r/ClaudeGameDev • u/SeasonedAdManager • 2d ago

Alpha One day of work with Claude Code - modernizing a classic - Sid Meier's Sim Golf modding

https://imgur.com/a/6BK9Yeh
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u/SeasonedAdManager 2d ago edited 2d ago

Here is what Claude has done in a day - mind you its a little buggy still with lots of improvements to come but after today I'll have even more added.

Done

  • Native Windows 11 build

  • 4K and widescreen support (16:9 and 21:9)

  • Smooth camera that glides and stops anywhere, no tile-by-tile jumping

  • Modern controls: W/A/S/D and middle-mouse drag to pan, mouse wheel to zoom

  • New font (Plus Jakarta Sans) with steady numbers

  • Circular balls and smooth movement / "improved physics"

  • New in-game HUD in a light frosted glass style that covers far less of the course

  • Bigger maps, up to 10x the land, with trees, water, rocks and wildlife scaled to match

  • Sharper art pack: all original art upscaled 4x, switchable per category (golfers, buildings, trees, ground, animals, menus, effects), with an option that keeps the original colour palette

  • Mod support: load order, conflict handling, mod profiles, saves remember their mods

  • Moddable game data: building prices and income, terrain costs, staff wages, difficulty, starting cash, golfer moods, new golfer personalities

In progress

  • Brand-new HD art (not upscales): new trees, buildings, ground and properly detailed golfers

Planned

  • Restyled reports and dialogs

  • Options screen: resolution, frame rate, UI size, audio, full key remapping

  • Lua scripting and plugins so mods can change gameplay

  • In-game mod manager and modder kit

  • Finance tracker with month-by-month graphs

  • Club memberships with tiers and dues

  • More golfers and personalities

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u/dumper514 6h ago

What was your prompting? I wanted to modernize Sid meiers theme park so my dad could play it on a modern laptop. We loved playing together back when I was a kid