Salem

Uploaded · September 5, 2021

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Author: m4gic

Last revision: 17 May, 2021 at 04:00 UTC

File size: 6.24 MB

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Description:

Cursed?

Don’t be silly.

The only reason this peninsula hasn’t been settled before is because it is rugged, isolated, and the forest is particularly dense.

Woo! Do you feel a draft? Is there a window open?

As I was saying…with the new highway just completed, and the old mill rail line resurrected, it’s just a matter of time before developers swoop in and carve up this whole virgin area.

Huh? Did you hear something? Do you have hound dogs?

Anyway, now is your chance! I can offer you the deed to the best part — a relatively flat, somewhat fertile area called Four’s Acres — it’s on the banks of the Weeping River, just outside the Mirthless Wood, below the Wailing Hills and next to Drowned Boys Bay.

What do you mean?

Those are just the old-time names…you can call the area whatever you want. Look, it’s a beautiful time of year, with the leaves in all their colors, the night is bright under the full harvest moon — enjoy it while it lasts, because winter is on the way.

Brr!

Seriously! Do you feel that draft, too?

* * * * * *

I wanted to make a winter map that wasn’t covered in snow. I could not find a theme on the workshop that had a more mild Winter and less white overall, but would still have falling snow, so I made a map theme:

Early Winter
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2072505330

Note that buildings will still spawn with "snow covered" roofs, driveways, trees, etc. so adding a few autumn-colored ploppable trees in your city will help tie-in the landscape.

Once again — I also wanted to make a map that would support a nine-tile city without looking strange and "ending for no reason" with plenty of "empty" buildable land around it.

The predominate resource is Wood, with some Ore along the ridge near the highway and rail and some Oil near the end of the river and in the small bay, and Fertile Land concentrated at the low and flat area near the start square.

I used several trees:

Pine Tree 1/2 Snow
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=537443537

Pine Tree Full Snow
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=537447299

Autumn Maple
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=451960727

Shady Red Tree
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=612529562

Birch: Autumn Edition
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=515389341

Vanilla Evergreen (Winter snow)

Vanilla Beech (Winter snow)

Bare Tree E
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1238991822

Semi-Bare Trees
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1282267425

Snowy Bare Tree 1 and 2
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1234279198
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1239002230

Conifer
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=420155521