First Look: Townscaper

Townscaper is an procedural generation city-building toy with an oceanic, medieval aesthetic and minimalist design. As of now, it's a bare-bones click-and-build experience with no gameplay to speak of, in early access while the developer is looking into ways to expand the game - but the foundation is already very strong as a nifty little digital doodling tool.
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0:00 Introduction
4:15 First city showcase
5:33 Second city showcase
7:08 Timelapse
14:26 Final result showcase
P.S. sorry about the Discord notifications - that's my bad!
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[@Silvarret]

Hey everyone, I'm sorry about the Discord notifications around 3-4 minutes into the video. I forgot to turn on Streamer Mode and this is what happened. I didn't expect anyone but a few of my subscribers to see this video, turns out I've been trolling thousands of people by accident. While you're alt tabbing away though, give Oskar Stålberg (@OskSta) a follow on Twitter - he reposts really cool community creations in Townscaper: twitter.com/OskSta

[@Redd56]

Oof, guess I was the first to notice

[@Redd56]

Also the video seems to be blowing up based on your sub count and I wasn't even subbed to you before this vid

[@CouchPotator]

oh my god, I'm so glad I scrolled down to the comments, I was so confused trying to find an open Discord on my computer. I thought I had a phantom webbrowser or something stuck open, but hidden. lol

[@Silvarret]

I have no idea how this video blew up so much - it's by far the most viewed Townscaper content. I've been chosen by the almighty algorithm, I guess :')

[@indigo3032]

Hey, I wanna know something about it, can you do sortof flying islands or something? It would be amazing to have a flying castle with a town in the sky - Ghibli Styled -

[@Theophonis]

If they add more terrain like forests and mountains and even rivers, this would be a great little city builder to use for a D&D campaign.

[@masterpig5s]

This just got me thinking, what if instead of a town, you could just place plantlife or trees. Plant or create a forest.

[@danielrose9977]

masterpig5 S That would be pretty sick

[@Cult_of_Kitagawa]

I was thinking the exact same thing!!

[@guilhermeantao9875]

I also had D&D in mind while watching this video

[@RaulDiaz-mp8ms]

@@guilhermeantao9875 The thumbnail made me thing of waterdeep.

[@davidstoeckle7819]

This game is a memorial to the countless hours of sleep lost by people trying to connect paths in sandbox games

[@duhdull]

Haha XD

[@BierBart12]

*Damn Cities Skylines*

[@LaurArt_UK]

Looking at you, Planet Zoo XD

[@Kirill_Linkov]

Soviet Republic: Worker's and Resources :(

[@cmdrgarbage1895]

Rollercoaster tycoon when you changed the ground height

[@arsonist2773]

One thing that'd take this to a whole new level: First Person Exploration. Whether its just walking, no clip, both, whatever. Will absolutely make this a whole new experience.

[@flamingwheel9926]

You able your to create your own Horror game town that you'll be spending hours at running away from the monster(s)

[@jin_cotl]

Don’t look at my playlists

[@dazura9262]

This is the real question that matters

[@sohailu8058]

Imagine in VR....

[@shayne-1880]

sohail u Yes, that would be amazing! Great idea

[@_R_R_R]

This would be a fun mobile app, just to pass time.

[@theyellowmeteor]

I don't know about that. I imagine it's more convenient to control the camera and the tile placement using the mouse rather than awkwardly pinching and tapping on a small phone screen. There's also the added benefit that on the computer, it highlights the tile you hover on, so you always know which tile you're going to click on.

[@xxXCromaxXxx]

It would be amazing on the ipad

[@JCMaldonado13]

It would work great just like Pocket City.

[@orangesherbet21]

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[@dawudkhan1701]

@@theyellowmeteor As someone that mainly plays like that, it’s not annoying at all. If this were on mobile I would get it.

[@ClemensAlive]

Should be called: "Venice Building Simulator"

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

More like Mont-Saint-Michel.

[@aginpro]

With the guy being Norwegian himself and the colourful variations on the houses it does feel a lot like a Norwegian /scandic/nordic coastal city like Bergen or especially with the brick buildings places like Aalesund

[@ProjektleiterBroteundBroetchen]

ja moin clemens

[@samhansen9771]

Except above the water

[@marcusrauch4223]

@@ProjektleiterBroteundBroetchen dachte ich mir auch gerade. Hätte nicht gedacht ihn hier zu sehen.

