Developing An Organic Suburban Waterfront In Cities Skylines! | No mods build guide

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[@brycedolishny4138]

@Overcharged Egg, I can see you really love your heavily forested areas, but I would really like to see more 'meadow' inspired areas with lots of flowers, brushes and colourful trees. I know you've already done that island but maybe for the next ruin. I imagine that a castle would have a flower garden, and it's been overrun into a wild meadow.

[@jcosunshine]

Ooooo a meadow is such a great idea!!!!!

[@Mackieee]

Dont hate the tents at all - we have a castle in our village and certain groups are allowed to camp around and inside it with permission (Scouts etc). Perhaps the visitors centre hosts historic educational camp outs. Should maybe stick a park side gate on the other side by the visitors centre to get guest count and park cheese $ up! Great episode, always forget how simple and possible it is to detail in vanilla

[@SylkaChan]

They high tech commercial jobs requires well educated workers.

[@WandererWolfie]

I'm building on this map too but decided to mix into that castle camp site the old school castle from hotels and retreats. Figured makes more sense like half the castle still stood and was used as a hotel for tourists.

[@4rkang31]

The castle used to be occupied by Queen Orchid, who moved there after her husband, the King dies and her son took the throne in 1437. Queen Orchid Castle Public Campgrounds sit on the site today allowing ordinary people to Camp among the ruins. Orchid is the plant Vanilla comes from, and Queen is a brand of vanilla extract. Oh, and as the name of Twochurch, can we make the c lower-case as it is meant to be one word. Great work mate!

[@4rkang31]

Also, could you name a street in the Industrial estate Boneo Rd? Just reminds me of somewhere close to home. I love this series and your upload schedule is insane!!!

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

lovely stuff! And yes we can, good call!

[@skippymcgroyne]

And the Two Church Historical Society is funding an archeological dig/renovation of the site and got approval from the city council to have a small, professor-led, semi-permanent presence directly adjacent (this would justify the tents and, if one could be squeezed in, a safety fence between the path and the castle). Great detailing!!

[@roleypoley808]

Love the lore. This is inspiring me to start fresh myself on a new build this year :)

[@ancova1183]

I am tickled by the idea of a haunted castle tour near the two churches and cemeteries. They do historical tours in the day and more entertainment-oriented haunted tours at night or on certain events; but the centerpiece of the park is an overnight stay on the castle grounds on a glamping ground. Glamping (glamorous camping) for those unfamiliar, is essentially camping with a ton of creature comforts such as running water and toilets. Except in this case, they include a bunch of devices to monitor paranormal activity as well.

[@SylkaChan]

What map is he using?

[@ancova1183]

@@SylkaChan Bay of Rivers, from the dlc, map pack 2

[@mpcamposz]

The Arvellos, a spanish family, moved to Orchid Bay a couple centuries ago, running from the Napoleon offensives in Europe. In fact, orchids are not native to the region. Maria Arvellos, the older daughter of Sebastian Arvellos and Joaquina Arvellos, was passionate with the flowers and brought them to the island, despite her parents not really liking the idea of her growing flowers. That's because her younger brother, Gabriel Arvellos, is allergic to bees. Though they were the only people in the island, the Arvellos family were forced out by the Germans during World War Two, due to the strategical location of the island. They kept the Arvellos' castle as an arms and bombs deposit. When the German occupants heard about the incoming retake by the allies, they fled the region rapidly. Because many German ships were destroyed by the allies, they didn't had much space in the surviving ships to carry all the bombs and guns... Since they knew the war was in it's final chapters, and every detail matters, they decided not to give the allies any more war equipment, so they decided to detonate all the bombs that were left in the castle... Because of the detonation, orchid seeds that Maria kept hidden from her parents inside a wall, were ejected by the blast and landed all over the surrounding fields, "contaminating" the entire bay with orchid flowers, and giving the region it's name. That's the story of the Arvellos' Castle Ruins. And that's my suggestion to the name of the park.

