Capital City desgination

[aprince]

I realize certain cities will probably have local government via city hall, but what would be nice would be to have the ability to make a capitol city as well. This city will be designated that. Thus, it will have different buildings/monuments associated with it other than just a city hall. It would have different policies and would also draw x amount of taxes from all the cities in the regions. Commercial offices can have skyscapers but be focused more towards government jobs as well.

Theres a lot of little interesting things that could come of this. Such as watching ppl from the region have a million man march etc.

 

[Mendeth]

Unless I've missed something, there isn't any regional play in C:S, so the map is just one large city.

 

[aprince]

Unless I've missed something, there isn't any regional play in C:S, so the map is just one large city.

i meant if you have multiple cities, you could designate one as a capital city

 

[AmericanoMonst]

But why ? Is it a particular interest for the game ? I think no... even if the idea isn't bad

 

[aprince]

But why ? Is it a particular interest for the game ? I think no... even if the idea isn't bad

ppl like to play their way. its just another way to make a city, because as in real life, there are capital cities.

i remember in sim 4, one of my cities on the region map was always built as the capital, using all the washington dc buildings monuments etc. though its had no special functions, being that it wasnt actually part of the game, it broke up that monotonous feel/look/builds i grew tired of.

 

[AmericanoMonst]

ppl like to play their way. its just another way to make a city, because as in real life, thre are capitals
i remember in sim 4, one of my cities on the region map was built as the capital, using all the washington dc buildings monuments etc. though its had no special functions, being that it wasnt actually part of the game, it broke up that monotonous feel/look/builds i grew tired of.

Yes but even if a city is designated as capital, will she have special features that distinguishes it from other cities in the game? What do you think of ?

 

[aprince]

Yes but even if a city is designated as capital, will she have special features that distinguishes it from other cities in the game? What do you think of ?

It may get complicated being there is only one map per city. However, say you do build a capital city, whenever you build a different map it may ask you if you would like to include a capital thats in the region, and it will give you a list of capitals you did build. you could also have an option to add one at any time. the cities and capital would just sync and share information x,y and z and any options available to them.

These capitals could be the seat of government, economical, cultural, and intellectual centers. Depending on how you build a capital city, they could give specific boosts such as economical, cultural, health/crime, demographic and intellectual to future/current cities being built.

The cities that claim a capital may have to pay x amount in taxes to it, so the more cities that claim a specific capital, the bigger a capital cities budget gets aside from whatever the city produces itself. In turn, any surplus the capital has it can then write loan free grants to any cities under it. federally funded ehhhh. perhaps the more cities you have attached to the capital can be a prerequisite (total built region population) in unlocking future build options in the capital itself

As the capital grows, different functions could be unlocked via award. IE department of education, Federal drug administration, united nations, etc etc, basically any kind of govermental/captial building one can imagine. Thus giving boosts to cities that are part of the capital.

different buildings such as:

capital building.
presidential building (white house) or pm, kings palace etc
several embassys.
different capital city monuments from around the globe.
government museums/memorials/theaters/library
the bureaucracy building from some simcity game
national cemetery
national college
Supreme court
National defence
united nations
etc
etc

if one is actually building a capital city, thats a map within itself.

 

[Sinname]

I like the idea

 

[AmericanoMonst]

Indeed I like your ideas, look great

 

[redjericho3]

Cool idea. I would prefer they spend their time developing more practical things, but it's still an innovative thought.

 

[CalPolyFan]

I realize certain cities will probably have local government via city hall, but what would be nice would be to have the ability to make a capitol city as well. This city will be designated that. Thus, it will have different buildings/monuments associated with it other than just a city hall. It would have different policies and would also draw x amount of taxes from all the cities in the regions. Commercial offices can have skyscapers but be focused more towards government jobs as well.

Theres a lot of little interesting things that could come of this. Such as watching ppl from the region have a million man march etc.

I love the idea of the city as it grows unlocking certain cultural aspects.

Perhaps that is one way that your city could be rewarded - What your city focused on..

If you had a lot of government buildings overall.. You might get rewarded with becoming a capital city.

If you had little public education, low taxes on the rich and good infrastructure you might become a more "business oriented" city and rewarded with a stock market and other financial style buildings.

If you focused more on parks, green spaces, low pollution, you might become an arts/cultural city, with a larger museum, outdoor ampitheaters, theaters etc..

If you became a more heavily policed city, you could become a "police state" city.. Where crime is high, but violently supressed by very large and effective police stations, which only become available if your very militaristic.. Surveillance cameras at intersections and other areas might become an option for the mayor, "Center For Data Collection and Analysis".. etc...

I would want that kind of done as an "aside" - not taking over a city like "Sim City Societies".. and having a lot of buildings that would be unlocked soleley by population benchmarks.. But it might be an interesting area to go into with an expansion.

Final Note:

One thing the original Sim City did (SNES version) was have a different feel to your city as it got larger, this was partly by unlocking new buildings, but also, the music changed to a more fast pace/larger city feel.. That was a fun aspect of the game, and something not unlike what you brought up.. Great post.

 

[Kanimir]

I love the idea. I ALWAYS make a capital city while playing SC4. Would love to be able to do that. At least give us an option to create cities like we can create districts, and let us choose which one is the capital.

