Welcome to Madripore

[eburress 267]

I figured I would jump right into the screenies since that's the fun part anyway.  Please keep in mind that these shots were taken at the game's lowest graphics settings.  The next batch will be at the game's highest setting.

Here's downtown Madripore

Sunset...or maybe sunrise.  I forget but either way, it's a cool shot.

Looking down on the central business district at sunset

Downtown at sunset from another angle.

[beebs 129]

Wohaa! Is this City life? Looks great!

[eburress 267]

Yes, it is City Life. It's not perfect (yet) but at the very least you can make cities that actually look like cities. Fun fun.

[dale_bel 0]

hehe ,quite nice startted.i love this game ,

[mightygoose 92]

looks like you've got the blue building doing a wren insurance lol i knew it would only be amatter of time bbefore it spread, nah this is some great work...

[eggie99 6]

Woow, very nice graphics, but is a shame they are all the same buildings

[eburress 267]

Yeah, for now at least, there is a lot of building repitition because each of the cultures only has a few different places to work. I imagine that will change shortly.

[Battlecat 14]

This view does remind me a lot of Simcity 4 when it came out.  I'm sure the lack of building variety will be fixed in time just like SC4.  

Does it support a region scale or is this the only city tile you get to play on?  Looks cool! 

[eburress 267]

You can add to the initial size of your cities (by buying/annexing adjacent areas), but no, there is no region view that is made up of several cities.

[plasticboy 36]

WOW! This is stunning. I wonder do you have any control over your transporation system?

[eburress 267]

You do have control over the transit system in that you can build roads, highways, subways, and all that. There are some missing elements like surface rail, monorails, a ferry system, and true freeways (with ramps, interchanges) but I expect all those will be addressed with an expansion pack.

[cityhawk 12]

Yeah, I knew it was City Life just as soon as I saw the street-level cams. There is a lot of repetition in buildings, but that's what it's like in all these city-building games, now isn't it?! Anyway, I wish you good luck witb this CJ and the game's somewhat limited resources in City Life.

[Cjah 15]

eh....this looks good...for CL.....

[hamsterTK 93]

meh, city life stinks. when they add more networks and we see some sort of BAT-like tool, it'll be awesome though.

[GaBoR 7]

Wow very promising, show us more please!!!

[eburress 267]

Update time:

Here's a top-down view of the city showing who lives where and the transportation network.  This is my first city so I stayed pretty conservative/griddy with the streets, but there were a few areas where I got jiggy with it.  

By the way, I haven't figured out how to plant trees yet.  My city needs more greenery, so I'll work on that next.

Looking out at Madripore over some island.  If I were feeling a little more creative, I'd have given the island a name, but oh well. 

Here's a ground level view of one of Madripore's more upscale districts. 

Looking out over Midtown, a shopping mall, and the museum of modern art.

Ah yes...almost nighttime. 

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow awesome euburress! Nice to see you back by the way, I haven't seen you in the forums for a long time!! I like the graphics in this game and the onstreet pictures. Excellent work!!!!!

[eburress 267]

Thanks! Yeah, I had quit playing SimCity and BATting...partly in anticipation of CityLife coming along, and partly because I've been pretty busy with work and home remodeling.

[cityhawk 12]

A very nice, dense city, I see. Again, I just love those views! Looking forward to more!

[Sim_Jesse 1]

this CJ may be dead, and if so, i'm very, very sorry mods!!! but this is good!!! i play city life at the moment as well and i would like to see more!!