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Resource generation

Activities theme

*123*
40
games
9
platforms

Player is required to generate one or more types of resources.

Notable people involved: Jason Linhart, Bill Sloan, Kiri Naiman, Wayne Horgan and Thomas A. MacMahon

Iron Grip: Lords of War (Internet Only)
Iron Grip: Lords of War
WWW 2010
R.U.S.E (PlayStation 3)
R.U.S.E
PS3 2010-09-07
Buggos (Windows)
Buggos
WIN 2022-03-17
Dungeon of the Endless (Windows)
Dungeon of the Endless
WIN 2014-10-27
Battlezone II: FleshStorm (Windows)
Battlezone II: FleshStorm
WIN 2006? *
Unstoppable Gorg (Xbox 360)
Unstoppable Gorg
X360 2012-01-19
Creeper World (Windows)
Creeper World
WIN 2009-07-27
Unstoppable Gorg (Windows)
Unstoppable Gorg
WIN 2012-01-19
Anno 2070 (Windows)
Anno 2070
WIN 2011-11-17
Blood & Magic (MS-DOS)
Blood & Magic
DOS 1996
Plants vs. Zombies (Mac OS X)
Plants vs. Zombies
OSX 2010-08-10
Hinterland (Windows)
Hinterland
WIN 2008-05-30
Contrast:
* Resource harvesting

Related:
* Resource control
* Resource processing
Most commonly electricity and food, but can be clothing, generic trade goods, planting forests, etc.

Unlike resource harvesting, this does not require anything external to be present for the resources to be generated, nor will this ever run out of the resource.

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Resource acquisition, Strategy elements

Games by year

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The first Resource generation video game was released in 1993.

Ubisoft, SSI, Oxeye Game Studio and PopCap Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows22
Mac OS X5
Linux4
MS-DOS2
X3602
Internet Only2
PS31
Mac OS Classic1
iOS1

Most common companies

Ubisoft4
SSI3
Oxeye Game Studio2
PopCap Games2
Knuckle Cracker2
Activision2
Futuremark Games Studio2
Intrepid Marmot1
Squad1
Electronic Arts1
Tilted Mill Entertainment1
cdv Software Entertainment1
AMPLITUDE Studios1
3DO1
Interplay1
Eidos Interactive1
InnoGames1
SaintXi1
Hip Interactive1
Square Enix1
Oxeye Games1
Isotx1
Take-Two Interactive1