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Hello Fellow Engineers!

Welcome to Real Civil Newsletter - the only newsletter where engineers reign, architects get roasted, and $3 wizard games ruin your productivity.

This issue, we dive deep into Taiwan’s underground transit beast, roast a bridge that’s too good-looking for its own good, and recommend a clicker game where you harvest wood with druids and build towers by touching magical orbs. Seriously.

There’s also a grass-cutting sim, a cable-stayed bridge 331 m above a valley, and something called “castle-on-wheels” that may or may not be the best idea ever.

Let’s dive into it 👇

This week, we’re giving away two beautifully weird indie gems:

💊 Pill Baby and ☀️ Sunlight

Whether you’re into stylish side-scrolling action or wandering through a whispering forest narrated by multiple voices, this week’s giveaway has you covered.

And now… the big reveal! 🥁

🏆 bishopdaniel (Pill Baby) 🏆
🏆 maleeqalbianjibrani (Sunlight) 🏆

Check your inbox for your game key and prepare for either intense combat or philosophical tree-whispers. Possibly both.

Missed out? Don’t fret, more giveaways are just around the corner!

🎁 Want in next time? Vote in the super secret poll in this email and you’re automatically entered!

👷‍♂️ Truss Me, I’m an Engineer…

Kaohsiung Station – Taiwan’s Underground Titan

Forget flashy sketches and "visionary" façades, Kaohsiung Station proves that real power lies below the surface, where engineers thrive and architects fear to draft.

This beast of a station is the centerpiece of a 9.75 km tunnel network, anchoring Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Metropolitan Underground Railway Project. It's not just a transit hub, it's a subterranean masterpiece wrapped in a 35,000 m² living green canopy (yep, engineers grow stuff too now).

Highlights:

• Engineers relocated a 2,500-ton historic building like it was a Lego brick.

• They designed a sunken plaza big enough to host opera, farmers’ markets, and still leave room for actual functionality.

• Oh, and there's a bike path that loops around the roof, take that, coffee-table architecture books.

It’s green, it’s underground, and it’s being built to last.

Architects, maybe next time you can design a nice commemorative bench.

Check out this Reddit thread for some recent pics!

⚡ Cool Links

🌉 Anji Khad Bridge Inaugurated: India’s First Cable‑Stayed Rail Bridge
PM Modi cut the ribbon on June 6, 2025, unveiling India’s very first cable-stayed railway bridge over the Anji River in Jammu & Kashmir, 331 m above the valley and a sleek middle finger to any flat‑thinking architects out there

👀 Echoes of the End & Reach Steal the Spotlight at Future Games Show 2025
Highlights include narrative-driven Echoes of the End and VR parkour shooter Reach, games born of creativity, not corner-cutting.

🏰 Engineer Your Own Castle‑on‑Wheels
Pilot a medieval fortress on the move, devouring everything in its path, upgrading with cannons, wizard towers, even steam‑powered siege tech. It’s Mortal Engines meets Howl’s Moving Castle in roguelike form! Release slated for 2026 on Steam, and it’s already available to wishlist.

🦗 This game pays you for cutting grass!
Game of Grass may have one of the worst title screens I've ever seen, but it sure is a fun little game to spend time on when you should be mowing your actual lawn...

📦 This Week’s TCG Reveal: The Booster Box!

You guys voted for it, now say hello to the Booster Box - a sleek, blueprint-blue container packed with potential (and probably more structurally sound than most architect-designed balconies).

Each box is loaded with 8 foil booster packs, perfect for expanding your deck or just hoarding cards like a structural gremlin. Inside every pack? A chance to pull one of the ultra-rare Blueprint cards.

Will you get one? Maybe.

Will you scream if you do? Definitely.

And I shouldn’t be telling you this, but… there is also a Starter Box (which I’m still keeping secret for now), but just know it’s got enough in there for two serious engineers.

But let’s not ignore the blister packs themselves. Just look at them! Each one a sleek, shiny slice of blueprint-blue goodness.

But let’s get back to you. What do you want revealed next?

🐕‍🦺 Paddy’s Corner

Paddy’s getting braver (but still eats poo)…

Presented to you without context - you’re gonna have to watch this one 💩

Make sure to let him know he’s a brave boy in the comments!

👾 Indie Game of the Week:

If you've ever dreamed of being paid to touch an old wizard’s ball (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t), this $3 game is dangerously addictive. Build a magic tower, summon spirits, harvest wood, and watch your life disappear in prestige points.

🕹️ Grab Tower Wizard on Steam – only $3

It’s time for a Bridge Review!

This sleek Swiss stunner might look like it was sketched by an architect on a latte break, but make no mistake, Sunniberg Bridge is an engineer’s masterpiece.

• It’s an extradosed bridge with a gentle curve, designed not to look pretty (although it does), but to tackle tough terrain with precision.

• No bearings or joints at the abutments = less maintenance, more smug engineer satisfaction.

• Slender H‑shaped pylons support the deck with subtle elegance, because who needs arches when you have math?

Architects might call it “poetic.” We call it curved on purpose.

Final Score:
8.7/10 – Subtle, strong, and smart. Points docked for looking a little too good.

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