CytopiaTeam/Cytopia

CytopiaTeam/Cytopia has 2,180 GitHub stars and 131 forks. GitHot measured -1 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-06 23:09 UTC. Last push 2026-10-09.

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:deciduous_tree::house_with_garden::office::evergreen_tree: A city building simulation game

2,180 stars 131 forks

What you can do

Custom UI System
SDL2 based rendering engine written in C++
Camera panning, zooming, relocating
Terrain manipulation

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README.md

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Discord - Cytopia - https://discord.gg/MG3tgYV6ce
Itch io - Cytopia - https://cytopia.itch.io/cytopia
GitHub - Cytopia by CytopiaTeam - https://github.com/CytopiaTeam/Cytopia

Cytopia is a free, open source retro pixel-art city building game with a big focus on mods. It utilizes a custom isometric rendering engine based on SDL2.

Current Key Features:

Custom UI System
SDL2 based rendering engine written in C++
Camera panning, zooming, relocating
Terrain manipulation
Procedural Terrain Generation
Pixel-art graphics made by graphics team lead by Kingtut 101
An original soundtrack, ambient noises, and sound effects made mostly by MB22
A Qt based tile editor for editing TileData JSON files

Planned features:

Biomes
OpenGL Renderer
Gameplay mechanics
In-Game Mod downloading mechanism
Android / iOS
Scripting language for mods (like LUA)

For code documentation, see the project's Doxygen Documentation.

If you have questions or if you want to join the project, visit the Project's Discord Server. If Discord is not for you, visit our IRC channel on freenode at #Cytopia

Supported Platforms

Linux (clang / g++-5 or higher) Windows Mac

Prerequisites

Build instructions

See: https://github.com/CytopiaTeam/Cytopia/wiki/Build-instructions

Coding guidelines

See: https://github.com/CytopiaTeam/Cytopia/wiki/Coding-guidelines

Work-in-Progress Screenshot

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