[@harrysarso]

realy hope they will add humans, boats, cats and dogs and maybe bikes driving an moving from house to house

[@maximilien_4382]

also beaches !

[@nakenmil]

And little boats! Like dingies and fishing boats. :)

[@Gangdyret]

And harbours and parks. As well as a "cinematic" camera

[@Maynard0504]

this kind of building system with settlers style gameplay (population management, division of labor, resource management, etc.) would be cool if even possible.

[@Mark73]

And a first-person mode so you can walk through the town.

[@ReasonablySkeptic]

This would be an AMAZING tool for designing cities and towns and villages for art, comics, games, movies, cartoons, etc. Even if you just used those created places as a base for what you are creating and customized the final thing. It still would help SO MUCH. I LOVE THIS THING! They should sell this to creators. And make different versions for different styles of buildings. Like steam punk, and old west, and modern cities, and japanese, etc.

[@eliascontreras1951]

Great idea

[@badis6717]

YEAH its already great to play and as a developer i wanna to use it for making things easier

[@nuryashifainsyiraah663]

OMG thats a great idea! Totally gonna use it thanks!

[@Infinitis]

I was thinking that too!!

[@OrigamiMarie]

I've seen gorgeous artistic renditions of views from near street level on Twitter.

[@vladisergeiev7278]

Honestly, this is a sheer feat of genius, this game. As a programmer, I can attest to the difficulty of creating a system like this. The creator is brilliant.

[@glenneric1]

I'd call it monumentally difficult.

[@shamilmammadov8246]

Same here. I also thought that as a programmer this would be quite difficult to build. I would like to give it a try)

[@BlueHat1]

@@shamilmammadov8246 Do you know of any good tutorials or resources to learn how to make a game like that? I'd like to give it a try too.

[@shamilmammadov8246]

@@BlueHat1 there is an actual algorithm. You should be able to find it in internet

[@ZahhibbDev]

@@shamilmammadov8246 Two of the main algorithms I know is used are 'Marching Cubes' and 'Wave Function Collapse'.

[@ziqngaming1185]

Imagine if he added a first person mode where you can walk the streets of your city

[@lewisfrom1995]

Then VR support too, VR really gives a depth of scale

[@euli_mo]

with textures etc in the workshop

[@kouham420]

Is there even a game that allows you to do that?

[@alissonlares2926]

The thing every city building should have. Imagie be able to drive around in city skylines?

[@chris-ib8hf]

I imagined that too,it would be toooooo coool!!!!!

[@pinkchckn]

This would make a really useful tool to make towns for D&D or stuff like it :v

[@seeing8spots]

This would be perfect for d&d towns and cities! Youd ideally want to be able to label buildings or print a photo maybe?

[@pinguin4898]

@@seeing8spots screenshot the city, maybe from multiple angles and it's a perfect map ready for labeling!

[@WookieChef]

Honestly my second thought too.

[@darthtorus9341]

And given there is no build height, you can make multi-level buildings and such

[@crashalarm3283]

I made the same comment without looking through the comments first lol

[@captainzombie3765]

Wouldn't it be cool if they added random citizens. It would be like each floor on every house spawns a random amount of people in it from 0 to 4.

[@orangesherbet21]

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[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Same thought, just watch them and see what they do milling about the island. I’d love to see different architectural styles added too.

[@blagoevski336]

That's what I also want in the game, also we should have more options when building a town square

[@johnnyboi7213]

Don't know why yt recommended this to me, but I'm so glad I clicked. This guy is so soothing to listen to

[@Silvarret]

Thank you! :)

[@keisambautista6046]

Yeah, I dont even plan to play, but I finished the video anyway

[@orangesherbet21]

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[@ReaverLordTonus]

I see the mod potential here, different architectural themes and objects to place. I would love to see a Steampunk asset pack for this.

[@cntom8233]

Steampunk, SciFi, Oriental, Medieval, Nature Fantasy So much potential!

[@arthuralpaca]

DAAAAAAMN

[@C43P9]

Yeah, texturepacks would be awesome!!

