Since we launched Project Highrise back in September, we’ve watched many of our dedicated players build some truly monumental, epic skyscrapers – monster buildings that exceeded even our own experiences and expectations.
By massive, we mean things like this one. It keeps going and is more than twice as tall as the screenshot suggests, the game just doesn’t zoom out any further.
If this is your building, let us know – we’d love to give you credit!
But one of the things lacking for many (ourselves included) was a way to make a suitably monumental, epic lobby and entrance for your skyscraper. If you wanted to add what real estate agents call “curb appeal” to your skyscraper, your options were limited to single floor wallpapers along with lovely statues and fountains inside and out.
But no more! After some lobbying (you knew that would happen, right?) on the Steam forums and because we thought it would look fantastic, we’ve launched two and three floor tall lobbies.
Above (clicking for full size is recommended) we’ve got the glass and steel variant that lets in lots of natural light. Other than the imposing hanging sculpture near the front door, you’ll also notice that elevators change appearance when they’re entirely flanked by these new, tall lobbies. Very fancy light fixtures are optional, but recommended.
Now here’s a three floor tall lobby. Instead of glass and steel, we’ve opted here for some sophisticated tile work to compliment the geometric hanging decorations that float above our lobby. We’ve got some utility closets here that will also change in appearance when surrounded by lobbies for a better aesthetic fit. And as requested by many on the Steam discussion board, you can have lights on the ceiling and decorations on the floor with the new lobbies.
We’ve really enjoyed creating all of these updates over the past few months. It’s also been great fun getting to know some of you on the Steam discussion boards and finding out what you like about the game, wish we would change or hope we would add. Since release, we’ve added quite a bit to Project Highrise and our friends at Kasedo Games made a short video, a sort of then and now retrospective covering the four months since launch.
And yes, there is more coming. Happy building!
