Townscaper and the Design of Cities

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The development of a city is a complex and prolonged process, taking place over hundreds if not thousands of years. Townscaper simplifies this development into an accessible system that you can use yourself.
Corrections:
Vernazza has been incorrectly labeled as Portofino - Heisenberg
The Milwaukee Art Museum has been incorrectly labeled as the WTC Station - Daniel Folos
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Further Reading:
Oskar Stålberg's Website: / oskarstalberg
Greene Street Project: www.greenestreet.nyc/
A look at different intersections between organic and constructed grids: munsonscity.wordpress.com/tag...
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Further Viewing:
Silvarret's Venice in Townscaper: • Townscaper - Venice
A real urban designer plays Townscaper: • An Urban Designer Play...
A talk by Oskar at Konsoll 2018: • Konsoll 2018: Oskar St...
A talk by Oskar at Indiecade Europe 2019: • ORGANIC TOWNS FROM SQU...
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Further Playing:
Brick Block: oskarstalberg.com/game/house/i...
Procedural Planet Project: oskarstalberg.com/game/planet/...
First Person Townscaper Viewer: meliharvey.github.io/threesca...
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@Delta-nl7pi 2 года назад

That picture of Portofino is actually Vernazza.

@WTWarchitecture 2 года назад

Thank you, I've added an update in the description.

@Delta-nl7pi 2 года назад

@@WTWarchitecture i see it. Cool! If you ever have the chance to visit Cinque Terre you should definitely do it

@meee_5155 2 года назад

I was at vernazza and the others in cinque terre recently. Vernazza was my least favorite tbh

@Delta-nl7pi 2 года назад

@@meee_5155 Oh I loved it. So scenic.

@Michaelonyoutub 2 года назад

I absolutely love the look of this game. My only problem with this game is that I want it to be the basis for an actual city builder game, because it is too good not to be adopted in some way by some city builder simulator game. Imagine having actual people walking around going to jobs down the street and little boats floating down canals that cross your city, and it would be awesome if special buildings/utility buildings could be incorporated into the design of the houses around them like how different houses merge and transition between each other seamlessly.

@dodmof2428 2 года назад

More combinations in architectural details like roofs and windows would also make it better

@sr2971 2 года назад

Perhaps the developer could team with another to create that type of game. I know I'd love to play it

@Idontknowwhattocallmyself 2 года назад

@@sr2971 a sequel in a way, but much different. at the very least the dev should make a setting/dlc for people to walk around and boats to float around. would be a sick astetic

@ticklecorn 2 года назад

There is already a game like that, sim city build it if you wanted to try it but i agree with you this game has so much potential

@sr2971 2 года назад

@@Idontknowwhattocallmyself I agree with this! Nice idea! That way, we could have a city tool on one hand, and a game on the other- for people who'd want to play competitively in such an environment. I'd definitely buy a DLC or even install a mod like that.

@gannonruby1119 2 года назад

That is one of the best looking cities I've seen in this game and makes me want to improve

@JanKon8 Год назад

Same

@patricioart4301 2 года назад

What a love letter to cities, architecture and the game's dev. I'm genuinely moved.

@Silvarret 2 года назад

Thank you for this very relaxing and informative video. It really made me appreciate the game a little more.

@frayacinth 2 года назад

Townscaper is incredible, I've been using to plan out cities and buildings for a comic I'm drawing, it's been such a helpful reference- I'm glad the game is getting the attention it deserves! I'd love if it eventually included a function where you can walk through the streets at ground level and see what it'd be like to experience what you've built in real life

@WTWarchitecture 2 года назад

There's a link in the description you may want to check out ;)

@frayacinth 2 года назад

@@WTWarchitecture you're a legend 😎👌

@salemsalem9064 Год назад

@@WTWarchitecture Wonderful video. What is the ambient music called?

@Stonehawk 2 года назад

What really strikes me about your video is what you said about the *intersection of systems* - when two otherwise autonomous systems clash, a pattern emerges: an _interference pattern._ I for one believe this is a central element to what makes nature LOOK natural, what makes life FEEL alive. A biosphere is the thin boundary between extreme conditions where entropy is caught in eddies. I wish more people would express it as you have.

@historynoble8945 7 месяцев назад

This game is perfect the way it is. I wouldn’t ever change a thing. Now, I would although like adding people as an OPTION, maybe something you can on in the game settings and then people will spawn in and respawn according to what you place and will act accordingly to what time it is. Maybe even just a market ability in the game would be awesome. I already have owned the VR copy, but it’s limited and I can’t wait to get my copy on PC tomorrow.

