Tower 48

A ZX Spectrum skyscraper management sim
Alpha V0.3 available now

TOWER 48 is a retro skyscraper management simulation game for the ZX Spectrum, inspired by classic tycoon and management games - but imagined as if it had been made in 1988.

Build your tower floor by floor. Add apartments, offices, shops, restaurants, elevators and services. Watch your cash, population, workers, visitors, satisfaction and reputation. Every month brings new pressure: income, costs, growth, waiting times and the consequences of your own planning.

• Build a growing tower using different room types
• Manage cash, population, workers and visitors
• Track satisfaction, reputation, waiting time and grade
• Monthly update cycle with income and consequences

Build rooms, grow your tower, and try to keep the numbers under control. Each month, the tower updates its population, income, costs and performance. A good tower needs more than just rooms - it needs balance. Too much growth without planning can create waiting problems, low satisfaction or financial trouble

DEVLOG:

Alpha V0.3

Alpha V0.3 focuses on improving the management feedback loop, service-room importance, grade progression, automatic time flow, and monthly simulation performance. 

Feedback is very welcome - especially about balance, readability, pacing and whether the game feels fun after several in-game months..

HUD / Top bar shows your current tower status:

• P – Population 
  The number of people currently living in your tower.
• W – Workers 
  The number of workers needed or active in the tower.
• V – Visitors 
  The number of visitors attracted by shops, restaurants and services.
• SAT – Satisfaction 
  How happy people are with the tower. Low satisfaction may hurt your progress.
• REP – Reputation 
  The public reputation of your tower. Higher reputation can help attract more people.
• WAIT – Waiting / congestion 
  Shows how much pressure there is on elevators, services or tower flow.
• G – Grade 
  Your current tower grade or development level.
• MON – Month 
  The current in-game month.

Controls

• Q / A – move cursor up / down
• O / P – move cursor left / right
• W / S – scroll floors up / down
• B – build room
• D – demolish room 
• I – selected room information
• M – tower report
• N – go to next month