When my wife asks, “Why do you watch people play this video game?” I ask her why millions of people watched Bob Ross paint on a canvas for hours. This is the modern-day version of watching The Joy of Painting.
I recently saw an old interview with Will Wright about the very first Sim City where he says (paraphrased) "and some players could choose not to engage with the city simulation at all and instead treat the game as a digital canvas". It's really nice that we have finally reached that stage in city builders where you can truly make art with them.
Living a few kilometers away from Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, it's still hard to believe someone managed to reproduce this place I'm so used to see with such level of attention ! The idea of putting an Alsace inspired place might sound odd at first but thanks to execution I think the 2 styles really complement eachother, giving the district an exotic look. This town is mostly famous for its "faïence" (eartherware?) industry and being placed between the lavender fields of the Valensole plateau and the Sainte-Croix lake + Gorges du Verdon, making it a convenient place to stay for tourists in the region. Another thing that makes this town kind of unique is the golden star attached between the 2 cliffs with a chain which, according to the legend, was placed there by a knight coming back from the crusades. If you plan to continue working on this town, I think it woud be a neat addtion :)
Cities skylines is art, and you my friend are an artist, such a beautiful episode and enjoyed the extra cinematic which really helped bring it to life!
Wow...just wow! This is what the mods are for! Usually i don't like modded cities, because in most cases you get the same result with vanila game, if you put a bit more effort. But this, my friend, is pure art, i can't believe it's the same game. Amazing!
I can't even fathom how beautiful this is. I play this game to make something work and create something unique. But wow, you really, mastered this game engine.
What a stunning job by you! It makes me wander around that town right now instead of being in a grey february city in Germany. Respect for the amount of detailling what probably has taken ages. When it comes to functionality of PO buildings. What i do in my cities is, i RICOed some small 1x1 vanilla buildings to for example a 3-household and then i move them into the PO and change their access points closer to the street or the doors of the PO buildings
This is really well done ! If you want a simple touch to make a city french, you can add a giant advertising from the 60' on any large house wall facing the main road. It can be for household products, cars, petrol station, appliances, and so on.
Wow, all the details in here blew my mind. This is a way different style of using the game as I do (for now). Thinking of replicating my town, what you did create here is truly art. Absolutely love it!
It really does amaze me what you guys can do with this game, as a vanilla console player, it's as if were playing two different games, honestly, there's no comparison. Great job!
By far your best project cause it's Europe in detail and details matter. Beautiful scenes and great vibes. I'd say do middle east in detail next but I don't think there are enough assets on the workshop so maybe the US or Latin America in detail. Thanks
there are some really good creators with CS and this is up there. most people play the game, and then there are those that truly release the essence of what architecture and city planning are
I'm gonna be very honest. I've watched a ton of different Cities Skylines players videos, and yours by far is one of the most uniquely edited videos I've come across so far. The way that your able to show cimimatics as your creating I think is fire since I've never seen another creater do this before I came across your video. Great work, and video you've earned yourself a sub.
Wonderful! I just saw your screenshot of the build today on the steam community page under Cities skylines. For a second, I had a dejavu when I clicked on this video. haha. Awesome job dude!!! :) It is indeed art.
Like you I really enjoy the way you can create art in this game. I don't get anywhere near as beautiful and detailed a finish as you though even after hours of PO work. You really capture the character and charm of old Europe. I love your work and also your lovely NZ accent. 😍
Just wow, I just stumbled upon your channel and im glad i did. As a musician and also someone who paints and draws, I agree 110% that CS is a creative hub for people who like to create and admire art. The inspiration i get from watching folks like you and Palm's Time makes me want to jump right into the game and start building. New sub here. You probably already know, but there's a mod called parking lot snapping that helps with placement of parking spots on various roads. Thanks for the inspiring work!
As someone who spent many vacations as a child in southern France I will say, that this is really impressing. You definitely catched the vibe of those beautiful cozy regions down there. Also I love the idea of blending the more southern French style with the Colmar-style buildings!
Hey, hi ! I'm from the south of France and you will never see architecture like Colmar's house here. All our ancients houses was made by stones since we had a lot here. The North part used to do in a different way since they had a LOT of Wood :') Even the top of houses are differents, because of the inclinaison (its rains and snow in the North, not the south) and texture used is aslo different
Mec, tu es un Artiste. Un très grand Artiste. Quand je regarde tes vidéos, je me dis que j'en suis aux balbutiements de ce jeu et pourtant j'y joue depuis sa sortie. Si un jour un "San Jupinero" comme dans Black Mirror voit le jour, je n'irai qu'à la condition que ça soit toi qui l'ait construite. ^^
Your work is stupendous! I feel like It's rather uncommon for a non-European to get it right with European architecture and you nailed it! It feels like home 😄
Some time ago, I reacted to your series by stating this is art. C:S is really something, but acts just as a clean sheet of paper. The art is what you put on this paper. Hence you are the artist. And you are quite some artist. You both master the appropriate techniques C:S requires and master to capture the essence of, in this case, a French village.
