kellydale2003

Wassup ya'll, Sorry for not posting in awhile. I don't think I'll have time to make content for a few more years actually. So, I will be uploading my unfinished files to STEX soon. Most recently, I was hacked three times by a foreign intelligence agency that deleted all my data. I have some backed up, but even the backups were compromised. So, I've lost a lot of progress since. Regardless, I'd still like to make SC4 content but am not able to do so right now because I am very busy. If anyone is interested in making a new city-building simulator game, please message me as we have already started building the foundations of this new platform. Whether you have experience or not in coding, do not hesitate to join. This new game which won't be ready for a few years mirrors that of my SC4 building style as depicted in my Orange Islands region GIF below. If this interests you, hmu. In the meantime, I may continue uploading raw 3dsmax files or simply rendering day versions only if I have the time. Thx guys, I'll keep you updated. - K

Hey @CorinaMarie Glad to hear you're still with us on planet Earth! You know, nebulas and stars aren't as special as we make them out to be. It's the photos that are. Stars have been existing for billions of years and will continue to do so for billions more too. But you know what is rare in the universe? Life. Life is rare. We are the rarity. If the stars were alive, they would gaze upon us living beings with amazement and incredible disbelief. After all, the rest of the universe is almost completely void and desolate of life. If they could, the stars would build curious telescopes of their own to observe the little creatures that we are. From a star's perspective, life is purely ineffable, extremely precious, and astonishingly temporary. For a moment in time, life assembles its atoms from stardust, blooms like a flower, and then returns everything borrowed. One day and when it's our time, entropy and time eventually compel the atoms in our body to merge with the rest of the universe. Until then, thanks for sticking with us Cori! You are truly rarer than the Carina Nebula and every other star in the universe. You truly, truly, truly matter for how rare and precious you are. I wish you a speedy recovery! Feel free to send me any building requests at any time when you're back! All is magnificent! - Kelly Edwards

Thank you for that! You know I get endless comments that are usually all the same, but this one is different. Thank you. With all this crypto stuff, this has got me thinking about how games are evolving. With the future SimCity building-like games, I think they need to include interoperability with powerful programs such as AutoCAD and 3dsmax. Part of the love of SimCity building for me is the engineering. That's why I love creating the superstructure of the tower and having it be seen through glass. 111 W. 57 update This is going to be a 1x3 with an overhang width-wise both at the tower and the base. 100 Wilshire, Santa Monica, California Ikwe Tower Also, I've been working on this concept tower I'm calling 'Ikwe Tower.' It's a tower based off of a Native American woman and would be located in my reservation 'Sagkeeng First Nation.' The tower is 308 meters (1,010.5 ft.) tall and 70 stories. I'm no engineer, but I've just been guessing what the structure would look like. This building makes use of walking columns. The building serves as: 600-800 Residences Indigenous-themed Hotel Museum of Indigenous Peoples Convention Center IMAX Theater Underground retail mall Restaurant/Cafes Hydroponics, aquaponics; and Tourist attraction. First I started with a shape, then I created the floors and now I'm creating the superstructure. Once the superstructure is complete, I'll move onto the façade and model out all the windows. After that, the greenery, blinds, LED details and textures can be added. Anyway, when it's time I'll probably release a bunch of buildings at the same time again. Prob around Christmas or so, I reckon lol

You know I keep getting Tiktok videos of Cities Skylines and SimCity players? The fanbase is huge and active! I think with gaming we've seen an evolution over the years. From multiplayer, to multiplayer online, to short battle royal games to multi-day strategy coop games. Today you can play SimCity on your phone and participate in online multiplayer city wars and events that are already several days long. Having a metaverse version of this that is moddable and the pure passion of city-building is what would keep custom digital content coming and even monetizable. I think if we had a fresh start, I'm sure even the great modders from the NAM Team could do so much more starting from a fresh coding pallete. For me personally, I love creating BATs more than I like using them in the game. But once I get it in the game, I find it pretty cool. But I wish there were real-time reflections and more realistic curves/diagonals in SimCity 4. Having easier modding tools and 3d modelling-importing ability into a metaverse city building game would be awesome. Also, I got my computer back:

Hey guys, thanks for the comments! In true typical fashion my laptop has broke once again just as I get back to batting. Its in the shop and it's getting a new motherboard. I have the files backed up because this ain't my first rodeo. Anyway, does anyone see the SimCity Community making a city-building metaverse anytime soon? Imagine if we built a metaverse that replicated the real world land geography and an indie-built tile game (similar to SimCity 4) that could build on it? Using NFTs we could ensure no duplicates are made and that tech would even be applicable to BATS. BATs, in a new format and not to be connected in anyway with the Maxis/EA/SimCity brands, would become monetizable, limited and just plain free to distribute to users who wish to build their cities in this city-building metaverse. This city-building metaverse would be incredible watching thousands of cities being built. Meta-cities in their respective meta-countries would have their plug-ins and collective economic conditions. So if a group of great mayors make the majority of meta-cities in a country prosper, the entire meta-country's economic conditions also improve. And of course at anytime, you are welcome to sell your meta-city and the NFT BATS in it if you wish. Since SaaS is for sure here to stay, I'm also sure making Autocad/3dsmax accessible to BAT creators of this new meta world and even providing royalties from this NFT Building marketplace would be of interest to them. What do you guys think? PS; Wouldn't it be funny if the team at SimCity were working on this? People-built/improved games often do so much better than corporate ones. Contributors usually don't have deadlines whereas employees usually do and I think that's what makes this project differ from anything SimCity maybe working on next. I think a 'hook for a game like this that we haven't really seen with others game is that there are multiple people building in the same meta-country as you. Mayors can have votes in their meta-countries for mega projects like infrastructure. These votes would based on the adult population of their meta-cities and with the mayoral approval rating affecting how many of those citizens side with you would determine your power among the other mayor's in your respective meta-country. This incentivizes a lot of citizens and for mayors to ensure their digital citizens remain happy. We would see big influential, but poor cities as well as tiny, rich meta-countries. And the game would go on forever. As cities evolve in real time, so would the BAT additions, changes to the game, etc. So much is possible! I'd like to build a city-building game in its own metaverse! Question is tho: to tile? or not to tile? I say tile the world!

Stantec Tower, Edmonton, Canada aka Canada's tallest building outside Toronto 250.8 metres (817') 66 floors Made some architectural changes to the base so it can fit in a 5x3 lot. Had no internet over the weekend. WIll prob be released before I preview the night lights - K

Back from the grave (and from scratch).

The original Linda Swampy Medical Center has been reinstated on the STEX! Special thanks to @matias93 for the help. - K

New quick 2x3 residential tower on the way. Daytime already complete, just need night lights. I also may build some stuff for the dam I have built there. I started a mountainous region and I feel like a dwarf from LOTR trying to conquer the slopes. FYI: Due to my lost data, I do not have the Linda Swampy Medical Center anymore. If anyone wants to provide a copy or upload it to STEX themselves please feel free to do so! You have full permission. I would even like a copy! Lmao! - K

Decided to upload this draft. No night lights, but I'll get around to it. Enjoy it while I move like a turtle. ALSO, THE PURPOSE OF POSTING THIS BETA IS TO FIND IF SOMEONE CAN COME UP WITH AN AMAZING LOT! FEEL FREE TO RE-UPLOAD YOUR OWN VERSIONS OF THE LOT! My eyes will be on the lookout.