# tower-together: reconstructing SimTower's simulation for multiplayer

> tower-together reconstructs SimTower's simulation as a multiplayer browser game. A TypeScript simulation core runs in a Cloudflare Worker and clients, while documented behavior notes and captured traces from the original executable guide comparisons of state at each tick. The project supplies its own interface and assets.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/phulin/tower-together>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/phulin/tower-together/blob/073c0e4e4b78f440742d1f6ff8ea1ad8e7d52ccb/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tower-together-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tower-together-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tower-together-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Node.js 20+ and npm 10 are required for local development.
- **Prerequisites:** The original SIMTOWER.EX_ is required to regenerate trace fixtures.
- **Limits:** Behavior notes are partial and contain unresolved details.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/phulin/tower-together/blob/073c0e4e4b78f440742d1f6ff8ea1ad8e7d52ccb/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/phulin/tower-together/blob/073c0e4e4b78f440742d1f6ff8ea1ad8e7d52ccb/specs/OVERVIEW.md>

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