THE NEW MODERN CITYBUILDER! - HIGH RISE CITY

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Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
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[@highrisecity4100]

Many thanks ❤ for the review. I am the solo developer of Highrise City. ☺ A big focus was performance, so that cities of +20 million inhabitants are possible. 😇 My largest city was 27 million inhabitants. However, more RAM is required for such large cities. The game itself has a good fitting soundtrack while you expand your cities as mayor. Why did I develop Highrise City? The latest part of Sim City was released in 2013. This part had disappointed me so much that I decided to develop my own Sim City with complex gameplay, just as I had wanted it for a long time. When Cities Skylines came out it was nice, but didn't offer any complexity (for me). It was more of a sandbox game without deep gameplay mechanics. By the way: There are two additional game modes that significantly increase the complexity of the city-building simulation and are for players who want to be challenged (if that's what you want). To unlock them, you have to build the spaceport with several construction phases and launch a geostationary satellite. One feature activates different groups of workers. Industries then need certain groups of workers. This increases the complexity of large cities. Maybe I can give some people a new feeling for a citybuilder with this game. stay healthy. ☺

[@wombleking]

Very impressive for a solo project!

[@Mattym9287]

Looks excellent, and it has the bonus of being a real chill Tom game! Kudos on the release.

[@tenebraebr]

Solo dev? Very impressive! Hopeful for your success!

[@stylesrj]

I'd love a city builder that doesn't have me suddenly being forced to spend hours rebuilding the transportation network honestly. Meeting resource and industry demands sounds more my thing (which is why I like the Anno series. Roads are just to let you know where to put houses and buildings)

[@Mrconker]

happy you went with a focus on performance. CSls 2 suffered a lot from it and its a big reason i never picked it up. ill for sure be looking into getting high rise city youve made a wonderful looking game

[@3nopot]

I though this was just a skylines dupe at first but it's got way more going on, very cool, would love to see a full playthrough

[@anomalousresult]

It's a skylines dupe with added "Workers & Resources" mechanics.

[@foreng3095]

@@anomalousresult I feel like it's more of an Anno rather than Workers & Resources.

[@threadmiser4914]

Even if it was- Paradox fumbled the ball with CS2 so badly that someone could come along & take the throne.

[@dragonzord6615]

i REALLY like that they auto build streets inbetween houses. that's a super nice feature.

[@vegladex]

Walkable infrastructure? Pedestrian housing districts??? Say it aint so! This guy really knows what he's doing!

[@DarkAttack14]

@@vegladex Eww, walkable infrastructure

[@vegladex]

I love how Tom tried to stick to the traffic laws during the first delivery and had a car so rudely spawn right in front of/inside his van! And then basically every other time he just Ghost Cars his way to the finish.

[@MichaelWeber5237]

I do like how City Skylines is transportation focused (makes sense based on their roots) and this is more resource focused to the point that all you need is one type of road and cars kinda just pop in and out or phase through each other if really needed. Different strokes for different folks, but I think I'd enjoy this more than Skylines even if it lacks the granular detail Cities has availble.

[@rysiii811]

Its so nice that there is no huge buildings that each require major road, plenty of people that dont lag out the game to death, I like this game

[@CameronJamesH]

Please feel free to play more of this, Tom.

[@dragonzord6615]

Poop lagoon #2? Tech island?!

[@biggusnippus]

Mutants assemble 🫡

[@Bruh-ld3ez]

I would love to see a series on this, not gonna lie.

[@Scnottaken]

Just realized city builders always start you off in a wilderness. Would be hilarious if someone made a game where you incorporate a city in an already heavily developed area. Call it housing crisis simulator or something

[@MiniRagnarok]

The old SimCity games had pre-built cities that you could start with too. They might have been called scenarios? I remember one in SimCity 3000 that was modeled after the East/West divide of Berlin. The one half was built up and the other was ramshackle.

[@BlareWolfgang]

That’s too meta for right now 😂

[@tracehorrocks1857]

Soviet Republic workers and resources does that. You start out with towns and villages on the map

[@stylesrj]

The problem I'd find with starting in a prebuilt city is that. You start in a prebuilt city and my mind is like "What do I do? Where do I start? Everything looks developed already! I don't want to tear down these roads!"

