Better Have My Money | Developer Insights Ep 9 | Cities: Skylines II 

The citizen homeless mechanic is a welcome addition! I love it! of course, it's bad, but trying to mitigate homelessness is gonna be a fun challenge! :D

They have done such a good job of hyping up the game and making it better than the previous that they are going to get plenty of my money

i like how they're taking even more inspiration from Simcity 2013 than they did for the first CS. I'm all for it, especially with the pipes under the roads and the city specialization.

actually gonna miss this dev team after the diaries are over😭

Whole team got nuts on this game’s complexity, but in a good way. 😅

I LOVE what they have done to the economy in Cities Skylines 2, hyped AF! I would love a roadmap with expansions short after release:)

8:26 "You can adjust the residential taxes by education level" TAX THE STUPID!!!!

Ho god the more realistic numbers of people in the offices make me happy

Anyone else noticed that HUGE fountain at 8:03?? I mean, look at that BEAUTY!! Even with wonderul animation ♥️

Colossal Order is absolutely nailing this rollout. Talk about understanding your fans

I love these feature releases and dev diaries, but I’d rather just play the game now, way too excited!! :D

I still think this game would look A TON better with proper grass, brush, weeds, overgrowth, thicket, etc. And PLEASE, give us proper streams, creeks, runoffs, ponds, brooks, etc.

I would be curious about a construction industry that your city can use to build things. It would function by initially importing materials but then eventually sourcing them from your city's different industries. One potential buff would be reduced costs for new buildings.

Can't wait for my city to have specialized goods and exports! :D

1:50 4:30 Companies will prefer to be close to their buyers, buyers will prefer to be closer to shops Finally! American - style cities and their zoning laws are finally not forced! Please also say that shops won't produce such hilarious amounts of noise like in CS1 and I'm in heaven!

I think it looks weird, that there are Farms in the middle of the field (industry area) without a road or any other connection

I'm really liking how everything affects everything else on a way deeper level than it did in the first game.

I have already pre-ordered, and every video I see makes me more sure that I won't regret it.

Yeah, they bring back the Old style from Sim City 4. I'm excited to play it now.

A couple of questions regarding the different age groups: (a) can I differentiate the cost of travel by age group? seniors discount, transport to schools free? (b) entertainment discounts for seniors at cinema, etc. Thanks. Really looking forward to this next level of Cities.

Petition to keep making these fun and wholesome dev blogs after CS2 releases

This game is so deep. Imagine how challenging it is going to be to build a beautiful city that also functions brilliantly.

The walking animation is hilarious. Really looking forward to seeing what the modding community will do to lift the graphics.

4:36 the suspension hard at work taking that car through the turn. that is actually super impressive to have that level of automobile physics in a city building sim. one more reason why i will be playing this game from day 1. and huge respect for the devs making these videos in english when that is not even their native language!

These dev blogs are such an amazing idea really. instead of going the early access route we get updates on how the game is progressing and in-depth information about its features. Its such an interesting and entertaining strategy to keep the hype train moving. This approach might become a trend because of you guys. Everything looks promising so far and i cannot wait to play!

Occupation: Robber

Interesting to see homelessness mechanic. I think this is quite a bold step. Can imagine there may be some backlash if it hasnt been done compassionately. But if it has it might be an excellent way to raise awareness!

Its a pleasure to see how you communicate on your game since 2 months, great job

Finally a perfect Simcity 2013❤

I can tell that the devs really love this project. I love this series.

I really love these videos - both the "regular" ones and the developer focused ones! The hype just never stops, but gets refreshed with each and every video! And thanks to the actual developers talking in the videos, I finally have faces I can connect to the process! Over time (and through the bloopers) we even get to see their quirks that show us, how excited they are! WELL DONE!

The homelessness aspect is extremely interesting

It’s so crazy how the general vehicle physics or the people seem more cartoony (for example the vehicle shaking when it brakes, or the general vehicle shapes) but the economy behind it will be SO much more complex

I notice the picture of autumn foliage in the background. Wonder if that's hinting at a possible fix for the trees not changing color that everyone was annoyed by in the seasons video.

This is going to be the first game I preorder in a long, long time. Mostly due to these amazing videos. I can't wait for October!

We should be taking notes on what it looks like when a studio LOVES the game they are creating. This team is so proud of their product, and they want to share everything with us, amazing work from the devs and I can't wait to get my hands on this game!

