City generator

Find buildings

Search Highlight

Choose a type or search to highlight buildings.

Colour buildings by

Drag to move, scroll to zoom, and click a building or district for its details.

Estimated local provision on this layer.

Service assumptions

Local reach (metres) Dining area per seat (m²) Residents visiting at peak (%)

Taverns use 45% of their ground floor for customers by default. Reach is a straight-line estimate; shortages remain visible.

City name

Seed

Map detailMetres per unit

Street straightness

Winding streets and crooked plots at one end, a regular grid at the other.

Greenery District border smoothing Transition width between districts (map units)

City-wide defaults. Select a district to override one of its borders. Zero keeps an abrupt contrast.

How the levels stand Anchor side Building heights Setting Headroom above the top level (metres)

Buildings grow into the clear height between levels. Columns carry every raised deck; terraces rest on the rock face instead.

Replaces the current project. Undo brings it back.

How to draw

Click to place points. Finish with Enter, or click the first point to close a shape. Escape cancels. Drag to reserve a rectangle.

Scroll to zoom. Use Pan, the middle mouse button, or Space + drag to move around. Delete removes a selected spot or wall.

Front and side views use the same footprints and layer elevations. Building heights are estimated from storeys, grown into each level's headroom.

Layer name Elevation (map units) Headroom (metres) Building heights Boundary Wealth Neighbourhood type

Target districts

Replaces this layer’s district boundaries and proposes a mix of specialisations and wealth. Undo restores the previous districts.

Reserve a landmark or draw a wall using the map tools.

Click a district, reserved spot, wall or route on the map, or pick one from the Layer tab, to edit it here.

Ground level

Reserved Wall