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[@nyckle6152]

I think this park should be named after Todd Peters the flying citizen

[@JRBarhydt]

Todd Peters Aviary

[@blethigg9320]

FYI Biffa, for the concert area increasing the ticket price increases the popularity of the bands following a concert (which is one of the criteria for upgrading the concert area ofc). Makes no sense, but it works.

[@BlackNoteStudios]

Godspeed to the pedestrian that falls into the lake. That's quite a cliff/drop off and there's no way out! You could always raise the lake floor in several spots and create a bog or wetlands area. Or maybe a separate area dedicated to shallow wetlands? Looks really good with tons of grasses! Looking forward to you making Mile Oak Forest THE place to be since it has a low appeal currently. Cheers!

[@wilkoufert8758]

Bit of a shame the lake ends at the viaduct, anyway

[@neeag4112]

The viaduct would be a spectacular backdrop. Plop a few colored lights underneath and every picture taken during a festival would automatically be recognized. ... Also the lake could have been a redeveloped open pit mine as it is so steep. A good back story also contributes to a sense of place

[@MySonBand]

Looks really nice :) Maybe add a park entrance next to the festival area? And by the look of the assets, it really does feel that the fan zone should actually be there as well (maybe other side of the road, next to the carpark)?

[@nichtmehrsov9803]

I love watching you, pouring so much detail and creativity into these places while still giving lessons on game mechanics, real science and combining it with that comedic game bugs. That’s a pretty darn beautiful park you have built there.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Glad you enjoyed it! Many thanks :-)

[@donnamorrell1895]

Loving the new leisure areas, Blightea on the wold is my favourite series, (i'm British, so maybe i'm bias) but it looks fantastic, and I love how much planning goes into the layout and the infrastructure, another great episode Biffa, thanks for all the tips.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Donna Morrell :-)

[@donnamorrell1895]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines you're welcome. 🙂

[@JasonPullara]

I've never heard of the term "Sense of place" before you made this video.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Then you shall learn something new today :-)

[@dontaveonlove626]

Same

[@theerasiddharth3173]

Pinnable comment

[@alinecruz3079]

Same

[@MrCalls1]

I think the maybe, maybe not attitude on paying is totally sensical. It’s free to enter, but has donation boxes at the major entrances for regulars to help keep it clean.

[@henersinsane]

So funny one, I used to work for HS2 (I would like to point out I no longer do) however the choice for a nature reserve especially with a railway line running through it is amusingly very very similar to a stretch of that line between London M25 and Great Missenden, where the track flies over some lakes on a specially designed bridge and the area around is a nature reserve that is having millions put into it, just thought it was a rather satisfying decision there!

[@raymaa1223]

Great episode as always! I think a metro stop near the botanical garden would fit perfectly (even though it may probably be complicated since it needs road access…)

[@aveekbh]

A couple of small slip roads on one side of the motorway might work to provide a road connection to the metro stop. It would be a shame not to have a stop, the line is right there.

[@samlukas2299]

The pond reminds me of Bird Park in town. An old pit quarry that flooded and turned into a duck pond/scuba area. There's even a little fishing pier off to one side that the park district holds a kids fishing derby off every year

[@generalsociety9607]

Hey Biffa, I highly recommend getting the Elevator pack by REV0. It helps to create pedestrian overpasses (or underpasses) while avoiding ramps which, as you've seen here, can get messy.

[@svenraether2898]

Hey Biffa, as I mentioned earlier "I think it would be a great idea to bring out some NO PROBLEM ATOLL shirts, hoodies and cups". I am truly loving your content since years now but in my opinion the NO PROBLEM ATOLL would be the only thing I would like to wear cause it´s an excellent joke. Even peoples that don´t know you and your content would probably like it. More thane lanemathematics and co. Make tea not war...Cheech

[@RebekahDawsonHBIC]

Honestly would love that, and I think any geologist or marine biologist would also love it.

[@Viknesh_KM]

Already there is a National Park, so I would like to see a Zoo. Since Zoo can also have Trees and forest Vibe and the Botanical garden, Birds will suit the Zoo!!!