7:51 I think a wicked insult to the French is to change La Cantine to "The Canteen" and put English and British flags on it! All in all, an excellent build 👏
Sir, you have created the town of Algodonales, Spain. It is almost freaky how many similarities I see in your build. It looks like most Andalucian little mountain towns that are strewn out in the south of Spain. I expect to see some sheep being herded and some street cafe' popping up anytime.
Sir.. sir.. .. .. sir. This is satisfying all my detailing needs. I can watch city planner plays, and when i get frustrated at him not spending enough time making the spaces beautiful.. I can watch you. Who even needs to buy the game now?!
First time in your channel and you got a new sub! I have never seen anyone taking this game to this level of creativity. Could you try doing the north part of Portugal next? Perhaps the city of Guimaraes, Coimbra, Vila do conde, or Chaves. These were incredible places I have been recently
That mix of style of building is not something that would be done because of availability of raw materials. It had been done in south west of france because forests were more accessible. Not the bright paint tough. ^^ In cities skylines? It's fine. You try to integrate the best you can and the best the game let you integrate. Verdict: It's a very beautiful tourist town. Nice job!
Did you consider making some of the districts functionally pedestrianized areas? The buildings then are functional without car traffic, all that is required is a service building connected to a road just outside the area, but the block services for this is already available on the Workshop.
The Colmar part looks great, but I think Titan's German timber-framed buildings would fit the style more than these Northern French/Flemish buidlings. Just my opinion though.
you can make money doing environment visualizations in Blender also using premade assets similar to what you are doing here. Landscape gardens, architecture visualization, game environments etc etc. You can also sell 3D assets you make online.
It's very beautiful, but I have to say, the little Colmar Creek is a bit immersion-breaking for me. It's parallel to the gradient, a couple of meters away from a cliff, and disappears into nowhere... I just don't see how that would work in that place.
When my wife asks, “Why do you watch people play this video game?” I ask her why millions of people watched Bob Ross paint on a canvas for hours. This is the modern-day version of watching The Joy of Painting.
Good answer and it´s right.....
He should call it They Joy of Cities Skylines
Does she watch reality tv? Spend hours on social media? Really no different honestly. We enjoy what we enjoy
Your comment and DirtyH sums it up perfectly. If I didn't have a day job, Cities would be my entire life
its more like the joy of basement trainsets
I recently saw an old interview with Will Wright about the very first Sim City where he says (paraphrased) "and some players could choose not to engage with the city simulation at all and instead treat the game as a digital canvas". It's really nice that we have finally reached that stage in city builders where you can truly make art with them.
Living a few kilometers away from Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, it's still hard to believe someone managed to reproduce this place I'm so used to see with such level of attention ! The idea of putting an Alsace inspired place might sound odd at first but thanks to execution I think the 2 styles really complement eachother, giving the district an exotic look. This town is mostly famous for its "faïence" (eartherware?) industry and being placed between the lavender fields of the Valensole plateau and the Sainte-Croix lake + Gorges du Verdon, making it a convenient place to stay for tourists in the region.
Another thing that makes this town kind of unique is the golden star attached between the 2 cliffs with a chain which, according to the legend, was placed there by a knight coming back from the crusades. If you plan to continue working on this town, I think it woud be a neat addtion :)
I have plans to add the star next episode! Thanks for the comment
Cities skylines is art, and you my friend are an artist, such a beautiful episode and enjoyed the extra cinematic which really helped bring it to life!
Cheers mate! Appreciate the kind words, glad you enjoyed
Yes Europe is back
Do you have "Automatic Color Correction Override" enabled in "Render It!" ? That might be the cause of the default lut issue.
Wow...just wow! This is what the mods are for! Usually i don't like modded cities, because in most cases you get the same result with vanila game, if you put a bit more effort. But this, my friend, is pure art, i can't believe it's the same game. Amazing!
The issue with path intersections becoming invisible can sometimes be fixed with ”no collision” in the node contoler mod.
Man, this game in the hands a true artiste... 🤌🤌🤌
I don't usually get creation envy with CS but I'm feeling it pretty bad right now. This is absolutely beautiful.
I can't even fathom how beautiful this is. I play this game to make something work and create something unique. But wow, you really, mastered this game engine.
this might be my favorite build of yours. stunningly beautiful. and agreed, this is absolutely an art form. painting in 3D
I do concur, this game invites to create in so many ways that it can't be considered anything less than art.
