Thread: amal81's attempt at citymaking in simcity4

Here are some screens from my very first city journal, which was created way back in 2004 on a simcity fansite called simtropolis.com under the username amal81.















This was my own interpretation of London, England by looking at various architectural documentaries and old satellite photos stored at our university's planning and urban design department. This was way back (2003-4) in the days of dialup (yes 33.6kbps) internets without the help of something like google earth.

A bird's eye view:





Posh Chelsea terraces:

nice :clap:

Kudos.

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

nice :clap:

Originally Posted by just4kix

Kudos.

thank you!

Good one

My second CJ called "Portage la Prairie" (That name was generated by a random name generator)



The town started as a farming place. It slowly developed into a medium sized city with growing prosperity.



Local cathedral:



Seaport and pier:



shopping district:



Bird's eye view:



The university:



Suburbia:

More shots:

High tech industrial area:



High density commercial district:









More updates later.

Great work Amal:clap:

Question for both amal & J4k,

Is this game available on PS2? or you could name some similar games for playstation.

Thanks

Nope I don't think this one is available on PS2 AFAIK. Its an old game.

wow good job buddy !!

But, how do u ever do well in that game..... no matter what i do i end up with a huge loss

great effort amal :clap:

Originally Posted by rajan1311

wow good job buddy !!

But, how do u ever do well in that game..... no matter what i do i end up with a huge loss

If you really want to learn...you should check out the community at simtropolis.com and check out their omnibus section. It has all the tutorials you'll ever need.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

great effort amal :clap:

thanks

The game is a strategy game and needs a lot of planning ahead. As 18lama said, read the tutorials on Simtropolis.

Or you can cheat also. Download a coastal casino that gives insane amount of money every year to the mayor.

Or a palm tree single 1x1 lot which gives 4billion $$ to your treasury every month.

A found a similar game,its called as Roller Coster, bit less complex and easy to play, you are given a huge land in which you have to install rides and other stuff to attract more people into your theme park, each level got different objectives and hurdles in terms of park location, shape, rides available.

Yes its called roller coaster tycoon.

atari/rollercoastertycoon/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon

how long did it take to build ?

My city is full of brickwalkups .... some condos in between ....... Lot of air pollution due to the neighboring industrial area . No demand for my commercial district . Rich ppl refuse to move into my city ?

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

how long did it take to build ?

My city is full of brickwalkups .... some condos in between ....... Lot of air pollution due to the neighboring industrial area . No demand for my commercial district . Rich ppl refuse to move into my city ?

You will need to build up a lot of small and medium sized cities...slowly the prosperity of the entire region will grow and rich people will slowly move in.

Shortcut: on simptropolis.com...look out for ralaphaelninja's mods. They can help you a lot.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

how long did it take to build ?

My city is full of brickwalkups .... some condos in between ....... Lot of air pollution due to the neighboring industrial area . No demand for my commercial district . Rich ppl refuse to move into my city ?

Tip: Build recreation areas and gardens. Nothing like these to attract wealthy citizens.

@amal, I think I have seen your CJ (portage ...) on Simtropolis.

really? do send me a link if you come across it again.

I tried searching but could not find it.

Ok here's the final update for this city journal. I found more images on imageshack. It is from the same region Portage La Prairie.

The city is called Brockville. The images might appear to be in random order because imageshack has removed certain images...don't know why.











This is a real Megapolis with a population exceeding 1 Million.

More pics:











The city even had some space left for a beach.

Nice beach front.

What I meant was "I remember seeing this city on Simtroplis in 2006". I was intrigued by an Indian contributor.

Very nice pics.

Originally Posted by just4kix

Nice beach front.

What I meant was "I remember seeing this city on Simtroplis in 2006". I was intrigued by an Indian contributor.

Thanks...You should've contacted me...I was looking for someone from India all the time to talk to. I found being between so many Canadians all the time, a bit wierd...lol.

If you wish you can tell me your ID via PM.

LOL. I was just a leecher at Simtropolis - downloading Stex and Mods. Visited CJs for ideas and interest. Never contributed anything.