[@jordkells]

Just an idea for the future, what if Biffa did a desert based city? Can't have too many water features, and can't use any non-desert foliage.

[@Gedit]

Nice combo of practical land planning and emotive components of same. Well done, Biffa.

[@amysteele2488]

Love this episode... it was just what I needed today. After having my covid jab and flu jab yesterday I spent the afternoon in bed watching you build my favourite city. I love the nature reserve - I have one with a large lake close by me, and it's one of my favourite places to be!

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

Lovely build Biffa ! In terms of ped access, i think the costa coffee would be better located accros the road from the park entrance at 25:11 . Where it is now there are no crossroads 25:04 !

[@suity_nosh5910]

One thing the game seemed to lack was a reason for your city to exist in the first place. It's hard to create a sense of place if you just start off on an empty plot of land and start zoning residential areas with no real motive relative to the in-game world. One way to fix that would be to have more interconnectivity with your neighboring cities. For example, if your city borders an industrial sector, then your starting incoming residents will be blue-collar workers that will commute to the industrial sector for work. If your city borders a major commercial city, then your starting incoming residents will be middle-class white-collars that will commute to the other city for work. If your city is in the nation's breadbasket, your starting incoming residents will most likely be farmers looking to set up their own farms. How you choose to further develop your city will be up to you, or how the demand/needs of other cities change overtime. This is a good way to give your city some actual history. Also, it's sort of disheartening when you spend hours/days/weeks working on a beautiful park in your city, only for the cims to literally not care about any of it and just walk right through them. Sure it may look nice in a meta sense, I personally, I wish the cims had at least some interaction with your decorations. Maybe placing lamps and street lights make the surrounding areas safer for cims to walk through at night. Plants and trees should raise the beauty of the surrounding areas, thus making it more attractive to nature tourists.

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

Thanks!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you :-)

[@Bekyboooo]

I know this is an old episode (i've been binge watching this whole series!) but i have to say this is my favourite build so far, it feels so real. Also because of the video I feel like I could also make somewhere like this in my own game! I always love the amount of thought you put into these places and how it feels like a sort of collaborative effort with the viewers, big love

[@dandiehm8414]

Excellent video Biffa! And Hooray for the use of many different types of vegetation. That adds SO much to the realistic look. Perhaps try the prop line tool but instead of using it for trees, create some geometric flower beds around the Botanical Garden. Make it look like a "Formal Garden" (think Versailles) in the Wilderness.

[@Infrastructurist]

I love how many parks you've got - they are fantastic Biffa!

[@brendotheoffendo]

3:26 You picked a perfect place for a Greenbelt. A Green/Park/Reserve type of area that runs along roads, railways, via/aqueducts with walking and cycling paths running throughout. With tunnels and bridges connecting multiple parks and reserves together continuing the Greenbelt. IRL these 'Greenbelts connecting through your city creates highways for pedestrians, cyclists and animals. In Skylines, perhaps just pedestrians and cyclists.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😁

[@bobblebardsley]

Mary Poppins arrives at 4:45 if you look closely!!

[@capedkat]

This park is a great idea for that spot! Have you unlocked rock climbing yet? I can imagine this would fit in wonderfully. Just like any other park asset tbf. It's so big, it could probably be home to a zoo as well. I'm looking forward to the episode where you change the controversial shopping triangle. The only way is up 😂

[@MathewHounsell]

You could use a bus only road as a bus shortcut out of your new park entry area - which would save you vehicles (£££). You could also use the Modular Bus Station (Workshop) or Compact Bus Station (P&P-DLC). The Natural Cave System (Workshop) and Bouldering (PL-DLC) would go well with your rock formations. In these last two episodes your zoning hasn't been what you wanted but you could have used the Zoning Adjuster Mod to remove the zoning on the main roads (which you didn't want) to get large zones on the side roads (which you did want).

[@andrewharding033]

Hedge Rows on side of roads, only found in Blighty (weird but true), also you could have an old barn or broken down tractor if it use to be Farm land, plus hedge rows 🤷‍♂️😁. Love your work and beautiful park!!!

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

You surely sold me on it 😃 It looks lovely. Very peaceful watching you build it with funny notes on the side! Great job!

