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Re: OpenScope Air Traffic Control Simulator

#4

Post by pncnmnp »

kqr wrote: post #2

For beginners a recommendation is to (a) switch to a lower-activity airport, and (b) go through the tutorial, which is actually very well integrated with the gameplay.

Thanks! I'm still going through the tutorial, but this looks neat! I love ATC games.

There are some other fun ones out there, like ATC-Manager-2 (https://github.com/sempostma/atc-manager-2) and BSD's atc (https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atc). On Android, I've had fun memories playing Endless ATC and Unmatched Air Traffic Control. One thing I've noticed about these ATC games is that they tend to be more radar-based than ground-based. I kinda made an attempt to create a ground-based ATC last year - https://github.com/pncnmnp/roger.

Also, tangentially, a few months back, I was browsing my local bookstore when I came across a poster on "Navitrainer" - this was a flight simulator from the forties - https://pncnmnp.github.io/blogs/navitrainer.html - fascinating stuff!

Re: OpenScope Air Traffic Control Simulator

#5

Post by singleshot_ »

pncnmnp wrote: post #4
kqr wrote: post #2

For beginners a recommendation is to (a) switch to a lower-activity airport, and (b) go through the tutorial, which is actually very well integrated with the gameplay.

Thanks! I'm still going through the tutorial, but this looks neat! I love ATC games. There are some other fun ones out there, like ATC-Manager-2 ( https://github.com/sempostma/atc-manager-2 ) and BSD's atc ( https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atc ). On Android, I've had fun memories playing Endless ATC and Unmatched Air Traffic Control. One thing I've noticed about these ATC games is that they tend to be more…

Another fun experience: X-plane + VATSIM. Decent quality flight sim plus community of real-time simulated air traffic controllers.

Re: OpenScope Air Traffic Control Simulator

#6

Post by jachee »

singleshot_ wrote: post #5
pncnmnp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I'm still going through the tutorial, but this looks neat! I love ATC games. There are some other fun ones out there, like ATC-Manager-2 ( https://github.com/sempostma/atc-manager-2 ) and BSD's atc ( https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atc ). On Android, I've had fun memories playing Endless ATC and Unmatched Air Traffic Control. One thing I've noticed about these ATC games is that they tend to be more…

Another fun experience: X-plane + VATSIM. Decent quality flight sim plus community of real-time simulated air traffic controllers.

To clarify here, the VATSIM controllers are real humans. The traffic is simulated, but also “real”, in that it’s human sim pilots flying “on network.” And the network is sim-agnostic. I’m still working on being good enough with my plane in MSFS to be able to fly online.

Re: OpenScope Air Traffic Control Simulator

#8

Post by maxcan »

jiveturkey wrote: post #7

Wasn't there an ATC game for Apple ][? I vaguely remember playing it and loving that game. In 2024 I would like this game to have voice controls, with pilot voice responses. Sometimes the pilot could have poor english and do a wrong thing.

Near Miss. Fond memories.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175470605636

Re: OpenScope Air Traffic Control Simulator

#9

Post by clippyplz »

jmk123 wrote: post #3

This game has been around for many years. I remember playing it for hours when it first came out and really enjoying eventually getting into a flow state.

A couple of days ago there was a post for a site that would take you to hacker news on a totally random date; I had a look and ended up about 9 years ago. One of the posts I saw from then was this game! Many years indeed.
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