Game engine?

[franklin1k]

Wonder what game engine it is written on?

[Mansen]

Most likely an upgraded version of the Tropico 5 engine.

[I'm Ant]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Most likely an upgraded version of the Tropico 5 engine.

Very likley

[The_Pastmaster]

Got a response from a dev over at Paradox Plaza:

Originally posted by Blizzard_Haemimont:

We usually call it "our engine", although our CTO Ivan-Assen pushes us to come up with a proper name every two years or so... Will keep you posted if he is successful this time.

(and no, it is not Unreal Engine, it is a creation of our own)

[Mansen]

Yeah so it's the Tropico engine indeed, just with another couple of years of work. :)

[franklin1k]

Now I know.
thanks

[Vyhk]

Well since Surviving Mars seems rather laking in llamas maybe they should name it with some Llama pun?

[The_Pastmaster]

Got some more info: The last games using the engine was Tropico 5 and Victor Vran. Loads of tinkering going on.

[franklin1k]

It is their own engine, written in C++. The modding language is Lua 5.3.
Sweet

[Beric01]

I heard that it runs on a GE diesel-electric locomotive.

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Beric01:

I heard that it runs on a GE diesel-electric locomotive.

What's a General Electric Diesel-Electric locomotive doing in Bulgaria? o_O I'm thinking a Soviet Class TU7 Diesel would be more likely.

[mondo96]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Yeah so it's the Tropico engine indeed, just with another couple of years of work. :)

Happy to read that : I was afraid that this game was running on Unity, which has some performance issues in Cities Skylines

[Limmin]

OK, so from now on they may refer to it as their "Mars" engine.

[Mansen]

El Mars engine :D

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Limmin:

OK, so from now on they may refer to it as their "Mars" engine.

That one is taken though. And the Mars Engine is old.

[Limmin]

Ok, so maybe "Ares" then. I dunno.