---
name: "lincity-ng"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "lincity-ng"
version: "2.12.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lincity-ng"
---

# lincity-ng(6)

City simulator game with polished graphics

## NAME

lincity-ng - City simulator game with polished graphics

## SYNOPSIS

**lincity-ng** \[*options*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the usage of **lincity-ng**

**lincity-ng** is a  City Simulation Game. It is a polished and improved version of the old LinCity game: You are required to build and maintain a city. You must feed, house, provide jobs and goods for your residents. You can build a sustainable economy with the help of renewable energy and recycling, or you can go for broke and build rockets to escape from a pollution ridden and resource starved planet, it's up to you. Due to the finite resources available in any one place, this is not a game that you can leave for long periods of time.

This game is similar to the commercial simulation game with a similar name.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-g, --gl**

  Use the OpenGL display mode

- **-s, --sdl**

  Use the SDL display mode

- **-w, --window**

  Run lincity-ng in windowed mode

- **-f, --fullscreen**

  Run lincity-ng in fullscreen mode

- **-m, --mute**

  Turn off sound

- **-S, --size**

  specify screensize (eg. -S 1024x768)

## UPGRADE from 1.x to 2.x

A new format for saved games is used since 2.0, but old games can be imported and automagically converted. Just copy $HOME/.lincity/\*   (old location for lincity and lincity-ng 1.x) to $HOME/.lincity-ng/ (new location since 2.0).

   cp -a ~/.lincity/\* ~/.lincity-ng/

At the start of the game, one message will popup to remind you have some changes to do in your city.

## AUTHOR

lincity-ng was written by Wolfgang Becker, Matthias Braun, David Kamphausen, Corey Keasling, IJ Peters, Ingo Ruhnke, Jimmy Salmon, Greg Sharp and others. Please see the documentation for a list of all contributors.

This manual page was written by Moritz Muehlenhoff, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Updated by Lincity-NG team.