KN Tower - Build your skyscraper empire

okay so i now recommend this game got a update and it all works nicely now.. game is now working for me got the stairs now.. i am liking it.. very nice game!

I played it for 14 minutes and did not feel the need to spend another moment. It's incredible how Yoot Tower from 1998 seemed far richer in its features with a lot more information available to the player. Visually, it's barely better than its predecessors. You start the game with a lobby, office, condo, and snack bar. Oh, and stairs. That's it. Couldn't even access escalators and elevators. No hints or tutorial messages. You lose money and there's absolutely no indication of what you're doing wrong. Your restaurant floor is a ghost town, and you have no idea why. There's barely any useful info when you click on individual building units. The nail in the coffin for my ADHD brain was the pacing. It's extremely slow and the clock only has x1 and x2 settings. It's not so much a "second screen compliant" game that you keep running in the background while revenue trickles in, as much as a plant you water every other day.

If you've played SimTower, you can play this game, the goal is the same, achieve 5 Stars, put the Chapel at the top. I don't know if you have to hold a wedding, but that's the stated goals in the new tutorial. This game loads quickly and runs smoothly. Love the game, it's like playing an updated version of SimTower. Definitely recommend. No complaints from me since the tutorial was added recently and covers the keymapping for the controls in the game.

Love it! So far it´s like the old SimTower, which was my favourit. The developer said, only for so far. updates will bring a lot of new punch. I´m looking forward to it :)

Mein erster Eindruck: Nicht nur das Gameplay ist sehr nah am Original "SimTower". Der Sound erinnert an alte Zeiten - Sogar die Eule heult nachts. :-) Die Grafik wurde etwas verbessert, erinnert aber ebenfalls stark an das Original. Allerdings gibt es noch ein paar kleinere Unschönheiten. So müssen zB Aufzüge ZWISCHEN zwei Rezeptionen platziert werden, anstatt DAVOR. Das führt zu aufwendigem Umbau nach Erreichen des ersten Sterns und der Freischaltung des Aufzugs. Und wenn man in einem Schacht zwei Aufzüge betreibt, dann wird einer ausgeblendet, wenn diese sich kreuzen. Aber insgesamt macht es ähnlich viel Spaß, wie das Original. Bin gespannt was da noch kommt...

No fun at all. No tutorial, no story, it just makes an obnoxious sound every time you try to figure things out. I've had more fun at the dentist.

遊戲還在非常早期的階段 稍微試了以後的想法: 遊戲中有手扶梯的設計嗎?目前只看到樓梯 有的話建議加入 人物建議用一般的小人貼圖會比彩色人物看起來好 選擇房間分類時候建議可以直接點選其他的分類 不用先取消才能選 需要時間加速的功能 暫時想到這些 我很喜歡以前的sim tower 希望這套能做的比sim tower更好