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Damn bro! Thank you

[@timmayer1906]

I love this new "Guide" to be honest, i dont see these videos as a newbie guide. For me, its seeing you building a new vanilla city and putting all effort in "making cities great again " :D

[@lennardnijstad5480]

Love this series. I was wondering if you would consider building a small town outside of the big city, with like a small trainstation, old houses and a church. I think you could make a fun little town with that!

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

100% we'll get into some small town building eventually! Thank you, glad you are enjoying it :)

[@Fraden666]

For the park: Lord Shellington's Estate

[@thomasgatley624]

I suggest naming the Twochurch waterfront "Steve" and the Castle "Orchid Castle. The castle was in 1879 as a private manor constructed in the style of a castle as part of the Gothic revival style architechture that was incredibly popular at. the time gave buildings like the Parliament building in both Canada and the UK, The Woolworths Building in New York, and Larnach Castle in Dunedin (which is where I took inspiration from for the story of the castle being a private home in the past). Unfortunately, Orchid Catle burned down in 1988 and ended up remaining in ruins until the family that owned the building decided to allow the public use it as a campsite starting in 1996.

[@ChefJoshPlays]

Absolutely digging this series, OE! Nice little waterfront developing & the caste ruins site is awesome. Always forget how nice that dirt road bridge is! 🤩

[@currently_heather243]

Absolutely loving this series!! This episode ha so many cute little areas in it! I love the waterfront and the castle camping spot. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@crepecake104]

The housings are still a little too close with highway, commercial, and industrial for my liking. But still, really enjoy your vanilla gameplay! You’re one of my most fave builders and really looking forward for your series🫶🏻

[@fewcandy]

Absolutely love this! Beautiful waterfront and the castle island is perfect. Can I suggest Fort Orchid for the Castle?!

[@julienmbk]

Hi! Very nice build today! I think you're right you should definitely push the night life stuff toward the train, the church neighborhood has its "chill" vibe that would denote. Keep going, your vanilla-build skills is very impressive! Greetings from France :)

[@enderhoplite8048]

Loving the series, please don't add find it. Being able to make any of this on console is amazing as a console player :)

[@BakedZiTi77]

Another great episode OE. I like how the 4 lane with bikes and grass almost mimics the opposite one way road to the entrance of the city. I think some palaven broken nature reserve fence might serve well with the green belt park by the water. Can't wait for the next one dude

[@michalkosciak6907]

This series seems to me as one of the best vanilla city series 🏙️ maybe we should name the waterfront district Eggnog District because there young people will go and party in green areas. For the castle district, I can say King Eggthur Castle would be nice I think. And the idea of adding find it is great

[@MrDexSat]

While on the topic of names, I've not been able to come up with anything for the castle island, but maybe for a zoo you could call it something like an animal eggshell-ter? I had a better idea but I forgot it as I was writing this lol

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

That is genius! How has no one come up with that in 3 years?

[@ClareFlack]

Omg your spoiling us Egg. Absolutely love this.

[@rellyrelishes]

This series is really showing me how effortlessly you make things look good and feel like real places. Loving it. Also, hope your sore throat feels better now

[@jcosunshine]

WOW..this city is simply amazing! I'm loving the organic growth, making tweaks to the plan as you go along, the little waterfront area is to die for! My suggestion for the waterfront is Conival Wharf, after one of my favourite songs, Ascent of Conival. 😍

[@Trashloot]

Again another cool episode :D. I don't like the idea of including find it because it fundamentally changes the way you play the game. Names: Waterfront: Rivers Bounty (a bit dramatic but i like it) Castle Area: The old (iron) Keep

[@harrymoynan1711]

