morcup

This is NewCity. It's on Steam.

Welcome back to Cityville. Let's start out with some more recent transit maps. Here is Lakeland. And Cityville. The transit system is adequate, but could be better. There is talk of adding some subway lines underneath the busier roads. On a good day, trips by transit come near trips by private car. That's a lot of money. Better demolish some buildings to make way for a graduate school. Oh look, 400k people. The official photographer was on vacation when the milestone was crossed, so this was the picture that ran in the newspaper. It said something about new additions to the university. There's still money left in the budget and lots of demand for residential. The town of Park Place was founded at the entrance to Park Lake. The 20 year plan includes commercial and office developments. Here is a view from somewhere in Lakeland. Let's go back to Cityville, it's more exciting right now. There are some areas near downtown that still need better transit service. Timber Bay has densified but still retains open land outside of the city. A pavilion was built downtown. Here's how the region looks midway through 1980. Thanks for visiting, that's all for now.

Thanks. This game scales so well. It's fun at the small town level, all the way through a map-filling metropolis.

A small new town was founded one rainy summer between Lakeland and the edge of the world. There's not much to it, and nobody really wants to build their house there. Another small town was made outside Lakeland. Here is the back side of Morcup County. This is a large park that will not be developed, but it did get a rail line and single lane highway built through it recently. A school of engineering was founded. Another milestone in office buildings. When many of Cityville's neighborhoods were first laid out, plots along larger roads were left open for future mixed use or commercial developments. Some areas developed that level of density, while others were allowed to fill in the remaining lots with single family homes. The Park Highway was completed. Lakeland now has much faster access to the farming districts around Buttercup Junction A road and rail were built across the opposite shore of Lakeland, and some new farms popped up. Cityville's skyline is constantly redefining itself. Which house is mine? The mall district. The Timber Bay Highway was extended all the way around the mountain and to the edge of the world. A few new subdivisions were allowed to develop. Time for a satellite view. And a map view.

An update came out to NewCity. Among other things, trees can be planted, and there are different types of trees now. New neighborhoods are springing up all around the former forests of Lakeland. Looking across downtown from Cityhill Timber Bay was developing some traffic issues. They were solved by adding another set of ramps from the highway. I messed with the FOV slider for this shot. Mostly I have been playing at 20 degrees FOV, but this shot was taken at 5 degrees. Evening train. A convention center was built across the highway from downtown, not far from the technical college. Only a few homes had to be demolished to make way for it. 50% of the population now has a high school education, and unemployment is reasonable. Cityville is nearly out of unprotected land to develop, but right across the bay sits a large undeveloped area. A feasibility study was done for a highway bridge. A highway bridge will be out of the question for many years. A subway tunnel is possible, but the new area would lack the density at first to make the tunnel worthwhile. After much debate, taxes were raised, and the idea was shelved for the time. That's all for now.

Here is the growing area around Railroad Lake. Crime is a major problem, so the government focused on adding more clinics. Traffic can get heavy at times during the morning commute. Some fancy new apartments recently opened near downtown. Some money was saved up and a new school was added to Lakeland University. Some of the last flat lands near downtown were recently opened up for residential development. After a construction boom came a hiring boom. Unemployment has dropped as a result. Things are starting to move more quickly in Cityville, one milestone after another. The new art museum was given a location not far from downtown. And for the moment, and unimpeded view of the bay and mountains. Some maps and graphs. The skyline at 300,000 people.

A new neighborhood was laid out between the community college, highway, and a train station. Students frequently complain about the distance between the train stop and their classes. No solution has been proposed yet. Over 40% of people in Morcup County have a high school diploma. That means more factories. Pollution is starting to get bad in the new industrial areas. The Windmill of Knowledge is still Lakeland's tallest structure. Cityville is on the left, Timber Bay on the right. There is still space between the two cities. A committee was recently founded draw up environmentally friendly development plans for the land along the shores. Agriculture is still in great demand in the region. The government recently spend the last of its surplus funds on a rail and highway leading to the edge of the world, on the other side of the lake. There is flat, fertile land for farming, but it is a long commute for the workers. Mixed use zones have existed in Cityville for a number of years, but they have just recently begun developing. 6 large apartment towers were built on the edge of dowtown by an out of town investor. The apartments failed city inspection and had to be demolished before ever being occupied. Federal building Here is the education heatmap. Most of the educational amenities are libraries, with only a few schools. How about some more views of Cityville. Busses and trains were recently changed to a 15 minute interval. Someday it may pay for itself in ridership, but for now, taxes were increased. Lakeland has some polluting factories now too, but they are mostly away from residential areas. Another milestone in residential density. That's all for now. I could use some more names and labels for things in the region, so feel free to suggest names in the comments.

