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Watch the v0.1.0 release video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpmJT6RckJk

I've been working on an open source engine for the 1994 classic Pizza Tycoon (a.k.a. Pizza Connection) for a little while now, and v0.1.0 is out today for Windows, Linux, macOS and Haiku.

Origin: Back in late 2010 I was inspired by what TTDPatch and OpenTTD had done for Transport Tycoon Deluxe and wondered if Pizza Tycoon, another game I'd sunk many hours into, deserved similar treatment. Directly converting the assembly to C like Ludvig Strigeus did with TTD did not seem like a fun hobby to me, so instead I just started building an engine from scratch by reverse engineering the original data formats.

<spongebob 15 years later card>

Release v0.0.1 last March covered the core economic loop: opening restaurants, designing pizzas, hiring staff, and competing for market share.

What's new in v0.1.0:

• Random events: staff calling in sick, stealing from the till, blowing up ovens or melting your cheese
• The mayor and police (and of course their ability to receive donations)
• Mafia missions with rewards and risk of arrest
• Bank investments and ability to transfer money (for aforementioned donations and perhaps some light money laundering), insurance
• Sabotage against competitors (rats, stink bombs, laxatives)
• Monthly pizza competitions & the annual Pizza of the Year competition
• Supplier contracts, autosave, and all info screens now implemented
• A bunch of quality of life improvements over the original (mouse wheel support, right-click map dragging)

What's still missing: walking animations in restaurants (which also means no physical attacks on competitor restaurants yet), newspaper advertising, staff training, and mission mode. The main game loop is fully playable though.

Original assets required: You'll need a copy of the original game (Pizza Tycoon was released as Pizza Connection on GOG and Steam, often on sale for under a euro). On launch Pizza Legacy will ask you to point to your Pizza Tycoon/Pizza Connection directory.

Links:

• Pizza Legacy v0.1.0 release blog post
• Codeberg repo with source code and binary releases
• Release video on Youtube

Let me know if you have any questions!