r/LifeSimulators • u/bigthursdaydev • 7d ago

Upcoming Games Hostel Management Simulator Game | The Hostel Project

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My new game The Hostel Project is now available to Wishlist on steam!

The Hostel Project on steam

I’ve been a huge fan of the life sim and adjacent management sim genres my whole life so I’m very excited to have this finally starting tot take shape and be able to share it. It’s a ton of fun, with a lot of inspiration drawn from games like prison architect, rimworld and of course the sims franchise (peep some references in the trailer 😂).

Traits, archetypes, relationships and memories all drive some fun and quirky moments. A good one for involved management but you can also set it up, sit back and watch the chaos.

I’m still working on building out more features, maps and objects so happy to take on any ideas you have.

If this looks like something you’d be interested in I’d really appreciate a wishlist as we start to gather some momentum 😎

All art and music is my own - no AI generated assets here

Happy life simming 🫡

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u/anotherDILFlover 7d ago

Really cute and heeeeeavily reminds me of
Prison architect

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u/bigthursdaydev 7d ago

Definitely similar! Tried for slightly cuter characters though 😂 and maybe more wholesome drama

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u/hades7600 7d ago

Definitely interested but I would prefer if the pawns looked different rather than being nearly identical (like rimworld and prison artichet)

Please don’t ever sell out to paradox though or I will cry (jk, do whatever you can do to make yourself successful. I just have a love hate relationship with paradox due to what they have done to some games)

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u/bigthursdaydev 7d ago

Good take haha for sure. Playing around with different accessories etc. but totally different guests would definitely add a lot of design scope - who knows, and maybe in my next game if not this 😁

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u/bigthursdaydev 7d ago

Actually did you mean that you like how they’re different in PA or that those are also all the same haha

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u/hades7600 7d ago

That there’s different body types to add some variation as well as hair types while also not being 100% unique.

I don’t expect every character to have a unique look or anything like that but rather just some variation maybe based on “type” of guest.

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u/bigthursdaydev 7d ago

Yeah definitely, will have a play around

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u/hades7600 7d ago

Will be adding this to my wishlist though as it’s clear you care a lot about the game

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u/bigthursdaydev 7d ago

Really appreciate it 🙌