Ok, name suggestions, water front: Two Sinners…. As there is industry and commercial looking out on a very old and historic site which is kinda a sin and also ties back into Two Churches of course. The castle/campsite i think could be called Cattleya Castle (which is a type of orchid. But maybe locals call it the Slipper Princess Castle as from an old legend (slipper orchid is another type). I have a suggestion to when you build on the other side of the highway to have a tram bridge which would continue on the waterfront (you may need to get rid of the small industry area) but a tram bridge would look soooo good and would continue the dlr system. Happy to hear the channel is growing, amazing build btw

[@faridaziz7101]

Love every series u done so far

[@cvatanen1]

It's funny the little things I pick up when watching. I didn't know I could place the nature preserve assets off the pathway like you did. As for adding 'find it' I think you should keep it out of this build. I think it could possibly ruin the vanilla vibe you have going, and may alienate some viewers who can't/won't use mods. Orchid Bay and Ilos are two unique cities and I love them both.

[@CaliRed1865]

I'd rather the city use as few mods as possible, to be honest. Prop line tool I get, because it's replicable for all vanilla players, albiet time consuming, but find it is something somebody on console couldn't do, and I think may detract from the spirit of the series. It's your city though mate, I'm enjoying watching it either way.

[@louiskeep1832]

This guy is like a Cities Skylines version of Bob Ross - I could watch him build Cities for hours.....

[@E6GSY]

Lord Sidai’s island and church related “holy water front” ❤

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Lmao I love Holy Waterfront

[@JamessAviation]

The vibe of this city might be the best one ever. Idk what it is but this city might be better than noveria and palaven! Great waterfront egg!

[@stephenflannery9176]

Been loving this series so far! I am following along with the build on xbox and would be a little disappointed if you used find it as I couldnt access those assests but I dont think it would take away from the watching experience.

[@maxemiloddmoland5476]

Since it's all about vanilla stuff. For some reason I had the name of the band Milli Vanilli stuck in my head. Perhaps it should be called Castle Vanilli

[@toddglidden2993]

a guy could make a fortune mowing lawns! I hate the tall overgrown grass all over. I would love to see decals for nicely manicured lawns including fresh cut grass lines, maybe diagonal.

[@officialaxety8011]

I really like the way you transformed the island, nice job👍 Also what camera mod do you use for zooming in that close?

[@fishsockss]

I think itd be really interesting to build a small "Military Base" later down the road

[@guy_who_games]

Putting in my two cents on Find it. I’m personally against it because then you will begin building things not available to console players since we can’t choose assets like those castle walls. Even if they are vanilla assets.

[@saileshpatra1994]

Amazing build! Lets go for a 25 tiles build for this series Egg.

[@DeWildness]

I don't normally leave any comments, but I just started watching your new series and really enjoyed it but as a person who usually relies on seeing the next video in the series on my main page it would be helpful if you put the episode number in the name, but as your titles are longer, even if you could put the episode number in the thumbnail

[@User4566TN]

How about Castle Banks for the name of the waterfront commercial? Loving the series so far 😍

[@CrackedChick]

I would be fine with Find it and move it as both are super useful. Love your build guides. Was said when Noobs guide ended.

[@scopeplays]

The island could be named either Cracker Island (according to one of the two churches) or Cattleya Island and the guys of the campsite are searching for that very rare Orchid in the ruins. 🌸

[@94amirrulmukmin]

Up

[@Heather-uc8iu]

I'm really enjoying the new series so far but I would be disappointed if you added in the find it mod to a No Mods Build Guide.

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Even for extra vanilla props?

[@Heather-uc8iu]

@@OVERCHARGEDEGG Yeah cos I'm a slightly bitter console player, so for me they aren't vanilla if you can't access them without a mod. Seriously though I like modded and unmodded cities, just for them to be one or the other, inspirational or achievable.

[@XavierGuinot]

How about putting the city center pathways underground?

[@rachelmakrucki3172]

For the River Front: Vanda Riverwalk and the river could be the Vanda River. Vanda's are a beautiful type of Orchid.