[@vidcas1711]

@@cntom8233 I would love to see a feudal Japanese version of the buildings, and the potential to toggle the space outside the borders to be farms/forests/mountains/etc

[@gutter1]

nazi germany texture pack

[@damianjaviervediamcmahon7149]

Man this is excellent. Forget "toy". This could be a TOOL. Algorithmically building unique urban settings could be a great boon to game developers

[@Spikew]

Could also be used as a worldbuilding tool for pen an paper campaigns

[@scruffles3838]

@@Spikew THIS

[@o00nemesis00o]

If it had a medieval style option and earth as well as stone grounds it would be perfect as a quick fantasy concept tool

[@hoaian1]

Dude, and then you 3D Print it!!!

[@larsh613]

exactly my thought!

[@sumedhjoshi2522]

3:06 damn, i thought that was my discord notif going pop xD

[@orangesherbet21]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anXQdKCgjayro6M

[@diuler1783]

this is perfect, simplistic and satisfactory, the real example of "Less is More". Excellent study on sound, effects, procedural and UX

[@z-beeblebrox]

Not sure what the plan is for this, but even as just a tech demo it looks pretty awesome

[@MauMik]

AS far as I understood the developer ( I am following hin on Social Media) nowhere it is supposed to be just a sandbox in which you can build lovely little island towns.

[@Graph06]

Could be a useful tool for trpg map designing

[@squash_boi901]

it could just be a demo of the wave function collapse algorithm. if you look up “oskar stalberg”, the game’s developer, on youtube, one of the top results is a talk he did on the algorithm, and its pretty interesting.

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@MauMik I think there's a lot of room to make it a more complex toybox, where growing buildings generates people and leaving them to move around causes other buildings change into shops, or borders become harbors with ships, etc

[@yukkurioniisan]

Like always... Good for D&D MAP!

[@ThankYouJesus09]

This literally has so much potential for other aesthetic styles and themes. You could have favela style buildings, people doing their own thing like fishing or running market stalls.

[@Pmccaff2009]

Yes Lad theme parks!

[@robertjencks3679]

This seems like a lovely little sandbox and potentially even a tool for designing worlds for rpg games or writing or whatever. Something to help make it real. I think it would benefit a little from being able to specifically dictate things be ground and/or grass vs buildings and then of course other styles or other settings. This could be a very power world building tool

[@AltayrNeto]

@@robertjencks3679 Yes, seens to be really possible to, instead of being surrounded by water, being surrounded by grasslands or desert's sand (and why not putting a river crossing the scenario?), and if it became successful, adding some other cultural styles too as Yes Lad said!

[@4saken404]

I really want to see other themes because this would be a fun way to make places for D&D and other FRPG games!

[@AntonioBrandao]

Favelas are horrible. Please don't.

[@Lilithlun]

I was literally thinking about a Kiki's Delivery Service kind of vibe when you mentioned Ghibli movies!

[@suorsodavit7421]

Now that u said it.. I'm gonna pick it up

[@thanosb_4638]

wind rises far better

[@malcolm9631]

The building aesthetics looks really Swedish, as a Swede myself I find this oddly nostalgic when I see the buildings. I definitely getting this game. Thanks for showing me this game :D

[@Skrot7]

OH MY GOD YOUR RIGHT! I WAS WONDERING WHY IT LOOK SO FAMILIAR HAH

[@Probsis]

Also Swedish developer

[@mexa_t6534]

If ever possible, modders are gonna have a field day with this.

[@weshansen7892]

One thing I'd definitely recommend the developer adding would be a first person mode where you can walk around your city with a new POV

[@maxthegermanshepherd8942]

That would be SUCH a cool addition

[@Pmccaff2009]

Yes!!!

[@Nick-bn5sd]

This game is quite low poly, and the render engine and effects lend very much to the overhead view. It would be cool to see what they could do, but I don’t think it would look as good as you think.

[@DAG_42]

@@Nick-bn5sd maybe in the close-up view the textures would have LOD... it'd still be cartoony / minimalist for sure

[@BenJaded]

A lot of people on his Twitter have suggested this idea, it's definitely popular

[@fennadikketetten1990]

Boy, I wish I was able to program this. I can tell you that there is A LOT going on here that non-programmers are blissfully unaware of.

