• MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I love Roller Coaster Tycoon. It’s absolutely crazy how he managed to write a game in a way many wouldn’t even attempt even in those days, but it’s not just a technical feat, it’s a creative masterpiece that’s still an absolute blast to play.

    It still blows my mind how smoothly it gives the illusion of 3D and physics, yet it can run on almost anything.

    OpenRCT brings a lot of quality of life and is often the recommended way to play today, but the original RCT will always deserve a spot on any “Best Games of All Time” list.

  • Wilzax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Your game will actually likely be more efficient if written in C. The gcc compiler has become ridiculously optimized and probably knows more tricks than you do.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Especially these days. Current-gen x86 architecture has all kinds of insane optimizations and special instruction sets that the Pentium I never had (e.g. SSE). You really do need a higher-level compiler at your back to make the most of it these days. And even then, there are cases where you have to resort to inline ASM or processor-specific intrinsics to optimize to the level that Roller Coaster Tycoon is/was. (original system specs)

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Step 1: Begin writing in Assembly

    Step 2: Write C

    Step 3: Use C to write C#

    Step 4: Implement Unity

    Step 5: Write your game

    Step 6: ???

    Step 7: Profit

  • mtchristo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Roller coaster Tycoon is one of a lifetime game.

    Now everything is electron or react shit. Gone are the times of downloading fully featured software under 10mb.

    • flashgnash@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t think old=good is a good mentality though, lot of people seem to have it

      All the old software I know and use is exceptionally good, however I’ve heard about and chosen to use it because it’s survived the test of time (also because it’s still actively maintained and has had thousands of bug fixes over the years)

      Vscode and obsidian are pretty good and they’re electron, discord’s alright, pretty sure steam uses some kind of web wrapper as well.

      Real issue is electron is very accessible to inexperienced developers and easy to do badly, but I imagine people back in the old Unix days got an equal amount of shit bloated software

      • lorty@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Survivor bias is a thing and part of the reason people are nostalgic for old media.