Start New City

Learn how to start a new city in SimCity! This guide covers map selection, naming your city, and choosing your starting funds.

Alright, let's get your first SimCity up and running! We're going to walk through the 'Generate New Map' screen, which is where all the magic begins. Think of it as picking out your perfect plot of land before you even lay a single road.

First up, you'll see the 'Generate New Map' screen. This is where you get to choose the kind of terrain your city will be built on, from map 000 all the way up to map 999. You've got a few interactive bits here to help you:

• NEXT MAP: This button cycles through the map numbers.
• PLAY GAME: Once you've found a map you like, this confirms your choice and gets you ready to play.
• [Map Number Display]: This little spot shows you exactly which map number you've currently got selected.
• ^ Buttons: These three buttons, from left to right, let you increase your map number by 100, 10, or 1. Handy for jumping around!
• v Buttons: Just like the up arrows, these let you decrease your map number by 100, 10, or 1.

Once you've picked your map, the game will ask you to Input Your City’s Name. You can use letters, numbers, and some punctuation like commas, periods, dashes, and colons. Just remember, you've only got 10 characters to work with, so choose wisely!

Next, you'll get to Input Your Favorite Word. Yep, it's a bit quirky, but same rules apply: letters, numbers, and those allowed punctuation marks, with a 10-character limit. Make it something fun!

Finally, you'll need to pick your Game Play Level. You'll see three options for initial funds:

• Easy Initial Funds: $20,000
• Medium Initial Funds: $10,000
• Hard Initial Funds: $5,000

Now, here's a little heads-up from my experience: it seems like the level choice might actually be disabled. No matter what you pick, you'll likely start with $20,000, which is the 'Easy' level. So, don't stress too much about this choice – you're probably starting on Easy anyway!