[@MaxOakland]

This is so cool. I love how simple it is and I love the concept of a computer “toy” rather than a computer game

[@cymraegpunk1420]

The art style reminds me less of Disney castles and more of fishing villages you get in Cornwall, Wales and west Scotland, Tenby in pembrokeshire would be a good example of a village that has this kind of look IRL

[@jack_schiro]

Oh my god, yes! I’ve been trying to figure out what it was that it all resembled.

[@lucaortolani2059]

They somehow remind me of Ghibli castles

[@Biverix]

You're right. To me though, it looks a bit like a mix of those and Central European towns, such as in Slovakia or Czechia. It's got that Ghibli-like mix of both vibes. It really nailed down an aesthetic that wasn't even an aesthetic until it did.

[@jonathanj8303]

And Portmeirion I think.

[@98dizzard]

Yes, it is like those fishing villages, and it's even got the non-square grids which helps that organic feel. The courtyards fit in with that feel too.

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

Two things I would add to this game. -Maybe a button to toggle the "sea" into other kinds of flat landscapes like a grassy plain, sand or a snowy field. -This might be completely off the theme and more expensive, but maybe a "sci-fi" mode, with industrial/spaceshipy blocks. Maybe an outer space background so you can build space stations that float on space instead of the sea. Then I'm done, I would use it for all my Tabletop RPGs and Worldbuilding. Oh, and a couple camera tools and lighting effects to take a few glamour shots from your creations would kill it too.

[@DAG_42]

yeah, as a world-builder for other games this thing looks like an amazing tool

[@RaZeyLWindBladE]

So much potential, you could instead have 'natural' building blocks like trees instead of buildings and overhanging plants.

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

@@RaZeyLWindBladE oh yea! I though about natural landscapes too. Not only trees, but cliffs, waterfalls, caves. You could make all sorts of "expansion packs"

[@RaZeyLWindBladE]

@@Rodrigo_Vega not only that, dev can tie it to the colour palette on the left and still keep it simple. Just need to change the preset, so as to keep the buildings as well. Imagine instead of adding height to a building, you add height to cliffs, waterfalls, trees...

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Different styles of houses would be great too, so you can choose between building European, Arabian, Chinese, etc, etc.

[@JustKatoh]

That discord sound at 3:06 scared me so bad, since I was watching the video instead of working lol

[@sanablue]

I love this! At first I was kinda disappointed to learn that it's "only" building and nothing else, but honestly, it's just so satisfying to see everything come together and as a creative person myself, I can totally see myself sitting there and creating town after town for a story that I don't even know myself. It would be so amazing if they added different "texture packs" to the game to create more like early medieval villages, modern towns or even science fiction cities. And of course, if they expanded the map area to enable even bigger cities, I'd love that. This is really (like many others already said) a great tool for games like DnD.

[@cetje500]

As a small update you can now download mods for that

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

Imagine if you could place down different types of terrain (field, plains, forests, mountains and beaches), so you could literally build an entire world. This would probably require some optimisation as this game doesn’t handle big projects too well, but being able to construct literally anything just by clicking around would be amazing

[@Silvarret]

I would love this! Especially foliage is something I kinda miss atm

[@EricSandwich]

Idea: trains. I wanna stick a train in there. This place needs public transit. For aesthetic purposes it'd probably have to look like an old timey choo choo, or at least some kind of compact euro-train. I don't know how that could be done with the mechanics though

[@dreamchasingcat]

A couple of old-timey trams (like those in San Francisco) would make sense more in this kind of island townscape probably?

[@justjuniorjaw]

A simple button to change the style would be nice. Just add 3 buttons above the color as: 1. Landscape (no buildings, just land/greeneries/monuments/etc) 2. Rustic (the one used by the game) 3. Modern (the one you suggest)

[@k_alex]

It's a town for pedestrians (FOR HUMANS), you industrial troglodyte.

[@maurogori5425]

Alex Kibou spotted the kaczynski fan

[@zephyr3638]

@@k_alex it'd be pretty hard for a cave dweller to be industrial, just because the insult sounds good in your head doesn't mean it will make sense.

