#simcopter — Public Fediverse posts
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SimCopter Remake, moderní předělávka klasiky SimCopter
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On this day in 1996, #SimCopter was released https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCopter
Listen to the OST with me if you like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCVT4Sql15E
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Reached a point in this adventure I'm ready to share - I've been using #Ghidra plus the debug leak of #SimCopter to figure out the model format of the Sims, which always looked really bizarre to me in-game.
This is clearly unfinished but the broad strokes are there: it turns out the people (and dogs, and cows) are composed entirely of "sphere", "line", and "pixel" primitives, plus an oval-shaped bitmap "face". Which explains their oddly blocky appearance and strange animations. Why not just use a 3d model? It is a mystery...
This is the Pilot (player character) going through its various animations while I rotate the model for a better view. A lot of work left to do figuring out the exact meaning of each attribute (color, scale, etc) but it proves the basic structure is correct!
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The game gained controversy when it was discovered that designer Jacques Servin inserted an Easter egg that generated shirtless men in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. The egg was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game. He cited his actions as a response to the intolerable working conditions he allegedly suffered at Maxis, particularly working 60-hour weeks and being denied time off. He also reported that he added the "studs", as he called them, after a heterosexual programmer programmed "bimbo" female characters into the game, and that he wanted to highlight the "implicit heterosexuality" of many games. Although he had initially planned for the characters to appear only occasionally, the random number generator he had created malfunctioned, leading them to appear frequently. Servin was fired as a result, with Maxis reporting that his dismissal was due only to his addition of unauthorized content. This caused a member of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a gay AIDS organization, to call for a boycott of all of Maxis' products, a measure which Servin rejected. Some months later, a group named RTMark announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the Easter egg being inserted into the game, along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion." Servin stated that he had received a money order of $5,000 from RTMark for the prank. It was revealed later on that Servin was a cofounder of RTMark.
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Really interesting read on #SimCopter64 by the Video Game History Foundation, about its announcement at E3 2007 until its cancellation. Includes footage!