Big Kotlin fan.
Similar reasons to the commenter that talked about using a world class runtime, but the JVM is tested and works.
And now I can use Kotlin to make cross platform applications, while still utilizing the Java knowledge that I unfortunately possess? Perfect!
It’s been really fun but I hit a wall where I realized I wanted all the mods and assets from CS 1 to continue my building.
Not having central transit hubs or multi directional subways feels so limiting.
I’ve been using ktor in a personal project and it’s been a joy; all the familiarity of Spring but with Kotlin first.
Also, I know that Amazon has started to switch some projects to Kotlin, since they’re such a large Java shop: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/adopting-kotlin-at-prime-video-for-higher-developer-satisfaction-and-less-code/
It’s kinda funny; everywhere I saw this posted had the same initial comments, “what about OSM?” Which I think is natural and good skepticism.
Hopefully, they keep true to their word instead of creating the same problem.
So they actually are contributing / complementing OSM:
Overture is a data-centric map project, not a community of individual map editors. Therefore, Overture is intended to be complementary to OSM. We combine OSM with other sources to produce new open map data sets. Overture data will be available for use by the OpenStreetMap community under compatible open data licenses. Overture members are encouraged to contribute to OSM directly.
From the FAQs on their site.
Super cool, there should be more competition between Map providers like Apple/Google/OpenStreetMaps.
Why couldn’t this project have just been things being added to OSM?
Was OP trying to bait? They used the headline from the article and even wrote a summary that explained the article.
Perhaps it was in the video but not the blog post, because Dev Diary 1 doesn’t mention bike lanes:
Roads can be customized by adding bus lanes and tram tracks to them using the additional network building tools
https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/cities-skylines-ii/features/road-tools
Yeah seriously, they’ve been doing an excellent job of showing us what we wanted to see (save for bike lanes, I’m sure we’ll get them eventually).
It’s the same “innovativeness” as Starfield; it’s not pushing the boundaries of game design or anything but it’s a tried and tested strategy that clearly lots of people enjoy and it makes them a lot of money.
It’s not profitable? How? Rockstar is estimated to earn $8 billion from GTA VI… that seems lucrative to me?