[@zumogerstubchen2340]

*still amazed of people getting demonetized for mentioning a brand of beer*

[@orangesherbet21]

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[@b0bbuffet]

Meanwhile naked people that only cover their genitals is ok ok YT and in music videos it's called "art"

[@shieldgenerator7]

i really really hope he adds a mode where you can walk around the town, or at least a 3D model export so we can build the FPS ourselves

[@lucpoppel7682]

Kept thinking i got discord notifications. Nice :p

[@Silvarret]

Oops - that's something I'll need to put a disclaimer for and definitely turn off for future videos, thanks :)

[@binchamers]

@@Silvarret you could also turn them off in discord.

[@pinkchckn]

streamer mode while you're recording would do it :)

[@downthispath6538]

Same! I kept alt-tabbing to my discord haha!

[@ceselb]

Yeah, I kept looking like three times until I figured out it was the video.

[@I-Am-L]

imagine exporting the finished town and importing it into PlanCo to build a themed coaster

[@Silvarret]

I saw on Twitter someone was trying to figure out 3D exports...

[@RideManJonah]

@@Silvarret this would be insane. i'm struggle with building buildings in planet coaster and if we had a way to fast track that then it would be absolutely insane

[@LivelyEngineer]

more like parkitect, models arent big enough in planco

[@earwhyckque671]

If it were a plugin it could be a useful tool in almost any game, from mimicking a historic town centre in City Building to setting up a stronghold in a Strategy game. It looks very cleverly designed, great art style, too, reminds me of Venetian port towns in the Adriatic :)

[@davidstoeckle7819]

It’s a cool idea, I wonder if the modified grid would it tricky though

[@Levi-nn1bg]

This is really cool but two things that would make it more realistic: Walls, like around buildings, Shop signs, like in places like this it’s not all living houses their needs to be on some signs for restaurants and other stuff

[@Bacony_Cakes]

What if we could toggle between houses and shops with a switch or something

[@jackho8128]

And some animals as villagers

[@Bacony_Cakes]

And trams! Trams and airships! Trams, airships, fire stations, police stations, hospitals, docks, lighthouses, clock towers, and cars. Little cars that drive down the road.

[@pgsells]

@@Bacony_Cakes Airships - neat idea! But maybe a little too modern for the setting. What about balloons, though?

[@djetoasmr6188]

Whoever invented this, i want him or her to get very rich and happy cause this game sparks pure joy and hapiness in my life. Furthermore i think it has suuuuuch a ginormus, gianormus...gigantuant potential.

[@3snoW_]

This game has so much potential! I instantly thought of a bunch of things that could be implemented: - First person view. As in, the ability to walk around in the city and explore it by foot! Seems easy enough to implement and would be very awesome to play around with! - Ability to switch architecture style. It'd be really cool to make a village in an oriental style, or viking , or arabic... - Way to export the city as a 3d model for other platforms, like Unity! This could become a legitimate tool to create cities for other games! - Way to see a map of the city: A top view of the city rendered in a way that looks like a map!

[@thebohemian814]

Perhaps even a "Survival" mode where you have to make a self sufficient city state.

[@ThomasFerguson22]

I think the designer should add an "explore" feature, where you could walk around your town once you've built it.

[@thetimelapseguy8]

And view other people's towns aswell

[@2GoatsInATrenchCoat]

And if they wanted to make it more game-like, create random events that spawn in the streets! If the player character was created to be super nimble, like in Assassin's Creed, you could even have events on rooftops or in gardens.

[@ugokuna9641]

Would be pretty cool if sometime in the future we get to choose themes for the towns we make. I would really like to create a medieval town or sumn

[@ava.opossums6749]

Love it! 4 hours on it already, restricted yet can bring out the ultimate creativity in you.

[@Eragon954]

Has a great potential for designing RPG towns if a grassland mode is added. Maybe other kinds of architecture, optional fortified buildings, etc.

[@lolsbarry2248]

yeah i was thinking this too, adding the option to be in water, grasslands, mountains, or desert!

[@lambdalabs7807]

As of now, if you outline an area in houses it becomes a grassland.

[@helmenhjelmen1955]

flowing water and wind would be cool. nice if they added windmills and watermills along with it.

[@sartjehh9021]

I reckon a lot of people would appreciate a Venice type of city/village :)

[@tombom6643]

This looks awsome and from just reading the coments here i'm thinking it have a risk of spiraling way out of the creators initial plans for it. This could get big real fast.

