#my eye twitching cuz im noticing some wonky tree placements .

[polarmoon]

hey!!! I love your signal hill, I was wondering about what the map looks like/what are the areas and where they are, related to each other? We've seen the trailer park and the suburbs, and the duplexes, are there others? Sorry lol I'm invested and curious

omg dont apologize i love questions like this!! im a huge nerd abt hood planning so im always happy to talk abt it :D

i used river's bend for signal hill's terrain, i wanted a map that wasn't too big but still had room for expansion/rebuilding later and this one was perfect

so signal hill is broken up into 3 main sections (downtown, the suburbs, and the trailer park), but there are also some zones on the outskirts that have some story behind them too. i tried to keep things structured based on class, kind of like how a real town would be laid out, but i think i still need to work on really defining the areas.

first up, at the eastern entrance of town is this long stretch of road called "signal street". the science lab is the first thing you see when you enter the town from this side. other than the lab, the armstrong family lives here, and there are a few businesses, notably a bowling alley and a restaurant. at the very end of the road, near the entrance to the main town section, there's the town cemetery, fittingly right next door to the local goth bar, and some apartment buildings. this is where aj, mikey, and markus lived, but i'm in round 5 rn so they've since moved around

up from where the science lab is, we've got paradise park, the local trailer park, and the surrounding residential area. this is where the dunn sisters and erik started out living. other notable spots being the dive bar, a diner, a little convenience store, a campground (hood deco), a playground, and an old abandoned shack that the ✨rowdy youths✨ hang out at.

leaving the eastern area of town we've got the town center. lots of hood deco over here but also some functional spots (library, gym, restaurants, nightclub, clothing store, arcade, grocery store, parks, etc). down by the river there's also a retirement community that i haven't had the chance to use yet

and finally, north from the city center are the suburbs. i'm not super happy with how the houses are laid out and they're all random ones i downloaded cuz i just wanted to fill the area lol but i'm sure i'll end up developing this zone as i play more. this is where the lee family, daniel and arhan, and the kirk family live. the second screenshot gives you a decent view of pretty much the whole town.

im very happy with how the hood is turning out :] it's always a wip though, but generally this is how it's probably gonna be structured for as long as i play.