Will Wright’s Sim City

TCW Podcast Episode 188 - Will Wright's Sim City   We look at the life of game designer Will Wright who developed the hit game Sim City. Wright was, and is a very talented individual with a deep passion for learning. As a child, he was not into video games, and only his interest in robotics led him to investigate computers more. From there he was enamored with the original Flight Simulator and the possibilities it promised. Though it was not until his exposure to Conway's Game of Life that he really took an interest in programming.  This led to his development of Raid on Bungling Bay, and from the tools used to make that game, he found more fun in creating a city simulator he call microtopolis. This simulation game would eventually become what we know as Sim City!   Solaris by Stanisław Lem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel) What is Montessori in 18 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljuw3grZ11Q Victor Tugelbend: https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Tugelbend The Cannonball Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2hGFN8NlLQ Apple II Flight Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHdW9RA6skQ Raster Blaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4n5elO-LLs Play Game of Life: https://playgameoflife.com/ Documentary on Game of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2MH9O4pXY Memorable Moments in the Wild Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbJXzwURlRw C64 Raid on Bungling Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CjNj1gfj0I NES Raid of Bungling Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZudVNf7hN0 TCW 084 - Time Shared: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/time-shared/Servo Basic Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzo9m0tMD0A Servomechanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servomechanism Forester's Urban Dynamics and Cities as Systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYPO4qFjJ_E Little Computer People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrltIjcCqLc Amiga Sim City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Ji4qgsWuA Intellivision Utopia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3__gYnnulw SNES Sim City Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSjqjR0XeKc   New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major online retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/