@peperoni_pepino Год назад

I love the non-grid grid and the procedural generation. I wish other games would add similar procedural generation to their game. Imagine a game of Civilization where your campus and theater square are not the same always, but they change depending on what is next to them, showing adjacency bonuses visually rather than just by some number! Imagine an RPG with a character creation system where NPC all have slightly different bodies and the hair, eye colour, etc. all procedurally generated in a mixture of this generator and Spore's! There is so much potential; I feel like higher resolutions and higher framerates for games are nice, but it is details like this that are truly next generation.

@markxian4585 Год назад

Yeah me too

@arnaurapid 2 года назад

Hadn't tried the game yet but you definetily inspired me to do so! Also, I really liked all the visual examples of different buildings and references through the video, thank you :D

@MidnightSt 2 года назад

it's not really a game per se, though. it's more like a... toy. not saying that to disparage it in any way, it's beautiful and great, i'm just making sure you know what you're going into.

@user-tb9eu7ew6t 2 года назад

Cities Skylines is also another great city-building game. Although not as aesthetically pleasing (in my opinion) as Townscaper, it's worth checking out. It gets very immersive and complex.

@Joshua-fi4ji 2 года назад

Great game, but not exactly unheard of. It's probably the biggest on the market. The problem with cities skylines is it's designed to build American style cities by default with roads for everything. It's difficult to make a more organic city without lots of time and mods.

@armokgodofblood2504 2 года назад

Cities: Skylines was abandoned as a city builder in favor of being a series of tycoon minigames.

@Sphagetti__ 2 года назад

@@armokgodofblood2504 I don't know where you got that from, but I can personally attest to it still being a city builder

@ChazTB 2 года назад

if you are prepared to heavily mod it and use lots of assets, it can be incredibly aesthetically pleasing i have found

@manboy4720 2 года назад

dorfromantik is pretty fun too. you can make some very nice looking villages and countryside. but don't let the game's relaxed look fool you, it can be REALLY hard to get the pieces to fit sometimes.

@oren7332 2 года назад

simply wonderful

@ARTiculations 2 года назад

This is a wonderful video. I hadn't heard of this game before. Definitely want to try playing it now.

@Feylx 2 года назад

Super interesting video & very well made cover on this underrated topic

@Nugcon 2 года назад

I love procedurally generated things, I love city building games. This is so good

@zaradox 2 года назад

This is very well done and entertaining, keep it up 👍🏻

@edificity 2 года назад

This is such a wonderful little game, and you did a great job of explaining why

@Rumade Год назад

I started playing this game 2 days ago and it was love at first sight. The random element is so charming; I love seeing bushes and benches, washing lines, and wellington boots by the back doors. My favourite thing to do at the moment is find the star shaped spaces on the grid and build wizard towers either with star shaped courtyards, or wells, or just a singular star tower. However, everywhere I look other fans of the game want to see people; and I'm a minority in this respect. I like my town uninhabited except by my own imagination.

@terror0earth 2 года назад

How beautifully made! You have a lovely calming voice and I liked the message at the end. Good music choice too! I hope you do more reviews or relaxing vids

@rubblerage1101 2 года назад

It'd be cool if one day we got expansion packs for other architecture styles like tudor of gothic (I'd sell my soul for a brutalism pack)

@delusiodoll 2 года назад

Great video! It was a short one but you managed to give a lot of information

@Alex-nl8kf 2 года назад

Amazing video, capturing the feeling most players have. Thank you!

@ashleyhamman 2 года назад

I had managed to escape the addiction for a little while, but now this is inevitabling pushing my mind back towards desiring the simple but pleasing gameplay.

@NTL00 6 дней назад

Thank you for high quality review and amazing building works.

@antbereishit 2 года назад

This was a very calming and nice video.

@fabitoventura 2 года назад

omg your voice is so pure, you should use it more, i loved it, i would marry with this voice right away, it make me feel so calm and relaxed

@someasiandude4797 2 года назад

This editing is definitely going to lead to success

@florianplack2973 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely brilliant and gorgeous thumbnail!

@eladvolpert4980 2 года назад

0:18 this town was actually the inspiration for Sapienza from the new Hitman trilogy

@spencerkempf4604 2 года назад

You need more subscribers dude. Great video.

