Huh? 42,000 cims already? Stormy Weather does not stop excited cims moving into new city! The weather might be a bit yuck but that does not stop our first 8,000 cims arriving by car, train and coach (bus) to stake their claim as the first residents of Waikato. Captains of industry also also scrambling as … Continue reading MOVE THAT BUS. Here come the first residents | Waikato Part 4.0 | #citiesskylines2
First Cims itching to move in HOWEVER, where will they live and work. I also go for a ramble We are nearly there everyone! Waikato is nearly ready to receive YOU the first Cims and businesses into this brand new city. But first? Where will everyone live and work? Enter Zoning 101 aka THOSE ZONES! … Continue reading Zoning 101: Preparing for the First Cims in Waikato | Part 3.0 | #citiesskylines2
After some roadblocks, preparations for first residents and businesses to move into Waikato continue to take shape The glue that binds a city together continues apace with the placing of the (larger) public infrastructure into Waikato. As I note in the video, some of the more localised infrastructure like local roads, and pocket parks will … Continue reading The Infrastructure that Binds: Waikato – Part 2.2. #CitiesSkylines2
Could Large Language Models (AI) be used as a tool in Planning? It was used in my submission to the Planning Bill that had included "blueprints" if my submission was to be followed. So, could it now be used alongside an urban simulator like Cities Skylines which has already been used as an illustrator and … Continue reading Can AI be used in Planning? And could an existing Urban Simulator like #CitiesSkylines 1 and 2 assist?
Slow but methodical; continuing to lay the skeleton and arteries that will support the brand new city! Infrastructure building can be rather dry, or wet, smelly, electrifying, soothing, enlightening, administrative or any other term you can think of. And certainly it might not make the most enthralling video in Cities Skylines but without infrastructure your … Continue reading A Brand New City Continues: Waikato and That Infrastructure. | Part 2.1 | #citiesskylines2
Skelton and Arteries continue to be laid down. Game Infrastructure Planning Mechanics Explained The laying down the foundational infrastructure that will support the first urban centre, and first set of industries for Waikato continues. Most of it is the roading network for which the rest of the infrastructure will follow in the Part 2.X of … Continue reading Waikato City, Part 2.0: Continued infrastructure building for new city | #citiesskylines2
Time to introduce the second of my two new cities for 2026 Introducing our second new city for 2026; Neo Manukau Ranges using the Volchoria Map (available from the PDX Mods site). Now if Volchoria sounds familiar it is because it was used for the original Manukau Ranges the predecessor to Neo Manukau Ranges. However, … Continue reading NEW CITY 2026, NUMBER 2: Neo Manukau Ranges, Part 1. #citiesskylines2
Time for a new City, well one of two new cities for 2026. Introducing Waikato using the Elizabeth County map from the Paradox workshops. Waikato will be one of two new cities for 2026 and Cities Skylines. The second city will be Neo Manukau Ranges that will use the same map (but updated) as the … Continue reading New Cities for 2026: Introducing Waikato. #CitiesSkylines2
Content to grace both Cities Skylines 1 AND 2 It has been a while, since November with Cities Skylines 2 and October with Cities Skylines 1. However, real life happens including moving, redundancy, and reforms in your real life profession - Planning. All can be quite the distraction for a discerning Cities Skylines player. But … Continue reading Back to #CitiesSkylines after 5 month break. MOAR CONTENT INCOMING!
A city with a pulse is a city in motion! A similar post was done as part of the Ben Does Planning Series. A Day in the Motion on Ben's Cities blog is where we just sit back and reflect on all that is Marsden Point in Cities Skylines 2. Marsden Point: a City in … Continue reading A Day in Motion: Discovering Marsden Point’s Transit Heartbeat
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