SimCity
Will Wright's city-building game that launched the management simulation genre.
Where SimCity comes up1 episode or test
- 1Make Raid on Bungeling BayWright's original game project
- 2Build a side editorA building and road editor
- 3Find it more funMore fun than the game itself
- 4Turn it into SimCityReleased in 1989
- 5Launch a genreManagement simulation, still trending up
From Will Wright, on making SimCity
What was said about SimCity
Will Wright turned a side tool into SimCity. While making Raid on Bungeling Bay, Wright built a building and road editor and found it more fun than the game. He turned it into SimCity in 1989, which launched the management simulation genre.
The genre is still trending upwards. Wright's own realisation, as quoted: "this editor was actually more fun than the game itself".
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Wright built a building and road editor while making Raid on Bungeling Bay and found the tool more fun than the game. He turned it into SimCity in 1989.
Will Wright turned a side tool into SimCity. While making Raid on Bungeling Bay, Wright built a building and road editor and found it more fun than the game. He turned it into SimCity in 1989, which launched the management simulation genre.
The genre is still trending upwards. Wright's own realisation, as quoted: "this editor was actually more fun than the game itself".
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