So I started this project about a week ago, and have been working on it in 5-10 minute sessions ever sense. It's still very a WIP, and I still don't have a name for it, but I'm posting it here to track my progress and look for advice.
Screenshots
A view of the gate. Very WIP, I'll probably finish/edit them later.
And the view from the city when you enter it, but birdseye.
So yeah, not much now, but advice, tips, and help are very welcome!
This might sound like a pain but when I build I like to do it on minecrafts natural(ish) landscape so I can form it around that instead. I've built on a flat world before and it just turned out too spacious with very nice but random buildings everywhere slapped onto a clean boring grid of streets. Building in an actual world gives it so much more personality.
As for what you have there I think it could turn into something. From how I see it that stairway is going to lead to some sort of keep? When you do have some buildings done you can put some bright market stalls and flags hung over the streets between buildings. This looks like a festive city.
This might sound like a pain but when I build I like to do it on minecrafts natural(ish) landscape so I can form it around that instead. I've built on a flat world before and it just turned out too spacious with very nice but random buildings everywhere slapped onto a clean boring grid of streets. Building in an actual world gives it so much more personality.
As for what you have there I think it could turn into something. From how I see it that stairway is going to lead to some sort of keep? When you do have some buildings done you can put some bright market stalls and flags hung over the streets between buildings. This looks like a festive city.
I'm still not quite sure what I want this to be. I'm thinking that I want it to be a smaller city, and have the stairway leading to the actual city portion of the... erhm, city, while the bottom is... well I'm not sure yet.
As for building it in an actual world, I'm not sure. When I started the project, I was doing it in a real world, but after 20ish minutes of clearing land, I just decided to do this. If I ever finish this (Unlikely), I may copy and paste it into a real world and edit the terrain around it to work.
I don't really have any suggestions; since I can't quite picture what the city will look like yet. Though, like what the poster above me said, the natural world has a much better feel to it. I do admit it will probably be harder to accomplish your task if you build it in that type of world. Your choice.
Well, I gotta say that I really like the front wall. And I think that the central road your making looks very nice. Like the person before me said, I can't say much since I'm not entirely sure what you have in mind, but I think that 3-5 story buildings would look very nice on the main street you have with maybe smaller roads jutting off with smaller buildings on those. Anyways what do I know!
-Good Luck
-P.S. Maybe you could get a little bit of inspiration from my roads in my city. The thread's called Minecraft Metropolis, it's towards the top since I just posted it like yesterday!
Screenshots
A view of the gate. Very WIP, I'll probably finish/edit them later.
And the view from the city when you enter it, but birdseye.
So yeah, not much now, but advice, tips, and help are very welcome!
As for what you have there I think it could turn into something. From how I see it that stairway is going to lead to some sort of keep? When you do have some buildings done you can put some bright market stalls and flags hung over the streets between buildings. This looks like a festive city.
As for building it in an actual world, I'm not sure. When I started the project, I was doing it in a real world, but after 20ish minutes of clearing land, I just decided to do this. If I ever finish this (Unlikely), I may copy and paste it into a real world and edit the terrain around it to work.
None-the-less, good luck.
And a view of a house I'm working on.
-Good Luck
-P.S. Maybe you could get a little bit of inspiration from my roads in my city. The thread's called Minecraft Metropolis, it's towards the top since I just posted it like yesterday!