A realistic alternative to the old 3D city game.
It takes place in the "Usafreciga" Region (Universe Sandbox Forum Realistic City Game).
Google DocumentLink to the modelManualHow to play1:
Download the latest version of Google SketchUp.2: Sign up to the
3D Warehouse.
3:
Open the file at our city game’s SketchUp page. - Currently, download and edit the latest file attached to our posts.
4: Claim an empty zone by filling it with your own unique color for the ground beneath your city. Please choose/make one similar to your neighboring cities. You can choose colors similar to grass, dirt, sand and rock. Ask Bla to make a new zone if there's no white zone.
5: Now build your city hall. It doesn’t have to be anything big in the beginning, just a small red building. Afterwards, you can begin building residential buildings, commercial buildings, industry, agriculture etc… According to the rules below.
6: Save the changes to the model. It should work to click the upload button and just leave all the text as it is (if you change it, it will also be saved as the same model), otherwise you might be asked before closing the program. Don't be afraid to do anything wrong, it can be reverted back.
I have to approve all the changes to the file, otherwise I'll need the e-mail address registered on the 3D Warehouse (don't post it publicly/in the topic). No one is forced to give me their e-mail address to play this game. I could also make it publicly editable, but then we risk having our city vandalized.Ok, I can see the file has a history so you can revert it back. I'll leave it so that everyone can edit it, and revert back if anyone vandalizes it, and change the system if trouble arises.
Rules1: Don’t use any textures, only plain colors (more details on allowed colors are below).
2: Only build on your own zone.
3: Follow the rules of growth.
4: Use the colors on your buildings, roads, pavements and planted grassy areas correctly.
5: Don’t shift-click with a color, as it might paint buildings outside of your zone.
6: Post taken if you're editing the file. If you don't upload it within 6 hours, your taken expires.
GrowthTo simulate relatively realistic growth, you’re not allowed to build a lot of skyscrapers immediately.
The height limit on your buildings is determined by these formulas:
One floor is 3 meters.
The numbers are rounded down, so if you have 235 buildings, you may build 4,35 floors, but it is rounded down to 4, so your building limit is still 4 floors until you have 300 buildings.
The numbers are approximate. You aren’t meant to count 1500 buildings before building a 48 meter tall building, just count an area of maybe 25 buildings, find some similarly sized areas to get 100, and find more areas similar in size to the new area to get 500, until you get an approximate number. If you’re severely in doubt, just stay below the limit and expand until you aren’t anymore.
You can expand your zone so that the unused land you have is up to (in square meters):
You can see the area of a surface by right clicking it and selecting “Entity Info”.
You are not allowed to expand your zone in a way that makes it impossible for another player to expand.
ColorsYour buildings, roads, pavements and (not natural) grassy areas must use the following colors.
Building colors:
Red (255,000,000): Public buildings owned by the state.
Orange (255,127,000): Residential buildings owned by the state.
Green (000,255,000): Residential buildings, unspecified owners.
Dark yellow (153,153,000): Industry.
Teal (000,255,255): Residential buildings owned by individuals/corporations.
Blue (000,000,255): Commercial/public buildings owned by individuals/corporations.
Surface colors:
Yellow (255,255,000): Agriculture (ground only, houses are residence, other buildings industry)
Black (058,058,058): Roads (asphalt).
Grey (142,142,142): Pavement and paved roads.
Dirt (153,107,061): Roads (gravel).
Dark green (000,153,000): Planted grass
Light blue (000,128,255): Water
Water in lakes can also be colored a transparent shade of blue.
Doc to track stuff from the game:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qPIcLCAC4ofK1aBbOnMFdHNXMkXxO1RJOxxF65lJUdc/edit#gid=0