The new game aims to adapt the story of the revolutionary Founding Father into an immersive online environment for a new generation.
In the Hamilton Simulator, players use their own avatars as they rub shoulders with the musical's characters and negotiate through 10 levels set during the Revolutionary War.
The journey commences at New York's docks, with the objective of liberating the city from British rule. Players assemble a squad from characters in the musical — James Madison and Charles Lee, perhaps, to begin with, and more valuable characters like Maria Reynolds and Angelica Schuyler coming later — to confront Redcoats.
The 10 settings include a tavern, George Washington's office, town squares, the ballroom where Hamilton and Angelica fall in love and the Battle of Yorktown.
Each level has songs from the musical, including “Guns and Ships,” “You'll Be Back,” and “The Schuyler Sisters,” used as a sort of sonic laser to wear down and defeat enemies.
David Korins, the stage designer of "Hamilton," contributed to the visual aspects of the simulator, including hidden Easter eggs that only true fans of the Broadway production would notice.