The Progress Cloud is an abstracted method of showing the technological progress of your city. Powered by
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List of inventions[ | ]
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400 | None | Chemicals | Increases | |||||||
400 | None | Safety Authorities Work Safety Act Ban Prostitution Alcohol Licensing Tobacco Licensing |
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400 | None | Newspapers Shoe store |
Unlocks spread selection for districts | |||||||
400 | None | Clothing store | Steam power: Increases sales in industries. | |||||||
1000 | Bessemer process: Increases sales in heavy industries. | Unlocks density selection for districts | ||||||||
1000 | Photographer Furniture store |
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1000 | Raise Workshop Wages City Curfew Loitering Ban Regulate Gambling Or Ban Gambling |
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1000 | Free fire brigade Financial aid for running water |
Medical industry Pharmacy |
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1500 | None | Electrical lighting: Increases sales of industrial companies. | Free Public Transport Free Worker Transportation | |||||||
1500 | None | Surgical Hygiene Mandatory Vaccinations Support for Anaesthetic Pain Relief |
Food store | Toilet paper: Increases of all residents and sales in the paper industry. | ||||||
1500 | None | Livelihood Act Women's Rights in School Elections Secret Ballot Voting Lower Class Barriers |
Book publishing Law |
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1500 | None | Support Sports Clubs Endorse National Romanticism |
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1750 | Automobile: Elite social class begins to drive automobiles. | |||||||||
1750 | Shops Closed on Sundays Symbolism To Theaters Ban Obscene Comics |
Movie production Book store Movie theatre |
Typewriters: Increases sales across industries. | |||||||
1750 | Support Asbestos Insulation | Arms industry Construction companies |
Allows building dismantling. | |||||||
1750 | Barbershop | Barber chair: Industries related to barber shops receive a sales bonus. | ||||||||
1750 | Banking | Telephone: Increases sales in certain industries. | ||||||||
2000 | : Level crossing upgrade. | Clocksmiths | Aluminium: Increases sales in certain industries. | |||||||
2000 | : Passenger terminal upgrade. | 10 Hour Work Day Industrial Fire Safety Act |
Car industry Hardware |
Automobiles for the middle class: Middle class gains automobiles. | ||||||
2000 | Quarantine Authory Act Promote Dental Hygiene |
Dental hygiene: bonus for the middle and elite classes. | ||||||||
2000 | Support for Poor Families Support for Family Planning Ban Contraception Free School Lunches for the Poor |
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2500 | None | : Ferry terminal upgrade. | Road Surface Markings Traffic Signs |
Car store Oil refining |
People's Car: All social classes gain acces to automobiles. | |||||
2500 | None | Bras: Increases textile company sales and personal growth for women. Cosmetics: Increase social life and fun for all women. |
Unlocks building protection. | |||||||
2500 | None | : Improved efficiency upgrade : Automatic train control upgrade |
Close Down Gas Infrastructure Join National Electric Grid |
Electric oven and washing machine: Restaurants and department stores provide more social life. | ||||||
2500 | None | Ban Lobotomy Support Psychiatrists or Support Psychologists |
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2500 | None | Endorse Physical Education Vagabond Services |
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2500 | None | Restaurant Hygiene Regulations | Refrigerators: Department stores provide more health and social life. | |||||||
2750 | : Activated sludge system upgrade. | Industry standards | Household appliances Appliance store Hardware store |
Vacuum cleaners: Stores provide more | ||||||
2750 | Preemptive Entertainment Censorship | Dance club Erotic stores Entertainment devices Adult industry Music store |
Talkind movies: Increases sales in certain industries. | |||||||
2750 | : Appeals office upgrade : Community college upgrade |
Free Education Act or Basic Education Act | Unlocks taxation options. | |||||||
2750 | Department store | Unlocks high density districts | ||||||||
2750 | Advertising industry | Unlocks Twin Cities and Oxford, Sydney, and San Francisco | ||||||||
2750 | Electronics industry | Condenser microphone: Pubs and clubs provide more fun, gain efficiency, and the music industry gains bonus sales. | ||||||||
2750 | Conductor Ticket Sales for Metro Punchcard Metro Tickets Free Metro Criminalise Jaywalking |
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3000 | : Hospital surgical ward upgrade. | Second hand store | ||||||||
3000 | : Public defenders offices | Contemplation Period Divorce No-Fault Divorce Safehouses for Abused Women |
Divorce: Boosts security, personal growth, and fun. | |||||||
3000 | Ban Trousers for Women Bikini Indecency Act Deregulation of Dress Codes |
Nylon stockings: Increases fun for all women. Bikinis: Increases fun and social life of citizens, but reduces support from conservative parties. |
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3000 | :TV tower upgrade. | Ban Pornography | Television: Wealthy start buying TV sets. Black and white TV: Increases various Wheel of Life values for middle and elite classes. Movie industry suffers. |