[@stylesrj]

What however would be interesting is that you have to unlock water, power and sewage, etc. Before then everything runs on the municipal system and if you want cheaper energy you build a power plant, or cheaper water you build pumps. Because it kind of seems silly to start a city in the middle of nowhere and you gotta place down a big smoke belching coal plant to provide power for those two houses... And if you don't have enough power to meet demands, it should draw from the main grid. Same with water shortages. And maybe there could then be events where those external systems might fail or jack up their prices due to demand...

[@xCPTxNEMO]

This was super chilled out, I hope to see more vids on this game.

[@peter4210]

I litteraly just saw the game on steam and was looking for reviews and gameplay and you upload this. I love it

[@BlareWolfgang]

1:01 we do 🦅🐒🐿️🐨🐇🐁🦔🦝🐻🐍🐝🦍🐞🐛🦎🦉🦇🦜🦥🦧🐆🐦‍⬛

[@prospecter19]

Tom you definitely need to do a series on this!

[@CaperCafe_]

I saw City Planner Plays play this game and I tried the demo. I really enjoyed it and I'm glad you're playing it too!! It's a nice take on city building and resource management.

[@rustyshackelford3590]

Love that channel

[@PierceArner]

Soothing sax music & city building being narrated by the dulcet tones of ol' Angory Tom, with a nice _“Bam”_ type sound effect when placing buildings. I am grateful for the High Rise City folks sponsoring such a welcome return to form. My nostalgia & desire for seeing crazy planning choices, mutant sounds, & water edits is immense.

[@AWest-en5ee]

Angory Tom and city builder-y shenanigans? Count me in!

[@gummybread]

I like the changes this brought. Not always the hugest, but when compared directly to probably the most obvious city builder counterpart, it still stands out while still being "build a normal city". Especially considering how the other comparison title came out, bit of a *paradox* this solo dev title seems so much more attractive.

[@playerthree38]

Love the Crazy Taxi type activities!!

[@holotori_senior_admin_teno]

I swear I'm hearing the Neverwinter Nights "wind outside" sound effect every once in a while... Also, does the actual game have music? Or did they decide to use the same music as superchills? 😋

[@Luc-cp4jf]

What a cool game, combining all the best features from the likes of Simcity, Cities Skyline and Anno!

[@michaelnorthwood1413]

Yup, added to wishlist for later

[@CardboardSharkAdv]

be careful, you might accidentally fall asleep here 25:00

[@CardboardSharkAdv]

Not sure if it's a good idea, but the game could take ghosts of your deliveries and use them to plot future traffic. The bad part of this is it would track that liberal use of sidewalks.

[@skullker533]

I live for your city building content Tom. It's absolutely perfect!

[@butwhytho6522]

I'm looking for an Australian city builder. So where you illegally flatten an endangered habitat, then get a third-party contractor to build roads only to have them wash away in a heavy rainstorm, then have several people start building their dream homes and get to various stages of completion before the build companies go bankrupt and leave unfinished houses everywhere. Too real?

[@I_will_pet_your_dogs]

Ease up, turbo.

[@liastaob]

It's not just Australia, mate :(

[@squishy8700]

this is exactly what ive been looking for! i hope more indie projects can come in and take more of cities skylines stuff. i've never been the biggest fan of anno, but i have over a thousand hours on cites skylines 1 just on steam, i also owned it on switch way before the steam deck came out. i tried and quickly got very bored and disgruntled with CS2, it just isnt ready yet. this game looks amazing and i love the resource balancing concept to city building and growth. i am going to buy it on steam because thats where the clickable link takes me and i want to help out tom, but since this is also out on GOG i would love if future adverts tom puts out has the choice of multiple platforms if available. great ad video and great marketing to go with tom!

[@LtnCorrsk]

20:32 Surprise Trucking Tuesday.

[@zomble_z]

Besides coastal roads being beautiful to drive on, they are usually the best route between towns, which are traditionally on the coast pretty much anywhere in the world. Example: Maine in the US. Source, I used to live there!

[@Cothfotmeoo]

Awesome city builder! Looks super cool. Well played.

[@hrani]

My kingdom for a Superchill run of this game! It looks really nice, impressive for a solo dev. Loved the sheepocalypse. 😄

[@WizardBrandon]

damn ive always wanted a city builder that lets you drive around in the town

[@captaineldeezee1336]

Simcity 4 had the U-Drive-It mode.

