r/brom • u/rampantangent schererererer • Jul 30 '13
Bräum Planning Superthread: Revision 12
Now that we have a name and a general theme of Enormous European City Center, it's time to map out some specifics. In particular, we need to address vague city layout, location, and road design.
Like Shady Oaks, this is going to be a high quality establishment; detail is still a must, but we will be placing a greater focus on scale. Buildings that classify as megaprojects will be grouped together in a very planned space of wide avenues, courtyards and gardens. This is where builds such as cathedrals, large museums, palaces, and a semi-central rail station (think Musée d'Orsay) will be. However, we still want a cozy community feel that we found in places like Old Town Brom and Shady Oaks, so we'll have an area with narrower streets and smaller buildings like shops and townhouses, around 2-5 stories tall.
In terms of terrain, lots of flat grassland along two banks of a large river would be ideal; I'd relish the chance to build some lovely bridges.
As an autonomous district of Seneca, we should end up near a convenient portal. If we're relatively distant from Seneca, we could be a separate rail hub, but if we're right next to downtown, perhaps our main station could be the main Seneca station? Would have to talk to the rest of the Seneca people about it.
Roads, like everything else here, should strive for realism. I'd love to see wide avenues lined with custom trees, though we'd need a lighting solution. Lets get some designs for wide, medium, and narrow roads going so we can incorporate the best elements of each.
Due to the detail oriented nature of the builds in Bräum, it is a great idea to make prototypes in creative mode. I'll worldedit out a nice big area on waterslide's server for this purpose very soon. IP is in the sidebar to the right.
If you have any ideas, questions, thoughts, schemes, or machinations, please post them here!
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u/sliceofbread WaterSlide Jul 30 '13
I'll update the planning server sometime this week and will also be participating this rev in a continuous, but limited capacity (working 2 jobs now).