Paradox plays Cities Skylines - Build suggestions

[cKnoor]

As some of you may know we started a new weekly stream for Cities Skylines last Friday on http://www.twitch.tv/ParadoxInteractive

The plan is to have a different builder (from Paradox) each week, but keep building on the same city. So it will probably turn in to a proper mess in just a few episodes. But for me at least, that's part of the fun.

To add even more mayhem to the mix I would love to include a "build mission" from the community each week. It doesn't have to be a big thing, in fact for more inexperienced builders it would probably be better if it wasn't that hard to pull off.

Suggestions might be something like:

* Build a really sweet roundabout.
* Educate our people (or at least part of the city)
* Make good use of this custom asset [Include a link]
* WE NEED MORE BOX FACTORIES!


Or something else entirely.

We'll probably randomly pick a challenge at the start of each Friday stream. So if you want to be called something other than your forum name, make sure that you mention it in your post.

Oh and don't forget to turn in every Friday to watch us build.

 

[stiiknafuulia]

So, an official Succession Game (that's what these kinds of games are called on the Civilization forums, so I adopted that name for the 2 such games I played in). Cool idea!

Make good use of this custom asset [Include a link]

Doesn't this require that you all use the same computer? Otherwise it quickly becomes a major hassle to use custom assets, because if someone forgets to download one, then on his or her turn all copies of that asset will disappear from the city! Having different mods activated as you play can also wreak all kinds of havoc on the save, so you'll have to be very careful.

Although the mechanic could be less clunky, creating a Steam collection with all the needed mods and assets and having all players subscribe to it is one solution to this issue. I'm pretty sure, though, that if you add an asset to the collection once the game has already started, then everyone will still have to click on it to subscribe, which leaves you back at square one.

As for actual suggestions, a mountainous snow map is a must imo, for that ski-resort flair! I've been thinking of running such a game myself (I know I said I'd boycott Snowfall, but people can change their minds), so it'd work nicely for tips as well.

(Side note: whose bright idea was it to make the actual *thread* disappear from view as you click 'More Options'? Said genius should promptly be tarred and feathered (with Chirpy feathers, naturally ), and the function restored to its original state sooner than right now, which means... Get working on it! )

 

[Sun_Wu]

Build glorious Swedish Ski Resort

 

[cKnoor]

So, an official Succession Game (that's what these kinds of games are called on the Civilization forums, so I adopted that name for the 2 such games I played in). Cool idea!

Doesn't this require that you all use the same computer? Otherwise it quickly becomes a major hassle to use custom assets, because if someone forgets to download one, then on his or her turn all copies of that asset will disappear from the city! Having different mods activated as you play can also wreak all kinds of havoc on the save, so you'll have to be very careful.

Everyone plays in the streaming studio on the same computer, so custom assets are not going to be an issue.

 

[oldroad]

I watched a bit of the first stream on YouTube before I decided that I could create my own trainwreck. Please have the weekly builders at least be familiar with the game and basic traffic management techniques. I hoped to pick up expert tips from the Makers, and instead was shaking my head every 90 seconds.

 

[cKnoor]

I watched a bit of the first stream on YouTube before I decided that I could create my own trainwreck. Please have the weekly builders at least be familiar with the game and basic traffic management techniques. I hoped to pick up expert tips from the Makers, and instead was shaking my head every 90 seconds.

That is not happening. We're not building a perfect city, we're having people make it harder for the next person. I could do streams where people build lovely cities, but it wouldn't fit the current format.

And I think it's unfair to expect someone from the legal department (for example) to be an expert on all the games in our library.

 

[Sun_Wu]

I watched a bit of the first stream on YouTube before I decided that I could create my own trainwreck. Please have the weekly builders at least be familiar with the game and basic traffic management techniques. I hoped to pick up expert tips from the Makers, and instead was shaking my head every 90 seconds.

You'd be surprised how bad makers can be at their own creation.

 

[MotownCountry]

and a lovely trainwreck it will be. what's the name of the city? it should be Trainwreck!

 

[KeiserWiliem]

No one is posting in this thread?

Need a challenge? Try to build this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=413366834

And we need the official Colossal Order HQ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=412111084

More Box Factories https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=405965360

 

[RMA1031]

Even if this was somewhat a dead thread...

I'm posting a suggestion!

I want, a metro station with 2 or more possible metro connections / pairs (basically 4 or more possible connections)

 

[vfmikey]

Have you considered using the map overlay mod? Would make Zeke's life easier