kotcity

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by kotcity 4y ago
Yes, this is of high interest. The problem is more common than many people think and I anticipate this post with great enthusiasm.
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by kotcity 8y ago
related: http://oblige.sourceforge.net/
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by kotcity 9y ago
Awesome! We have a good start but still need a lot of subsystems implemented. If you have an interest in SimCity stop on by our gitter channel and we can talk: https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby
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by kotcity 9y ago
Fixed
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by kotcity 9y ago
We are all on gitter: https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby Stop on in!
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by kotcity 9y ago
Updated FAQ: https://github.com/kotcity/kotcity/blob/master/README.md#q-b...
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by kotcity 9y ago
Very cool! If you could play this in terminal it would be awesome. We could be a good testbed for your ideas -- we have kept the simulator separate from the UI / display.
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by kotcity 9y ago
With the Java interop such a high priority for the Kotlin team over at JetBrains, Kotlin is sneaking its way into all kinds of Java environments -- from LOB apps to APIs, Java Web Services, etc. Java might be a little annoying to wield, but
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by kotcity 9y ago
Since Maxis has more or less been gobbled up by EA I don't think we will ever see SimCity4++, so I think we DO need another city sim. There are a few in the works but I don't think any "carry the torch" of the SC4-style
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by kotcity 9y ago
We've taken pains to keep the sim code separate from the view / presentation layer. If you want to jump in and help us make it dual platform we'd be glad to have you. We are using JavaFX which has some kind of Android support
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by kotcity 9y ago
As casual as you want... this is a side project for all of us. One of our other guys is an Android dev just using this for Kotlin practice. Drop on in, check out our code, suggest ideas, whatever tickles your fancy! If you want stop by our
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by kotcity 9y ago
Take it up with the Kotlin guys :)
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by kotcity 9y ago
I am aware of it... we have somewhat divergent goals. I seek more of a re-creation of "SC4-style" city simulator, without agents for all traffic and so on. I think the big difference between this game and Citybound is that I'
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by kotcity 9y ago
So far the JVM + Kotlin have been very handy! The coroutines are really cool for doing async stuff and really easy to use.
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by kotcity 9y ago
Correct :) There are builds being released but the game is far from complete.
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KotCity – an open-source city simulation game written in Kotlin(github.com)
130 points by kotcity 9y ago|51 comments