Introductions and Author's Note(s)
First and foremost, let me just say that I've been waiting to do this for a while now. But school, work, and general other stuff has prevented me from doing so. Now that summer has arrived and work has slowed down enough, I've decided to re-visit SC4 and begin this CJ in earnest.
At first, I just wanted a simple CJ to start off. Something just to showcase my cities. But as the cities I built developed over time, the more personified each city became and more unique characteristics emerged. And SC4's MySim function actually accelerated the personification of each individual city more and more. So I became more interested in a Role Playing Game approach with this City Journal. So, here it is, my first City Journal! (yay)
While the overall theme will be focused on the rebuilding of District 23/ Nelson and Victoria, Journal wise the story will be told from a 3rd person narrative of a central character. However, since cities take decades and centuries to mature, sims can only live for so long, and lets face it, being the same character for well over 400 years gets boring and is utterly unrealistic. Thus, I feel that it is for the better that the story be told as a generational series. With each successive generation, the predecessor passes on his/her legacy to the seceding generation and thus the story continues with minimum interruption. It should be noted that successors are not necessarily blood related to the predecessor and can be a complete stranger from out of the blue.
Perhaps what will make this CJ slightly more unique is the fact that you, the readers, will have a chance to participate and help decide the outcome of each character via polling. At anytime there is a decision in the story, I'll deffer to your wisdom (or lack thereof) and put a poll out within the CJ update or on the forums. The decisions can be as mundane as whether the character chooses coffee, tea, or orange juice for his/her breakfast to as exciting as deciding who lives and who dies.
For now, I leave you with a picture of Ostschloss, the private estate of the monarch Antonius Nero Caesar.
PS: I know that the portion of the HUD that displays the current date will not be synchronized with the story. Therefore, ignore it at all costs.
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