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{{DISPLAYTITLE:New preview v0.1.6 released}}

'''June 12, 2026'''

{{Featured image|V016-paternoster.webp|alt=Paternoster transport system in the tower.}}

This is the second development preview released on June 2026. This release builds on the release back in March with additional types of rooms, events and disasters, sky bridges, visual decorations, a more refined UI, and many more refinements and optimizations.

This release introduces the following new features:

== Rooms ==
* '''Cinema''' - Brings visitors to your tower
* '''Event hall''' - Allows events to be scheduled in your tower. Currently, you can either schedule a conference or an art exhibit. Events can automatically be scheduled for halls that have a good rating.
* '''Stores''' - Stores can be rented by businesses. They expect high foot traffic and attracts some shoppers to your tower. Shoppers can visit nearby stores if they are happy.
* '''Hotel Room - Twin and Suite''' - Added two additional hotel room types.

[[File:Hotel-rooms.png|thumb|center|Hotel rooms, with some infested.|class=wiki-inline-image]]

* '''Vending machine''' - Added a vending machine that satisfies food needs at all hours of the day. Needs to be restocked by a loading dock.
* '''Subway station''' - Subway station provides another way for sims to enter your tower.
* '''Skybridge''' - You can now place skybridges between two towers.

== Transports ==
* '''Paternoster''' - A new type of transport just for funzies. Here’s a paternoster in action: [https://2dtower.com/assets/game/v0.1.6/paternoster.mp4 Watch the Paternoster video]

== Game mechanics ==
* '''Power''' - A simple power mechanic has been added to the game. You need to have a power distribution room to take in power from the city grid (power lines are only accessible on floor B1, so the room has to be built there as well). Running out of power capacity will cause a rolling blackouts. If left unaddressed, the circuit breaker trips and triggers a power outage event. Elevators will still operate at half speed. Escalators become like stairs.

[[File:Power-outage.png|thumb|center|Power outage causes rooms to close. Elevators run at half speed.|class=wiki-inline-image]]

* '''Parking Fees''' - Parking can now be an income generator. The tradeoff here is that a higher fee will impact evaluation scores for some tenants.
* '''Disasters''' - There are 4 types of disasters:
** '''Power outage''' which may happen if you trip your circuit breaker by not having sufficient power distribution.
** '''Fire''' which could happen by chance and can be put out by security workers or fire fighters that spawn.
** '''Suspicious Package''' which could happen by chance and requires security workers to find the package somewhere in your tower before it … ''catches on fire''.
** '''Earthquake''' which causes a temporary evacuation and impacts business.
* '''Room Infestation''' - Hotel rooms that are dirty for too long will become infested. This infestation can spread, so you need to have housekeeping clean it up before it spreads. Guests impacted by an infestation will leave without paying!
* '''VIP Visit Event''' - A VIP visit will evaluate your tower.

[[File:Fire-disaster.png|thumb|center|The couch is on fire.|class=wiki-inline-image]]
[[File:Vip-visitor.png|thumb|center|VIP visitor evaluating the tower|class=wiki-inline-image]]

* '''Star rating and objectives''' - Maps can now have different objectives with perks for each star you earn. Some building types and building restrictions now apply based on your star rating.
* '''Evaluation''' - Room evaluations are now score based rather than average based. This should hopefully make it clear on what improvements would make the most impact.
* '''Room levels''' - Some rooms can have different star levels as they become more mature within your tower. Tenants that are happy for long enough will begin to level up and require additional needs to be fulfilled.
* '''Building multiple floors''' - You can now build rooms and floors with automatic supports with the ''shift'' key.
* '''Loans''' - You can now borrow money. There is no limit at the moment and no real penalties in just borrowing more and more.
* Multi-floor lobbies has been removed for now as it needs additional work.

== Visuals ==
* '''Graphs and metrics''' - Added graphs to show population history and types of sims in your tower.
* '''Room badges''' - Added more badge overlays to rooms (for cleanliness, delivery issues, trash, noise). Cleaning staff shows cleaning progression via this badge system as well.
* '''Custom Wallpaper Colors''' - You can now assign a custom wallpaper color. Do you want a hot pink lobby? Now you can.

[[File:Pink-lobby.png|thumb|center|Pink lobby? Now you can!|class=wiki-inline-image]]

* '''Game Visuals''' - Added some additional floor decorations, clouds, planes and hot air balloons.
* '''UI Improvements''' - More work to make the UI more refined.

== Audio ==
* '''Audio sound effects''' - Added audio sound effects for rooms, ambience, and time-specific effects. You can turn this down or off in the settings UI.

There is still work to be done with focus on additional maps, game balancing, optimization and performance, and overall polish. I hope you’ll have as much fun playing this preview as I did working on it.

I’d love to hear your feedback and help steer the direction of the project. Feel free to leave a comment on the [https://old.reddit.com/r/SimTower/comments/1u4m5j4/2d_tower_update_with_another_playable_preview/ Reddit post] or email me directly.

Have fun!

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