The City, formally We Built This City, is coming along as usual. I thought I'd put up a little map of the city and surrounding area while it's still in the growing phase.
First some stats. I started this city back in January of this year. After spawning (at site I), I climbed up from what was then just an empty beach area and saw this interesting outcrop protruding from the mountain immediately to the north. At the end of the jutting ledge on the top there was a small floating island of dirt and stone.
But all this natural beauty was soon destroyed in order to form what would be the main castle complex of the city I call Heart of the City. It still exists today wedged between the skyscrapers built in the subsequent months.
In fact, this complex is still very vital and I'm continually adding to it, remodeling it and such. It houses the most oft used foundries and workbench and contains the largest vault room with about 12 large chests. One of these chests holds all the precious wealth of the land which tallies up to the following at the time of this writing.
225 Redstone
128 Iron Ingots
82 Lapis Ore
18 Gold Ingots
7 Diamonds
Kinda pitiful, I know, but I've had the hardest time finding some of the really rare ores and such.
The city grows organically. That is, I sometimes plan what I'm going to build and where but most times I just build some building based on the materials I have on hand or can readily obtain and in whatever configuration strikes my fancy. I keep the scale a bit small with most buildings having a footprint of only 9 X 7 or so (on average) in simple, rectangular layouts for ease of construction and similarity to a "modern" skyscraper-filled cityscape. And I don't generally have streets put down before the buildings as to allow a more haphazard evolutionary feel.
Here is a map of the city area and points of interest:
A. Taiga Gate Island and the Citadel
B. North Bay Fort
C. Monument to the Trees and North Bay Park
D. Eastern Road to the Eastern Mountain Region
E. A still unnamed harbor town
F. Monster War Memorial
G. Harborside Park and the Great Lighthouse
H. Picture point, this is where I build a temporary sand tower to take snapshots of the city skyline
I. Harborside. Includes the Harbormaster Tower and the Original Spawnpoint
J. The Harbor including a docked freighter
K. Obsidian Pit. Straight down in one of the largest cavern systems ever discovered
L. Harborside Bridge
M. Portal Construction Site. Soon to be The Portal Complex. Ultra Top Secret.
N. A large concave shaped mountainside
O. North entrance to the Grand Canal
P. South entrance to the Grand Canal
Q. Downtown Northwest. Includes the Main Train Station, The Lava Cube and the current tallest building in the city, The ZircoCorp Mining Company Building (y: 117)
R. Downtown Northeast. Includes the Glass Monument, The City Museum, The Royal Theater and The Water Monument
S. Downtown Southeast. Includes Rolling Falls and Observation Tower, City Courthouse and Flatlands, a future development site
T. Downtown Southwest. Includes the Clocktower, City Hospital, Mid-City Bridge, Monument to the Fallen Heroes and the Torchlight Coal Corporation Building.
Oh, BTW, here's a new picture of the nighttime skyline:
*UPDATE: New city views available here.
First some stats. I started this city back in January of this year. After spawning (at site I), I climbed up from what was then just an empty beach area and saw this interesting outcrop protruding from the mountain immediately to the north. At the end of the jutting ledge on the top there was a small floating island of dirt and stone.
But all this natural beauty was soon destroyed in order to form what would be the main castle complex of the city I call Heart of the City. It still exists today wedged between the skyscrapers built in the subsequent months.
In fact, this complex is still very vital and I'm continually adding to it, remodeling it and such. It houses the most oft used foundries and workbench and contains the largest vault room with about 12 large chests. One of these chests holds all the precious wealth of the land which tallies up to the following at the time of this writing.
225 Redstone
128 Iron Ingots
82 Lapis Ore
18 Gold Ingots
7 Diamonds
Kinda pitiful, I know, but I've had the hardest time finding some of the really rare ores and such.
The city grows organically. That is, I sometimes plan what I'm going to build and where but most times I just build some building based on the materials I have on hand or can readily obtain and in whatever configuration strikes my fancy. I keep the scale a bit small with most buildings having a footprint of only 9 X 7 or so (on average) in simple, rectangular layouts for ease of construction and similarity to a "modern" skyscraper-filled cityscape. And I don't generally have streets put down before the buildings as to allow a more haphazard evolutionary feel.
Here is a map of the city area and points of interest:
A. Taiga Gate Island and the Citadel
B. North Bay Fort
C. Monument to the Trees and North Bay Park
D. Eastern Road to the Eastern Mountain Region
E. A still unnamed harbor town
F. Monster War Memorial
G. Harborside Park and the Great Lighthouse
H. Picture point, this is where I build a temporary sand tower to take snapshots of the city skyline
I. Harborside. Includes the Harbormaster Tower and the Original Spawnpoint
J. The Harbor including a docked freighter
K. Obsidian Pit. Straight down in one of the largest cavern systems ever discovered
L. Harborside Bridge
M. Portal Construction Site. Soon to be The Portal Complex. Ultra Top Secret.
N. A large concave shaped mountainside
O. North entrance to the Grand Canal
P. South entrance to the Grand Canal
Q. Downtown Northwest. Includes the Main Train Station, The Lava Cube and the current tallest building in the city, The ZircoCorp Mining Company Building (y: 117)
R. Downtown Northeast. Includes the Glass Monument, The City Museum, The Royal Theater and The Water Monument
S. Downtown Southeast. Includes Rolling Falls and Observation Tower, City Courthouse and Flatlands, a future development site
T. Downtown Southwest. Includes the Clocktower, City Hospital, Mid-City Bridge, Monument to the Fallen Heroes and the Torchlight Coal Corporation Building.
Oh, BTW, here's a new picture of the nighttime skyline:
*UPDATE: New city views available here.