The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon(larstofus.com)

557 points by mariuz 7 months ago | 153 comments

Blog post examining the technical optimizations behind RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999), based on the author's appearance on the German gaming podcast Stay Forever.

Speeding up Unreal Editor launch by not spawning unused tooltips(larstofus.com)

195 points by samspenc 1 year ago | 78 comments

Profiling without Source code – how I diagnosed Trackmania stuttering(larstofus.com)

35 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 3 comments

Deleting multiplayer from the Unreal engine can save memory(larstofus.com)

147 points by mariuz 1 year ago | 44 comments

How to create a Qt 5 ARM/Intel universal binary for Mac(downtowndougbrown.com)

68 points by zdw 3 years ago | 44 comments

Run a DOS-based Web Server (seriously)(lunduke.locals.com)

40 points by BryanLunduke 2 years ago | 20 comments

SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)(thran.uk)

463 points by speckx 5 months ago | 185 comments

A personal blog post explaining how to get SimCity 3000 running well on a modern Windows 10 PC with a 4K monitor, fixing widescreen, resolution, and scrolling issues.

Building SimCity: How to put the world in a machine(mitpress.mit.edu)

399 points by jarmitage 2 years ago | 148 comments

MIT Press book page for "Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine" by Chaim Gingold, with a foreword by Janet H. Murray.

Hacking SimCity 2000 saved games(log.schemescape.com)

6 points by zdw 26 days ago | 1 comments

A personal memoir blog post about hacking SimCity 2000 saved game files in the DOS era.

A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't(housing.over.pizza)

521 points by JumpCrisscross 15 days ago | 173 comments

A browser-based simulation game where you play a housing developer in San Francisco navigating the Board of Supervisors, permits, and city politics to get projects approved.

City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2(radical-elements.com)

150 points by lexx 23 days ago | 143 comments

Blog post by Alex Lingris, the second part of an essay arguing city-building games like Cities: Skylines 2 lack soul.

Building an economy simulator from scratch(thomassimon.dev)

396 points by Ruddle 3 years ago | 168 comments

A blog post by Thomas Simon walking step by step through building an economy simulator from scratch.