BattleGoat studios is prepping their upcoming strategy tile, Supreme Ruler 2020. Previews have looked good and the previous game in the series, Supreme Ruler 2010 has become something of a sleeper hit. This is the first developer diary released for the game which is due out in May.

Many games have multiple versions that span years of development time – whether people know it or not, Supreme Ruler is one such game. Originally conceived in 1983, Supreme Ruler began life as a text-only simulation for the TRS-80 Model One microcomputer. BattleGoat Studios Co-Founder and Lead Programmer, George Geczy, was inspired by some of the early text-based strategy games that allowed the player to take the role of leading an ancient nation or city-state, though he wanted to bring in more modern concepts of taxation and economic simulation....
(Full diary at source)

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