SimCity... and the GlassBox Engine.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/10/wireduk-sim-city/

Nice.  Good agent model.  Good information views. Good analysis and no win state....all within a nice engine.

I wonder what the engine can do?  Is it moddable?  Can we use it to make all the stuff I have always wanted to make but have always had to build from the ground up.... please let it be so...


Let us learn about the Glassbox Engine

Insiders Look: Glassbox Game Engine Part 1 - Resources, Units & Maps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vS0qURl_JJY

Insiders Look: Glassbox Game Engine Part 2 - Scenario 1 - The Ecconomic Loop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxTcm1YFKcU&feature=relmfu

Insiders Look: Glassbox Game Engine Part 3 - Scenario 2 - Water and Pollution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hro0BEquiPE&feature=relmfu

Insiders Look: Glassbox Game Engine Part 4 - Scenario 3 - Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfcDW2yJiM&feature=relmfu


Update:

Interesting Article

http://gamasutra.com/blogs/MikeRose/20130219/186896/Using_SimCity_to_diagnose_my_home_towns_traffic_problem.php