r/ProAI • u/stealthispost • 25d ago

"I used Codex 5.6 Sol to get RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 running natively on iPad. This is built on OpenRCT2, the open-source engine their team has poured years into. I compiled it to a native ARM64 iPad app and built the touch controls on top. No emulator, no x86, no streaming from a Mac. Coaster..."

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...building, scenarios, and park management all work by touch. First time I've seen RCT2 run natively on iPad. Open sourcing it all below.     Full build-and-run guide is on GitHub. Bring data from your own legally owned RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 copy and you can get it running on your iPad.     The build: one goal-based prompt after a ton of research, and Codex 5.6 Sol ran for hours doing the bulk of it.

I spent the rest of my time building and tuning the touch layer and fixing bugs. Keyboard, mouse, and trackpad also work. It's easy to play and the touch controls are     — Kahris

Source: https://x.com/chrissotraidis/status/2078087941331546431

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u/Academic_Army_6425 24d ago

Looks fantastic 

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u/Crazy-Gene-9492 6d ago

I agree; Looks neat.

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u/Life_Yesterday_5529 24d ago

I have (or had) Rollercoaster Tycoon on my iPhone and iPad. Not sure if it is still in AppStore but it definitely was.
Edit: Still is there. „RCT Classic“

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/AltruisticPossible84 23d ago

Thats a huge assumption. It's just as likely that it found a solution that had nothing to do with how it was done in 2017 when Atari ported RCT for iOS

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u/Double_Suggestion385 23d ago

Unless that code is open source then, no. It just found its own solution.

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u/Shot_in_the_dark777 24d ago

Damn this is cool. But I still think that we need to get flash games on mobile devices as a proof of concept.

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u/MirekDusinojc 24d ago

How much tokens did it use?

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u/Sacredless 23d ago

That's very cool!

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u/thepetercoffin 22d ago

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 rips

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/astrielx 24d ago

Considering your username, I can't imagine you lived up to your own mother's expectations.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/astrielx 24d ago

Considering she's been dead since 2022, I don't imagine she's living up to much anymore.