I used to play Simtower for hours while my family watched the Mormon church's “General Conference” on TV semi-annually. “I’m just taking notes over here to stay focused!” I still can’t fathom that they believed me. This isn’t Simtower; I had hoped it was.

Blockhood is a resource management game. Most sims focus on a couple of resources. Perhaps water, power, maybe traffic, tourism. But ultimately, the only resource that matters is money because it can fix any other problem. Blockhood does away with that. Water and power and probably the most important, but money isn’t any more valuable than Fish or waste water. It’s all about balancing resources and using what you have. This is a very “green” game without pushing anything at you.

Pros:

• Unique gameplay
  
• Good challenges
  
• Fun

Cons (and Alpha suggestions):

• Building placement is clumsy. Buildings are often placed accidentally on the floor above.
  
• The initial splash (whiteout) screen is far too long and keeps me pounding my mouse to get in game
  
• The music is so boring, I use it to torture myself for being bad
  
• The advanced building sub-menu should be removed
  
• Not enough animations. I want to see things happening. Buildings should move, people should run. I know this is already present, but I want more of a visual indication when things are working, when life if happening.
  
• Dual monitor users with monitor 2 as their primary display will be discouraged to learn the game will only run on monitor 1. The game ignores windows settings and has no option of it’s own. I have to run the game windowed as a fix.

[h1]Blockhood is a unique, challenging, innovative, and slightly boring game. Sim builders who want a challenge will enjoy. Alpha bugs are expected and found.[/h1] I used to play Simtower for hours while my family watched the Mormon church's “General Conference” on TV semi-annually. “I’m just taking notes over here to stay focused!” I still can’t fathom that they believed me. This isn’t Simtower; I had hoped it was. Blockhood is a resource management game. Most sims focus on a couple of resources. Perhaps water, power, maybe traffic, tourism. But ultimately, the only resource that matters is money because it can fix any other problem. Blockhood does away with that. Water and power and probably the most important, but money isn’t any more valuable than Fish or waste water. It’s all about balancing resources and using what you have. This is a very “green” game without pushing anything at you. [b]Pros:[/b][list] [*]Unique gameplay [*]Good challenges [*]Fun[/list] [b]Cons (and Alpha suggestions):[/b][list] [*]Building placement is clumsy. Buildings are often placed accidentally on the floor above. [*]The initial splash (whiteout) screen is far too long and keeps me pounding my mouse to get in game [*]The music is so boring, I use it to torture myself for being bad [*]The advanced building sub-menu should be removed [*]Not enough animations. I want to [i]see[/i] things happening. Buildings should move, people should run. I know this is already present, but I want more of a visual indication when things are working, when life if happening. [*]Dual monitor users with monitor 2 as their primary display will be discouraged to learn the game will only run on monitor 1. The game ignores windows settings and has no option of it’s own. I have to run the game windowed as a fix.