アップデートでいくつか更新されたのでレビューも更新。値段相応には楽しくなった。 今後は独自のビル経営ゲームを目指して更新してゆくとのことで、まだ粗削りではあるがお勧めに変更。 The Towerライクゲーム。 過去に見たことのある類似ゲームの中では一番システムがThe Towerに似ている。 発売直後にプレイ、レビュー時は[strike]☆1（ランクを1つ上げたところ）まで。倍速設定ができない状態でそれ以降まで進める気にはならなかった…[/strike] 2倍速が選べるようになり、テナントにアニメーションが追加されて賑やかになったことで少し楽しくなってきて☆2に到達している。 [h2]良い[/h2] [b]テナントのマニュアルが充実している[/b] タイトルの本のアイコンから、全テナントの詳細な解説が見れる。出勤時間や関連するテナントの記載もあって優秀。先に読むと軽いチュートリアルにもなるかも。 [b]テナントの性質が初代The Towerに似ている[/b] 現時点では見たことあるテナントばかりで、大まかな性質も同じ。The Tower既プレイならなんとなくで進めても割と困らない。 [b]情報画面が優秀[/b] Bキーで収支、人口、ビル評価に関わる指標などを一覧で見ることができる。期ごとの遷移のグラフなども表示されていて状況や成長が見やすい。 [b]ビル全体を撮影する機能がある[/b] ミニマップの下部メニューのカメラアイコンで、建設されたビル全体の写真を保存できる。（ピクチャ→「Bildschirmfotos」フォルダ）この機能はとても嬉しい。 [h2]普通[/h2] [b]一部テナントは住人アニメーションあり[/b] アップデートにより、一部のテナント種で住人のシルエットが動き回るようになった。割といい感じに賑やかで良くなっている。全テナントにアニメーションがつくと嬉しい。 あと、視界の中のテナントの効果音は時々ランダムで鳴ってもいいと思う。 [b]2倍速まで選択可能[/b] アップデートで2倍速が選べるようになった。 元の速度がかなり遅いため、常時2倍速で丁度いい印象。もっと早いオプションが選べるようになれば嬉しい。 [b]エレベーター[/b] ちゃんとカゴがあり、カゴに定員があり、カゴの移動時間も考慮される。停止不能階の設定も可能。待機階の設定はなさそう。 既存のテナントに重ねて設置することができないのがちょっと不便。（階段とエスカレーターは重ねられるのだけど…） [b]テナントの評価軸[/b] 以下のの面でテナントの評価が行われる。ミニマップで全体を俯瞰して確認できるのが良い。 ・満足度（おそらく総合移動ストレス） ・清潔度（廃棄物処理場の充実度） ・安全性（セキュリティルームの充実度） [b]ゲームオーバーがある[/b] 資金と収支がマイナスになるとゲームオーバーになる？その時点でのビルの状態がリーダーボードに記録される模様。 [b]翻訳はひどくはない[/b] 微妙な翻訳は散見されるが意味は伝わる。 [h2]悪い[/h2] [b]物理的にありえない建築ができてしまう[/b] 下の階が1ブロックでもあればほぼ浮いていても建設できる。逆三角形の建築が可能なのを自由度と呼ぶかどうかは微妙なところ。 また、テナント破壊時に上の階が存在するかを判定していないようで、建築後に下の階を破壊すると階が浮く。ただし、完全に浮いた階はセーブデータのロード時に丸ごと消滅してしまう。 [b]説明不足[/b] チュートリアルの類は一切ない。キー操作はオプションから見れるが、ページ送りのボタンがちょっと見つけにくい（右下）。 [h2]アップデートで解消されたもの[/h2] [strike][b]とにかく生活感が薄い[/b] TheTowerライクとして一番困るのがこれ。テナントに住人がいるタイミングでもテナントのアニメーションがない。また、テナントの効果音なども再生されない。目的地まで移動する住人の表示はあるが、目的地に到達すると消えてしまう。移動する住人の表示も簡素なモデルなので記号感が強い。 総じてビルに生活感がなく、TheTowerで大事な「眺める楽しみ」が薄い。テナント自体のモデルは悪くないと思うのだけど…[/strike] [strike][b]速度が選択できない[/b] 基本のゲーム速度が遅めなうえ、おそらく一時停止以外の速度の選択ができない。ビルの生活感が薄いことと合わさって、貯蓄のため放置する時間があまり楽しくない。[/bstrike]

