ElCity: A SimCity Clone Built in Emacs Lisp
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Summary
ElCity is a minimal city-building simulation game implemented in Emacs Lisp that replicates classic SimCity gameplay within the Emacs text editor. Players can build roads, zone residential/commercial/industrial areas, and place utility buildings like power plants, fire/police stations, and parks. The project includes various game systems and features map overlays and contextual tooltips for gameplay guidance.
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You build roads, zone residential/commercial/industrial areas, place utility buildings (power plants, fire/police stations, parks), all from the comfort of everybody's favourite Lisp machine.
HINT: cycle map overlays with m to see each system's effects. The status panel also has contextual tooltips.
A simple SimCity clone in Emacs Lisp.
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