Controls:

  • Middle mouse button: hold & drag to pan the camera
  • Right click: cancel current action
  • Left click: on any object show details (exit building mode with right click for this to work!)
  • R: restart

There are three buttons - in order - Generators | Relays | Cables. If hovered multiple tiers can be selected, from the bottom up they are Level 1, Level 2,  Level 3.

WIKI:

Houses generate randomly on the map and make you money if connected to the electric grid. They might get angry if you leave them without power for long and you'll have to start paying a penalty! If steady power supply is kept up, houses will eventually turn into skyscrapers.

Be careful: if your money reaches zero, your electric company will go bankrupt!

Cables

They are a handy tool: you can connect all the buildings popping up all over the place by selecting a cable type from the menu, clicking on a building and dragging the cable to another. Longer cables cost a lot more, so it's a good idea to place down relays in between long routes.

Level
PriceCapacity
1$2 x distance
4
2$5 x distance
10
3$10 x distance50

Generators

They are your only source of true electricity! Generators provide you with precious power at the cost of a maintenance fee which grows proportionally with the generated amount. The generated amount varies by level.

Generators can only hold a couple of connections, so you'll have to use relays to distribute the power to all the houses.

LevelPriceMax connectionsProduction
Upkeep cost
1$100210$2
2$500550$10
3$100010250$50

Relays

Relays are able to hold lots of connections. Use them to distribute electricity from generators to all the houses!

LevelPriceMax connections
Capacity
120510
2501020
31002050

Houses

They spawn on the map randomly throughout the game. Your task is to provide sufficient electricity to all the houses. When a house gets all the electricity it needs, it will pay it's bills. But when it doesn't get enough service for a long time, it will get angry, and you'll have to start paying a penalty. Houses evolve over time, and their statistics increase.

LevelConsumptionPayPenalty if angry
11$1$0.5
25$5$2.5
310$10$5

In case you are in doubt that it is possible to get through the beginning, here is a timelapse of it on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedevscreens/comments/o0p9bp/speedrunning_electrycity...

Download

Download
electry-city-win64.zip 65 MB

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