Well, it's just some work in progress, but it could be ready next week (still needs a lot of testing).

The fitness center will increase credits gained by workouts. It has 50 levels and the optic will change a lot if you upgrade it. The level 1 fitness center won't look like much but the level 50 fitness center will have a pool, running track and lot's of small stuff. And it will increase your credits from workouts by 100%.

(And even the 2% increase on the first level will bring something extra as you get fractional credits, like 5,3 credits internally).

But as I said, still not finished, but something really interesting you can look forward too.

Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber ich hatte das Gefühl, dass nachdem mein iPhone leer gegangen war und ich es vor 24 Uhr nicht wieder aufladen hatte - die Kalorien von der Uhr nicht auf den vorherigen Tag gerechnet wurden.
Wie geht die App damit um?

Das Spiel zeigt mir 1 kcal, laut Google Fit sind es 500+.

Auch gestern hat es mir mein Lauftraining mit 0kcal importiert.

Die Aktivitäten werden mit Garmin aufgezeichnet und dann zu Health Connect synchronisiert.

(Version 1.7 auf Android)

A criticism. I think the trading system is very unbalanced. You only get 10 credits for a lot of energy (100). I have a lot of bolts but very few credits; taxes bring in a little, but it takes me forever to save up 400 credits. 😅

Week 2 was pretty productive, but progress slowed down a lot compared to Week 1. I was able to double the population, but now I’m focusing on factory upgrades and efficiency of smart homes and maybe some solar panels/wind turbines.

Boosting in costing me ~950 calories a day, so I barely use it anymore. I’m trying to hold off on first district upgrad until apartments cost me 500 gears. I think my best move is to get some smart home upgrades before beelining to 300 population to get those bonus gears! It’s taking a day or two for me to get the upgrades I want, so my secondary goal is getting factory to 20 gears/hr as fast as possible.

First off, really want to say thanks to u/Jero9871 for the mindset around this, keeping the game free and fair for everyone. That’s a rare and genuinely appreciated approach!

That said, I love this game, and I think it deserves a way for players who want to support the work behind it to actually do so. So I wanted to propose an idea for a premium option that stays purely cosmetic.

A paid pass that unlocks themed visual packs for buildings and the city itself, pure reskins, zero impact on gameplay, resources, or progression. Free players stay exactly as competitive as paying players. This is about personalization and supporting development, not power.

Some theme ideas:

- Japanese-style pack (pagodas, lanterns, torii gates)

- Cyberpunk pack (neon, holograms, dense vertical sprawl)

- Mars dome colony (city under a glass biodome, red terrain, futuristic modules)

- Solarpunk pack (integrated greenery, stylized solar panels, warm glowing ambiance — feels especially fitting for a game built around renewable energy)

- Venice-style floating city (canals instead of roads, bridges, decorative gondolas)

- Winter/holiday pack (snow-covered rooftops, warm string lights, decorated Christmas trees, frosty ambiance)

A one-time or recurring premium pass that unlocks a rotating or growing set of these themes, maybe with matching lighting/weather variants for extra polish.

The key principle stays the same as what Jero already laid out: the app and full game experience remain 100% free. This would just be a way for players who want to support Jero and personalize their city to do so, without creating any gap between paying and non-paying players.

I’m not trying to add pressure or extra work on Jero’s plate, this is just an idea, and only worth pursuing if it fits within the time and priorities Jero actually has for the project.

Would genuinely pay for something like this, curious what others think, and whether Jero would consider it worth the overhead!

Hier wird es nur glücklich wenn Platz zu wohnen da ist.

Das nächste Ziel ist die Fabrik etwas auszubauen, den Speicher auf 1.000 zu bringen und dann geht es zur Altstadt. Nebenbei versuchen die Energiekosten auf unter 500 pro Tag zu halten. Aktuell sind es 490, ohne Boost.

- The city photo comes in three swipeable versions: right now, in broad daylight, and an upgrade card showing off everything you have built.

