How I Mayor: Dirty Secrets of High-Tech Industry
Welcome, Mayors, to my high-tech metropolis. Brian Bartram here, Senior Game Designer on SimCity, and I’ve been given the green light to show you how I built this city of the future. I’ve got a problem, though – investing deep in education has left my coffers nearly empty. But there’s a clever solution here, a protip that I’m going to share with you. Pay close attention, I’m going to make gold out of garbage!
DAY ONE
When I founded Wintermute, I knew that I would need to plan ahead to create a high-tech city. It took patience to build up a University to provide the strong education influence that I would need to convert dirty industry into clean (and profitable) high tech industry. But the result is worth it – I love the look of gleaming silver, clear blue, and bright yellow along with the interesting shapes and crazy structures of high-tech industry.
DAY TWO
It’s no surprise that education doesn’t come cheap, and my investment in this University has left me nearly broke. Luckily, there’s a big business that fits my city perfectly – electronics manufacturing. The money is good but the cost of raw materials is really cutting into my profits. Maybe there’s another way to look at this problem...
DAY THREE
While considering how to handle my city’s garbage problem, I noticed that Recycling not only reduces garbage, but it also recovers alloy and plastic – which just happens to be the resources that I need to produce computer processors. Wait, this building will help me solve two problems at once? Gimme a loan, I need that Recycling Center right now!
DAY FOUR
It didn’t take long to equip my new Recycling Center with modules to recover plastic and alloy for use in my electronics manufacturing big business. I also make sure to provide my neighbors with recyling trucks to pick up their garbage – a win/win deal! I’m raking in so many resources that I’m able to stop importing them from the Global Market.
DAY FIVE
It almost feels like cheating – collecting other people’s trash and turning it into the raw materials I need to make some of the most profitable goods available. But the results speak for themselves – my high-tech city is clean, profitable, and full of smart, happy Sims. It was definitely a challenge, and required patience and planning. All the same, I’m delighted to show off my city to the other developers in the office and a high-tech city never fails to impress.
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Wrong pictures, these are the
Wrong pictures, these are the same as last week.
Probably a copy/paste
Probably a copy/paste (without edit) failure.
Hopefully someone will upload/point to the new pics.
Probably a copy/paste
Probably a copy/paste (without edit) failure.
Hopefully someone will upload/point to the new pics.
sorry for double post.. no
sorry for double post.. no delete feature ?
(don't click save twice)
Fixed! Sorry 'bout that.
Fixed! Sorry 'bout that.
Yeah, need to fix the images.
Yeah, need to fix the images.
whats up with the arena!? Ive
whats up with the arena!? Ive noticed simcity has been not double checking there blog before they post, just like one blog said. that was a double check fail, anyway great job with the beta guys just wish i had more then a hour :(
besides the picture fail,
besides the picture fail, from what I read, it definitely sounds like its more than possible to make a survivable city with little improvements, he supplied himself with the resources he needed for his big business, with literally one building oh the joys of modifying ploppables in your city... MARCH 5th CANNOT GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!!!!!!
yay!!! He fixed it. man, I
yay!!! He fixed it. man, I can't wait to get this game
Education, all the way, all
Education, all the way, all the time! (<--- Humm, that's a good motto!)
So other citeis can pay me to
So other citeis can pay me to take thier gabage. Which I can recycle into materials for electronics manufacturing and sell my goods back to them.
That's awesome.
Well, that only works if you
Well, that only works if you want to do High Tech. I have a few friends that want to do more industrial, and I have a cousin that wants agriculture (he is an ag engineer, so that makes sense for him) So, really, this Dev's city fits me, but not everyone I know.
Awesome city I can't wait for
Awesome city I can't wait for this game! I always strived for hi-tech industry in Simcity 4 now I look forward to achieving it in Simcity 5! :)
So jealous the devs are
So jealous the devs are making these cities while all we get is screenshots.
Looks great; I was happy
Looks great; I was happy enough when my city built some baby skyscrapers in the closed beta - With every new snippit I can't wait to see what can happen in the full game!
I've watched all your
I've watched all your available videos about the gameplay and many youtube videos of people playing the beta version and to be honest I'm disappointed about the following: you've mentioned that it would be able to simulate/build your own home town... Well, I don't think that's possible at all due to two features missing in the game.. 1. Terraforming and 2. Limited map size.
I'm living on an island and so far i haven't seen screenshots of islands.. Same counts for people living in mountainious cities. How are we able to simulate our home town without creating a realistic terrain/map?
When I would live in Sao Paulo I wouldn't be able to simulate my home town either due to the small maps available to play on...
I rest my case...
I'm not sure about this, so
I'm not sure about this, so correct me if I'm wrong... The only way to attract tourists is by building casinos? That would be a loss since there are many other ways to attract tourists... How about sandy beaches, scuba diving facilities, wind surfing, nature? I hope that at least is incorporated in the final version.
In the beta, I noticed the
In the beta, I noticed the ability to build/plop landmarks that I think give a boost in tourism.
I hope this game comes sooner
I hope this game comes sooner then march 5th really want to play it
I am pretty excited to be
I am pretty excited to be able to build some of these cities. I like the challenge of building more difficult cities.
These tips will definitely
These tips will definitely help me build my high-tech city. Thanks! And now, please, release the game! as soon as possible!
These tips will definitely
These tips will definitely help me build my high-tech city. Thanks! And now, please, release the game! as soon as possible!
These tips will definitely
These tips will definitely help me build my high-tech city. Thanks! And now, please, release the game! as soon as possible!
I loved the Beta.. Got to get
I loved the Beta.. Got to get this game the Second it comes out on Origin...
Very nice there is a Sandbox mode, So I can have a region I can Mess with and test layouts... THANKS Maxis..
The cities need to be bigger.
The cities need to be bigger.
People can argue about what
People can argue about what they see on their TVs and Computers is trash, but from what I've read here, it appears that you can make electronics from literal trash...
That puts a whole new spin on recycling.
The high tech buildings look
The high tech buildings look terrible!!
The high tech buildings look
The high tech buildings look terrible!!
How do you collect garbage
How do you collect garbage from other cities? really interested because i want an electronics city as well
You simply send some (or all)
You simply send some (or all) of your garbage trucks to pick up garbage from other cities.
up load enew pics on facebook
up load enew pics on facebook everytime i check ther the same ones wtf?
Definitely ELECTRONICS, so
Definitely ELECTRONICS, so gonna specialize in that!!!!!!!!!
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