Building the Biggest City Plaza with Upside-Down Sky and AI - Cities: Skylines - Asturis 39

[@jeremiebruelhart5106]

Arkruas already playing Cities : Skylines 3. Absolutely stunning.

[@Sp3ctre18Gaming]

I was really doubting how those abstract squares would work out but you pulled it off, especially by replacing some of them with square tree planters. Pretty awesome to see such a new and different style from you!

[@frenchfriar]

Wow, absolutely stunning as always. I love the "reflected sky" idea, even if it's not reflecting the sky above, since it could be a projected image like that strret canopy in Las Vegas, on a grand scale, to hide industrial ugliness far below the city levels. The result is gorgeous! I'm imagining looking down on that plaza from inside the towers, and how lovely that would look. Great job!

[@spartan117zm]

This might be the best build I think I’ve ever seen in Cities. So incredibly creative, it’s amazing the level that you can take this game to. If I were ever in a position to design a real estate development I’d hire you to do it!

[@drjonritz]

Ditto. Best ever. Period. The. Standard.

[@doscake2214]

Other than the sea of blue it turned out looking good! I feel like a sort of night market would fit well in between the plaza and central transportation hub, imagine like a very brightly lit, neon-ish night market, and above it you have roads and walkways where you can see below :D

[@crunked31337]

I mean, asturis was never short of nice ideas and great technique to bring those ideas to life, but this square really is something else. Cities Planers around the world should watch this series. Of course its not realistic, but it could really help to generate a vision of how cities in our near future could look. Amazing Work, i really hope you still have some ideas and keep going for a while. I really enjoy watching the Asturis-Series!

[@xmas072pt3]

Amazing work Akuras. Your creativity shows no bounds. Outstanding. I am also soooo happy you have decided to not end the CS1 builds. Carry on my friend. Absolutely awesome!!!!

[@hodgepodge51]

Its fun spotting parts assets that I’ve used in my own cities

[@dereksmith6126]

Another great build Akruas. The lighter tiles on the blue background immediately occurred to me that they were an electronic, pixilated version of clouds mimicking your "sky" ponds.

[@drjonritz]

oh yeah, now I see it too.

[@buckyjames1898]

In my headcanon Asturis is the capital of an intergalactic federation, and the murals are of other cities in the federation

[@melissaharris3389]

I like that idea. I've been imagining Asturis being a high density, compact city built specifically to support the space elevator and off workd cargo transfer. There must be other elevators spaced around the planets equator; each one with a support city. The high-speed rail line goes inland to a capital city with all the heavy industry (mostly mining, oil extraction and refining) and agriculture being located quite far away from population centers to better preserve the image of unspoiled natural beauty.

[@bartoszbanasik2252]

OMG you're crazy, this is insane! :D At the moment I can't imagine that C:S 2 could look like this.

[@BlazingImp77151]

what you are describing with the city underneath the city makes me think of Chongqing china, where its really hard to determine what is ground level because there are so many plazas and streets on so many different levels. Asturis already does this to a degree, but with the idea that there is also underground levels full of industry and stuff it takes it to another level.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

The transition from super-high density to normal high and medium density will be interesting to see, with more and more freestanding towers still reaching probably around twenty floors on average. Something more like a modern city near there. Definitely seeing some of the city edge near the ring highway as well will be interesting, how it'll all merge into that.

[@zweal6335]

amazing! If it is possible you should also consider adding a building that is similar to the las vegas sphere. That would probably fit in very nicely within this city.

[@igirus9549]

This is looking absolutely gorgeous and probably the most futuristic part or Asturis so far! You are the most creative city builder and this is my favorite city of CS!

[@tomconneely1361]

Stairway art reminds me of escalator art exhibits on the Tube in London during the summer.

[@Mochi-g4e]

As much as i love this series, this plaza is just so, like, something thats impossible to even put on words. I find it hard to choose a favorite kind of bread or pokemon, but this is certaily the best cities skylines build ive ever seen, no questions asked

[@jeremymartin1957]

Those AI picture walls, make me think that they are a celebration of the other major capitals that Asturis is connected with

[@tbcDavben]

Finally went back and binged the whole playlist of these, just really impressive build

[@theorixlux]

19:54 okay, so water doesn't work ... And the sky thing is a cool idea. But what about this: what if those glass panels are looking into active lava tubes? There's bound to be a few interesting lava/magma texture in the workshop. Lava doesn't usually move very fast, so it doesn't need a million vertices to simulate splashing or animated textures. You could place lights below to give a dark red/orange glow to contrast the navy blue of the plaza at night.

[@theorixlux]

Hahaha; I should've waited till the end; I prefer what you did with the scrolling day/night sky images; it's really nice

[@tomconneely1361]

Akruas: "How do I make these plazas look unique?" Akruas meets the issue of every town planner for the last couple of millennia.