The medical school still didn't have enough professors to open a proper Phd program 2 years after opening. A town meeting was called about the problem. After much debate, it was decided to allow a Windmill of Knowledge to be built. It's not accredited with any higher education agency, but it does churn out Phds without requiring any prefessors. It's not really a windmill, it's more of a diploma mill. Ok, so I went into the building editor and made a cheap solution to my lack of doctorate degrees. Next time I'll make a better building maybe, and take some pictures of the process. Cityville is finally starting to achieve some density. Just as we thought the lack of doctorate degrees was behind us, a Corporate Headquarters was built, sucking even more educated workers out of the education system. Here's the prosperity heatmap. This town is going to need a lot of public pools... Lakeland is growing. There is much demand for farms, and there is plenty of land on the opposite side of the lake, but the government lacks funds to extend the highways. A community college was founded between the highway loop and Clipper Lake. Even though there was empty land right near the downtown rail station, county planners insisted on bulldozing some old office buildings for the new courthouse. The winter of '68 was a snowy one. A hospital was built this winter too. Looks like we may be seeing another tax hike in the near future. The original elevated rail line passing through one of Cityville's first neighborhoods. An historic district was recently created for the neighborhood. Yep. Property tax went up. Graph time. Timber Bay has grown steadily, but still maintains rural and wild land not far from the town center. Downtown Timber Bay Some new apartments were built in Cityville. There is one pool for adults, and one for kids. Another forest gives way to demand for more houses.

Lakeland University got a dorm tower. To help with the crime situation, the school of medicine was chosen to be the founding program. Unfortunately, the few doctors in the region are already in higher paying positions, so the school has yet to hold any classes. The view is pleasant though. Here is a neighborhood in Cityville. Morning above the Clipper Lake bridges. Here is the traffic heatmap. Travel times are long in the region due to distance, not congestion. The transit system continues to expand This unnamed peak across the bay from Cityville has escaped development so far. There is talk of building a bridge or tunnel across the bay, but nobody takes it very seriously at this time. Downtown still has plenty of empty land available. Almost two years after its founding, the school of medicine still cannot attract enough professors to open. More roads were built in the area to give the impression of a functioning town. Residential zones were laid out near campus. The region grows closer to 200,000 people. An unincorporated area at the remote end of Clipper Lake. Let's take another look at the region from afar. We did it. 200,000 people. Funds were raised to build a hospital, but due to the ongoing doctor shortage, construction has yet to begin.

People began complaining about the lack of mass transit in and around Cityville. This is what they got (also higher taxes to pay for it). The first apartments are built. Lack of education is still still present in the region, but things are improving. The university has still not been built. Here is a map view of much of the region With the new bus lines, mass transit usage has gone up. The beautiful Pine Peninsula was sold to a developer and they wasted no time in building a new subdivision. This building looks like a whale shark. Crime has gotten pretty bad around the technical college. Much of the city is still lacking in community. Surprisingly, Boxwood Estates has the strongest community. With no sales tax, Morcup has become home to many businesses. Maybe it is time to collect a new tax. The 1% sales tax doesn't come close to covering the transit operations, but it is enough to balance the budget... if I don't build very much. Lakeland is still mostly an idea, but someday will host a large university. In the meantime, people are finally starting to get enough education... to work in the factories. The lucky ones get to work in this candy tree factory. Here are some graphs

Ok, I'll try that out, thanks for showing that to me.

Development continues in Cityville. Winter was particularly strong this year. The region of Morcup has no police stations. There is some crime though, so a jail was built outside of Timber Bay. Bus loops were added around CiytHill Boulevard. A look toward the future college town that will be founded when the budget allows for it. After 10 long years of existence, Morcup built a museum to preserve its history. A rainy summer evening And that's it for this entry.

As the region approached 100,000 people, it became time to focus a little less on agriculture, and invest in some schools, libraries, and a technical college. A university was even offered to the region. It will come in to play later on. McLovin finally got train service. Taxes are still low, but so are services. It's time to develop this area to reach 100k people. Here's the view from the new area of Rascal Flats. A snapshot of the region at 100k people.

I think it was trying to be funny. I laughed, but only after I realized that the game was not corrupt.