How to Start a City in Cities Skylines, Part 1: From 0 to 10k Population |No mods, no DLC, Vanilla|

How to Start a City in Cities Skylines, Part 1: From 0 to 10k Population |No mods, no DLC, Vanilla|

Did you just pick up the game during the Epic giveaway, buy the game on Steam during the recent sale, download it from Xbox Game Pass, or purchase it on another Console? Struggling to build a successful city? I'm here to help! Today, I'll provide a beginners guide on how to build a successful city, in Cities Skylines building from a lonely patch of land all the way to a bustling city of 10,000+ residents. This guide is 100% vanilla without any DLC.

Topics covered in this episode include: initial freeway interchange, layout out a basic grid, zoning, providing adequate services, using districts, policies, and light detailing.

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[austinberry]

"The speeds on dirt roads are going to be lower" *laughs in southern*

[charlie.on.youtube]

Me: "I don't have time to watch a ninety-minute video!"

Also me: *wastes eight hours creating an unmanageable mess*

[Schniebel]

I would love to see you contnue "Tutorial City" all the way to the last milestone

[StupidNSimplesns]

12 minutes in and already I want to restart my city and make it like yours. It just looks so clean and tidy and organized. I wish I just knew how to make a good city like you.

[rodriquemorfaw]

That 1 hour 28 minutes and 56 seconds was worth it. Now I know how to make a decent city.

[warrioroflight]

His voice is so calm and he is so full of life when he plays this i could watch this forever.

[mattveslino]

An hour and a half video? Oh, best believe I'm about to sit through this whole thing. Thank you for all the effort and hard work you put in! ^_^

[ApoJake]

You're like the Bob Ross of Cities: Skylines
"Just a happy little accident."
Great videos, friend!

[Conduit]

Me a week ago: I don't know if I will get into Verde Beach, I'm too invested in Bluffside Crossing.
Me today: Why yes, I do want to see how this 3rd city evolves.

[wutguycreations]

I've put over a thousand hours into this game... still can't make a good-looking grid layout. I need this-

[CX]

You are the Bob Ross of Cities Skylines. Other creators overwhelm us with all this info on complex junctions and interchanges and whatnot right from the outset, and here you are keeping it super simple and being super chill, starting off with the very basics and very gradually iterating on that. This has become my favorite C:S channel!

[UltimateFusion]

You're like the Bob Ross of City Skylines and im here for it

[globus]

Who would have thought a film-length Cities tutorial could be engaging from start to finish? Great video, very useful - thanks.

[Riprazor]

Thanks for this, EXACTLY what I was looking for. Just picked up the base game to see if I would enjoy it before going nuts with all the DLC. This series is precisely what I needed to get started.

[MrJviner]

You nailed it...I just bought CS a couple of days ago via one of those sales you mentioned. This will be the first YT video I've ever watched while taking notes.

[stevespencer]

Friend, the way you just Bob Rossed your way through this tutorial makes me all the happier that I just bought this game. I am officially and happily about to travel down this rabbit hole. Thank you.

[jereboy]

I came across this channel randomly the other day and your series has inspired me to play, I started last night and was having some trouble getting off the ground. What great timing this video has come this morning! I am eager to watch this long video fully and see if I can improve my skills

Edit: Finished it now, some pretty great tips! I had no idea how to do that industry specialized zoning like forestry. If you are considering more tutorial video ideas, I'd like to suggest maybe make one for the big DLC each? Like for instance you mentioned making a park district if you had the park life DLC in this video, I have that and I'm not 100% certain how to use it very effectively yet.

[lakapuka]

I did 4 attempts of trying to make a city that wouldnt go bankrupt and then i found this. Thanks a lot dude!

[cds]

Great video! Very refreshing to see a simple good build, no nonsense, no crazy interchanges, no roundabouts everywhere, just good planing and managing!

[davemillerirl]

I just got back into playing Cities Skylines, and am making a city following along with this series! Great way to learn, and it's nice reaching milestones with ease when I struggled before haha.