Evolve VS swarm

If you want to stay in C# land, look at Evolve.

So, in general, one would use a versioned database schema that would connect to a database and execute a series of SQL files. For C# you have things like Evolve.

So you don't really source control the data, but you do source control the database schema. A common way in the .net world to do this is to use something like evolve which basically allows you to version SQL scripts and have them executed on application launch.

Been using https://github.com/lecaillon/Evolve for many years. Its a .Net Core equivalent to Flyway. You run plain old SQL scripts and just follow a file naming convention. It can run embedded inside a project, it has a .Net Tool and a standalone CLI. The SQL scripts can also be embedded in the executable or as external files.

I've been using Evolve in the past, very simple and effective.

I once got quite into https://www.swarmsim.com/#/

It's about as barebones as you can get - it's literally just "numbers go up" with a few simple names attached to them. It turns out that even that is enough to get me addicted for a bit.

Also, my latest update to www.swarmsim.com (v1.1.16) removes all links to this subreddit. Swarmsim: Evolution is unchanged.

One of the best incremental games I played and have very good memories of it is: Swarm Simulator https://www.swarmsim.com/ Highly recommend!

They probably won't mind much as original code is licensed freely - https://github.com/swarmsim/swarm/blob/master/LICENSE ... Though with that said, there are so many clones of it already it is good to pick something else just for freshness and trying new ideas out ;-)

If you have time, go take a look at this game, swarm simulator: https://www.swarmsim.com . This is an incremental game, part of a game genre defined by watching numbers rise. In these kinds of games, you(generally) start with a low rate at which the number amount of whatever you're trying to obtain(meat or larvae in swarm simulator) increase. You can then use some of that thing to buy upgrades to get more of that thing faster, which increases the rate at which you can buy upgrades, which increases the rate at which that thing increases, and so on. This doesn't teach any skill. It doesn't require any effort. It doesn't give any benefit. The enjoyment of it comes solely from watching your numbers get bigger, from watching the amount of things you own and perceived control you have increase; this is the same source of enjoyment in every game in which players progress through levels, raise their statistics, improve/unlock items, rank up in modes, increase a game completion percentage, unlock achievements, etc.

Swarm Simulator takes the "starcraft as derivatives" idea and runs with it, out to 30+ levels. https://www.swarmsim.com/#/

The one game from the top of my head is SwarmSim, but it's a bit old and looks intimidating. I haven't tried cloning it yet.