Company's Innovation by Design, also on 2016.