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Photo mode Depth Field repaired
Main menu Change language stops LevelSeq and restarts it (sound was superimposed)
Widget SaveLoad: First score is always selected
Widget SaveLoad: New score clicked displays live camera and savegame data
Widget SaveLoad: Clicking on a new score highlights the line in green
new FPS menu in debuginfos and as extra button
Building menu button shows the length in Km for water pipes and roads
RoadBuilding Mode2 Variable intersectionAdditional size adjustable for players
Tips are displayed in the Escape menu
Baumenü Water pipes km show
Water pipe network always connected (water buildings must always be connected to water network)
Construction of a water building immediately shows the water point
Water buildings indicate when water point is not connected to the water network
Water pipes indicate whether they are connected to the water network
Changing the water network immediately shows the connected water networks
added save/Load menu up down key to quickly select a savegame
Trade menu Show in-game date when next trade takes place
Show Patch Notes in the main menu All Patch Notes can be clicked through with buttons
The building menu shows how many buildings of this type already exist

City Next is an innovative urban developer that combines various elements such as the industrial management of „Anno“ like games and the urban development of other citybuilders. The player takes control of the planning and design of a city. The core elements are the combination of collecting and managing resources and urban planning to create a system that works smoothly.

Urban development

Plan a smooth road network (free planning, no basic grid)
Building infrastructure and supply buildings
Define residential areas and meet the needs of the population (health, food supply, consumer goods, safety, leisure, reduction of pollution, …)
The inhabitants can rise in the ranks of prosperity
Higher-ranking residents are more demanding in terms of consumer goods and needs
Administration of the city’s finances
Enjoy the hustle and bustle of your city
Adapt your own buildings

Industry and supply chain management

Construct buildings for raw material extraction
refining raw materials into more complex products to meet the needs and growth of your city
Define routes for transporting various goods to where they are needed
Exploring new technologies
Organise trade with other cities

Content

Innovative City Builder that combines different game elements in a new way.
Creative and strategic approach to create a thriving city.
A vibrant metropolis designed according to the player’s ideas
City Next combines the industrial management of „Anno“ like games and the urban development of other citybuilders.

Core Concept

The player takes control of the planning and design of a city. The combination of collecting and managing resources and city planning to create the best running system possible are the core elements of the game idea

Mechanics

By constructing buildings for the extraction of raw materials, new or refined materials or goods can be produced, which in turn are needed for other buildings or for the inhabitants. The player follows personal preferences in design and growth of his city.
On an initially undeveloped landscape, residential buildings and the necessary infrastructure such as electricity and water supply or roads can be built. Residential buildings are built on corresponding residential zones. Depending on the nature of the zone, larger buildings or even skyscrapers can be built.
Examples:
- Creation of infrastructure (road construction, transport routes for goods)
- extraction and production of raw materials, building materials and other goods
- Meeting the needs of the inhabitants (health, safety, leisure, pollution reduction, food supply, consumer goods, etc.)
- trade with neighbouring cities
- Research and legislation
- Manage the city’s finances
- Achieving milestones unlocks access to new and higher-value buildings and technologies
City Next combines resource management and value chains with infrastructure planning and construction of buildings.
- Free urban planning, no basic grid on which to build
- Freely plannable road layouts
- complex raw material system, which will be activated bit by bit
- Lively city, where movement is the order of the day and motor vehicles drive around
- complex financial system

features

Residents

Up to several million inhabitants possible
Residents demand resources and services
5 population classes
higher classes of the population demand high-quality goods and services
min. 20000 person models with animation can be displayed simultaneously in one scene

Resources

50 different resources
Production of raw materials
Forwarding companies transport goods to the companies
Construction of production chains

Buildings

min. 20000 buildings possible
Freely placeable buildings
Animation when placing new buildings
Buildings have animations and particle effects after placement (e.g. smoke from chimneys)
Buildings are constructed with an individual scaffold in each case
Farms for vegetables, fruit, wheat… can have individual shapes
2 different building modes for farms
Warehouses for raw materials, intermediate products and consumer goods
Detailed building status, 3D view
Demolish several buildings und farms simultaneously
Buildings fall apart when they are demolished
Buff buildings, which give bonuses to buildings in the vicinity (stackable according to research)
Wind turbines react to wind changes (e.g. turning into the wind)

