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Resource generation

Activities theme

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

39
games
9
platforms
Command & Conquer: Generals (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Generals
WIN 2003-02-12
Plants vs. Zombies (Windows)
Plants vs. Zombies
WIN 2009-05-06
Heirs to Skull Crag (MS-DOS)
Heirs to Skull Crag
DOS 1993
Creeper World (Windows)
Creeper World
WIN 2009-07-27
Iron Grip: Lords of War (Internet Only)
Iron Grip: Lords of War
WWW 2010
Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour
WIN 2003-09-22
R.U.S.E (PlayStation 3)
R.U.S.E
PS3 2010-09-07
Harvest: Massive Encounter (Mac OS X)
Harvest: Massive Encounter
OSX 2008-03
Supreme Commander 2 (Windows)
Supreme Commander 2
WIN 2010-03-02
Plants vs. Zombies (Mac OS X)
Plants vs. Zombies
OSX 2010-08-10
Dreamlords Resurrection (Windows)
Dreamlords Resurrection
WIN 2008-06-18
Anno 2070 (Windows)
Anno 2070
WIN 2011-11-17
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 and Knuckle Cracker published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 21
Mac OS X 5
Linux 4
MS-DOS 2
X360 2
Internet Only 2
PS3 1
Mac OS Classic 1
iOS 1