City builder template
A grid, three kinds of building, and a need that breaks if you only build one. SimCity 4 (Maxis, 2003) is the zone. Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order, 2023) is the traffic your zones created. Frostpunk (11 bit studios, 2018) is the need in the cold, which is a harsher first lesson. The AI city builder maker and the city building game maker are this grid.
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What makes a city builder
City builder: you plan and grow a settlement or city.
The games that set the standard are Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order, 2023), SimCity 4 (Maxis, 2003) and Frostpunk (11 bit studios, 2018).
What the template starts with
The city builder template starts with one grid, three building types and one need. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: zone, build, balance needs, grow.
What to change first
Build only houses and watch the need fail. Then add the one service that fixes that need and breaks another. If nothing breaks, the needs are captions.
2D or 3D
The city builder template starts in 2D.
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Describe your version in one sentence. The AI writes a brief from the template, and nothing is built until you approve it. Free for Windows and Mac.