Reverse Engineering SimTower

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71 points | by patrickhulin 2 days ago

8 comments

  • jlev1 1 hour ago
    Wow!

    There was a little-known sequel to SimTower called Yoot Tower (named after Yoot Saito). It was a commercial flop, but I played it in the 2000s and again in the 2010s and very much enjoyed it! It had a lot of added customizability (more choices of restaurants and shops, for one thing). I would love to see that game recreated.

    • pixelcort 44 minutes ago
      One of the maps in Yoot Tower is Kegon Falls. When I moved to Japan I found out it was a real place. Just took another day trip up there last month. Of course IRL it’s just an elevator but the view each season is amazing.
    • thispbowden 51 minutes ago
      Love Yoot Tower! Can we clone it next?
      • patrickhulin 46 minutes ago
        yes! I've been thinking about how to do it, but it will take some work!
  • findalex 2 hours ago
    I loved this game so much. Can't wait to see Santa.
  • taejavu 2 hours ago
    Very cool! I used to play this game for a few minutes every morning at a friends place before school. With the clone being open source, would you be open to QoL patches? I don’t have anything specific in mind, just curious how close to the original you want to stay.
    • patrickhulin 45 minutes ago
      Patches are welcome, especially for UI stuff - the simulation I'd like to keep matching exactly. I have one deviation already: the floors are 0-indexed and lobbies are on 15, 30, ..., which would be 16, 31, ... in the original game.
  • ryeguy_24 2 hours ago
    Oh my gosh, this really brought me back. Haven't played that game in 30 years. What a great use of AI. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
  • yesitcan 25 minutes ago
    > I spent weeks

    Don’t you mean the LLM did?

    This post also reads a bit AI-generated.

    • iamjs 18 minutes ago
      This is an unnecessarily rude, dismissive, and low value comment. I loved this game growing up and I think it's fantastic to see this work. I don't find it particularly relevant whether or not a language model was involved.
  • schnebbau 2 hours ago
    Amazing, loved this game when I was younger. I would keep restarting every time I thought of a more effective layout.

    I don't think I ever made it to the cathedral though.