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Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

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The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

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Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …

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    If you are into game optimization tricks you might like this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I&pp=ygUhdGhlIGdhbWUgdGhhdCBjb3VsZG4ndCBiZSB3cml0dGVu

    It’s about the original Elite, and all tricks needed to create a full virtual galaxy on 8 bit computers

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      That looks indeed awesome. I didn’t know Elite was developed for the BBC Micro… 22 kB for a 3D open-world fighting/trading/mining flight simulator using only 8-bit integer addition operations. I had no idea…

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      Link without the pp (ie tracking): https://youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I

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