@funghi14 2 года назад

I think this game has a lot of potential i hope the maker keeps developing it and making it better and giving us a bit more options

@Relikvien 2 года назад

Wow amazing!! Thank you for amazing content! What I have allways wanted!

@gimpscam9976 2 года назад

I would love more than just the town building. I’ve been a huge fan of mini motorways and it’s just a little phone game where you make roads and it has a similar vibe to me. I’d just love to see little cars driving around is all.

@petraschmitz7850 2 года назад

seriously, how do you only have 3k subs? The video quality is absolutely crazy!

@ArtbyKurtisEdwards 2 года назад

Wonderful video essay. Top notch.

@Ragnar-gl6ly 2 года назад

Thanks to gamepass i found that game. I was courious about it now im Addicted to it 😂

@Darius-qp9uf 2 года назад

Same

@walterhardwellwhite68419 2 года назад

SAME 😂

@guenaulthoucke2637 Год назад

La métaphore est juste parfaite, et ça donne confiance en le fait que l'on réussisse à s'arrêter ! Merci pour ce super film

@sekanuel Месяц назад

This is inspiring! Thank you!

@metehansengul5962 Год назад

Great video! Wishing you the very best :)

@n4rzul 2 года назад

Calming voice made me subscribe.

@SimonsAstronomy 12 дней назад

Townscraper is a beautiful game

@Oneiroid_Illusion 2 года назад

just.. thank you for your video, it really inspired me

@lordvolroc 2 года назад

Bought it as soon as the vid finished ❤

@Aeuri 2 года назад

Awesome video! I'm definitely gonna check out this game now lol

@pietropietro5466 2 года назад

0:18 that's not Portofino, it's the beautiful town of Vernazza

@MatthewDubin 2 года назад

I was just there last week and almost commented the same thing, I was like, that looks suuuuppper familiar lol, good catch!

@pietropietro5466 2 года назад

@@MatthewDubin I'm lucky enough to go on holidays nearby every summer, one of the best places on earth if you ask me!

@superc0922 2 года назад

Thank you, for introducing me to this wonderful game!

@planetsec9 2 года назад

Its too sad that the developer is also a hyper minimalist with his games so Townscaper will not develop out further than it already is, theres so much more potential in it.

@WTWarchitecture 2 года назад

I think he just prefers working on the backend more than the 'game' part of it.

@planetsec9 2 года назад

@@WTWarchitecture Yeah probably, but at least he's also inspired many others to take a go at making similar games, this concept has so much left to be explored I can't wait to see where people take it

@Oishii_kurimanju 5 месяцев назад

SO NICE!!

@mytusak 2 года назад

this was very beautiful.

@Semeyaza 10 месяцев назад

I donwloaded this game for the easy achievements and rewards... and it's three weeks I'm placing town blocks to see what will come out each time. A little gem for sure.

@seq6133 2 года назад

amazing video, oh and your voice is incredibly relaxing, have you ever thought about speaking on a podcast or something like that?

@blagoevski336 2 года назад

Beautiful

@masterrecon118 2 года назад

Good and very calming video👍

@scrubmmm8643 2 года назад

looks really awesome i'm gonna try it

@Reagan_Miller Год назад

Never thought of this amazing game like this

@frocco7125 2 года назад

Wonderful video.

@MrDainemudda Год назад

It's a toy, not a game. Giving you back some of your childhood.

@toppsfamilyadventures8884 2 года назад

Very nice

@nigel9907 2 года назад

amazing video

@mikekent9488 2 года назад

Great video.

@batman_2004 2 года назад

Just bought this game in steam! Thanks.

@Cherb123456 2 года назад

Thank you!

@CRWC 2 года назад

0:18 If my video game knowledge is correct, that would be the town of Vernazza, Italy, not Portofino. Other than that, great video!