[@brandonhanscomb6626]

I hope your sore throat goes away! I've been watching your videos as asmr for years because you have the perfect voice. I love your content! Get well soon!

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Thank you!

[@RuiInANutshell]

Do a park in the mountain and connect it to the island park via cable cars!

[@hoodedshroom]

Castle park is actually low key really bloody good!

[@jaredlash5002]

Egg: Keeps getting illnesses that cause sore throats. Also Egg: Does 2.5 hour livestreams. :D

[@jcosunshine]

🤣

[@jakepotter4]

Maybe inappropriate but could call it winefront - turns water into wine and it's the nightclub district :D

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Lmao I like that for the eventual nightlife area

[@lilfrisk613]

Another great build! I like how you try and make things as real as possible.

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Glad you're enjoying the series 😁

[@Sweet05cts]

You can't use Find It - the stock game provides access to all the things they want you to have access to :)

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

But why I can't the vanilla swingset but can get a mailbox?

[@picotago]

15:20 Why are there three traffic lights on this street?

[@aarnitani698]

I think the tents next to the castle are a really nice idea!

[@January_Garnet_]

I absolutely love your videos! I learn so much because your videos are really entertaining and your tutorials are easy to follow and you explain why you’re doing things in terms of game mechanics and it’s enormously helpful. I am really loving this build too. I play mostly vanilla with the exception of Forest Brush and PLT.

[@Alter_Ego0311]

This series has been a joy to follow along with and love the quick releases. Excellent work. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@zoe.oxymoron]

Maybe the waterfront should be a leisure district rather than nightlife, I can't quite remember if they're the same though it's been a while since I played vanilla

[@Mackieee]

Agreed I think leisure would sit better

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

leisure is nightlife yes :) Certainly further down the river!

[@RonnyShortcakes]

I started a build on this map (console) I love that you’re building here too! I’d love for you to do a rural mountain build and look at Estes Park, Colorado. It’s where The Shining was filmed and I think you could do some awesome things in vanilla with that town as inspiration. 😊

[@KhaosT100]

Hey overcharged egg I love your stuff. I try to follow along as closely as possible on my Xbox. Your ideas and detailing help me to make my normal game experience that much better. Heck, if I had a better PC, I would probably get it on that and follow along so I had similar mods. Keep up the good work. Thank you for doing this because it's very entertaining

[@kimalsegaminglife979]

@Overcharged Egg Im alway struggling at 1500+ pop , when i look your build and video im alway impress , its really good :) even with light you have nice flow in your city and you do it soo naturally.

[@LionFace]

Maybe the river should be named, and the castle island and waterfront be named after the river? Not that I have any ideas for names, just thought things are often named after major landmarks nearby. Could carry that theme down towards the waterfront build as it is built along the named river. Loving the build so far, very inspiring!

[@arcticfox__original_arcticfox]

Another beautiful build MR OE u always make things look so tranquil and liveable

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

Admittedly I groaned and had heart palpitations at the horrendous Parclo. The ugly duckling out of a pretty bunch.

[@shannon6640]

what are your settings for LOD? i have noticed the blurry dirt paths (rocks) IK that it improves your game play. i have a 2060 super (12Gb vram) with ryzen 9 and i sometimes get a quick freeze here and there with a big city. (GPU spike) IK the game runs heavy on GPU compared to CPU. i am looking into ways to have a nice detail without sacrificing the experience.

[@martinhill8828]

Time team doing a castle special programme . Keep going with this city enjoy the chilled feel about it. Thanks Egg.

[@fogpeople]

I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping for concert venue for Castle Island. It could've been your own Red Rocks (a venue in Colorado here in the states)! :-) Speaking of which, um Castle Island seems to work, lol. At the very least there's GOTTA be a residential area called "Castle View", right? ;-) I would imagine it would be quite the landmark given its age and uniqueness, prolly on a lot of Orchid Bay's postcards and whatnot. Does the bridge to the island disrupt the path on the walkable quay? Great build, I love the little industry pockets that blend into the city more as well.