When I stumbled upon this game I was excited because I LOVED playing Sim Tower as a kid in the 1990s. I have tried other building simulation games since but they never seemed to scratch the itch. This one was intriguing to me because the visuals and functionality looked like a pretty direct throwback to Sim Tower and as someone who adored the original, who doesn't love a little bit of nostalgia. Already I've logged a few hours playing the game. It definitely scratches the nostalgia itch and has a lot of potential, but at the moment it plays more like a Beta than a ready to be released game. On the plus side I have noticed the developer does seem to be responsive to reviews and have already made a few updates since I first downloaded the game so that is a good sign. However, right now some things that seem to be glitches and other things that seem like design choices are hampering the fun of the game. There are a few things about the design of the game I don't love: *In the original Sim Tower I'm pretty sure you could overlap elevators with tenant properties, in this version you cannot. It means you have to plan ahead for where elevators will go and also makes it harder to adjust their placement as the game goes on to optimize tenant happiness. *If you delete something you don't recoop any of the costs of placing it. This surprised me as it is very common in all the building simulation games I play to recoop all or most of your $ if you delete something immediately after placing it as well as to recoop an amount of money that allows for depreciation if you delete later. Given how easy it is to accidentally place something and the fact that between milestones there is some enjoyment that can come from optimization, this makes the game more frustrating to me and less fun. *There is very little personalization and little variety among the type of properties that are placed (i.e. in the beginning there is one base condo size, but having studios, 1 bed, 2 bed, etc would be more realistic and provide more choices about efficiency earning money vs. working with how much funds one might have at a given time). This was a part of the original Sim Tower, but I have noticed there seems to be even less variety than in that game. I think the developer will have to figure out the balance between trying to evoke the original and acknowledging that game play has gotten more personalized and sophisticated since the original was released. I have no doubt that if I went back and played the original it would feel a bit boring now compared to how it did then. I think more personalization and variety is needed because at points in game play I find myself feeling a bit bored before the next milestone kicks in and unlocks more functionality. While sometimes a game with simpler functionality can be nice to relax with, this feels too simple. I am usually the kind of person who can get a bit addicted to simulation games, but right now it doesn't feel like there is enough to the game play to keep me hooked. *The colors of the individual sims seem kind of random. In the original they were a way to understand the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of your tenants in real time, particularly as it related to elevator speed. I wish the developer would emulate this aspect of the original and find other ways of telegraphing elements of building health without having to go to all the sidebars. *Game speed could use more options. Right now 2x still feels quite slow, especially if you're in a period of the game where you're low on funds and just need your money to click back up. I'd love a 4x option as well as a pause for when I'm adjusting my stairs and things but don't want satisfaction to tank in the meantime. Now the glitches on mac... *When you click on individual tenants the hearts appear solid black (vs. my husband's version where they seem to be populated based on tenant satisfaction) and thus don't give any information. *Elevator functionality seems wonky. Mine don't seem to go up and down in predictable paths, letting people off and on. It seems like some sims ride around for awhile before they get off, clogging up the elevator and ruining the perceptions of realism. It doesn't seem to follow a predictable flow of who it picks up and when which leads me to believe it is probably dragging down my satisfaction. *I don't know what's going on with the hotel housekeeping. Even though I have two separate facilities for laundry one of my housekeepers only seems to show up every other day. And even when they are both there they seem to clean (or not clean) rooms in the most chaotic way, i.e. passing by rooms without cleaning them, waiting to take the elevator to another floor even though there are dirty rooms on their floor, two housekeepers walking side by side so they are inefficient doing their work, insisting on waiting for the elevator even though there are many convenient staircases that are faster, etc. Truly this is the most frustrating part of game play for me right now because I can do everything right to maximize my hotel efficiency and then it is a total gamble whether any of my rooms are ready for guests. Seeing how badly this works also raises questions for me about how logical the underlying patterns are that control the NPCs and make me question how much control I really have over how my building does. It's also an area where the more archaic nature of the original Sims Tower shows since modern simulation games allow much more user control over how employees behave, allowing for a more sophisticated sense of managing a building. *Tenant and employee sims often seem to not want to use escalators or stairs even when it would make more sense (i.e. just going a couple of floors). Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, but it is very frustrating to watch a sim wait for an elevator (especially on higher floors) when there is an escalator or staircase RIGHT NEXT TO THE ELEVATOR. Again it eats into the feeling one has control over managing a building because even if you try to make optimizations to make your tenants happier it seems hit or miss if it actually takes. *What is going on with the leaderboard? I cannot tell if it is real or a placeholder but it's frustrating when my score is supposedly higher than the people on the leaderboard yet I'm not there. Overall I think this game has a lot of potential. I like the ways in which it harkens back to Sim Tower and the nostalgic feel. However right now it has some glitches that make game play frustrating and it also seems like it needs to update the game play to reflect the fact that simulation games have come a long way since the original is made. That doesn't mean the game has to become incredibly complex, but it does need to have more variety, surprises along the way, and some ability to add one's personal touch.