1849
Release Date: 8 May, 2014
The year is 1849, and gold has just been discovered in California. You decide to head out west, to seek fame and wealth in the approaching Gold Rush.
Will you strike gold and become an overnight mining magnate? Or will you build your fortune bit by bit by supplying 49ers with pickaxes and blue jeans?
Gameplay
1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.
Key Features Of 1849
- A campaign mode that traces the development of the Gold Rush from mining camps to bustling cities. Each city scenario presents players with unique starting conditions, victory goals, and obstacle events.
- Sandbox mode with a procedurally-generated map for your location, based on geography (from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountains), precipitation, resource availability, and starting lot size.
- Vivid old west towns with buildings lining the streets directly inspired by California’s Gold Country.
- Over 50 resources that players can dig up, farm, refine or manufacture as they build complex towns and cities.
- Developed by SomaSim, a new studio dedicated to producing deep simulation games for today’s players
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista
- Processor: Pentium 4 or better
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Storage: 75 MB available space
Mac OS X
Minimum:
- OS: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later
- Processor: Intel only
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Storage: 75 MB available space
Village Founder
Attract 50 residents to your town.
Town Threshold
Build a town that attracts at least 100 residents.
Newcomer
Build three California cities
City Chartered
Build a a city that attracts at least 200 residents.
Camp Captain
Build five or more hunting or logging camps on the same map.
Homesteader
Build five California cities
Money Man
Accumulate $10,000 in cold hard cash
Agricultural Aristocrat
Build 10 or more farms of any type on one map.
Civic Leader
Construct a sheriff, fire brigade, saloon, school, church and jail in the same town.
Master Mayor
Create a town that attracts at least 300 residents.
Booze Baron
Build at least six breweries, distilleries or wineries on one map.
Land Baron
Build 10 California cities
Senator
Build 15 California cities
Governor
Build 20 California cities
Dayton
Complete the Dayton scenario in Nevada
Miner 49er
Build eight or more mines of any type on the same map.
Big House
Complete the grand mansion commission in the San Francisco scenario.
Washoe City
Complete the Washoe City scenario in Nevada
Mayor of San Francisco
Complete the public office commission in the San Francisco scenario.
Prepared Prospector
Stockpile 1,000 units of gold in your depot. Just in case you need it.
Silver City
Complete the Silver City scenario in Nevada
Gold Hill
Complete the Gold Hill scenario in Nevada
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Complete the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Virginia City
Complete the Virginia City scenario in Nevada
Nevada Capitol Building
Build the Nevada State Capitol
Carson City
Complete the Carson City scenario in Nevada
Governor of Nevada
Complete the Governor quest in Carson City
Deep Mine
Complete the deep mine in Carson City
California Gold Rush
Comstock Silver Rush
Gold Found in California!
Miner 49er
An old west saloon
