Honestly, I found Cities: Skylines quite hard to begin with. This is mainly due to me trying to overcomplicate the situation. Most people always ask for help when it comes to starting out, so I think this will help.
Starting out:
Well, this is one of the hardest parts. You generally need around 400 people in your town before you get anyway. To start out, pause the game immediately, so you can save alot of cash. With me doing this, I ensure I don't go into debt early. I usually try the map with a river crossing through (forgot the name) as you are able to have 2 areas for the town with a river to divide it. Focus on one half for a while. After I did that, I had around 5k left. I did this by having my coal plant (for electricity) right next to my sewage disposal. This let me save around 1-2k due to less power lines used and this sort of does help. Another thing I did was forgetting the Industrial area for a bit of time. Adding industrial isn't key until the people in your town really wants it...
After the 400 people living in the town:
This is one of the biggest milestones. You can have small loans and you earn around 20k for completing that milestone. I use my 20k to buy a school and a medical clinic. Education is good for your job. Around this time, you will be able to get a positive income from my town. I then got a loan so I can focus on my town again and I did what people wanted me to build. More and more people will come and you will be able to build up your town. Remember to stay above the required amount to pay the company you got a loan from...
Some key points for the town is to:
1) Make sure you put your water pumping station upstream and the sewage disposal downstream. For example, this is a simple diagram to help.
Stream flows
-----------------------> X = Water pumping station
X Y Y = Sewage Disposal.
2) Do what the residents ask you to do. They will be happier and it will be for the better.
3) Always change the taxes if possible. By doing this, you can change how much you earn or lose. Don't put the taxes up too high though or the residents won't be happy...
Hope I helped!
Starting out:
Well, this is one of the hardest parts. You generally need around 400 people in your town before you get anyway. To start out, pause the game immediately, so you can save alot of cash. With me doing this, I ensure I don't go into debt early. I usually try the map with a river crossing through (forgot the name) as you are able to have 2 areas for the town with a river to divide it. Focus on one half for a while. After I did that, I had around 5k left. I did this by having my coal plant (for electricity) right next to my sewage disposal. This let me save around 1-2k due to less power lines used and this sort of does help. Another thing I did was forgetting the Industrial area for a bit of time. Adding industrial isn't key until the people in your town really wants it...
After the 400 people living in the town:
This is one of the biggest milestones. You can have small loans and you earn around 20k for completing that milestone. I use my 20k to buy a school and a medical clinic. Education is good for your job. Around this time, you will be able to get a positive income from my town. I then got a loan so I can focus on my town again and I did what people wanted me to build. More and more people will come and you will be able to build up your town. Remember to stay above the required amount to pay the company you got a loan from...
Some key points for the town is to:
1) Make sure you put your water pumping station upstream and the sewage disposal downstream. For example, this is a simple diagram to help.
Stream flows
-----------------------> X = Water pumping station
X Y Y = Sewage Disposal.
2) Do what the residents ask you to do. They will be happier and it will be for the better.
3) Always change the taxes if possible. By doing this, you can change how much you earn or lose. Don't put the taxes up too high though or the residents won't be happy...
Hope I helped!
