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Satire is nice but if you want an actual city simulation game you can read the source code of [1] take a look at the following:

1. Micropolis -- https://code.google.com/p/micropolis/. This game is based on the source code of the original SimCity released under GNU GPL 3.0. Concincidentally, there's an ongoing effort to produce an HTML 5 port at https://code.google.com/p/microwebopolis/.

2. LinCity-NG -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/lincity-ng.berlios/. Looks and plays similar to SimCity 3000.

3. Simutrans -- http://www.simutrans.com/en/. This one is inspired by Transport Tycoon.

4. OpenTTD -- https://secure.openttd.org/www/en/. Same as above but requires Transport Tycoon Deluxe resources to run and might be closer to it in terms of mechanics.

[1] This is what I was half-hoping to see when I clicked the link. It would be really cool, and possibly profitable, for someone to quickly prototype one in HTML 5 in response to the SimCity 2013 fiasco.

parent networked 13 years ago

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