GEM Concepts!

[soldyne 111]

Since this site is going to be the proxy forum for Cities XL I would like to re-establish one of the topics from the offical forum that I had fun participating in.

This topic is for people to list their ideas and suggestions for future GEMs.  We already know that a ski resort and beach resort GEM are going to be available.  some things to consider about GEMs are that they need to follow a few basic rules:

1.  They should be able to sustain themselves as a fully fuctional Tycoon Game in some aspect (micro management of something withing the city)

2.  They should be able to affect the city in some useful way (increase tourism, provide new sources of industry/power/money, attract some kind of citizen or business, etc).

3.  They should be able to be seen in the main city as some kind of building or lot that can be selected in some way.

For example a weather GEM does not make much sense, but, a zoo GEM is a great idea.  That being said I will start off with some of my ideas.  feel free to discuss GEMs at your lesiure.

Hospital GEM - This would allow you to build a privately owned health care complex which could be anything from a small clinic to a large university cancer research facility.  it can take the burden off of your city funded health care system and perhaps even provide health boosts to the city depending on what kind of medical research you do (cancer, aging, mental health, child care, cardiac, etc).  this GEM could also create new events for the city that are based on Health issues.  instead of just having a percentage/number for the overall health of your city, it could give details about the cities health and provide different kinds of research paths to ensure your citizens are properly cared for.  it might even provide a new kind of tradeable health care token which allows citizens from other cities with health care problems to use your health complex which then increases the overall health of the other city.

Justice GEM - this would allow you to build and micro manage a complex justice system, including a police HQ with SWAT research, forensics labs, court system for criminal and civil cases and even a prison system with various levels of security.  this GEM would benefit the city by providing extra protection, increasing safety and attracting higher quality residents to the city.  This GEM could created new events for the city based on different kinds of crime including a more complex criminal system.  are drugs becomming a problem in downtown?  fund a vice unit!  Trade your security tokens and house other cities criminals in your prisons.

Fire and Rescue (FAR) GEM - This would be like the justice GEM only for fire stations; Fire HQ, special rescue teams.  this could create new disasters in the city beyond the standard building fire.  there could be different types of fires (electrical, arson, chemical, wood, wildfire).  there could also be floods, mudslides, earthquakes, building collapse, sinkholes, and each type of disaster would require special training for your fire and rescure staff.  a well played FAR GEM would increase overall safety in your city and attract more citizens as well as making the standard fire stations in the city more efficient (putting out fires faster).  Trade safety tokens and reduce other cities likely hood of disaster (simulates sending your rescue crews to other cities to help out in times of need).

[Attila464 2]

Olympics Gem? You get to host Olympics get cool stadiums, increased tourism and what-have-you. Too bad most of these will be limited to subscribers with a 5.50 fee. But i do commend the idea of GEMS...