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nicholas-ochoa/OpenSC2K
OpenSC2K
OpenSC2K is an open-source JavaScript city builder engine designed as a recreation of SimCity 2000. It functions as a web-based simulation that uses the Phaser 3 framework to implement game loops and entity management.
The project utilizes WebGL and Canvas rendering to visualize large-scale urban environments. It includes a coordinate-based camera system that enables panning and zooming across the reconstructed game world.
The engine incorporates a data pipeline to parse legacy city files and graphics assets, allowing it to reconstruct and display urban layouts within a modern web browser.
Features
- Simulation Reconstructions - Rebuilds the classic SimCity 2000 city building environment using JavaScript and WebGL in a modern browser.
- City Layout Importers - Parses external city files and graphics assets to reconstruct urban layouts within the browser.
- Legacy Asset Parsers - Provides utilities to convert legacy city files and graphics assets into formats compatible with the modern web engine.
- City Builder Engines - Implements a web-based city simulation engine that recreates the mechanics and visuals of SimCity 2000.
- Game Loops - Utilizes a centralized game loop via Phaser 3 to manage timing, input handling, and scene updates.
- Clones - Provides an open-source recreation of the 1993 SimCity 2000 simulation for modern web browsers.
- Retro Game Ports - Provides a modern JavaScript implementation of vintage city simulation mechanics and layouts for preservation.
- WebGL Accelerated Canvases - Uses a hardware-accelerated WebGL canvas to ensure smooth performance when rendering large-scale urban environments.
- WebGL Rendering - Uses the WebGL API to render large-scale urban environments with high performance and GPU acceleration.
- Classic Game Implementations - Implements a classic city simulation as a modular JavaScript project using the Phaser 3 framework.
- Dynamic World Rendering - Visualizes the city environment using a rendering system that supports real-time panning and zooming.
- Scene Graphs - Implements a hierarchical scene graph to organize city elements and UI layers for efficient rendering.
- 2D Game Frameworks - Develops an interactive 2D urban environment utilizing the Phaser 3 framework for hardware-accelerated graphics.
- Game Asset Converters - Converts and renders legacy game world data and graphics assets through a modern web-based engine.
- Viewport Coordinate Mappings - Translates world-space city coordinates into screen pixels to enable smooth panning and zooming across the map.
- Strategy Game Engines - Remake of a classic city-building simulation game.
