The Big Z

Such an amazing series. The originality is off the charts.

River Bow First Look From the humble beginnings with just a small gas station pit stop for wear travelers, be they truckers or tourists, River Bow has become a nice pit stop on the way between Point A and Point B. Now a small town, the city is mainly gas stations and restaurants, but as you can see to the left, a small brick factory has popped up. Main Street greets visitors with a variety of typical fast food restaurants, gas stations, repair shops, and an Auto Zone. Shady Oaks Trailer Park Not farm from main street, Shady Oaks Trailer Park boasts a convenient walk to work as well as inexpensive living. I'll let the pictures do the talking. I hope you've enjoyed this first look at River Bow. Feel free to like, comment, rate, and all that jazz.

Now here's a sneak peek at what I explained in the CJ description, which I recommend reading! lol Enjoy!

Today, I'm still feeling the farm and rural vibe, so here are some more shots of the newest farm, McLintock Farm. I've also added a few shots of Robyn Dell's downtown and more burbs. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10

Great shots. The Statue of Industry with the nuclear power plant in the background gives the shot a dystopian feeling.

Life had been crazy getting ready to move, but I found some time to relax and play Robyn Dell for a little while this weekend, and here are the results. I'm not going to introduce each image this time either. I hope you enjoy them anyway. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 Well, that's it for this one. Feel free to comment, like, etc. I welcome any and all feedback.

First of all, I apologize for how long it's been since I've posted an update. Life has been crazy busy, but I took some time this evening to work on the expansion I mentioned in the last entry. Here is a nice dirt road that borders a citrus farm in Abbey Acres (currently the only farm lol). Here is a picture of the barn for the citrus farm. As you can see from this direction, there is much left to develop and turn into farms. In this shot, you can see downtown in the distance, giving you an idea of where Abbey Dell is in relation to this new area. The farming community has brought many people to the area, and they have founded a small, rural-ish town, Abbey Acres. The main plaza/park is the centerpiece of the small development. (I'm not a fan of that building's shadowing in this shot, but it captured the park pretty well) A night shot of the park from a different angle gives you a better idea of the small town feeling of Abbey Acres. A shot of downtown from Abbey Acres. No matter how far from the city, the lights and skyline still loom in the distance. Here's an overview of the area I'm currently working on. As you can see, it's very much a work in progress, but I'm excited to work on it and see how it turns out. As always, I hope you enjoyed this entry. I apologize again for how long it's been since I've posted an entry. Feel free to comment, rate, like, and all that jazz. It's very appreciated.

Wow, your urban areas are awesome. The city looks well laid out and thought out. I can't wait to see more!

I apologize for how long it has been since my last entry. The near year has kept me busy so far, but I have managed to briefly plan on some expansion in Abbey while revisiting Dewey and even starting a small, polar side project. The shot above is the area next on my list of expansion. I've hit the western border of the 25 tiles and am now looking to expand across the river. Right now, the plan is to actually start more toward the east border rather than expanding across the river immediately. The Eastside has a lot of potential and some amazing landscape, such as this estuary. Seen from a distance, you can see how cool the estuary is. I'm planning on keeping it how it is but will probably put a bike pedestrian path along the bluff above the river. I had to build the highway that cuts through this part of the map. The nice thing is that it will alleviate some of the bottle-necking that is occurring on the highway into Abbey's main industrial complex. Right now, I don't have anything planned for the island. I'm thinking a small residential area and maybe some farms. I thought about making it a big industrial shipping area, but I'm a little partial to the pristine conditions currently in place. It's not much in the way of planning as it is in the way of rough-scale idea. But before I end this entry, I thought you all might enjoy some random images from other places. This is Dewey Dell, currently dealing with frigid temperatures that have caused difficulties for the river traffic and some some in the higher elevations. Here is a picture from a currently unnamed dell in the polar regions. They're in the midst of the long night that is known to last for months at a time. The icy cold weather doesn't stop the citizens from enjoying the waterfront either. Well, I hope you've enjoyed this entry. Hopefully, I will be able to post some progress for Abbey's expansion this next week. As always, feel free to like, rate, and comment!

Robyn is growing pretty well, but I don't want it to become too large, so I've been keeping residential and commercial at a lower density. I'm not going to explain too many of the images today but will let them speak for themselves. #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 Well, I hope you've enjoyed this entry. Sorry again for the images popping up at the bottom. I honestly don't know what's going on. Feel free to comment, rate, and so on. Thanks!