[@spartan117zm]

I’d love to see you do some kind of sci-fi canyon city one day, with tons of sky bridges connecting everything and waterfalls running into central lakes (almost picturing the outer Citadel play area from Mass Effect) a full floating city on a blank ocean map, or even an actual floating city (in the sky this time) like you mentioned with Bioshock (maybe even with a steampunk type aesthetic).

[@RN-du8wr]

The ai image in the artificial lake was a pleasant surprise. My idea earlier in the videa was to build a 'city' entirely out of po and shrink it all down then place it in the void with some kind of foggy glass to represent clouds to make it look like the city was on terra firma below the actual city build. More complicated😅

[@HesteBremse]

Epic build and idea - any city with a busy airport should consider this plaza - a stunning great fly by - You are a true master of this game 💫🤩👍👍👍

[@sergiorodrigo9947]

What a fantastic plaza, great job! I have only one suggestion to make it better: add bridges connecting the island separated by the “sky river”. Otherwise I just don’t see that central part of the plaza being used that much, as it isn’t a place where you can pass through to go somewhere else. I think is pretty isolated as it is now.

[@christopher6740]

This is an absolutely amazing video! In both Cities: Skylines I and II so much of the content created about them is similar, with very few unique ideas, but this... For both Asturis and Altengrad, the creativity that has been put into them is just unbelievable. I hope that you continue with both of these series, they are truly one of a kind.

[@tomconneely1361]

Loved the holes and voids in the earlier eps. Reminded me of the pilot of Otherworld with the ladders descending from street level across the 'zone'. Defeinitely gave the sense of something under the main city space.

[@brainlessteddy]

That looks stunning! Came here actually after you posted it on instagram so I got kinda spoiled but still seeing it again. It looks fucking amazing!

[@rwddesign879]

Love watching these sorts of new ideas taking shape, and how you're always experimenting with where to take things. Might not be truly possible with C:S's engine, but I kept thinking turning those pools into infinity mirrors would be a really interesting effect.

[@aziz8161]

This is crazy, it is a new iconic episode added to the works of Akruas, you are the best in this game ever

[@loveglas3580]

so glad youre sticking with cs1. Its just so more enjoyable to watch

[@drjonritz]

A++ AMAZING. So beautiful and functional. I'm saving this video as an example of the very best work I've ever seen. Wow. Thank you. Thank you.

[@alanrichardhunt23]

When you finish you should design a London tube map style map for all the transport lines in the city. I think it would look awesome

[@maiv9434]

The sky looks absolutely stunning! :o I did not expect it to look THIS good

[@tompugh5227]

I feel this really needs to be full of city flags! In blue, white, red stripes to fit the plaza - and show that it's a civic centre

[@KanKazable]

Man, once again, you pushed the limits of what CS can be. Suggestion; you should od a place where the "undercity" is much more visible, with all the industrial stuff, more elevation, more levels atc. Maybe somewhere at the edge of the city.

[@dr5dzdl26]

Was worried this is more CS2. Glad I clicked to check.

[@quakxy_dukx]

I’m not a big fan of the gridded tiles (it looks way too cluttered) but I love the void sky. Maybe it would be better to have a few straight lines of tile squares to serve as more of an accent rather than a textured space filler. Other than that, it all looks great. And once again, I’m going to suggest filling the empty space around the finished city with an enormous solar farm.

[@dr.fabrizioprado1361]

Your creativity has no limits. Awesome!

[@constantinosbou]

Yes, your project are beyond! Great CS content as always

[@Jazz-Man1910]

Normal CS KZbinrs: "We cannot do this because of the limitations of the game." Akruas (CS God): "What limitations?"

[@kokonotsuu7]

Your builds simply blow my mind everytime

[@stijnjanssens571]

GAD DAMN that void sky looks so amazing!

[@kestrile]

It's always so weird to watch these builds after watching the live stream of you doing this already. I do thoroughly enjoy the complied commentary though, chat can get a bit astray at times. It's great to see what you did later, off-stream, those AI images look great in the plaza!

[@jemsyago7163]

I like to think the AI Murals you put in the plaza are City Government Ads, fitting since they're next to the giant government complex you placed.

[@PauxloE]

0:50 Do these buildings have railway tracks on the top? (Might be for some kind of vehicle for the window washers to hang their platform off.) 32:33 The shadow on the sky image somewhat detracts from the illusion. 34:13 The night sky is more credible.

[@buildo-rama]

i'm happy CS II is such a mess and mods are still so far away, cause it means you will have the time to finish this city

[@FilterHQ]

Your creativity knows no bounds ...amazing!

[@BlazingImp77151]

I have mixed feelings on the void pits, but I think the idea of the night one is cool. In my mind its probably not an image of the real night sky, but instead either pictures from space telescopes, or a constantly shifting AI generated and/or animated sky.