I really, really want SC2 to be able to implement additional municipal payments. In my country, there are both federal social benefits, as well as regional and municipal ones, and there are also municipal co-financing programs for federal subsidy programs. I really want to see programs in CS2 that can be configured by the city additionally. For example, to make a separate sity-campus with all the appropriate infrastructure, but to introduce a "Mandatory Student Allowance" within this city, which would increase the standard of living for students (which I am, and which is interpreted as one of my personal desires of a social Democrat). It would also be cool to see policies through which unemployment benefits could be additionally paid by the city (municipal surcharge). This is also practiced in my country, but only in the largest cities. If such policies can see the light, then I will be just delighted that you, the developers, will delve SO MUCH into social policies, which, as for me, were just a conditionality in CS1. If you directly create an opportunity to create and regulate municipal social programs (free medicine, education, educational grants and/or vouchers, etc. programs of district taxation reduction for certain types of enterprises or goods, programs of municipal subsidization of production, and maybe even the creation of free economic zones). If you implement this even with the help of DLC, then there will be no price for your game! Such a deepening in economics could make it literally a masterpiece!!! (at least for me), and, to some extent, your game could come off as a really good guide for a novice mayor xD In general, I'm delighted with what was presented in this diary and I'm madly looking forward to the future. I have already pre-ordered and am desperately trying to scrape money for a new PC, purely for the sake of this game. Thank you very much for starting to work on CS2 so deeply, because, honestly, I am delighted with how much in the future you can delve into various processes of municipal economic regulation (especially since I am an economist by education, and this game will be better for me than Victoria 3) Thank you for your work! Good luck to you!

I love those new reworked economy simulation. I hope in the future there will be “futuristic” automation to make your city more efficient and allow people to work less and live more.

One of my favorite changes is the fact that the lower and middle-class people aren't just a steppingstone and a means to and end that the game is trying to make you get rid of. Everyone is needed, and you don't have to intentionally deprive people of basic services just to get them to fill low education job requirements.

I love all the individual sliders for industry. This way if I want to theme my town as focusing on specific products (at least that's the way I understood it?)

This part of the dev insights has been the most interesting to me. I can't wait to get my production and supply chains running. I especially love the way you create the raw extraction areas using nodes. I really like the idea of controlling individual product/resources taxes to drive certain industries.

I have loved everything about this so far except one thing. I don't like the oil zone. It's just.... Off and I don't know why

With every video you guys upload I become more excited for the game

It would be good to have an option to build farms which aren't based on the US mega farms. Lots of small fields with hedges and small lanes like we have in the UK.

2:42 Occupation: Robber. Exactly my humor!

CS2 will definitely become my favorite game. You're doing a great job

I really hope we keep getting videos like this after the game comes out!! I'm going to miss these dev insight videos! Yall seem like such a fun group to work with.

Absolutely love your dev diaries! Can't wait for your game, but glad that you take your time:)

On Monday's video the new economic system sounded like a complicated and daunting task. This video explained the new mechanics very clearly and I now can't wait to experiment with all the different sliders.

Love getting the insights straight from the source! Thanks for keeping this informative and also entertaining! CANNOT WAIT!

Thank you Paradox, Collosal Order and Tantalus Media. You did a fantastic job with CS1 and probatly with CS2. Watching these pre release videos is so awesome. I can see how much effort and love you put in these games. These videos make you really sympathetic.

I love how indepth all these videos are! On thing I noticed is: where is the traffic?

This is a a really well done step in citizen simulation. It definitely does a better job of making it feel like you are keeping up with the needs of actual civilian and not just a building with an arbitrary occupancy number like it sometimes felt like in CS1.

Tbh, really love your hard work on this topic, I think you explained very well how it works. Btw, it is so realistic, I absolutely love it.

Taxes by education level seems a bit weird, I mean, I understand the gameplay reason for it. But it's just a bit too on the nose instead of doing taxes by income level (which will usually match education level in practice I guess).

This is going to be the best game ever

Homeless citizens residing in parks is a cool feature i noticed the occupation was robber i hope not all homeless have a criminal occupation or even majority as that doesnt reflect real life and will likely lead to backlash.

gosh I've never been so excited for a game release! THANK YOU for making CS2!

These dev videos and the little details in things like the captions make me have more appreciation and respect for Colossal Order. Keep it going!!

I see Bifa made this city. Nice that your including well known creators in this process

I really hope that we will see these kind of videos with the games developers in the future, for like upcoming DLC releases and major updates! And not only just leading up to the games release. Because these videos are awesome and it really gives a great connection with the community!

Okay my neighbor Finland. Take my money for future DLCs already 😂. October please come.

I know visuals aren't final, but the paralax rooms in buildings look really good. Enough detail to get the impression from common distances and a great amount of variation.

