Sim CityIn SimCity the basic goal is to build a city. It sounds simple enough but can be quite challenging. For instance, if you construct industrial zones near houses the citizens get angry, some will move out. You have to fulfill the citizens' needs to keep them satisfied.
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How Do I Get Started?
- SimCity can be played in either Single-Player or Multiplayer mode. Please make sure to select SINGLE-PLAYER mode from the main menu.
- Every group MUST go through the SimCity tutorial on Day 1 of your engagement. To get to the tutorial, follow these directions:
- At the main menu, click on the ellipsis (...) in the top right corner of the screen
- Click on "Getting Started"
Choosing a Region + Your First City
'Before you can begin your first city, you need to choose a region to build the city. Choose any of the empty save game slots and then choose any region you would like. Each region has its own characteristics and number of open spaces to build cities. Please make sure that you do not turn on sandbox mode.
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Sim City Manual
The SimCity manual has a TON of great information about all of the important parts of SimCity. Much like a reference book, I don't expect you to read the entire thing. It would take you an entire period! Instead, be a smart web-surfer and use the Find function in Chrome. When you're trying to find specific information on a long webpage, just press CMD+F (Mac) and type in the word you are looking for. Every time that word is found on the webpage, it will be highlighted in yellow for you! Pretty cool, right?!
Click this link to access the manual from the SimCity website: LINK
Click this link to access the manual from the SimCity website: LINK