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3000 | Gun Control Act Full Broadcast Censorship Establish Police Radio |
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3500 | None | :Tlocal TV station upgrade | Support Alternative Media Support Local Newspapers Council for Mass Media Compulsory Seat Belts |
Sports equipment | Mass media: Media companies are boosted. | |||||
3500 | None | : Medical science centre | Regional Healthcare | |||||||
3500 | None | Plastics | Plastic parts: Sales boost for all businesses. | |||||||
3500 | None | Anti-Blot Campaign Ban Obscene Msic Youths on Radio City Sponsored Music Festivals |
Arcade | Youth culture: Young adults get a general happiness boost. | ||||||
3500 | None | : Parallel generation upgrade | Industry Safety Net Eavesdropping |
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3500 | None | :Community college upgrade | Free Hearing Aids Child Allowance |
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3750 | Free Elderly Care Public Wheelchair Accessibility Handicapped Parking Local TV Channel |
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3750 | Industry Support Act Company Growth Subsidy Business Accelerator |
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3750 | DNA Evidence in Court Compulsory Smoke Detectors Compulsory Air Bags |
Computer production industry | ||||||||
3750 | : Science center upgrade | Electronic Mail | Digital bookkeeping: Large companies gain a sales boost Paperless office: Paper industry receives sales penalty |
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3750 | Eradicate Venereal Diseased Free Pills for All Women Free Pills for Married Women Free Abortion |
Free love: Increases happiness for adults. | ||||||||
3750 | Ban Violent Video Games Campaign Against Piracy Age Labels for Video Games |
Video games industry Video game store |
Pinball: Pubs provide more fun. Video games: Youth gains a fun bonus |
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4000 | : Electronic ticket systems upgrade | Medical Information Database | Auto maintenance | Automation: Raises industry profits and working class unemployment. | ||||||
4000 | : Rotterdam Exchange Program upgrade | Exchange Programme | Sports store | |||||||
4000 | : Oil-water separator upgrade | Car Pollution Act | ||||||||
4000 | Freedom of Information Act Copyright Protection |
Freedom of information: Increases citizen happines.. Increased bureaucracy: Increases city operating costs. |
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4000 | Enforce Broadcasting Censorship | Mobile device production | Mobile phones: Increases elite and middle class personal growth. | |||||||
4000 | : Translator's offices upgrade. | Unlocks business delegations and Sendai. | ||||||||
4000 | Pirate Copy Inspections | Electronics stores Software development |
Computer games: Adults gain personal growth Programming: Adult males gain more personal growth |
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5000 | None | Access to Personal Genome Genetically Manipulated Crops Allow Genetic Manipulation on Pets Correct Genomes |
Human genome: All citizens gain a bonus. | |||||||
5000 | None | :Improved security upgrade. | Big Data Security Measures Private Security for Public Services ASN-Proof Digital Services |
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5000 | None | Digital Archives for City Services City Info Website |
Peer-to-peer networks: Sales penalty for music, game, and movie industries. | |||||||
5000 | None | Mutual Parental Leave Gender Neutral Job Applications Anti-Propaganda Bill Legalise Cannabis |
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5000 | None | : Port environmental regulations upgrade | Toll on Single Passenger Cars CO2 Reduction Measures Promote Electric Cars Ban Public Smoking |
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5500 | :Startup fairs upgrade. | Napster: Music stores receive a sales penalty. | ||||||||
5500 | : Artificial transplant upgrade. | Allow Health Tourism Allow Sex Reassignment Surgeries Limit Cosmetic Surgeries |
3D Printers: Quality bonus for all industries. | |||||||
5500 | Development Aid Fair Trade City |
Unlocks Shanghai | ||||||||
5500 | : Microgeneration subsidies upgrade | Cleaning Robots for Public Buildings Robot Assistants Community First Responders |
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5500 | Drunk Driver Alcolock Act Universal Alcolock Act Police Access to Suspect Information |
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5500 | : Advanced science centre upgrade. | |||||||||
5500 | Virtual Conferences City Services on Social Media Digital Currency Taxing |
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6000 | : Advanced biological filtering upgrade | Free City Wifi Augmented Reality Education Augmented Surgery Rooms |
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6000 | : Mobile phone station upgrade. | Public Municipal Records Electronic Voting Cyber Security for Public Sector |
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6000 | Product Quality Act Travel Tax for Car Usage |
Self-service grocery stores: Food stores gain an efficiency boost Virtual worlds: Video game companies gain a quality boost. |
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6000 | Free Contraception | |||||||||
6000 | Smart Services | |||||||||
6000 | Pedestrian Safety Regulations Food Spoilage Act Pollution Tax for Car Travel |
Smart logistics: Food-related businesses get a sales boost. |