IsoCity, an open source city building game

"If you're a fan of SimCity, then you'll appreciate IsoCity, an open source simulation game. The premise is the same. Start with land, build infrastructure, and try to maintain a thriving city. From the GitHub: IsoCity is a open-source isometric city-building simulation game built with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. It leverages the HTML5 Canvas API for high-performance rendering of isometric graphics, featuring complex systems for economic simulation, trains, planes, seaplanes, helicopters, cars, pedestrians, and more."

"I've never been big into video games, but I spent many hours in high school playing SimCity 2000, building up my city of the future. I installed the game from a single floppy disk on the family 486. My city was eventually sustainable with those robot-looking Energy Domes, and I thought our own future looked bright. If I could do it in the game, then surely we could do it in real life."

IsoCity is an open-source isometric city-building simulation modeled on classic city simulators. The game runs in the browser and uses Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and the HTML5 Canvas API for high-performance isometric rendering. Complex systems simulate economics and multiple transportation modes including trains, planes, seaplanes, helicopters, cars, and pedestrians. Gameplay starts with undeveloped land, requires building infrastructure, and challenges players to maintain a thriving city. The project evokes nostalgia for SimCity 2000 gameplay and offers a compact, accessible throwback experience suitable for players who enjoyed classic city-building mechanics.

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