I recently discovered a new city game on Steam... called... well, "New City". Anyone played it? Thoughts?
So anyway I decided to give it a go.
At first it was a bit awkward and clunky but as I've played a few more hours on it now and beginning to understand how it all works, it's actually really really good. Way less limiting than the grid system in SC4, truly free form (or you can snap if you prefer). The graphics are all geometry, no mapping, it seems, so it's a bit boxy looking but at a macro level you don't mind at all. And the editing capability for lots is really simple... looking forward to playing with that actually.
So my first ever city I called Green Phoenix. Here's a couple of shots so far:
This is the overall zone I can build in. Blue is water, warmer grey is land. Lines are roads, of course. As you build avenues and such they are shown as bolder white lines... my city is still too small for that.
This view is zoomed in a little and rotated clockwise to show the main town structure at the moment. I'm following Natural Growth technique, so the roads and zoning is determined by the environment and how it would likely develop with sims making real world decisions.
Mornington to the West, The Foreshores to the East. Winter is upon us!
The Foreshores is just a small coastal town surrounded by neighboring agriculture. It's economy is largely self reliant, all roads that lead out of town are small and poorly maintained rural roads, dotted with grazier properties and similar. No big industry here yet, just lots of horses and grass and the occasional vineyard or high irrigation crop.
Morningshores even more so. A couple of nice Nursery businesses have found the weather on the West coast sheltered by the surrounding wooded areas to be great for growing profitable protected crops for the local community. Berries and seedlings for retail nurseries are the biggest crops in the area on average.
Overall I'm really enjoying the immersion of this game. It's definitely worth having a look at it, I'd love to know who else has played it and what you think?
