I dunno, I think he had a good point. It might be a bit petty to hold off on publishing the collection out of spite of those annoying commenters, but can you blame him? It's one thing to be entitled, it's another to be entitled AND rude.
@ㅁㅊ ok ok. Its just hes kinda right. People often are just rude when he releases a collection and want them in "special" ways and he has to sort like 30000 assets and like 100 mods.
I only found him last week,but when his video come i came straight to here I have a 300 page assignment to submit this night and i only started it BTW its 5.00 pm here
I fully support your statement in regards to people requesting a mod list. Furthermore, I support your decision to restart the city. I've been looking forward to this episode, so it's good to have you back!
Legit only Atsuki and Maya are doing large Japanese city project, so this is the only way to satisfy this thirst😭😭😭. The station looks amazing btw, it's Tokyo Station, but doesn't feel nor seem like one. Most cities with the station asset only replicate Tokyo Station practically, but this has it's own unique taste and feel to it which is amazing.
Kudos to you for standing up for yourself and telling people about themselves. A lot of people use the internet as a guise to express how they truly feel inside or how they wish they could treat others. Usually these people are not like this. Props to you man. You are never taller than when you stand up for yourself.
On the topic of abandoned small villages in the mountains, an interesting thing to build would be an abandoned coal mining plant, similar to that one coal mining island that was abandoned (I believe it was called 'Hashima Island', but I might be wrong), though I'm sure it would be less effort to make an entirely new island for it, so having it in the mountains would; 1: be easier, and 2: make it different from the real thing, rather than copy the thing completely. Anyway, your videos are brilliant, and I love builds like these that are teeming with details, so keep up the great work man!
Im usually a silent watcher, but the mod list rant was awsome :) The work on the station was amazing aswell. Good job I really like watching you build.
newly discovering this series, and words arent enough to express by how gorgeously detailed ur build is. very excited to see what is coming in the future episodes... new intro and outro music is great too, really loving the outro music along with the footage, it feels like showcase of actual japan scenery, really missing the time and scenery when I travelled to Japan few years back..
I literally just typed in "Japanese" on the workshop and found every mod I need to build a Japanese inspired city. If I REALLY wanted a specific mod you were using I'd definitely ask, but for the life of me I can't see why I'd want to know every single mod you were using. I probably couldn't tell anyone exactly what mods I'm using myself without spending hours. And then, for what? I highly doubt the person will thank me. Edit: I literally have to devote a day to using google maps when looking at Japan. I walk down every alley and side road stopping to look at cool cars and shops. Deep diving into shops websites and researching historic buildings and places. It really is a country full of inspiration.
So, bangin’ intro (awesome) and the outro music is good. One thing I have to say about the outro music is that it reminds of pensive music that might appear in a suspense/drama movie. Y’know, while some detective or journalist is researching connections in serial crime. “Diligence, cold coffee from hours ago, and cigarette butts being dragged to the end.” That’s what my mind says when I hear it. This episode was real nice. I already have a bunch of subscribed tutorial channels for Cities Skylines. Just do your thing. We, the viewers, gotta remember that this series is more about peering into that cool creative mind you have. It’s not about tutorials and holding our hand. Thank you for treating us with respect as an audience, and I hope we can show the same respect. That’s what makes each episode great; Not having to take notes or look for mods or this and that makes watching the video both relaxing and engaging. You know what you’re doing. Peace!
I love how the city looks so far! I hope that you continue with this series because it's just wonderful watching you building this city. I also wanted to build a japanese looking city but my pc just can't handle a lot of mods and assest and so I have to wait until I'll get a better Pc.
Every time I wait for a chapter of this series it's hell, because I know it's going to take at least 3 months for it to come out. At the moment it's the best series I've seen from cities skyline
Glad you're back in a better condition! Thank you very much for the videos, they are amazing. I've gotten into City Skylines a couple month back, and now that I've discovered your channel, I think I'll give detailed city design a shot because it looks fascinating. Thank you for the wonderful content.
It's great to see a RUclipsr who's not afraid to speak their mind - thanks for the chuckles. I only found your channel last week and binged all 5 episodes right after each other, and was so excited when you mentioned in episode 5 that you'd pre-recorded another 5. My heart dropped when I realised you hadn't made any videos for several months and I was so worried you weren't going to make any more. I was so happy happy to see this video pop up in my subscriptions this morning, and it's great to hear you're feeling better health wise! I don't play City Skylines, but watching you build so intricately is super fun. Thanks again, and I can't wait for your next installation!
Welcome back! I love your videos and completely understand your stance on the mod-list situation… it‘s kind of the same problem with new digital artists (illustrators etc.) who always demand digital brushes and expect to be able to paint like masters of art but don‘t understand the fundamentals.
You see it all across creative work actually, I am a graduated graphic designer and the amount of times I got the "so my daughter needs to make a presentation but she really isn't good at it, it's easy work for you right so could you do it real quick?", while it being a massive task of work that is not only that, but also very boring for me and you hadn't spoke to the person in years. I'm also a music producer, not a DJ, but the amount of times I get the question from a vague old friend who is getting married: "Yo man I'm getting married would you do the music please since you are good at that, so it's easy right?", plus when they then realize you own a fancy camera and like photography, then automatically you are destined in their eyes to be the person to shoot their wedding. Not only is that the most boring type of photography to do, it's also highly stressful lol, so no thanks. I don't even like photographing people, I shoot cities and architecture which don't suddenly move. And when you start about payment, you always get the weird frown and the response "they'll pay you in exposure or they'll tell all their friends and relatives you did the job", in that case I'll pass. Sadly that is the attitude you see a lot from people outside of the creative field towards people within it, most creatives are so familiar with this topic and I often have discussions about it with fellow artsy people. It's really one of the biggest annoyances within the creative field actually.
