Saitama Prefecture - The Port of Japan

100% following this! I love the idea behind it, and of course your skills for the game! Cant wait to see what you have in store for us amigo!

Interesting project. I am certainly awaiting on how realistic you can make your region be. 

As a creator of one of Japanese/Asian themed journals, I will give my two cents to that last one you had said.

If it's TLDR proceed below. 
 

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If you were referring to my City Journal, it is Japanese inspired, but not a realistic representation. It is due to the severe limitations to the game and there is a tendency people would fail to imitate the urban planning, architecture and the innumerable nuances that the Asian culture had offered. Yes, you may and could create a carbon copy of something visual, you can lot edit as much as you want on your lots to show that visual experience, but 'region' and 'city' is more than just a visual that looks nice and real. Rather, it's more of the opposite. You must feel it, touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it, experience it and even be a part of it, and then you can visualize it; even that, you won't still capture the essence because the human brain cannot take all of the nuances at once. Asian style CJs reflect not of the country that they are trying to imitate, but rather their personality, their exposure, their experiences; their likes, dislikes and their biases. Hence, you will see varying degrees of variety of the so called 'Asian' forms, from @Skimbo's Dragon Islands Cities series to @TowerDude's Hong Kong/Okatabawashi series to @jmsepe's Teiko series to the Okaiken series. It can be disheartening to see someone claiming to be the most realistic without even realizing that they did not take on a full experience, sort of like claiming pyrite as real gold. And so, we deviate away from what the actual thing would look like in real life.

There is also a reason why I don't claim to be a realistic representation of it, and one that I would not recommend for anyone to claim, is that each and every one of us have different opinions, different backgrounds and different approaches. My approach to it and what my natural reaction would be really different from what your reaction to it. From the composition of images, to the story behind it, to the imagination of what people feel when events happen, it totals to something truly unique to what I had been creating for years.

Okaiken is not something that I had created overnight to represent the Oriental theme, but rather it was created and imagined for almost 13 years, starting when I was only 8 years of age. When I created my very first "roleplaying nation" and all it took was rough patches in the road pavement. Three 'islands' turned into regions, where there are cities, and I had to pinpoint them all by hand. I then imagine what life is at, what are the imagined transportation systems are, what the government is like, etc. Then, the visuals came. The flag, surprisingly, has stuck with me for over 13 years now with really minor changes. The names of places point back to when I first named them.  It acts as a reminder that no matter the circumstance, it is always your work. It also reminded me that my work does not equal to a representation of something that exists in the vernacular but rather of something else that nobody else can figure out and now exists as an entity. I don't know how others like JM approach it, but I can also sense their different approaches to the problems and limitations of the game, to create content that is agreeable to the so-called 'Asian'. I haven't seen your content yet aside from this un-rendered region view, but it would be nice to show how would you like to immerse people into what you think is 'realistic'.

You may never know that some may actually come from Asia and/or are still in Asia and had experienced the qualities that Asia had offered. Some of them may have actually communicated with an Asian person, had access to peer-reviewed journals, talked intimately with a professor of History and/or Languages, or have fond memories of the experience. Sure you may not agree with all that what's said, but sometimes, there are elements that you would need to consider every time you make something not just only for Asian CJs but for all CJs as well. 

 

TLDR Realism is subjective and has many ambiguous forms; careful with connotations.

Other than that, it looks interesting. Looking forward to it.

   A new asian themed CJ . Awesome . The presentation is great and I really like that region it has much potential . I will definitely be following your work . Looking forward to more .

looking forward to it

Awesome work here. I am humbled by your dedication to making the perfect Japanese-inspired region.

Hi Cori or/and CB,

is it possible to fix this Thread?

Thanks, Oliver