 

[CalPolyFan]

Also, regarding the above point- Like I have said before:

Sports:

The type (and number) of "Major League" sports stadium you got would be determined like this (this is a genius idea on my part, that CO should have for sure thought about doing, might be good expansion material)..

Anyway: In SimCity 4 some mayors built a lot of the 3x3 parks, but there were sports options- such as building basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, soccer fields etc..

imagine, that in Cities Skylines that if you decided to build a lot of baseball diamonds for example, you would have more of your population interested in baseball, and when a certain "population benchmark" of people who have grown up playing baseball in your city as a direct result of having those facilities in your city.. You "Unlock" a pro-sports team in that designated sport..

So, say you build a lot of Cricket fields and smaller stadiums in your city.. You could "Unlock" a pro-sports stadium set.. In this case, a Cricket one.. and there would be progressively larger stadiums (you would be offered to "expand" the stadium for a certain price).. and the team could potentially expand too fast for the fanbase, and lose money, or the stadium could be almost full all the time and you could make a profit.

Hockey rinks.. enough of your population grows up playing hockey- you get a pro team that starts small, and grows..

Go for more than one type of sport and expect to get both of those types of pro teams offered in the future- however, because the fan-base is galvanized, expect to not get the stadiums as early as if you had focused on one sport only..

Now we're talking serious fun.

 

[Jokurr]

Capital cities always have lots of unique landmarks. Even if there is no regional gameplay, it would be fun to be able to build those kinds of landmarks.

 

[iMarvin]

I really like this idea

 

[aprince]

Also, regarding the above point- Like I have said before:

Sports:

The type (and number) of "Major League" sports stadium you got would be determined like this (this is a genius idea on my part, that CO should have for sure thought about doing, might be good expansion material)..

Anyway: In SimCity 4 some mayors built a lot of the 3x3 parks, but there were sports options- such as building basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, soccer fields etc..

imagine, that in Cities Skylines that if you decided to build a lot of baseball diamonds for example, you would have more of your population interested in baseball, and when a certain "population benchmark" of people who have grown up playing baseball in your city as a direct result of having those facilities in your city.. You "Unlock" a pro-sports team in that designated sport..

So, say you build a lot of Cricket fields and smaller stadiums in your city.. You could "Unlock" a pro-sports stadium set.. In this case, a Cricket one.. and there would be progressively larger stadiums (you would be offered to "expand" the stadium for a certain price).. and the team could potentially expand too fast for the fanbase, and lose money, or the stadium could be almost full all the time and you could make a profit.

Hockey rinks.. enough of your population grows up playing hockey- you get a pro team that starts small, and grows..

Go for more than one type of sport and expect to get both of those types of pro teams offered in the future- however, because the fan-base is galvanized, expect to not get the stadiums as early as if you had focused on one sport only..

Now we're talking serious fun.

i get what you are saying but i dont think id want to go that route. major cities have many different sports at once, so i wouldnt want my city to be limited.

now say you did have 15 baseball parks in your city, perhaps the citizens start asking for a minor/major league baseball team first.

i do like how you mentioned multiple sports, i wish there where many types of parks represented in the game.

 

[CalPolyFan]

i get what you are saying but i dont think id want to go that route. major cities have many different sports at once, so i wouldnt want my city to be limited.

now say you did have 15 baseball parks in your city, perhaps the citizens start asking for a minor/major league baseball team first.

i do like how you mentioned multiple sports, i wish there where many types of parks represented in the game.

I didn't say you would be limited to a certain sport- I just said, it would take a larger population to have 2 sports.. 3 sports etc.. because you would have to have a certain percentage of your population growing up playing that as their primary sport (this is just a way to "guide" your city toward the type of pro-sports team you want your city to eventually get.

If you re-read my comment, I said you could have multiple sports.. It's just if you focused your attention on one you would have better odds..

Some smaller cities just have one major sport- examples: Buffalo, Green Bay, Salt Lake City, etc.. They focus their energy on one sport, and IMO it would be a fun gameplay aspect to have the types of sports facilities you build in your city have a big impact on what kind of sports people in your city are interested in..

Here's an example of how a graph might look that "unlocks" the stadium and subsequent stadium expansions:

Larger version: http://i.imgur.com/1sgI8ue.jpg

 

[CalPolyFan]

The reason this would work well is the following:

Sim City 4 made a mistake by making a baseball stadium the default stadium - That limited them geographically to North America and Japan pretty much.

A much better solution is that the sports facilities you build as a mayor are the direct indicators of the future sports teams you will get is by which sports fields and facilities you build. Those will get attended by people who play a given sport, and then that has some multiplier effect throughout the city population, which builds interest in that particular sport.

So, you would guide which sport(s) you end up with by building those particular smaller-scale practice facilities- I.E. basketball courts, Baseball Diamonds, Football fields, Rugby fields, Hockey Rink / Roller Rink (both would increase hockey fans..

Build cricket fields, you're going to eventually hopefully end up with something such as the five star World Class the Melbourne Cricket Grounds if your city gets big enough.

Want to get a pro basketball team, and a pro hockey team? Build lots of basketball courts, ice rinks (indoor/outdoor) and or roller rinks.

You get the idea.. I just think that would be a fun way to "will" certain pro team types into existence, instead of just boring plopping.