SimCity Creators Answer Questions from Redditors
23.05.12

Next year, the franchise that started the city building genre is about to return. Maxis presented the first trailer to Sim City at the Game Developer’s Conference 2012. The upcoming game will heavily feature on multiplayer integration and will see a complete overhaul of what made the franchise what it is today. Recently, the developers were available for an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, the answers to which we have boiled down here, presented in an easier readable fashion.
For those who want the full, unfiltered AMAA with everyones’ comments, here it is on reddit.
- [Dan]The integrity of our simulation is first and foremost – without a good simulation under the hood the game wouldn’t hold your interest. Yesterday Ocean, Andrew, and I gave a presentation at GDC explaining exactly how our new simulation engine, GlassBox, works. Here’s a recap of the talk that took place yesterday.
Source: Gameranx