What a stunning job by you! It makes me wander around that town right now instead of being in a grey february city in Germany. Respect for the amount of detailling what probably has taken ages. When it comes to functionality of PO buildings. What i do in my cities is, i RICOed some small 1x1 vanilla buildings to for example a 3-household and then i move them into the PO and change their access points closer to the street or the doors of the PO buildings
This is really well done !
If you want a simple touch to make a city french, you can add a giant advertising from the 60' on any large house wall facing the main road. It can be for household products, cars, petrol station, appliances, and so on.
Wow, all the details in here blew my mind. This is a way different style of using the game as I do (for now). Thinking of replicating my town, what you did create here is truly art. Absolutely love it!
It really does amaze me what you guys can do with this game, as a vanilla console player, it's as if were playing two different games, honestly, there's no comparison. Great job!
By far your best project cause it's Europe in detail and details matter. Beautiful scenes and great vibes.
I'd say do middle east in detail next but I don't think there are enough assets on the workshop so maybe the US or Latin America in detail.
Thanks
there are some really good creators with CS and this is up there. most people play the game, and then there are those that truly release the essence of what architecture and city planning are
This probably the best building/Art gameplay I have seen on this platform for a long time. Keep doing what your doing! I can't get enough 👍
I'm gonna be very honest. I've watched a ton of different Cities Skylines players videos, and yours by far is one of the most uniquely edited videos I've come across so far. The way that your able to show cimimatics as your creating I think is fire since I've never seen another creater do this before I came across your video. Great work, and video you've earned yourself a sub.
Wonderful! I just saw your screenshot of the build today on the steam community page under Cities skylines. For a second, I had a dejavu when I clicked on this video. haha.
Awesome job dude!!! :)
It is indeed art.
Like you I really enjoy the way you can create art in this game. I don't get anywhere near as beautiful and detailed a finish as you though even after hours of PO work. You really capture the character and charm of old Europe. I love your work and also your lovely NZ accent. 😍
I think you are a genius - your builds are spectacluar and so full of atmosphere - amazing stuff 🤩👍👍👍
Amazing work as always man! Great inspiration too
I'm getting some Luxembourg vibe to this city. Awesome job as always!
Always appreciate your comment mate. Thank you!
This series never fails to amaze me
This is amazing what you've done! It's so gorgeous and you're right to call it Art as I believe it is! Just a different medium is all 😊
wow, the creativity you show is amazing in this!
I think your projects have the highest amount of PO per square meter of all C:S builds out there
This series is absolutely art. I've enjoyed every second of it.
I've been so stressed for the past 3 days. This is quite relaxing.
Wow, this is incredible, good work!
Woaw that's insane, I have grown up in Colmar for my first 18 years ! Didn't expect to see it in Cities Skyline haha. Thanks !
Just wow, I just stumbled upon your channel and im glad i did. As a musician and also someone who paints and draws, I agree 110% that CS is a creative hub for people who like to create and admire art. The inspiration i get from watching folks like you and Palm's Time makes me want to jump right into the game and start building. New sub here. You probably already know, but there's a mod called parking lot snapping that helps with placement of parking spots on various roads. Thanks for the inspiring work!
Welcome mate...glad you enjoyed!
As someone who spent many vacations as a child in southern France I will say, that this is really impressing. You definitely catched the vibe of those beautiful cozy regions down there. Also I love the idea of blending the more southern French style with the Colmar-style buildings!
Thanks mate, it means a lot to know that I'm doing these places justice
Hey, hi ! I'm from the south of France and you will never see architecture like Colmar's house here. All our ancients houses was made by stones since we had a lot here. The North part used to do in a different way since they had a LOT of Wood :')
Even the top of houses are differents, because of the inclinaison (its rains and snow in the North, not the south) and texture used is aslo different
Wow just wow this is next level, amazing work
Mec, tu es un Artiste.
Un très grand Artiste.
Quand je regarde tes vidéos, je me dis que j'en suis aux balbutiements de ce jeu et pourtant j'y joue depuis sa sortie.
Si un jour un "San Jupinero" comme dans Black Mirror voit le jour, je n'irai qu'à la condition que ça soit toi qui l'ait construite. ^^
Wow! So beautiful! Good job 👍
15:41 Casually cycles up the stairs.
Anyways, great video and beautiful creation :)
Your work is stupendous! I feel like It's rather uncommon for a non-European to get it right with European architecture and you nailed it! It feels like home 😄
Fantastic level of detail!
Some time ago, I reacted to your series by stating this is art. C:S is really something, but acts just as a clean sheet of paper. The art is what you put on this paper. Hence you are the artist. And you are quite some artist.
You both master the appropriate techniques C:S requires and master to capture the essence of, in this case, a French village.
Thank you mate, appreciate that. Where should we go next?