[@bonumonu5534]

That's absolutely stunning!

[@Sanguine830]

Build a technology university near the plaza! And thereabouts.

[@Potatocarl]

I think all of the government buildings should be connected by some short and simple white buildings (2 floors)

[@EmperorMars]

How do you come up with this stuff... Simply incredible!

[@KrokLP]

Cool build! I havent followed this city much, but have you looked at the Vienna UN Center as inspiration for anything so far? It's also several subterrainian layers of highway, roads and parking

[@EnzoFoove]

You’re simply amazing. How do you even come up with this stuff 🤯

[@boznia456]

wow do you have some kind of architectural background because your designs are amazing. Great work!

[@tspmcfarlane]

Pure art. Exceptional.

[@MrGustavier]

Wasn't it possible to have all the hollow parts connected ? A single hollow part over which the stairs go ?

[@al-kwaku3832]

I hope you find a way to get cascading waterfalls down the stairs it would look so nice! But initially I wanted to say i could see locals and everyone in Asturis calling this plaza "the hanging gardens of Asturis" ahaha edit:Especially cause of that rich blue colour

[@keksentdecker]

Bro Imagine asturis is just on a halo like space station and the space elevator is just one of the huge spokes

[@jmcdonald.1998]

This is such a unique and inspired build! Although, I would prefer it if in the future, you would avoid using entirely AI generated images.

[@KyNYC212]

Haven't watched anything yet but eager to upvote this many times over!!

[@TheChiefRedEye]

my favourite City ever. wow. just wow

[@artofgordo9186]

My favorite plaza yet!

[@maciejseraficki5418]

Lov this series

[@terceroido]

I don't skip ads, i love this series so much. Muy bueno!❤

[@Sir_Sheikhs_Pears]

omg, I'm watching this vid the third - maybe even the fifth - time! @Akruas: This particular PROJECT is SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!

[@Ok-tl1dv]

It would be cool if you put like an ecosystem under the glass instead of just the void Edit: nvm i watched til the end

[@kalgon513]

Asturis is my favourite city

[@Maitotoxin]

This is sick, maybe add less lights or smaller ones, so you can see the reflected Nightsky better.

[@Akruas]

The texture itself is not a light source

[@Maitotoxin]

I see@@Akruas

[@tamborero2645]

every episode just makes me more sad that i will never live in a city like this

[@spiffinn_music_lists]

Not a huge fan of the use of AI art, but otherwise this area turned out really cool

[@lc5957]

something was missing in my life, and it was this video series.

[@tillmannsinger9016]

Still the best cs series😌

[@danielw.2442]

breathtaking

[@BlazingImp77151]

talking about CS2 and the future, do you have plans to do another sci-fi city on CS2 if/when it gets better? it could be neat to see a city with more verticality in canyons and stuff, and whatever else you might think of.

[@Akruas]

Of course I'd like to jump to CS2 for that, but no way of telling when it gets to that level of possibilities.

[@ElyaneBigeard]

Akruas is it possible that you do a let's play of style either for France (Paris) but more modern and not Hausmanian but we see the Eiffel Tower or a let's play on a state of the United States

[@4rbitrage4ndy]

You should do a dystopian slum episode

[@Triliton]

Its beautiful!!!

[@KyNYC212]

Just keep raising the bar!!!

[@DavidJimenez-ux2lw]

I love Asturis❤❤

[@bernadogui1155]

....its art,...youre an artist

[@showyourteeth2180]

I'm in awe. Complete awe. PS. I wonder when this will be possible in CS2

[@tntrtswrsmurf]

holyyyyy akruas iQ creativity on the next lvl

[@saber1885]

wake up babe new akruas video

[@chriswagner3392]

Greatest. Build. Ever.

[@mewosh_]

These blue towers look like server racks

[@snsey_fufu6727]

I LOVE THIS

[@Yoarashi]

engagement for the engagement gods

[@RealAtf]

Ah yes the ministry of truth!

[@justdirt]

While I think the tiles are ugly, the rest of the build is great.

[@hiyoristernfunkel]

I realy like this

[@joshuaperry2011]

Amazing

[@tDASH97]

i am not a fan of the picture wall. a bit too tacky for me. still amazing work as always!

[@PlatineMapper]

Daaaale perrroooo

[@jamesj8953]

🎉🎉

[@mausebiker123]

❤

[@Kleavers]

It's insane that there is a mod to make a moving surface... this game is still superior to Cities Skylines II.

[@janponka5981]

Hi

[@vulduv]

The use of ai generated images here is pretty disappointing. I was hoping it would be something like feeding it a screenshot to stir up ideas. But all it really ended up being was these visually busy images plastered across the wall of a very clean plaza, with no real concern from the ai for where these images were gonna be used.