I struggle to start

[EverBeenToSpace]

Perfectionism, analysis paralysis... for whatever reason I really struggle to start cities and usually throw away the game before anyone has even moved in because I can't get the road network rights.

Any tips for getting past this?

[tpangburn]

I would like to know too I have the same problem. I get started and I feel like it looks unrealistic and I keep starting over.

[SumGumption]

Nothing works as to be expected. No reason to have these fears in this game. You can't lose because the only way to win is add roads and zone what it requires you to. None of the services are needed but if do choose to add them, they won't function any how. The invisible mafia town next door is collecting all of the fees that your services are supposed to be collecting. Their ambulance chasers are stealing your potential customers left and right to supply them the services that you are trying to offer them and you will never really make a profit. But that's all good because the imaginary Santa in the other town is rewarding you hugely just for telling the wall paper creator where to place buildings by adding streets and zoning.

It's a no lose situation as long as you don't actually treat it like a game. But if you wanted a game and want to treat this wall paper like a game.... then may the force be with you.

[Captain Wolf]

Just watch some youtube videos. See how different people start a city.

[Petey]

I use to be like that too but than i realised if I just kept going it started to look more like a city and you can always go back and change things. Also, don't be afraid to pause the game and work on a particular feature for as long as you need, you can even start a city by making a cool feature like a university or harbour and than build your city around it, although you'll need to start a game with everything unlocked to do that but you can start a city with a cool entrance to the city using the roads and bridges. YouTube is a great place to get ideas on how and what to build, you can also find tips on how to make your city more realistic looking. I Hope this helps a bit nut i'd say check out YouTube for better advice.

[Sacb0y]

yeah watch people like city planner plays.

[Trouter]

Originally posted by spearcatcher:

Perfectionism, analysis paralysis... for whatever reason I really struggle to start cities and usually throw away the game before anyone has even moved in because I can't get the road network rights.

Any tips for getting past this?

I'd say just commit to what you have and keep building out. It's okay if its not perfect. Note what you'll do differently next time, but keep building your current design out.

This is a problem that can happen in any 'creative' field and often the best solution is to just get something down and work with it even if it doesn't feel perfect.

[martinolund]

I used to be just like that, but at some point you just gotta turn that part of you off and not worry about it. Just build whatever you like, so what if it does not work out? Surely it can't be any worse then the crap they build in real life by clueless people hah hah.

Just build something, anything, it will be OK.
This guy here is awesome. https://www.youtube.com/@CityPlannerPlays

Great tutorials, teaches you all the options in the game, tips & tricks and workaround for things and most importantly gives an overview how to build your grids. Just follow this guy and you will learn a lot and then you can experiment on your own! Screw perfection, that comes after a year of experience :)

[EverBeenToSpace]

Thanks all for your advice.

[K. Stabehl]

Go on Google Maps or similar. Pick a random town (not like New York or anything crazy), look at the road layout and try to duplicate it.