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

I don't know why that is, but it has become a habit to play your videos in the back when I'm working on my car. You're basically holding the flashlight while I'm cussing 😂

[@Will-B-2042]

This is your nicest looking city so far IMO. Great stuff Biff!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you billybagsnatcher :-)

[@WaterNai]

This is very nice! I think this park area would be a good place to sink the surrounding roads down a bit so that you can do some lower, more pedestrian-friendly bridges and also have the noise diminished a bit. You could do some landscaping by the roads to make them a more pleasant place to drive through as well, rather than a walled-in type of sunken road.

[@Mortyygaming]

32:04 - The moment Biffa puts 2 bus stops right next to eachother on the same line! love the vid tho :D

[@TheGregcellent]

The free car wash skit had me in stitches 🤣

[@dustyboat8802]

Cracking little addition to Blightea, Biffa! Just a suggestion, but you mentioned the fishing on that lake a few times, and having seen the cinematic flyover at the end, i would definitely raise the water level. If you're fishing you need to be able to net the fish and those banks are far too deep to be able to do that. Even just feeding the ducks and swans (and seagulls) would be a more enjoyable experience if the water was higher... all about the detail!

[@OBDamned]

As you have used the nature reserve and put in the concert arena I think you should pop in some tents opposite the stage to make it look like a festival (mine being download festival). Another fantastic addition to what you have already

[@huseyx2]

love that you did another town planning theory episode! throw this in a playlist with the stroads ep

[@GingerKiwiDev]

An elevated train station to access the heart of the park would be fabulous! Awesome park! I love the look of the new grasses and willows. I second the "No Problem Atoll" merch.

[@fubar4fun]

A rock climbing feature embedded in the rock structure where you stuck a lean to would aesthetically look better. And an overhead station on the metro near the festival area would be helpful as well to draw more distant concert goers without adding traffic.

[@fubar4fun]

Good lesson otherwise. I will try this.

[@jungsfragen]

What do you think about an artificial beach at the new lake? 🤔🏖️

[@Bambi298_LP]

What a wonderful and lovely park👍🏻😍 I'm loving the idea with the festival area in the park...partying in the green! What a fantastic idea😄

[@123tschortschi]

Hi Biffa why don't you make the lake a little bigger s.t. it expands under the railway...on the other side of the lake could then be a small suburb village

[@lemongrass4769]

i like this almost academic touch in discussing the sense of place. cant help turning into a city planner after playing this game for years :)

[@maidenminnesota1]

12:13 This type of nonsense is what keeps bringing me back, Biffa! OMG! And it was just as funny with additional viewings! I'm dying! Can't breathe, I'm laughing so hard! 😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@Drago_Whooves]

you should put a park side gate at each of the foot path entrances, even if you have the ticket costs at 0 it will still count visitors, also the side gate by the train station seems to be bugged might want to take a look at it, look when a train arrives, like one did at about 32:14

[@LiqdPT]

32:00 is that pink line not the same as the first one you grabbed? Or are there 2 similarly colored lines?

[@teambellavsteamalice]

I wonder, some neighborhoods (like the one on elevated ground with the road much lower) have a lot of the same rowhouses and packed very tightly. Is this for realism or efficiency? With these parks and leisure areas you do the opposite, spend lots of space on happiness without any financial benefit. Would it be hard to mix the two? Make a neighborhood more cheerful by integrating a park and other fun zones into? I'm thinking of a comb shape, where you have all the rows of houses with access from one side, and have a mirroring comb with long stretches of park or other things alternating the house rows. Normally many long streets connecting to one collector road would be a problem, but with a pedestrian zone you don't have that problem! You can make the teeth of the comb more interesting by giving them an artful wobble, like a bunch of sea plants in a current. In addition you can alternate streets with mixed commercial zones in between. Maybe in another area you could alternate farming or forestry strips with either housing or parks. Eventually even business districts could be one side of the comb. This could be an idea for a future video. Starting with many small long main road villages, evolve into a long stretched city that meanders all around the map. The center string of this city would then be one main artery and railroad combo with lots of commercial and services. Later a metro to replace busses for the perfect walkable metropolitan area.

[@Zilldian1]

LOL loved the carwash part.

