# OpenSC2K: recreating SimCity 2000 in Rust and Godot

> OpenSC2K recreates SimCity 2000 with a Godot front end and Rust libraries for simulation, file formats, rendering, audio and scripting. It imports graphics, text, sound and music from the player's own game copy and supports original .sc2 city files alongside its extended .sc2x format.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/OpenSC2K/OpenSC2K>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenSC2K/OpenSC2K/blob/9441f8c2a1d0337abf1b32f67a8adddd135ee02e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opensc2k-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opensc2k-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opensc2k-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's own copy of SimCity 2000 for original graphics, text, sound and music.
- **Prerequisites:** Running from source requires Godot 4.7 and Rust.
- **License:** Licensed under MIT; bundled fonts retain separate licenses.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenSC2K/OpenSC2K/blob/9441f8c2a1d0337abf1b32f67a8adddd135ee02e/README.md>

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