[@Earthium]

This is amazing, as an indie developer I would pay like $250 if this was more developed piece of development software if it had a few features: -Allow import or to change textures/meshes of the buildings that generate so you can customize the buildings. -Change the bottom grid to allow different layouts of maps -Export options -Optionally if had allowed the shader to change Like if he sold a base version that everyone could play with and then an expensive development version where you get get really detailed and use it for games. This has the potential to really change level design development.

[@vickyxx197]

So the creator is a Swedish guy from the south of Sweden, which answered a lot to me because I see a lot of Swedish/Scandinavian style within the art of the game. It truly looks like the town of my mother-in-law, which is a coastal city in the south of Sweden. It's like that beautifully mixed with the style of Ghibli!

[@matteste]

That explains why Swedish was a language option in the game.

[@onyxi.x5777]

Swedish people really like building games

[@Visfen]

He's not from the South of Sweden. He's from Uppsala (just north of Stockholm). I know Oskar (but more so his brother).

[@vickyxx197]

@@Visfen Oh, my bad, I just had google and past interviews to go on. Thought he was from Skåne or Småland. Still make some sense though, Uppsala is truly beautiful and has an amazing architecture with history. Greeting from Göteborg :)

[@Visfen]

​@@vickyxx197 No worries mate. Göteborg is beautiful too. :)

[@abic5991]

I don’t know if anyone else has said this but it really reminds me of Mont Saint-Michel in France (which makes sense tbh because that’s what the Tangled kingdom is based on!) x

[@wstdyth001]

9:43 thinking about all the rooms in that second layer...

[@IshaAnn]

I've been following Oskar Stalberg's twitter since he started working on this project; so happy to see his work being appreciated :D

[@ClemensAlive]

Also would be nice to add a Campagne mode. Theme: "The world is flooded" You start with one ship of goods and have to grow by trading or providing services

[@lolsbarry2248]

OH YES I WOULD LOVE THIS!!!

[@ClemensAlive]

@Arjun Chakraborty hahaha :D also thought about it for a second while writing the coment. But was like: "Nah...thats too cheap of a joke."

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

that's probably a bit too great a scope than the creator intends

[@chaomatic5328]

@@cdgonepotatoes4219 As much as it would be awesome, I think you're right. Main problem is, how are various element going to interact with each others? What would be the goals? Otherwise, it's just going to be a "place a specific building and it just works".

[@Hacker_Kamyko]

Wait, do you mean Campaign Mode?

[@isidoracvetkovska9765]

This honestly looks great and I kind of really like that there is no objective or way to advance through the game. It feels refreshing and free to be as creative as possible, so will be buying! Would be great to do King's Landing from GoT in this or something similar.

[@BertVerhelst]

Imagine having this as the map editor for battlefield where buildings are destructable. And you can run around or drive around with tanks.

[@kingwolf9447]

The perfect city planner. Can't decide on what your map will look for a DnD or RPG game,design it in this. This game has immense potential,it is so simple a majority of lower level and up PCs can run it.

[@julesperse987]

Very cute, i really love how the sky and the water merge into each other.

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

The "only" features I'd see needed for putting a bow on it would be: - some starting settings to control the "chaos" of the wavy grid to some small measure - additional building themes like medieval or desertic (I'd honestly be willing to pay for more themes as DLC) - choice for a couple landlocked settings (like a desert or a plateau sorrounded by trees) and perhaps a mix with the grid overlapping on a shore - - - - - - - - - Some other advanced tools I would like to see but in no way would make me say the game is incomplete without: - live grid manipulation with the city built atop it twisting and turning as you shift the terrain - the ability to "freeze" a square from getting modified by what's built on the adjacent squares, once unfrozen the square will update the next time an adjacent square changes.

[@burnincoffee9661]

-The hability to change scenario (like a more deep blue sea color, or a clear blue sky without as many clouds). -The hability to change seasons -Different house textures

[@youliahadzhidimova5260]

@CDgonePotatoes Now you're thinking with portals! I second that list of suggestions. They all sound possible to implement, on top of being big improvements. (I would also be willing to pay for more DLC themes.)

[@chewbekah]

Oh my word, this is just SO aesthetically pleasing, I could just watch someone build with it all day!