[@PeacockEarings]

For the castle island park name how about "Clovis Point". The shape reminds me of the Clovis Point arrowhead. The indigenous peoples who made them are some of the oldest civilizations discovered in the Americas (11,500 to 10,800 years ago)

[@callumtm95]

Fun Trivial Fact: This castle is where they filmed I'm a celebrity during Covid-19 Pandemic and for £150 a night you can also stay outside the castle grounds as part of our experience package

[@abfruits]

Another one! You're a machine! I still think of this town as somwhere like York, with a strong inner city (maybe the castle is some Roman remnant)... or like Bend, Oregon - so there's lots of outdoorsy stuff, the nightlife is hipster breweries, distilleries, etc (not vegas-like). For island names, and on that prior note, I think something like Orchid State Park or - (what if it's actually a business) - Orchid Outdoor Adventures. Really like that waterfront walk! Nice job, as always

[@pumpkinface9495]

Hey Overcharged Egg, I don’t really have any suggestions, except maybe a wildflower meadow. However have you noticed all your trees have a sandy base? It’s kinda off putting and if you could fix the sand everywhere it would looks so much better. 😊

[@thebalance6869]

Really enjoying how you build! It's an art form for sure. One thing I wish could be added to commercial districts....car dealerships and the Sims actually being able to buy cars....electric of course to keep it green ;)

[@Vincent_A]

Great new series, yes please! The name Orchid Bay opens up a whole library of names of the orchidaceae family, check it out. One small point of review, although your taste of music is immaculate (love the 80s vibe now), I find it a bit too loud compared to the rest of the audio. Looking forward to seeing the city grow 🤩

[@emyrgrznsky9943]

Great video! Yeah I'm one of the new subscribers, you've really changed my mind when it comes to vanilla play. That's why I really liked it.

[@mr.unknown5420]

I enjoy watching this series ❤❤ just drinks 🍹 popcorn 🤤👍 for my relaxing time

[@kat7429]

Another amazing build. Thank you! Do you have, or can you make, a quick video on how to use Prop Line Tool? Hope you feel better soon!

[@mr.unknown5420]

Restrooms is needed in 🏰 and in my ice cream 🍨 areas cus if my waking in my city or traveling restroom is I think must have man the stress if you travel and don’t have restroom 🚻 is traumatized 😂

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Maybe they can just hang cheek over the walls straight into the river? Might create a problem downstream though!

[@mr.unknown5420]

@@OVERCHARGEDEGG hehehe or they just go to the commercial building and do there business there but me personally I can’t my ass won’t let me do cus embarrassing 🙈😂😂

[@jcosunshine]

@@OVERCHARGEDEGG Hang cheek??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jsquared94og]

Castles make me think of Ireland. The Irish word for orchid is Magairlin. Maybe “Magairlin Castle” or “Magairlin Holm”, since it’s not really an island.

[@e-bow]

Slipping behind on my Build Guide already. Nice to see it developing so nicely though. Enjoyed the road-path-ped road action. Especially with the tram on Works well on console in the absence of surface painter to gives a nice wide hard surfaced area.

[@zucced2087]

Great build! I prefer watching your builds over making my own, mainly because yours are a million times better! Also, I think there should be a mod that enables you to auto-historical all buildings.

[@Lunagamerme]

I love watching your series, I take alot of inspiration from it. Keep it up!