[@captaineldeezee1336]

And Simcity 2000 cities could be imported into Streets of Simcity, drive around in that game.

[@WallyGarcia]

Oh man that jazz music

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

My one nitpick about this game is, you start with wood from harvesting it from wooded areas so you'd half expect your citizens should start building only wooden structures. And yet here they are building structures having Glass, concrete, bricks and steel. So where did they get those other resources? Granted you can build a seaport early on and trade for "tools". So could those tools also include building materials I wonder?

[@riverseverywhere]

yessssssss, Tom doing city builders ❤❤❤

[@Chyrnobyl66]

ah yes, Hogh Rose Coty, my favorite new coty builder

[@TheHorzabora]

My god. The graphics and gameplay out SimCity and Skylines to shame. That’s… kind of awesome, in it’s way!

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

But can I build a ridiculous spaghetti maze of walkways in the sky? Or a ridiculous maze of tunnels under the earth?

[@Chromaz]

I think workers and resources is the better game for this kinda thing ngl. The depth in that game is actually insane

[@liastaob]

Oh, *that's* why I'm so inefficient, my needs aren't being met!

[@HailHydra27]

its not a citybuilder without a beach that turns into a massive drop off when you put a coastal building on it

[@S4B3R117]

Ohhhh yeeeeaaaaaahhh, this is the good stuff, I hope he plays a LOT more of this. Has the exact vibes I am looking for

[@m1rrorshades]

Cities Supplylines

[@Lunanan]

Hi again Tom :)

[@TeluguVaallam]

This was soothing to watch, with low volume and your voice Tom....top notch soothing. Do ASMR as well brother 🤣🤣👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏

[@Scootershot409]

The people want the holy trifecta religion, veggies, and booze

[@bigfoot9405]

wow this AD really made me think about THIS PRODUCT thanks ANGORY TOM

[@theobviouskraken3404]

I await tech Island eagerly. Get cracking, lad ;)

[@Sc0ts]

Mega City Tom!

[@kezmsfilms1300]

Daily reminder that Tom is an amazing person and to thank him for all he has done/will do - Day 1709 Resource Management AND City Builder :D The wining combination, fantastical :D We all know the people will Revolt if they don't get their Bedside Tables XD Oh, I really like how you can do quests that put you hands on in the thick of your city, like that first Fish Delivery one, that is really cool :D Also, love the point you can still see your van once you exit out the quest, especially when you can see Tom's "fantastic" parking XD Good god, that is alot of sheep XD. Those aren't static/white noise pattern, those are sheep Although this was sponsored, I do hope Tom returns to the game in his own time :D would love to see more

[@dapsychokilla]

now we eagerly await; poo lagoon: high rise city edition

[@Thetruepianoman]

Just bought it! :)

[@divamon5602]

WOOO!

[@classicfrog80]

It looks like a mix of skylines and anno.

[@Blitzkrieger17]

well this one certainly looks interesting.... full on narrated playthrough? 😀

[@erinhames102]

That's a pretty cool game

[@erinhames102]

50%off, i just bought the game

[@Armstrong84]

Fuck me, a proper game.

[@Speederzzz]

Another game I want to play but my shitty laptop can't handle!

[@HailHydra27]

what do you mean if you dont render every citizens individual teeth the performance is better

[@Coconut-219]

If the monetization model is "modern" - I'll pass...

[@alexmannen1991]

would u say this is better than cities skylines 1 n 2?

[@cubanangelboi]

So is this game better than Cities Skylines 2 or 1 ?

[@Thetruepianoman]

5:13 TOM YOU WILLY PHLANGE If i have to listen to you start another sentence then start clicking buttons then finish the sentence in slow motion im actually gonna rip it off

[@tobyv1.643]

Took 2 minutes including intro to start making grids

[@FallingLlamaStudios]

❤

[@konstantinbreen]

Poo lagoon!

[@Scampcam]

that is a very overpopulated sheep farm

[@Eeraschyyr]

1:02 - Elves have entered the chat. You are out of torches. ANNO style city builder seems pretty nice, tee bee aych

[@taylorbrecht8049]

Was super disappointed with Cities Skylines 2 and this looks better than what I was hoping for. Also made by a single dev? Really sucks how Paradox just stopped trying

[@LON3LYBON3S]

Cool game, but my god the UI looks like a PS2 game. Hire graphic designers, kids