Lets deep dive this as the planners say The latest DLC for Cities Skylines comes out on October 23 (October 24 for New Zealand and Australia - time zones) and it focuses on industry. It also focuses on toll roads too so what is this new DLC? Let's go to resident Cities Skylines player Biffa … Continue reading Biffa Takes a Look at the #CitiesSkylines Industry DLC. Also TOLL ROADS
What I enjoy and urban designers avoid With so much focus on Paradox's other game Stellaris at the moment the announcement of a new DLC (expansion) for Cities Skylines came absolutely out of nowhere. Not that I mind nor do I mind it is on the one thing I like tinkering with and the very … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Next DLC: INDUSTRY
Finally the cruise boats arrive I have been a bit busy on the Urban Geography in real life side of the ledger meaning not much time with Cities Skylines at the moment. However, I have managed to squeeze a few hours in there and there and have continued to work on the Downtown … Continue reading Some Random Happenings in #CitiesSkylines oh and CRUISE SHIPS
100% clean green power There are several ways I like to keep my cities green in Cities Skylines: Power production will often come from low-carbon emitting sources including hydro or nuclear. I do use the Waste to Energy Incinerators that produce small amounts of air and ground pollution but they make up no more … Continue reading Who Say’s I Don’t Do Green #CitiesSkylines
New name, more content coming I have updated the domain name for Ben's Cities from wordpress.com to Ben's Cities.blog as well allowing for video content to be put to this blog. Of course the upgrade also means more space for lots more Cities Skylines photos as I have a wee back log of photos … Continue reading New Domain Name for Ben’s Cities
Park Life and the Detailer The one thing about Cities Skylines Park Life is that it even makes the most macro-level urban designer like me come right down to the micro levels - when it comes to designing parks. There is a satirical take on it which I will have at the bottom of the … Continue reading Walking Through the Urban Forest – #CitiesSkylines Goes Back to Nature
No not car parks Paradox and Colossal Order have announced a new DLC coming out for their vaunted hit - Cities Skylines From Paradox via STEAM: We're thrilled to announce Parklife, our next expansion for Cities: Skylines! 19 APRIL - THELETTERZ We're pleased to announce that Cities: Skylines will be getting a playful new … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines New Expansion Out Next Month: PARKS – Lots and Lots of PARKS
Testing out new features San Solaria recently reached its limits as the game as a vehicle agent limit of 15,000 to prevent the computer being overtaxed. This means your cities without a mod to break the limit mature out at around 300,000 to 500,000 as San Solaria did. I will keep going back to … Continue reading Introducing San Layton City A #CitiesSkylines New Creation
Could Cities Skylines transit network redesign offer hints for Auckland's poor accessibility to transit? Yesterday a paper was released by MRCageny on accessibility to transit and basically how Auckland's accessibility let alone equity to transit sucked. The paper can be found in the Tweet below and I'll write on this more extensively next month … Continue reading Redesigning the Transit Network #CitiesSkylines Style. Lessons for Auckland
New Green policy continues I speak Green in Twitter I follow Green on #CitiesSkylines. As shown in San Solaria Leads the Way in Low Carbon Future San Solaria gets 95% of its power from green sources while 1/3 of the Districts are 'Green' Districts and several more following E-cars for residents. The last week I have … Continue reading San Solaria Going Green Continues #CitiesSkylines
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