[@bhdrbeats]

Loved that last montage at the end! I'd like to think that viaduct is an old aqueduct to the medieval City that was repurposed to train tracks

[@brendotheoffendo]

With how deep and steep the sides are in that lake, the hole had to be a working quarry at one stage. It makes sense with a huge stone viaduct running alongside it. The lake was once a quarry to build the viaduct. Now the whole quarry has been flooded and the area restored with parklands. Could add some old abandoned mining equipment and old mining buildings, possibly be changed to commercial for decoration.

[@Brandywine6969]

I would certainly love to visit a park like that. The only thing it is missing is a fishing spot and a drive-in movie theater in the woods. We had one of those in my hometown when I was a kid. I still have great memories of that theater. It is where I first saw Godzilla (the 70s version). Other than wishing it had those two things, I love it.

[@danielussler]

I've been watching your channel for years now, and you videos keep getting better. So thankyou and keep it up.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 👍 😁

[@ViolintKitty]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 great build + amazing spot on editing 🫶🏻💯 thanks again, Biffa! No notes! (Loved the mock tv spot in the middle 🤣)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you ViolintKitty :-)

[@sssdddkkksss]

Solve two bird with one stone; instead of having no entrance to the nature reserve and a high bridge over the motorway - just bury a section of motorway under a land feature stretching out from St Giles West towards the rail line. Put the nature reserve entrance above that, and a path going 'down the hill' instead of a huge bridge.

[@stefanogonzo842]

Nice video! Whats the name of prop with the rock/moutain, where the path goes underneath at 18:03? Thanks.

[@justinvenable917]

Some flower fields would be good near the bee haven. A few real restrooms from the city park collection near the festival area would also be good. A nice plaza near all the restaurants might be nice as well.

[@poekieeeeeee]

Maybe you should add a football stadium in every different discrict so it seems like there is a football League that would be cool Love the vids btw

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks! poekie :-)

[@bescotdude9121]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines can one of the teams be called Walsall FC

[@currently_heather243]

Ahaha laughed out loud at biffa's car wash joke xD xD Very entertaining. Great episode as well Biffa! That's probably the deepest lake I've ever seen ;)

[@elenaja_online]

The camping area looks like a area for scouting groups. Which is pretty cool, in the Netherlands most, "camping" areas close to towns are part of scouting groups.

[@bobbymoore8030]

This was a great spot for the park. I always love how messy your city looks and how great it performs.👍

[@dereksmith6126]

Nice Park, but I really feel that the lake would look so much more natural if the edges were very gently sloping like actual lakes do.

[@stulora3172]

Doesn't the Botanical Garden need acces for service vehicles? Garbage and such? And as usual, beautiful and inspiring work!

[@eyetok_alot]

at 24:20 people are getting in for free, it is even a shorter way than through the main gate, this will not count towards visitors. i know you like to see how many people used it. also at that moment you were losing money, income in the red

[@NotFlint]

I think at the end you put 2 busstops from the pinkish line right next to each other. Love your vids, cheers lad.

[@MrGustavier]

You should smoothify the banks of the lake that you built.

[@KreppelSeppel]

Nice Work, the park turns out very well! But please try to make the water level of the lake a bit higher, it just looks kinda awkward with those steep cliffs for a lake.

[@jeffeastmond8481]

Yatton Gardens - love it! My local railway station is there!

[@mrjackiisdt1567]

Nice Video as always. You may want to add some Flowers around the Boutanic Garden to add a bit of colour in the Area.

[@miesdaantje]

Hee Biffa. If you have a flood after you put some water in to create a lake, you should press 'reset water too sea level' then the flood stops...i learned it the hard way🤣This is a free tip...next time i will send you a bill🤣🤣🤣 Greetz from holland🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@Symbioticism]

Good episode: I like these ones where you take inspiration for your build!

[@RebekahDawsonHBIC]

I would love to see you revamp the other park that you first created way back, it would be good to tie it in to the history and include a cetic Fort and maybe a druid circle at the top, to show how blightea on the wold evolved from a celtic settlement, to a medieval Fort, to Tudor township to victorian Town to a modern city. My home town and where I currently live have these things, all preserved as best they can be, in a park.