@bena4316 59 минут назад

The style reminds me of Bad North. I love it so much

@connieluvsyou 2 года назад

IM IN LOVE WITH THE CASTLE AREA IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTRY SIDE

@Contractedharry 2 года назад

Great video! Thx

@infinityfabrik Год назад

Nice. I've collected hundreds of games since I started PC gaming about 3 years ago, either on free stuff like Epic or super deals on Steam (I think I got this for like $2cad or something at xmas). Mostly though I've just played DayZ and CK3, with sprinklings in of stuff like Stardew and Project Zomboid. I decided a few months ago to go through the majority of my games. Play a few hours at least of most. I went through games like Dragon's Dogma and Disco Elysium. I meh'd through about an hour of this before moving on, mostly because I couldn't see any rhyme or reason as to how it actually worked (and I had a bunch of other more... attention grabbing games to play). I don't know why but I didn't uninstall it, and I'm glad I didn't after watching this. Thank you for showing me the mechanics. I've not been feeling the best lately so I really appreciate your entertaining video, calm demeanor, learnin' me haha, and giving me the gift of looking forward to playing a game I already own. Liked, commented, subscribed. Best to you and your family.

@federicovalle2245 Год назад

Jesus Christ I'm a child playing with plastic bricks in comparison. Great stuff man!

@voltonekdev 2 года назад

cool vid man

@matiasborken-hagen 2 года назад

I didn't know how much I wanted to play this game.

@xyznihall 2 года назад

great vid

@TheExperimentalFreak 2 года назад

This would be an interesting way to build DnD maps

@diegomoreno2919 Год назад

I'd like to imagine the stories of people living in those buildings and their lives

@Sweenus987 2 года назад

On a technical note, the game uses wave form collapse to create the variation

@gladion7427 2 года назад

Soooo.....So beautiful...Wowww

@marcosfarodrigues 2 года назад

This is the best advertising for the game they could ever have 😋

@thegrandestbazaar4800 2 года назад

Very good

@jezusmylord Год назад

God damn this is a great video

@pbilk 2 года назад

What a relaxing but great video on urban development and Townscaper.

@LuisPerez-xc1yc 2 года назад

My friend you dont talk about ineficient city la plata in Argentina. Planificated cities in URRS. But in my opinión the best continuation of urbanistic studies is spanish architecture startin with tipical roman monolitic traffic circle and de chanche to imperial spanish cities where you hace a big scuare iterconected with lines the cathedral church and administration monuments are around the spanish scuare.

@WTWarchitecture 2 года назад

Thanks for the suggestion! I actually have a script in the works discussing how architects fail when designing cities. La Plata and Post-war Reconstruction are planned topics in that video. I can't speak as much on imperial spanish cities as my background is not in city planning. Do you have an example that I could use?

@eduardoleonlotero 2 года назад

@@WTWarchitecture Hello, just wanna maybe add something to the other comment that u replied to. Well, Spanish colonial cities usually were built starting with the main Town Square usually called “Plazas”, that always included a Cathedral (as the Catholic Church was the most important entity in the colonies), the Government buildings such as the Capitol buildings and important Judicial/Legislative Palaces around it. After that, the most powerful people lived close to the plaza, and then further and further away respectively. Cities that were built with this Spanish type of city planning are Mexico City, Bogota, Lima, and almost all other colonial towns in Latinamerica. Hope that helps a bit

@yarmar97 Месяц назад

it just works

@leonieheller8323 Год назад

Love your voice

@enriquelescure9202 2 года назад

Is there any way to generate a city of the type we can see in the eminent documentary film: "Bra stallen i Malmo, bra folk att kanna i Malmo"?

@velvet3784 2 года назад

How towns should look like! Love townscaper!

@Solotocius Год назад

...they should look old?

@AngelSGG 6 месяцев назад

better than modern houses full of plain greys walls@@Solotocius

@Solotocius 6 месяцев назад

@@AngelSGG I prefer the grey to that unorganised mess of a colour palette, and prefer the neomodern/neofuturistic architectural designs over the more traditional design of this game's cities. (Of course it's also important to note that I am a huge sci-fi fan who likes futuristic themes in general).

@AngelSGG 6 месяцев назад

at the end its just tastes, if you like something grey and plain you like it, if you like colorful and sometimes detailed houses you like it. If you like neomodern/neofuturistic architectural designs rather than the traditional designs its just your choice @@Solotocius

@himmelsturmerIX Год назад

If only the there's tiny inhabitant walking around the town you built, sitting on those tiny benches, or sightseeing using the binoculars. As it is you just built a ghost town.

@atimholt Год назад

We need games like this in VR.

@TheWagonroast 2 года назад

How did you make that city look that good?

@joannabevan5456 Месяц назад

I want there to be more games like this. That looks fun. I'd also like for there to be a game where you play as a modern day wild animal. Like a Monkey or Snake. Something similar to Ancestors: a humankind odyssey.