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« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2015, 09:15:07 PM » |
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Time for a fancy full-screen capture showing off our HUD UI! (How exciting!  ) (Click through for full res version)  Also, let's zoom in on some of the offices:  |
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« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2015, 02:08:45 PM » |
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Pre-populating the new game dialog with real addresses of architecturally significant buildings  (So I'm an architecture dork, so what  )  |
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« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2015, 03:27:01 PM » |
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Some specific things that we've learned and want to bring over to the game: - The economic profile of skyscrapers - how the cost of building goes up as you keep going higher, and can make the building economically unfeasible beyond a certain size
- The physical profile - how local laws impose caps and limitations, such as
- Envelope requirements (like height caps, or setback requirements)
- Air rights transfers (when there's a height cap, you might be able to buy height allowance from your low-rise neighbors)
- Square footage caps (eg. that a building's total square footage can be at max 15x larger than the lot size - but if you build a public plaza, you could get an exemption and build a larger one)
That should make for a pretty juicy economic simulation That said, I would *really* have loved to also add the simulation of effects of building depth, and things like how distance from windows and light wells affects rentability - but that's getting a little hard in a 2D view Wow! That sounds superb. An intricate economic simulation of skyscrapers and the laws and systems governing them would make for a wonderful simulation, but when illustrated with beautiful encyclopedia-like cut-aways - makes it a must play! Good luck with further development. |
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« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2015, 01:18:57 PM » |
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@oleomingus - thank you!  |
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« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2015, 01:19:49 PM » |
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Just another day at the office...  |
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« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2015, 07:17:41 PM » |
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Everybody's getting ready for the Company Christmas Party...  |
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« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2016, 09:19:47 PM » |
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Check out the lobby in this building! Such sculptures! All those planters! They say money can't buy happiness - but it can certainly buy a lot of art. And art, by proxy, can buy prestige. And that's close enough to happiness, no? (Yes, we've been doing a lot of work on the prestige and happiness systems lately. )  |
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« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2016, 04:59:33 AM » |
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This looks really cool! I have recently thinking about what sort of art style I can use for my startup simulation game to set it apart from every other sim game, and a side view of the building and characters was on my list of potentials. Then I came across this thread and definitely like the vibe (though I'll be going for more of a cartoony/hand-drawn look)
Looking forward to playing this!
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« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2016, 08:00:38 PM » |
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This looks really cool! I have recently thinking about what sort of art style I can use for my startup simulation game to set it apart from every other sim game, and a side view of the building and characters was on my list of potentials. Then I came across this thread and definitely like the vibe (though I'll be going for more of a cartoony/hand-drawn look) Hey, thanks! I have to say, having a side view makes it much easier to see what's going on in a simulation like that. We did some mock-ups of isometric 3d-like views, but that doesn't work well for a skyscraper: we ran into player friction trying to switch between floors, not being able to see everything at a single glance, etc... So the single 2d view was a clear winner. Plus, it looks like an architectural drawing come alive, which is a bonus By the way, startup simulation sounds pretty awesome! On a related note, are you aware of startupcompanygame.com? It's something I just learned about this weekend, sounds like it's in a very similar space! |
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« Reply #30 on: January 30, 2016, 08:48:13 PM » |
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Wow I had seen a mention of it on IndieDB but didn't realize they had progressed this much! Looks great. Will definitely vote for their greenlight submission!
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« Reply #31 on: January 30, 2016, 10:17:34 PM » |
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Wow, I remember seeing this at Indie City Games. Seems like it has come a long way!
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« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2016, 08:58:24 AM » |
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Wow, I remember seeing this at Indie City Games. Seems like it has come a long way!
Hey, thanks! :D By the way we'll be there this Saturday, too, playtesting the new tutorial after the meeting! |
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« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2016, 08:25:24 AM » |
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Ooooh man, I've hoped for a new game in the SimTower-genre for so long, and this looks really good I love the art style and execution, the gameplay ideas sound exciting, and it looks like its coming along nicely. If there's one thing to criticize: I find it a bit hard to distinguish some room types, like the office and doctors, probably because the contents and color scheme are relatively similar. Might not be an issue during gameplay. And I'm really curious to see what it looks like in motion :D Would it be possible to do some gifs or something? Are you using a custom engine? Keep it up! |
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« Reply #36 on: February 14, 2016, 07:42:57 PM » |
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Hey, thanks! I hope we can live up to the expectations I know what you mean about room types. I think it's easier once you start playing the game, because there are color themes for particular types of rooms - warm beiges for offices, cool grays for retail, oranges for residential units, greens for restaurants, etc. - but it's not really obvious from these few screenshots. And for sure, we'll need to do some color grading work once we have all the assets in place. Speaking of which, I should make some animated gifs! That's a good idea, things always look better in motion. Thanks! And to answer your question, it's all Unity - but using my own spritesheet animation code, so that we could squeeze out more perf than unity's built-in sprite system. So far, on a desktop computer, I can build a tower with 500 rooms and 500 NPCs without breaking a sweat. We'll see about laptops and mobile, though PS. Looking forward to Parkitect! I've been following the news about that game for a while now. |
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« Reply #37 on: March 11, 2016, 07:24:00 PM » |
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A few new screenies showing UI to illustrate what's going on under the hood: 1. Your standard skyscraper:  2. Examining interior power lines, phone lines, water and gas hookups:  3. Heatmap showing tenants who are comfortably profitable (green) or trending towards insolvency (red):  |
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« Reply #39 on: April 23, 2016, 07:02:04 AM » |
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Two screenshots this time! 1. A very narrow "Flatiron Building" scenario, where the only way to go is up. Also there's a fancy building information UI in the lower right!   2. Flatiron building a few hours later - looks like a very busy place  |
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