Wow this really feels like roller coaster tycoon!!! (I can see lots of people refer to this to their favorite sim game though)

Great work!

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yreg 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I really miss these building games that used an isometric grid. RC Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, Sim City, TTD, …

Yes, it's less realistic, but it is so pleasant to work with. Everything you build aligns perfectly and if you want, you can neatly fill the entire map.

In comparison, (even with many mods) my Cities Skylines or Planet Coaster creations never look quite right. Building the roads and paths is always awkward and frustrating.

(I've commented this before.)

	▲	qingcharles a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As someone who wrote one of those 2D-ish isometric games in the 90s, it was hell. All the problems with trying to render the tiles properly and figure out what tile the user was clicking on when some tiles are semi-transparent etc. The artists need medals though for creating amazing levels with tiny palettes of pieces to work from. We made it especially hard on ourselves by having 3D characters interact with the 2D tiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UOYps_3eM0 I absolutely adore the look of isometric, though.
	▲	accrual 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Starcraft and The Sims 1 as well! Games that would let one rotate the isometric view once blew my mind, it was like going from 2D to 3D.

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andruc 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Funny, my mind went to OpenTTD

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mig39 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Both Rollercoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (which lives on in openTTD) are by the same author, and use the same engine :-)

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lawlessone 2 days ago | parent [-]

Chris Sawyer, he made them with a tiny magnet that he used to write the games directly to a hard drive.

	▲	brendoelfrendo 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I once heard he tickled a butterfly in Brazil to cause a cloud in the UK that diverted a cosmic ray onto his hard drive in the exact right spot to flip the required bit.

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hulium 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The biome button graphics are taken from the OpenTTD main menu.

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devmor 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminded me quite a bit of Populous[1] as well.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)