New Kumatora

That actually was pretty good

I have a damn Studio Ghibli collection here, i know (think we even talked about Mononoke some time ago, when talking about movies for christmas). I meant character names in general, a real town name would probably be better this time

I was thinking of a name of a City in my favourite MMORPG Ragnarok Online called Splendide or Alfheim of the never released sequel of Ragnarok Online (though there will be a new sequel for the game).

Splendide is a Elf-like place but the buildings are on top of some huge leaves so I dont really think that would fit. Alfheim is Forest City (ding-ding!) wich are owned by the elf-like creatures called Ellr. When I came up with the magical style of "New Kumatora" I took Alfheim as an inspiration.

Ok guys. As you may have guessed, im a member of the northern, forest city council aswell.
Me and Giygas had been discussing about what to do with the city alot and we came up with the idea to make it into a perfect symetric shape, sorta like orcshire just with way more plots and streets.

In my breaks during school, i had been working on some concepts...
let me quickly explain what your gonna see:
The X stands for a piece of road. Since we want to recreate kumatoras glowstone roads, i used a 5 by 5 area for each cell. I added the lines so its clearer to see the streets. Ignore the numbers and the random letters you might see at the edges. I only used the numbers to acurately count the free spaces inbetween the streets.

Ive got two different kinds of templates available. One that has one main street in each direction and one that has two main streets in each direction. Both have pros and cons.
For what ive been testing now so far, using two main streets in each direction reduces the clustering effect when doing such a layout and even provides tiny spaces inbetween the mainstreets for gras, trees and flowers, but increases confusion. Using just one main street in each direction reduces confusion but curiously increases the likelyness to create a clusterfuck and theres a lot less space for parks.


Lets begin with some concepts for two mainstreets in each direciton.

The Wheel

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Total size: 110 Blocks²
Free Lots: 20
Complexity: Low
degree of clearity: Medium
Lot Condition: Many unusual shapes


Bee Hive

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Total size: 80 Blocks²
Free Lots: 20-24
Complexity: High
degree of clearity: Low
Lot Condition: Many different sizes


Edgy Flower

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Total size: 100 Blocks²
Free Lots: 24
Complexity: Medium
degree of clearity: High
Lot Condition: Many similar sizes


Now lets go to those with one mainstreet in each direction.


Sharp Flower

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Total size: 85 Blocks²
Free Lots: 24-28
Complexity: Very High
degree of clearity: Very Low
Lot Condition: Various shapes and sizes available


Turtle Shell

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Total size: 95 Blocks²
Free Lots: 32
Complexity: Very High
degree of clearity: Very Low
Lot Condition: Many large


Sun Flower

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Total size: 105 Blocks²
Free Lots: 32
Complexity: Medium to High
degree of clearity: Medium
Lot Condition: All similar in size

I personally like the Sun Flower concept.

Please put those images in spoilers, Nero.

Rulyon wrote:Please put those images in spoilers, Nero.

all done

Use Sunflowerwith a nice garden/fountain in the middle .

The middle is gonna contain the news board

Sorry for the doublepost...
since we want to be original and dont just copy a name from a game or movie for the city, i came up with some ideas.

My suggestions for the city's name are:

The City of Nim,
Nimph City,
Mystic,
Mystica,
Rosa Mystica (about this one... im revering to a religious artifact. And since the city might be made in a flower shape, i thought this might be a well fitting name for the overall theme),
Arcania,
Siren City,
Sirenia,
Lumina,
Looming,
Sentrine City.