[@DriveandThrive]

love it! your videos always so relaxing and good

[@nickbellomo3362]

Bee haven needs the park area to come over the aqueduct for your connection to park to work.

[@vinceghio]

Biffa I use the movie it mod and copy the fan zone park and put multiple around the city. So you could put at least one per area or side of the river and it makes it more realistic and helps the popularity. Festivals might have watch party Sites

[@LK.Cynric]

Love the work you did. I do have a question if anyone knows, do park visitors only count if they enter from a gate? or does it count as long as they enter the zone even from the "free entrances"?

[@anthonyortali3260]

You can set the price to zero for gates if you want to, but only visitors who entered through a gate will be counted towards leveling up the park. The main gate is the portal for all services to the assets in the entire park area so you must place at least that gate.

[@LK.Cynric]

@@anthonyortali3260 i see. I was wondering if having so many non Park entrances would make it harder to level, seams so then. Thanks for the reply!

[@restcure]

@@anthonyortali3260 Some headcannon fodder? Charge at main gate is the parking lot fee.

[@Corum001]

Flood and philosophy ? Biffa's on a roll !!! :)

[@NSeaBear]

Can you look on the workshop for some ornate fenced in walking bridges to go over the highway? I know they have them near where I live and they are very memorable.

[@fotismouchourtis4765]

Amazing transformation 👍🏻 Well Done

[@trovalds]

In 31:25, why not put a Compact Bus Station from Plazas & Promenades DLC?

[@V8HiluxZX6R]

31:55 the pink stop was on the same line you put the the first stop down outside the entrance.

[@martinandersen1849]

My Sense of place/Place attachment in this Universe is Biffa's "Fix your City" ...

[@edubasto]

This is the waviest lake of all times!! Really nice view!

[@petabread91]

What mod is that at @7:31? He says network multitool, but can't find it in the workshop? I have network anarchy, but it's not the same one. Any help is appreciated.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Go to the cities skylines section of the steam workshop. Type "network multitool" into the search box and it'll be first on the list.

[@petabread91]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Thank you sir!

[@nicktrains2234]

Suggestion: the current texture pack makes blighty look a bit washed out colourwise. Could you increase the saturation just a tad? Ta

[@furryfanchris9293]

Lol I live in Feltham and trust me there's not really many places to go and relax/Play we do have a Cineworld but that's about it love the content by the way keep up the amazing work

[@cindyandrew4382]

I'm loving this! Side note: I tried to click on the pop up UI's while watching this full screen. (Sheepish grin)

[@otisat]

Wearing the Hugo There Hoodie, watching your vids, best part of the day :) keep up the good work

[@amypeggs9606]

The tents seem a bit strange in the park, BUT, I would love to see more tent areas near the festival area, and maybe some of the food trucks? You could make it into a really big festival area like Glastobury. I also think the park could do with a play area for the kiddies :)

[@artistfkaW]

The lake seems super duper deep but if you call it a quarry then it’s 💯

[@dsvd79]

Would love to see some water activies on the lake like boating. Maybe some Lakehouses or vacation houses?

[@robertkelly8106]

Don't be too worried about putting a campground near tracks and a freeway. When I was a kid, my family happily camped every Summer at a state park squeezed between Hiway 101 and the railroad on one side and the ocean on the other.

[@user-mc1ik7qg7k]

that rock formation going over the path 🤩

[@lukearts2954]

10:03 RCE is in da house! (bringing all the strongest shapes right to your doorstep)

[@GeorgiaKateB]

Was thinking the nature reserve lake could be an old quarry, or like a water run off reservoir.

[@sushantomajumder734]

I can imagine the stories arround this place.

[@MrUhrify]

When changing the bus routes you added two stops at the park for the same line

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

👍

[@nzmcmt]

Hey Biffa, Great Video! I think you placed two stops of the same pink line next to the park entrance 😅

[@aitcheymoo]

I thought this might be an opportunity for a stately home park. Would be a nice one for the blighty theme.

[@carrandgillfamily8901]

I think it'd be neat if there was an interesting bridge going over the center of the lake, perhaps with a gazebo on a tiny island