Type in numbers, use right-arrow or spacebar for "enter", and use left-arrow for "backspace'. Did you ever wonder what computer games were like in the 1970's, before graphics became a thing? Yes, computer games existed then. This is a fairly authentic version of an old classic. You're king Hammurabi of ancient Sumeria! For ten years, you decide how much grain to plant, how much to feed your people, and how much to use in buying and selling land. If you don't starve too many people and you increase the amount of land per person, they'll love you! Otherwise.... not so much. :-) Hints (which I wish I had 40 years ago): Each person needs to eat 20 bushels of grain per year. And each person can plant up to 10 acres of land, which uses 5 bushels of grain for seed. So you usually need 25 bushels per person each year. Sometimes the harvest will be great and you'll get 5 or 6 bushels of grain per acre. Other times you might get only 2 or 3. Rats will come and eat some, and plagues will kill some people. Immigrants will come. Buy more land when it is cheaper, and try to keep a little extra grain at the end of each year. Usually you can make things work out.
Credits: The old BASIC Hamurabi game in David Ahl's book. My "Typewriter" sprite, which became the "Terminal" in this project. #games #classic #hamurabi #sumer #king #plagues #grain #rats #textbased