[@Juan_Mattos]

Wait, how did you transfer electricity into the castle park?…. 😬

[@TheDubster420]

This is such a fun build I'm doing my best to build along with you on this build however I've seen alot of different terrain problems on my map due to being on console I believe but I am amazed at how much better my building has become things line up nice using alot of your design and I've been learning to make sure and check terrain before building because the slopes and rugged terrain really do a number on how the buildings line up and how they look...im so glad I found your build guides makes the game so much more fun can't wait for your next Orchid Bay build guide and hopefully I'm not too busy to catch it live thank you for inspiring me to get more into this game which is a total different game with your build style :-)

[@magicalrichinda8514]

I think Orchid Isle could be a nice name for the park area & then the commercial are could be something as simple as Castle view. Very simplistic I know, but I've always been terrible at naming my districts

[@beverleybilligtbeverleybil9053]

I just love your passion for this game, it really shines through and makes watching your series so enjoyable. Yes I am a fair few episodes behind but on discovering your channel just before christmas I had to watch your noobs guide first. I'm so relieved to be able to ditch the mods and all the problems they can create. Thank you!

[@wendyperez8714]

"Select the tree and hover over the road with it..." That isn't working. It used to work and now it doesn't. Do mods mess this up? I have PLT, Prop & Tree Anarchy, and some other mod that is part of the Tree Trinity. When I 'hover", I get the tiny dot that shows up when you want to plop a tree down.

[@emilyauld8622]

I'd love a tutorial on designing your own interchanges like the one you did here. I always just plop down something off the workshop and they always look too perfect. I understand obviously you need an on and off ramp for each highway direction, and then a road either over or under, but I'd love to just have someone lay out the thought process. Having perfectly symmetrical interchanges plopped down is all well and good, but it doesn't really feel realistic, and then whenever I try I end up with a diamond interchange that looks more like an egg than a diamond.

[@melaniecharron2415]

Neottia Riverfront at Twayblades Castle. Neottia is a genus of orchids, and Twayblades are the single pair of opposing leaves at the base of the flowering stem.

[@thedoctor4637]

Overcharged Egg: I’ve seen mixed reviews on Instant Gaming. I see they support you, what’s your take on them? Are they legitimate and worth my time?

[@janebannister9793]

Hopefully you can help me. Which mod do you use for zooming in for detailing? I find it hard to place assets as I cannot see the details well and things like park benches obviously need to be the correct way round!

[@adamraksi1222]

I’m always wondering, is there any way to bind hotkey for rotating props. Using the rigth click and rotating feels akward for me.

[@2wheelmotohead339]

He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!

[@LLCoolNay630]

So nice! You def helped me improve my gameplay. My cities look nicer every time I watch one of your videos! Thank you.

[@jonopelusi6314]

Hey! I am curious what you think about the quays being so high above the water line. They are so finicky in my opinion, I try to lower quays down closer to the water level as if the sims could jump right in but it always just looks like a lumpy mess

[@Kkplayzoffical]

Note : sorry I commented so late The tents are like protester because the people who own the castle want to destroy the castle so there camping until anything is changed

[@arminsredelis598]

Hi, I just started watching these series about building a new vanilla city and I'm really enjoying it, I was just wondering what trees do you use for your brush as it looks super good!

[@josedelapaz4754]

Love all of your work! Using find it will give the opportunity for a more unique build. I say you should use it just to give us a more detailed city!!

[@ubison]

I visited a castle ruin in Poland that you could climb all over. There was nobody watching it or caring for it. That was back in 94.

[@stevengalloway8052]

Aaaand you're building the interchange while the cars are still moving! Like real life! 😆

[@georgidimitrov8270]

The tents in the castle remind me of me 10 years ago backpacking through Europe and puting my tent whenever I find in the night, many times near castle walls

[@LittleHollowAlt]

Castle lakeview sounds like a good name for the waterfront district

[@apaku]

This is a very nice waterfront for spending a sunny day. I agree it was the right decision to keep the waterfront free of nightlife. A huge amount of clubs or bars in such a small town just does not feel right. I suspect even after-work-partying near the industry or something close to the transport hub would be rather pubs or bars. The forest pathway on the island is great and I do also like the camping in the ruins it fits in nicely in that corner.

[@michaelclark330]

I think the nightlife should be further away from the railroad, just to keep it realistic (drunk people and railroads don’t have a great history together)