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Interestingly, SimTower was published by Maxis but developed by OpenBook (later Vivarium), the Japanese developer that would later make Seaman for the Dreamcast
by xxr 10y ago
Interestingly, SimTower was published by Maxis but developed by OpenBook (later Vivarium), the Japanese developer that would later make Seaman for the Dreamcast.
- DonHopkins 10y agoYoot Saito just presented a classic game postmortem of "Seaman" [1] at the recent GDC. [1] http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/classic-game-postmortem-seaman http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/classic-game-postmortem-s... Unfortunately I wasn't there to see it, but I saw him talk earlier about Seaman at GDC 2000, and it was fascinating to learn how he was able to pull off such an unprecedented original design, even supporting speech recognition on the Dreamcast! Announcement: Yoot Saito is coming to GDC 2017 to present a Classic Game Postmortem of Seaman! [2] [2] http://www.gdconf.com/news/yoot-saito-coming-gdc-2017-present-classic-game-postmortem-seaman/ http://www.gdconf.com/news/yoot-saito-coming-gdc-2017-presen... "Yutaka "Yoot" Saito, the talented game designer known for his idiosyncratic approach to game development, will be delivering a Classic Game Postmortem on his remarkable Dreamcast game 'Seaman' at GDC 2017! Saito's game development career took off in the early '90s when he created the game that was published by Maxis as 'SimTower', but it was after he founded his own studio Vivarium that he really came into his own. Under the Vivarium banner, Saito developed the groundbreaking virtual pet game 'Seaman' (lending his own face to the titular Seaman), its striking sequel 'Seaman 2', the pinball strategy game 'Odama', and the airport baggage management puzzle game 'Aero Porter'. Now, Saito is coming to GDC 2017 to speak at length about his work creating 'Seaman', a game that left an indelible mark on the fabric of both the game industry and pop culture at large. Don't miss it!" I just found the video of his GDC 2017 talk: Classic Game Postmortem: 'Seaman'! [3] [3] http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024327/Classic-Game-Postmortem-Seaman http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024327/Classic-Game-Postmortem... And here's a review and summary of his talk. [4] [4] http://www.seganerds.com/2017/03/02/yoot-saito-gives-gdc-presentation-on-seaman-development/ http://www.seganerds.com/2017/03/02/yoot-saito-gives-gdc-pre...
- DerekL 10y agoI haven't played it, but Vivarium has a version for iOS: http://tower.tv http://tower.tv