Vehicles

Residents drive to work with their car (later local transport system)
min. 5000 vehicles can be calculated.
Vehicles search the fastest way to the destination (modified A* algorithm)
Lane changes on multi-lane roads (e.g. overtaking slower vehicles)

Zones

Define living and office zones. Buildings are placed on zones by the AI. Environmental conditions can influence which buildings can be placed on the zones.
Designate zones (Animation)
5 zone steps
larger buildings or skyscrapers are built on higher quality zones
2 different building modes for zones (draw, pipette)
Waste stored in waste zones (Animation waste mountains)

Infrastructure

Freely placeable streets and buildings (no grid)
4 different construction modes for roads (straight, bent, free, draw)
Building roads with different numbers of lanes
Bridges
One-way streets
Road crossings can take any shape
Traffic islands are created at road crossings
Upgrade and downgrade of streets
Demolish several streets at once
Traffic Management
Purchase of transport vehicles,
Transport vehicles supply companies with goods and collect produced goods
Define transport vehicles with your own paint scheme
Water supply (building water pipes), water towers and pumps

Environment

Urban area has an extension of 14 x 14 km = 196 km^2
Map has several resource occurrences
The urban development area can be expanded by purchasing additional areas
Environmental conditions improve or worsen the attractiveness of the city
Trade with neighbouring cities
+10000 Land animals and birds
Aircraft and ship
Terraforming (voxel, versatile tools e.g. tunnel digging)

Progress

Region map (selection of a new city)
Achievement of milestones and thus also access to newer buildings and technologies
Research (new buildings, improvements, etc.)
Passing laws (causing costs)
Missions within a game

Effects

Animated menus
Day/night change
Wind and weather effects
When wind turns or changes its strength, grass reacts

Interface

Many statistics give an overview of the city
Filter menu shows, among other things, raw material deposits in the city area and services of e.g. fire brigade, hospitals, schools
3 camera modes (standard, free and photo)
Tooltips (texts, videos)
Tips appear during various actions
Event notifications
With the button „Pipette“ a building can be clicked and copied
Particle system for menus (e.g. fireworks when reaching a milestone)
Highlighting and description of objects when the mouse hovers over them
Resources show small green or red arrows if the amount of resources is increasing or decreasing lately
City, mayor, persons, streets, companies have individual names
Renaming of names (city, mayor, persons, streets, companies)
Tutorial (with text, symbols, voice output, videos and highlighting of controls)
City Next easily translatable into other languages (.xml file plain text readable)
Own language files can be added
Extended option for individual game adjustments
in addition to the options menu, the performance can be fine-tuned in the config file (all plain text readable)
Font, font size, color can be changed in the continuous text (can be defined in the XML language files)
Integrate images in continuous text (definable in XML language files)
erweiterte Tipps während des Spiadvanced tips displayed during save game loading

Miscellaneous

Adjustable difficulty level with 8 different parameters from beginner to pro for individual gaming experience
6 different game objectives (after reaching the game objectives, the game can be continued)
Taking out a loan when money is tight
Save and load city
Exploring your own city by car
Evacuate entire quarters
Drawing soil textures
Individual objects can be placed for the design of the city
Photo mode
Vegetation
Underwater view
Building Editor
Vehicle Editor
Road Editor
Simply Modbar

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Technical details

Unreal Engine 4
Programming languages: UE4 Blueprints and C++
Multithread optimized simulation
Path finding modified A* algorithm
City Next is programmed data-driven. This means that all game parameters can be changed with XML files. No programming knowledge necessary
XML files for language, buildings, vehicles, people, streets, notifications, names, laws, symbols, building menu, milestones, meshes, … (content may be modified by players)
+1000% fast city collision class developed (multithread support, Unreal Engine 4 collisions are less suitable for many changing objects)