Entry 1: Oh look! A town!
Introduction to Rokton
So, having not been around for ages I've lately had the itch to start playing a city simulator again and have a go at being a virtual mayor. Deciding on Cities Skylines because hey, I like it (also because I have my SC4 discs and no manual and the Rush Hour manual and no disc but hey, such is life) and as usual for me choosing not to use Custom Content (reason is that I have a tendency to over detail things and get bored of projects, also with a little one now and other commitments I don't have a huge amount of free time (*any) and would like to have fun playing the game and growing a city rather than getting bogged down with detailing it. Plus watching a city expand has always been my favourite part over detailing stuff. I will try and make it look nice and as realistic as I can though).
So anyway after that wall of text this will basically just be my CJ for, as of now, the small town of Rokton (might add additional towns/cities later on, who knows). I can't promise that updates will be regular though I will try my best with them but I do hope some of you will enjoy this laid back approach to building a city.
Entry 1: Oh look, a town!
Right, lets get you introduced to Rokton, a small but growing town in this small coastal valley somewhere in some country (as you can tell, planning this back story wasn't exactly top of my list). You see some guy by the name of Mr Rokton wanted a quiet life and bought this out of the way area (yup the whole of it, he's pretty rich, including rights to the highway and rail network) complete with dodgy highways and precarious railroad to live a life of solitude.
Only trouble is he got bored, set up a farm, decided it was too much work for himself, hired some folk, let them rent some land and build some houses which in turn, attracted more folk who did the same and well, several years pass and the quiet area now boosts this town complete with industry and all. There's also a small chance that the horrifyingly horrify journey into the town along one of the coastal highways convinced people to settle here.
Mr Rokton isn't exactly impressed but as the local shopkeepers (fast food chains) like to point out it's his fault!
Anyway while he sat on his farmstead complaining to his farm hands about the situation his financial advisor showed him his earnings and how much rent everyone was paying.
Suddenly a lot more planning applications got approved and the town grew a bit to where it currently stands.
Hell, he even approved that dump. What a man of strong Principal Mr Rokton is!
Anyway that's what the town currently looks like, perfect little piece of paradise in the middle of nowhere.
Join us next time when I've no idea what will have happened! (or how long the next entry is even goignt o take me to get up)
So yer, there's the first look at this tiny little town and new CJ. Feel free to like it, leave a comment on it (or at least soemthing remotely related) and even rant about how bad it looks (and the lack of Custom Content) and I'll see you again at some point in the future (hopefully!)
Till then enjoy!
James
PS. Jesus, how many brackets did I use in this post!
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