A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Gym Lifting Hero: Tile Master is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. SimCity grew out of Will Wright's enjoyment of the map editor he had built for an earlier game; the act of shaping a city became the game itself. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. It is a good reminder that simple game mechanics can carry a surprising amount of history.