[@cboelcke694]

Hey thanks for showing this off! Really hope to see more building styles from this game, and it looks super promising.

[@prestongarvey4396]

That discord sound at 3:07 made me think someone sent a message in my server

[@manooxi327]

maybe it's a settlement that needs your help

[@Fuzzthefurr]

seriously, I thought I was going crazy.

[@charlottevloggt1406]

I was searching for the message for such a long time xD

[@SigganGaming]

Me looking at this like "This could be a nice town building tool for my D&D games."

[@gunnarkoksnase3243]

YES

[@scrunklepunk]

this was exactly my thought

[@Mello_Loves_Mujin]

It reminds me of the city style in the movie “the Boxtrolls”

[@barusu6953]

Wow! Thanks for making a video on this, looks like fun! Definitely gotta check it out.

[@Yuuzer_]

coming from spending a thousand hours on modded cities: skylines and how it can easily overwhelm people. This is a breath of fresh air.

[@mikeymegamega]

man i feel like i've been following the twitter updates to this forever!

[@sandworms9451]

Same here, so cool to see it getting wider attention finally!

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

It’s actually relaxing to just watch this video as well lol. I may have to go get this now. TY!

[@matthewbalser2235]

I would play this on my switch in my bed literally all the time. I know the likelyhood of something like this from a one-man developer going to switch is almost none but it'd be really cool if it did!

[@sonofanubis30]

your wish is fulfilled 🙂

[@yes-ut3ro]

well it's on switch now so

[@sloviscelery2135]

Everyone on Coaster Bot Discord is addicted to this. This should be a rehab video for helping the people that got addicted, not encouraging it.

[@ROFLWOFFL]

Thanks for posting this video! I immediately went over to steam and bought the game as I love building games like this!

[@ollesundin9025]

This is excactly how a video should be done and it shows. Great video!

[@BATTIS94]

7:32 At least you're not speaking spanish, where Corona just means "Crown". I LOVE the irregular grid! It really adds to the european aesthetic. You can't get that with games like Cities skylines. I don't know if the creator wants to add gameplay to this, but It really has potential.

[@VladislavKobzarev]

Btw in Russian the word "Корона", which is pronounced "Corona" also means "Crown"

[@pierrejey]

It honestly looks like a Mount St Michel Builder. Cute !

[@trevortrollface440]

it's just so incredibly beautiful in it's incredible simplicity

[@JonMcCartyII]

Had this video in my Watch Later for a month or more. Finally got around to watching and had to buy this right away. What a beautiful digital toy 😍

[@ikercederblomherrera726]

This looks like the old Old Town or ”Gamla Stan” in Stockholm

[@crisu1072]

Gamla stan literally means old town

[@Isak.Persson]

#Stockholmsblodbad

[@winterd0tter]

Damn it does!

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Which is already a large part of the inspiration for the town in Kiki's Delivery Service, and I love it

[@Cubannerd]

I believe the architecture of towns ape is based on Sweden so yeah it's a possibility.

[@bolicob]

I've been following the developer of this on Twitter for a while. It was cool to see the progress over time

[@christianhorchler6280]

I feel like this would be so good on like a phone. Does the creator have any plans for that?

[@ambasfamily]

Update 1.5 -People -Forest/Moss terrain! -First Person and Bird’s Eye view! -More sea life! -More air life! -Plants! -Explore the city and do activities to earn currency!

[@zobop]

Ambas Family ships, boats, trains, and AIRSHIPS 😜

[@ambasfamily]

Don’t forget airplanes and restaurants

[@martijnversteegh10]

Well that's the whole point, no currency, no limits, endless creativity!

[@m4xamillion966]

I swear this is either one of your best, if not, your best videos yet.

[@dodorik7114]

the first thing that i thought of was Kiki's delivery service too!!! that beautiful seaside village she flew to. wish this game was available on Mac it looks soooo sweet

[@themegamerx]

ikr i have a mac as well ;-;

[@dodorik7114]

@@themegamerx i googled around after watching this and found a tweet of the creator saying hes hoping to release a mac version some time later so who knows!

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

TheMegamer just download windows on your Mac so you can play windows games, it’s completely legal and worth it.

