Cimtropolis Mall - Potential collaborative project

[squirrelarmyuk 100]

1 minute ago, Matthias King said:

So are you actually trying to make part of this outdoors? I thought it was all indoors.

If you look at the first images I've posted you'll see the exterior of the building but the really interesting part will be going on inside the mall. Want to add lots of hang around markers and door markers on multiple levels so when looking down into the mall you can see a lot of pedestrian activity going on inside while on the external side of the building you'll see lots of vehicle activity. 

[Beanycupcake 5]

I cannot import anything directly into cities, but i would be happy to model some things like props and send the models to people to import!

[Giveaway412 29]

Just a suggestion, perhaps it would be more prudent to use fictional brand stores instead of/in addition to real-life brands? Many people prefer fictional brands as they're more consistent with the rest of the game. 

[Matthias King 348]

I like real brands more, but I like the fictional brands too, just for fun. But I prefer the real brands.

[DeltaGamer 13]

I think real-life brands should be included if they are worldwide brands, like Apple, McDonald's or Nike (and those "fancier" European stores, for example), as well as some in-game brands, but preferably make those consistent, like Sherlock's Coffee, Miyagi Motors or some other one that is already established, as well as new ones (which can be added elsewhere in the future to add consistency), so that it feels unique in way, but there is also a connection to the real world, and most importantly, the consistency in in-game brands would make it feel connected to the rest of the community. This would also mean that there is less work that asset creator have to do to make buildings with custom branding.

Of course, that would imply there being some agreement as to which brands will be used extensively and would require those who want to make some new brands to share them. Maybe we should make a new thread to discuss such things and propose brands, I think it would be a good idea 

[squirrelarmyuk 100]

Once I get the texture templates sorted we can have both styles of brands. Will just have to change the graphics.

A little progress report on what I've got done today.

I've been playing around a lot with different block sizes and road angles to try work out how to assemble a large building if the zoning isn't based on rectangular tiling. The results haven't been good. Even with Anarchy and Move it, trying to get the blocks to line up perfectly can be very frustrating. This is fine for the more advanced players but for the more casual player I think it would be more hassle than it's worth to start with.

For the first batch of buildings I'm going to be keep things simple and based on square zoning, this way I check the concept works and see how the popular the assets are and then add more complex building blocks later.

[squirrelarmyuk 100]

1 minute ago, DeltaGamer said:

I think real-life brands should be included if they are worldwide brands, like Apple, McDonald's or Nike (and those "fancier" European stores, for example), as well as some in-game brands, but preferably make those consistent, like Sherlock's Coffee, Miyagi Motors or some other one that is already established, as well as new ones (which can be added elsewhere in the future to add consistency), so that it feels unique in way, but there is also a connection to the real world, and most importantly, the consistency in in-game brands would make it feel connected to the rest of the community. This would also mean that there is less work that asset creator have to do to make buildings with custom branding.

Of course, that would imply there being some agreement as to which brands will be used extensively and would require those who want to make some new brands to share them. Maybe we should make a new thread to discuss such things and propose brands, I think it would be a good idea 

Good call. Can work on different branding ideas, not just for this Mall but for CS as a whole. Would be good to have more original brands such as Miyagi Motors. I know there's some billboards for fictional companies based on different CS modders. Great idea to have a thread focused on branding and would be a good place to share artwork for CS assets.

That has just given me a thought, we have @Avanya's excellent factory. @Giovanni E has made a couple of Miyagi trucks. Surely we need some more Miyagi vehicles as well as Miyagi car showroom.  

[Giovanni E 155]

2 hours ago, squirrelarmyuk said:

Good call. Can work on different branding ideas, not just for this Mall but for CS as a whole. Would be good to have more original brands such as Miyagi Motors. I know there's some billboards for fictional companies based on different CS modders. Great idea to have a thread focused on branding and would be a good place to share artwork for CS assets.

That has just given me a thought, we have @Avanya's excellent factory. @Giovanni E has made a couple of Miyagi trucks. Surely we need some more Miyagi vehicles as well as Miyagi car showroom.  

Agreed. I also Have a Nice brand for furniture called 'brimstone furniture' dunno if it Helps but i Made a Factory with that brand.