The perfect map doesn't exi....

[Doc_Hotpants]

... and then map seed 50DdPf0000e0z came along


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440484651

[Maehlice]

You love islands, huh?

[Doc_Hotpants]

Yeah :-) But I think my next map will not have islands.

...

maybe :-D

[Maehlice]

Try this one if you're up for no islands. It has a pretty sizeable hill overlooking the river:

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[Doc_Hotpants]

I might have to - I'm broke on my beloved island map... lol - not sure I can recover

[Maehlice]

Publicado originalmente por Doc_Hotpants:

I might have to - I'm broke on my beloved island map... lol - not sure I can recover

Broke?

[Doc_Hotpants]

Publicado originalmente por Maehlice:

Publicado originalmente por Doc_Hotpants:

I might have to - I'm broke on my beloved island map... lol - not sure I can recover

Broke?

Yup... In the red, with -65 turnover... lol

I tend to build too much too fast, and my great hall wasn't finished, so I couldn't levy funds from my unfortunate villagers. But... thankfully the builders were kind enough to finish the door to the great hall before attempting to build the towers, so I'm back in business now.

[City Builder]

I took on a map with a cozy island and started on the island knowing there would be no trade income or new villagers until they got a bridge built and bought the territory next to it across what would need a bridge to get to and waited out the longest time while the first bridge was built so I could get more villagers in and could stop shifting labor around on the island start.

I nearly gave up a few times but kept on until I could impose a levy to get enough gold to build up what was needed since I had built up in a different and bad order missing necessities that I didn't have gold to build

Did you start your first territory on one of the islands we see or on the mainland first where you could accept new villagers and gifts?

[Doc_Hotpants]

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I took on a map with a cozy island and started on the island knowing there would be no trade income or new villagers until they got a bridge built and bought the territory next to it across what would need a bridge to get to and waited out the longest time while the first bridge was built so I could get more villagers in and could stop shifting labor around on the island start.

I nearly gave up a few times but kept on until I could impose a levy to get enough gold to build up what was needed since I had built up in a different and bad order missing necessities that I didn't have gold to build

Did you start your first territory on one of the islands we see or on the mainland first where you could accept new villagers and gifts?

No, I usually start on the mainland and plan all the fancy stuff for the island that I envision for my main city. So far only built the great hall and treasury on the island, and some low decoration walls to force some arteries through the island.

Starting on an island must be really tough. Not sure I'd be up for it patience-wise. But as you've managed to get through that slow phase, I'm sure things will pick up for you now.

Share a screenshot?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440645075

[Maehlice]

At least y'all are finishing things. I always get to about 400 population and then can't help but restart. It's like, "Oh, I wonder if I could have done {this} or maybe {that} ... I wonder if the next start can be better, harder, faster, stronger.!?" And then I start over again.

[Doc_Hotpants]

Publicado originalmente por Maehlice:

At least y'all are finishing things. I always get to about 400 population and then can't help but restart. It's like, "Oh, I wonder if I could have done {this} or maybe {that} ... I wonder if the next start can be better, harder, faster, stronger.!?" And then I start over again.

Heh... I usually go up to 750 then lag begins or I get bored or logistics fail for some unknown reason (pretty sure there's a bug in there somewhere), and then I restart as well.

One of the reasons I love about this game - it gives endless opportunities to build, and each one is different, even on the same map.

[City Builder]

Publicado originalmente por Maehlice:

At least y'all are finishing things. I always get to about 400 population and then can't help but restart. It's like, "Oh, I wonder if I could have done {this} or maybe {that} ... I wonder if the next start can be better, harder, faster, stronger.!?" And then I start over again.

Same sort of over here for me, but it's usually I get to a point where I start over just thinking "I've taken this as far as I can see taking it" even though my population might only be 300+/- I think going higher would be for me to start building the castle bits which I've not done so far so don't know what fun I might be missing out on just because I've never enjoyed the aesthetics of castle buildings in games but love the look in real life castles of centuries past. I've not been into building castles in games in a long long time when there was a game that was all about doing just that. Might try one day in Foundation.

[City Builder]

Publicado originalmente por Doc_Hotpants:

Share a screenshot?

Nothing really worth showing but:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440080395
The first bridge is top of image, the long one was to hurry up getting new villagers to my village center, that and to see just how long the game would allow a bridge to be built, this was just building to make it work not to make anything pretty.

I gave up on this one really early as it would have turned into a workers island and moving manor house somewhere else with plenty of room to build the manor house properly.

[Doc_Hotpants]

Publicado originalmente por City Builder:

Publicado originalmente por Doc_Hotpants:

Share a screenshot?

Nothing really worth showing but:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440080395
The first bridge is top of image, the long one was to hurry up getting new villagers to my village center, that and to see just how long the game would allow a bridge to be built, this was just building to make it work not to make anything pretty.

I gave up on this one really early as it would have turned into a workers island and moving manor house somewhere else with plenty of room to build the manor house properly.

That's a tough spot to start in, though. Whew!

[City Builder]

And so it now begins. I have a sunken feeling I may regret this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440805043

[Doc_Hotpants]

Publicado originalmente por City Builder:

And so it now begins. I have a sunken feeling I may regret this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440805043

That looks... oddly familiar! :D

Have fun on this one! So many possibilities! Do share your progress, please! Would love to see what you do with it!