[@CarthagoMike]

Looks quite amazing. The only thing that kinda 'breaks' the charm for me is the placement of windows on the same wall-side as the chimneys are. Still a game I'd deff get just to play around with.

[@bb_2458]

Thanks for this video. This is a +1 in my steam library !

[@AMD64bitFOD]

Bought the game half way into watching this video. Have to say I enjoy playing it and love your video too. Funny that our cities look so different!

[@craigbragg1291]

This could be a really good Carcassonne type of game with each player being assigned a color and scoring points based on height, certain features, how many birds on your buildings. If the developer can institute some sort of multiplayer and scoring mechanic, this could be a really fun game.

[@ManvinderSinghWalia]

Let me introduce you to Dorfromantik

[@siechamontillado]

It's so interesting and weird (for lack of a better word) that the grid for this 'toy' looks like squamous cells - skin cells. So, in a certain sense, your building things out of skin, in this case, the skin of the landscape.

[@HieronymousLex]

That first village you showed is so aesthetically pleasing. Well done, awesome game!

[@MrSamMawhinney]

This looks great! Definitely going to pick it up and see for myself

[@StevoMasson]

From my personal perspective as a game dev, I'd LOVE a tool like this to quickly create worlds for games. Swappable assets, definable grid, would make a tool like this invaluable

[@captainjacobkeyes7804]

Okay I usually never buy a game outright even when it seems really cool and enjoyable. But I can swear I've had dreams about a game like this and for just $5 its a real steal.

[@raisttlyn]

Five bucks? Excuse me.......(opens Steam)

[@KazumiShiunsai]

THIS IS SERIOUSLY AMAZING. Even being limited for now, i bought it while watching this!

[@whnvr]

i’m absolutely gonna use this as a source of inspiration for building 3D scenes and CG environments ahhh great tool for artists!

[@pesto12601]

So.. from reading the comments.. everyone seems to agree: 1 - this is pretty cool.. but woefully not enough 2 - the potential for this to be used in many ways is there.. but currently - it is just a click and play.

[@Silvarret]

Agreed!

[@aaronjackson2419]

Came across this game on my own and absolutely fell in love with it in the first few minutes of gameplay. Really nice to see what others come up with using this beautiful artsy sandbox :)

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

I remembered this game like a month ago and was so disappointed in myself for not being able to find it. Thank you for bringing it back to me!

[@shayne-1880]

This looks so cool! I wish they had some sort of switch between different styles, such as the more rustic Scandinavian one we already have, or maybe a more modern European one, and maybe like a sylvan fairy-Forest one or something!

[@charlienewbold9809]

Disneyland now rhymes with New Zealand. And I’m here for it.

[@charlienewbold9809]

Octopus Of the nine realms that’s like saying furlough, rough and borough rhyme.

[@landonhagan450]

Didn't it always though? Not just "-land", but "Zea-" and "-ney", too?

[@chaotixthefox]

@@charlienewbold9809 furlough and borough do, rough doesn't.

[@sudthskap]

@@chaotixthefox furlow, buruh. they do not rhyme

[@charlienewbold9809]

Landon Hagan Because we stress the “Zea” of Zealand, it sounds like New Zealund. Disneyland is a compound word where both parts are stressed equally, so i just thought it was notable that silv pronounces it Disneylund.

[@EVILBUNNY28]

This game is so satisfying. I’d love there to be a first person mode so you can create giant towns and just wonder around aimlessly getting lost in your creation exploring every nook and cranny.

[@MaartenvanHeek]

Such a happy little game, bought it right away! And love the modern city!

[@mira3dstressreliever29]

a very nice and cozy game. this is exactly what I need right now. Thanks.

[@pux0rb]

Um, you should DEFINITELY watch Tangled. Its one of my favorite Disney movies. And I was thinking immediately that this reminded me of the city from that movie, so I guess you accomplished what you set out to create!

[@KerbalFacile]

Seconded ! It's really worth the watch.

[@AngelboyVR]

i think this game would benefit a lot from some sort of cinematic tools, like camera panning, Day & Night Cycle, or something that gives your creations more use in general .. maybe even a Model exporter, in case artists want to use their creations in other software.

[@wopwopkross]

This made me instantly think of spirited away, love the vibe of this game, chill and beautiful

[@azi_yt]

looking forward to seeing what you're doing for Community Canyon!