Thanks, I did take a bit of inspiration from those (especially the house upgrading), although their "walker system" is light years more advanced than this is lol. But one feature that I did cut from the game was directly inspired by Zeus - I did have an idea that there would be inter-town competitions with other mayors, like tests of friendship or beauty or fun challenges. On the other hand, I always wanted something where the people were not all the same in their wants. I was definitely more inspired by the Sims games in that respect, and in the decoration aspect. Anyways, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)
Oh that would have been fun, but online stuff is always pretty challenging, especially with a short time and when you make your own engine. So it's totally understandable you ended up not doing it. Anyway it's great you were actually inspired by those games, I fell like not that many people know about them today.