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The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …

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