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Replacing "Peaceland"

Posted by FancyFoxy on 14 January 2019 in English.

Not too long ago, I decided to change my country’s name to something new. I’ve come up with some ideas, what do you all think?

“Albert/Albertia/Albertland” - The last name of the guy who leads whatever movement that leads to my country’s founding. I still need to decide on an actual history, but Albert is the name I chose for whatever it ends up being. I already named a city in my country Albert, though.

“Pacton/Pactell” - Like Peaceland, but I use the word Pact instead.

“New Bailand/New Bai” - If the Bai Empire does end up happening, this name would follow a history where my country was originally part of it.

“Peacia/Peacan/Peacton/Peacester” - Some names that still use the word Peace.

If you have any suggestions, I’d be happy to hear some.

Location: AN127

"Peaceland"

Posted by FancyFoxy on 18 November 2018 in English.

Here’s the thing: If I could, I’d go back in time, slap myself in the face, and say, “Don’t name your country Peaceland.” The name feels unrealistic, and it was more based on a history I scrapped a while ago. I’ve considered changing the name, but my worry is that my country will then feel like a completely different country from the one I’ve been working on for about a year. I also feel like I could make the name work somehow, but that may just be unnecessary work, especially since a name is based on history; not the other way around. Should I change the name?

The City of Lafort

Posted by FancyFoxy on 30 July 2018 in English.

I’ve been working on a new city for a little bit of time now. Lafort is supposed to be a mostly urban city, with some regions of suburbs. The central region inside Lafort Boulevard and Coast Road is the first region to be developed, and acts as a “downtown” region. It is a major city of Peaceland, and its population is around 400,000. It’s incomplete in many areas, but I want some advice on what I should add and what I need to fix.

Need help designing a mountain city

Posted by FancyFoxy on 19 June 2018 in English.

I’ve been working on Albert for a while, but I keep restarting because I can’t seem to get it right. My main problem is dealing with frequently changing altitudes. The place where I live is almost completely flat, so I’m not very familiar with how mountainy roads work. I’ve looked at Openstreetmap for inspiration, but I can’t really figure out the way the roads are designed. I’d appreciate any help, thanks. :)

What I've Done With Albert

Posted by FancyFoxy on 28 April 2018 in English.

I’ve been working on Albert for a while, though I recently removed all my roads and started again, because I was really dissatisfied with how it was looking. I’ve tried to make a more structured system by having ‘city zones’ between tertiary+ roads that control their small region under control of the city, and the roads inside the zones are decided by them. It’s been pretty successful, but I’m still having trouble making it look like a realistic city.

My main problem, though, is dealing with elevation. The city is supposed to be in a mountain-heavy region and I have trouble making the roads appear that way. The forests are supposed to be regions too steep, that were left as forests. However, there is still lots of elevation outside those forests, and I need a little advice/help dealing with it.

I’m still mostly happy with how this is turning out, even if I had to start over.

(Also, you may see some out-of-place buildings, those are just leftover that I used for reference)

Location: AN127

The country of Peaceland is very incomplete, so please don’t comment on that. I only want to talk about Albert.

I have been working on the city of Albert for a while now, and I’m both proud and not satisfied with what I have made. While I love the downtown region of Albert, the road designs throughout the city feel off and unnatural. If anyone could help me figure out what to do, I’d appreciate it. Still, I’ve made a small bus map for Albert: I plan on extending all the lines shown in the map, but I only had bus routes for downtown as the roads everywhere else are subject to change.

I have also made a Wiki article for the city, if you want to read it.

Location: AN127

Making the first cities of Peaceland

Posted by FancyFoxy on 17 February 2018 in English.

So, I’ve been working on this for a little while now. I still plan on working on Tempora, but for now, my main focus is here. I’ve made Albert as the capital of the nation, with two smaller cities nearby named Evenson and New Peace. The downtown region of the city is composed of the old city and the new region surrounding it. What do you guys think of the city?