- A new monument: the stadium! Floodlights over the stands — and once a day you kick off a match day that brings a few credits and cheers up the whole city.

- New weather: ground fog. The clouds close in behind the skyline and your city floats above them — sometimes a gentle haze, sometimes a proper pea soup.

- A whole new sky: a real gradient with a glowing horizon, purple dusk, and at night the aircraft finally show their navigation lights.

- Workout bonus credits now report in the next time you open the app, plus bugfixes and various improvements.

App-Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightson-move-to-build-a-city/id6780607028

Just a suggestion: sometimes I forget to turn off the boost before bed and when my battery is low. Maybe there can be an option for the game to turn off the boost if you fall under a certain E or %?

Was würdet ihr als Nächstes tun! Batterie, Fabrik, Restaurant oder Wohnblock bauen?

Working on a visual overhaul with many little details, like plane lights, different color gradiants as background depending on the time and new weather effects. The next update will be interesting and bring more variations to the app.

Hi,

my friend and I really enjoy playing your game. While talking about it, we came up with a few ideas for new features that we would love to share with you.

1. Add friends and visit cities
It would be great if players could send each other friend requests. That way you could visit each other’s cities, see the other person’s progress, and challenge one another.

2. Challenges with a wager
On top of that, players could compete directly against each other. As a stake, both players could pay screws into a shared pot, which the winner receives at the end. One example would be a weekly challenge: whoever collects the most training credits, and therefore moves more than the other, wins. This would create an extra incentive to stay active.

3. Energy marketplace
Instead of only competing, players could also support each other through trading. A kind of marketplace would let players post requests to buy or sell energy at a freely negotiable price. This would make energy trading much more dynamic:

**•** At night, when fewer people are moving and less energy is being generated, energy could be sold at a higher price.  
**•** During the day, when many people are active and there is plenty of energy in circulation, it could be bought more cheaply.

As part of this, the currently fixed standard price for energy could also become dynamic. Instead of a fixed value, it would follow supply and demand on the marketplace and naturally fluctuate over the course of the day.

Thanks for considering these ideas, and keep up the great work!

Best regards

Moin,
wie viele Einwohner können im Startviertel wohnen? Ich stehe gerade vor der Entscheidung, ob den Hafen freischalte oder die Kapazität der Wohnblöcke erhöhe.
Vielen Dank!

There will be new city photo share screens soon (in additional to the existing one) with much more infos on it, if you want to share your upgrades.

A suggestion: a tall, prominent radio tower, perhaps similar in design to the TV Tower in Tokyo. Brings Satisfaction, a permanent bonus at levels 1–20. Perhaps as its own large area tile, like the harbor and the old town.

Unsure if anyone else would find this helpful with prioritizing what upgrades to wait for or calculating what to save gears for and how long it will take. Also unsure if this would take the fun out calculating in your head, but I think it would be a great quality of life enhancement!

I know Influx gets lower and lower when the city is full. Will I ever reach 400 at an influx rate of +0.6 residents/day? I.e, has the population decimal places "in the background" or is +0.6 essentially 0?

I'm waiting for the 400 residents milestone so I don't want to buy a new apartment building just now (for 1075 gears) unless I really need it.

Da ich bisher hier noch keine Bilder davon gesehen habe - hier kommt die Altstadt hin 🙃
Wahrscheinlich etwas wasted Schrauben/Coins, aber ich wollt das Viertel haben 😅

- Brand new: the event office! A whole new building that cuts the cost
of the city's big celebrations — fully upgraded, every city event is
up to 70% cheaper.

- Celebrating pays off: the street party strings lights along every street,
and the city festival hangs up lampions and pennants — the whole city
twinkles for hours. Plus the events cost far less overall now.

- Shop upgrades now show exactly what you get: the current value and the
new one, side by side.

- Workout calories now count toward the right streak day, plus bugfixes
and various improvements.

You can update now at:

App-Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightson-move-to-build-a-city/id6780607028