It's beautiful!
As a french, it was freaking beautiful to watch
New to your channel. What an incredible build!
17:11 I love how to yellow sign says "flowery city", very cute yes but I ain't seen any petal in here !
Yo! DH... save some of that creative muse for the rest of us! Will ya!?
7:51 I think a wicked insult to the French is to change La Cantine to "The Canteen" and put English and British flags on it!
All in all, an excellent build 👏
I've worked with less talented professional environment artists on AAA titles, great job!
Gorgeous. Art? Certainly. A gallery of such art would be an ambitious project though if it’s to be accessible to anyone beyond artists.
Wow! I just want to move there and live there! Great, job!
This video is doing some big numbers, congrats man
Appreciate that mate! Hope folks are enjoying it
Sir, you have created the town of Algodonales, Spain. It is almost freaky how many similarities I see in your build. It looks like most Andalucian little mountain towns that are strewn out in the south of Spain. I expect to see some sheep being herded and some street cafe' popping up anytime.
Sir.. sir.. .. .. sir. This is satisfying all my detailing needs. I can watch city planner plays, and when i get frustrated at him not spending enough time making the spaces beautiful.. I can watch you. Who even needs to buy the game now?!
ps sorry City Planner Plays. I do love watching you too!
Wow! Such a level of skill it's almost unbelievable
First time in your channel and you got a new sub! I have never seen anyone taking this game to this level of creativity. Could you try doing the north part of Portugal next? Perhaps the city of Guimaraes, Coimbra, Vila do conde, or Chaves.
These were incredible places I have been recently
Portugal intrigues me...maybe we could in future. Thanks for the sub mate!
Amazing work 👏🏽
a beautiful kiwi making beautiful content, and persuing his passions
Great work as always 😊
Very nice.
very beautiful. and organic. that is something that's not easy to do with this game.
C'est juste incroyable !
Moustiers Ste Marie ! Great job mate, living in Southern east France I validate your work (if I omit to talk about your Colmar reference :p)
Turn the game into a blank canvas? I'm not sure you meant that :D Great little city you're building there though. Kia ora from Wellington!
as french citizen, i amazed how accurate your village looks. "Putain, c'est ouf, c'est vraiment réaliste" as young ppl say
You're an artist!
HOW... HOW ARE YOU MADE THIS.😮😮😮😮😮
THIS IS SUPER!!!!!!
WOW the best work in CS
Maybe like with the most artists - in about 200 years, the worth will be millions....
I love this ❤
Stunning :)
im in love with this game
and you are the artist sir
beautifull. Can you put a rockclimber somewhere on a rockface? wanna see how big it is
Wait were you the one to post on reddit? Sick job mate
I’ve been playing this game for years and I’ve never seen anything like this
That mix of style of building is not something that would be done because of availability of raw materials. It had been done in south west of france because forests were more accessible. Not the bright paint tough. ^^
In cities skylines? It's fine. You try to integrate the best you can and the best the game let you integrate.
Verdict: It's a very beautiful tourist town. Nice job!
Yes, it really is art.
Did you consider making some of the districts functionally pedestrianized areas? The buildings then are functional without car traffic, all that is required is a service building connected to a road just outside the area, but the block services for this is already available on the Workshop.
The entire town is built like this, fully functional. But because of the detailed nature of the build, everything had to be done custom.
@15:42 just casually riding my bike up stairs
beautiful
4:20 caught me off guard
how you did these timelapses at the same time with building? looks cool
The Colmar part looks great, but I think Titan's German timber-framed buildings would fit the style more than these Northern French/Flemish buidlings. Just my opinion though.
you can make money doing environment visualizations in Blender also using premade assets similar to what you are doing here. Landscape gardens, architecture visualization, game environments etc etc. You can also sell 3D assets you make online.
This is art 😊
Wunderbar
Looks like a city in the earls jason bourne movies grenar job mate
It's very beautiful, but I have to say, the little Colmar Creek is a bit immersion-breaking for me. It's parallel to the gradient, a couple of meters away from a cliff, and disappears into nowhere... I just don't see how that would work in that place.
I'm carrying on with this in the next episode, will make more sense
#truly #amazing
🥰🥰
Good to hear a kiwi accent. Aotearoa represent
Could you link which mods and asets you use? would be really helpful! looks so beautiful!!
In the video description mate
it actualy is art, if you use a lot of mods, it becomes painting
of all my creative hours on cities its always trying to get mods working, i long for an experience like this in skylines
Petition to rename the title This MOD is Art.
Wow🎉
Just started the video and I recognize this, is this Moustiers? I’ve been there.
Sure is!
I love this game with mods, but it is impossible to play now for me, and searching for the problematic mods is an Odyssey 😭