Greetings! Unfortunately, this won't be a very long entry because I only had enough time after somehow breaking my game to play for about two hours today, so here's what I've completed so far. This image is one of the new neighborhoods in Robyn Dell that I've been working on. Nothing too schnazzy just yet, but the beginning is promising. Here's part of the neighborhood on the opposite side of town. I decided to start working in the wooded area instead of the farming area, which will come as a separate community in a later entry. The aptly named Main Street of Robyn Dell boasts some bustling shops and businesses. And here's the overview of the small, sleeping town of 3,000 people. The plan as of now is to put in a few park areas and expand the residential to the area at the top of this image. After that, I'll let this area grow and settle while I start the farming community. I hope you enjoyed this short entry. I apologize that it's usually only half of the images I typically post, but there isn't much going on just yet. Feel free to rate and/or reply. I'm open to any feedback. Edit: For some reason, it's posting my pictures again at the end of the entry. I'm not sure what's going, so I apologize for the repeat. I've tried removing them, but they keep showing up no matter what.

Well, with the release of Snowfall, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what broke my game. lol Once I finally figured all of that out and unsubscribed to all of it, I decided that I would just start a new Dell. I present the as-of-yet undeveloped Robyn Dell. It is the Alpine Meadows map from the Workshop. Hwillemse has done a really great job making a simple but dynamic map here, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. Unlike Abbey Dell, I'm going to focus on making small, rural towns scattered throughout the map rather than one, large, central city. More to come soon.

Amazing as usual. That garden is so vibrant it's awesome. The stone path and the rocks add a perfect touch of realism to it. Can't wait for more!!!

Another fantastic entry. The last few rural shots (#19 on) are simply exquisite. Keep it up!

Beyond speechless. So gorgeous!

Honored to be on the list once again. Keep up the hard work catching up, Ben. You can do it!

Simply fantastic! Everything you've done is gorgeous. Your attention to detail is phenomenal. That map is amazing too! I can't wait to see more of your city!

Looks promising.

Looks pretty awesome so far. The first shot is my favorite. It gives your city a very realistic feeling. Keep it up!

The rocks are a really great touch to the realistic feeling of your airport. I can't wait to see what you post next.

Welcome to Victoria Heights of Abbey Dell! This is a newly developed/still developing suburb. While the architecture here varies, many of the buildings favor a Manhattan and Brooklyn style. Victoria's pride and joy is the massive park that features basketball courts, a soccer/football field, a baseball field, skateboarding rink, a botanical garden, and a local zoo! The park is nicely landscaped to not only promote sporting activities but also an appreciation for nature. Locals have come to use the park well into the night, especially during the city's summer basketball league. Victoria Gardens features a wide variety of plant species, some of which can be seen outside the main building. The Skateboarding Park helps diversify the sporting opportunities provided by the city. The park from above shows the full scale of activities available. Victoria Heights even has its own subway stop while multiple bus routes. A view of downtown from the distant corner of Victoria Heights, which is actually on one edge of this map. And here's a view of Victoria Heights from the tallest building downtown (the tall building to the far right in the previous shot). Well, I hope you enjoyed Victoria Heights! There will surely be more to come from there as well as much more! As always, please feel free to comment, rate, and like. All feedback, critique, suggestions, etc. are welcome!

Thanks to the holidays, I've been able to work quite a bit on Abbey. She's grown from 97K to a whopping 135k in only three days. Here is a shot of the moon setting over the city. Here is a shot of the dawn just before sunrise when all the city's lights are still on and people are waking up and getting ready for the day. A school bus hauls kids from home to start the day in this northside suburb. A passenger train cruises down the quiet suburb north of downtown. To northeast of town sits this little suburb. Unfortunately the residents have to deal with the airplanes as they come and go from the international airport. Here is a shot from the eastside of town, right off the huge interstate from several posts ago. And finally, another far away shot for you. The city's population now sits at 138,000 citizens. I hope you've enjoyed this miss-mash of shots. I've hit the west edge of the map, and after I fill in some of the loose spots, the only place to go will be across the river to the island and the bank beyond!

Thanks, Ben! I'm honored.

Thanks! I recently discovered the Skyscape mod on the Workshop, and it's awesome. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Thanks, David! I love screenshots with passenger and cargo trains. I'll be sure to put more in my posts in the future.

Awesome work, David. #3 is my favorite one, but they are all so fantastic. That skyscape mod is the best.