These interviews with the devs come across as so relaxed and personal. I'm sure the game will be great and worth every penny, but the devs themselves are also making me want to pay them! Also, can you imagine devs from a natively English speaking country doing video interviews in Finnish? No, me neither! Mad props.

So much New New Tealand footage!! Can't wait for Biffa's breakdown

To the dev team clearly working hard to speak well on camera: you're doing GREAT

I love everything that these dev diaries are providing! The info films aswell.. I can’t wait!! I hope they will add some more vehicles diversity and riders on the motorcycles.. But other than that.. This looks soooo awesome!

Can't wait for this game. However to the devs: Please include protests/riots, mismanaging a city which leads to protests would make for such great immersion.

You know what they did... they looked at like the top 100 mods and reinvented them for this game. They said why not make the community make cities skyline 3 during 2 for us. Just release the game, I am ready to give you my money!

I knew this dev insights video was gonna be long. Can’t wait for CS II!

I really like the more realistic building density.

I am seeing some similarities to Coffee Stain Studios dev team communication with gamers and I love it! I don't know who was first but it's always great when developers communicate with players clearly and show their perspective.

they are making the game that we all expected

Would be interesting if work from home policies impact office zones and mix use zones

I can see myself creating small towns surrounding specialized goods, and then a big city with all the tech fun. I wonder if there would be small airports so that my little towns can have a quick connection

Turning on captions is a treat. Now I need to go back and watch the rest with them on!

This game is looking insane. Well done dev team and damn October can’t come quick enough

You've added Transport Fever's gameplay loop into Cities Skylines. I love Transport Fever's gameplay loop! Yay!

8:26 Adjusting residential tax by education level over income level is weird. I can only assume the game simulation follows and then simplifies the concept that higher education equals higher paying job.

Being new to the industry and watching these videos, I want to work at colossal order.

Overall great! "Complex but not complicated" seems to be the vision - and that's best. Underlying economy systems can be highly complex, without micromanagement, if well designed! Only point I am disappointed in: It seems the "real population density" mods were not fully incorporated. Big office buildings with only 100-odd workers inside? That's still not enough, unless there are multiple companies per building. It will still force players to create unrealistically large office/inner city districts to service even tiny residential areas, leading to unintuitive city design.

AHHHHH. These economic systems seem like such an interesting way to create unique cities.

Please add feature that your city become old during thr years, and buildings would need to be refreshed, so we could have an old city center and a new one to give more realistic through the years. And add favelas option too

Feels a bit backward that the best outcome for a company is to only deliver products to the city and not exporting. Very few cities in the world can sustain a big business by themselves. Shouldn't the option to have a large business thrive thanks to the available workforce and education, while almost all of the production is bound for the world, be an interesting part of the gameplay?

In cities 1 if you bulldoze a household those cims get erased from the game, I wonder if in cities 2 you bulldoze a house and the cims will stay in the simulation and find new places to live or even become homeless because of deleting their house lol.

Those faded white lines on intersections really break immersion in every video I see lol They're too perfect, too even, too consistent, makes it very unrealistic

I'm not going to lie. Of all the preview videos, this one has me the most hyped for this game. The complexity and dare I say realism has really soared over CS1.

Where about halfway through the wait for cites 2! 68 days left!

CS2 is really tempting me to sin and pre-order a game in 2023

Oh my I saw Näsineula in the video. (For those who don't know. It's a tower located in Tampere Finland) I really hope it's in the base game.

Looks good! It's missing CS1 DLC stuff of course, that was to be expected, but it's better than base CS1. One thing I'd really like changed though is how outside connections look. In CS1 we just see roads/train tracks/ships lanes extending into the distance away from the player view and it makes them look natural and organic. In this showcase, those cars just disappeared into outside connections and makes the game feel super arcadey and gamey.

I love this, but I am def super excited to actually see cranes in the sky in this game. When it was missing last game, it felt soooo weird to just see buildings rise up on their own.

I just wanna see Art on trains and buildings. That would really make it real

2:10 I hope there will be a constraction building animations.

There’s more of the Traffic Ai behavior at 2:10 😅😅😅 White car cutting in front of that green truck and slowing down

Have to say, the new economy system is slowly becoming my favourite part of Cities Skylines 2 😁

I love that the cims are actually using the props!

I think the farms are still too small. And i hope there will be big zoneable farms like in Sim City 4 someday. 2:08 I hope the construction animation gets an overhaul and buildings don't just pop out of nowhere.

6:22 Hmm the farms ended up looking weirder than I'd hoped...really hoping those buildings in all of the specialized fields can be placed manually and more neatly. I'm also hoping that the farm field radius themselves aren't all wheat.

Mods related to this are going to be insane!