Like the straight forward approach, I don't get full assetlits anyway, but that's just me. I usually grab a simple base mod list made by anyone and then take time to find the assets I'd actually use, because having a asset list like yours, I would not even know most of the stuff you'd use. Anyway, love the series, I would never be able to make something this nice in CS, but I love watching other people doing I'm
This series has been an absolute revelation. I've started playing this game again with a view to creating a much more detailed city than I've ever tried before, while still staying within the spirit of the game. I'm making something vaguely UK based but watching this makes me wish I had opted for Japan based theme (visited myself back in 2018). Totally unrelated, I slowed the video down to 50% at one point to try to catch a setting change you made on something I'd been struggling with and ended up listening to the rest of your rant at 50% speed because it just sounded like you were rambling whilst black out drunk haha.
Man, not only you’re making a great city with such details, but all the small details in the video itself like when the voice changes when you read the question is a nice little touch! i hope you’d keep giving us the best quality content as always.
Glad that you’re back and posting again ! I enjoy watching your videos very very, very much, it’s super relaxing. Thank you so much for the efforts. Edit: There is only so much time for us to do what we want in life, people who don’t appreciate your work, don’t deserve your time.
Simply mesmerizing, not much else to say. I have watched a few other heavy modded city builders but I don't think anyone captures the level of detail you have achieved. Also the music fits the aesthetic like a glove.
Glad to see your health improve to make a new video. I actually enjoy these videos even though I don't play city skylines. I use to travel to Japan every year and I am more familiar with the southern part of Japan between Sasebo and Kyoto
I found these videos like a week and a half ago, binged em all, and thought the series was left for dead. This is fantastic news! Glad to see it's still alive and well!
I was so happy to see Atsuki return. Shame to hear that the old save was so bugged. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here. Totally agree with the “mods/assets” rant, I can’t mod my game nearly as much as others (old computer) but it’s difficult to get legitimate questions/comments to the creator with the comments are bogged down with such posts and requests. Anyway, great to see you’re back and feeling better, can’t wait to see where this series goes from here, I love your building style and composition of your episodes! Keep up the great work!
This was a great episode!!! Its nice to see you again working in the city! (And glad you're doing well!) It's really nice to see how creative you can be, and the city is turning out awesome!! Idk if you have plans to build an airport, but I think that would be something really nice to see!! (Since we are talking about transportation haha) And man the intro and outro music was really goood!!!! Keep up the good work!! Love from Brazil! Can't wait for the next one!!
Sorry to hear that you went through all this drama to create a great entertainment piece. Its good to see that the series hasnt ended love this series keep up the good work
wow, i'm here just to enjoy and get inspired not for demand something because what you did is awesome and i have my own play style. so just ignore those people, keep it up and stay awesome, and stay healthy too.
Hey man. I just wanted to say that your videos have been utterly inspiring. I just recently started building my own japanese city and your videos have been a great source for putting that extra time into doing some detailing of my own. I hope you're doing well and that you still plan to release more videos - even though it seems to have been a while now. All the best!
Welcome back! Sorry to hear about the issues in the save game. I also applaud your stance on a mod list or assets list. As much as we’d like to share them it opens the door to a lot more issues with expectations that we’d provide tech support.
Hey Artfx. Because of you I’ve been feeling pretty inspired to get better at modding Cities Skylines and even considering making videos. This has caused me to take a deeper dive into the workshop and figure out mods and it’s so extremely complex and nuanced. The most popular mods cover a lot of what you need, then it comes down to what you want asset wise, what works right, what your computer can handle. The idea of a mods list doesn’t even really make sense once you really get into it. All props to you for calling out the toxic comments. I love your videos and you have inspired me more than other creators who I also love like biffa and two dollars twenty, because I also make music. I’ve been learning production on flstudio since the lockdown and not being able to drum in my apartment. It might sound silly but it’s cool to see someone be able to do two things well. I love making house, dubstep, and all kinds of electronic music. Cities seems like a good outlet for lofi and cinematic music I also enjoy. Thanks for keeping it real and being an inspiration my friend. Edit: new intro and outros are awesome. Love the outro song!
I really really love your Videos and that eye for detail. This is so inspiring! And I completely agree on your opinion on those people always just asking for Modlists.
Dude amazing detail! Love the idea of the start-over, since the previous episodes felt a bit disconnected from each other, and love that you started with the train station (classic way of starting a japanese city)! Atsuki is really the only dense metropolitan japanese series out there right now, what with Maya finished...so there is no other way to satisfy the thirst for japan! (hope you will move up the upload schedule a bit... would absolutely love to Atsuki in my notifications more regularly!)
Thanks for your new video. I totally agree with you about the asset collection, though I sometimes look at them for assets that I've seen in builds and didn't manage to find on my own. As for Japanese assets as long as you search for JAPAN or JP in the workshop, you will come across most of them. Concerning the Miwaki trees, I asked Greyflame if he could make some recently, but if it comes from you he might take it more seriously. He is a specialist in all things pine trees after all. I'll also recommend Tokyo Lens on youtube for inspiration. His lives are very good to get the feel for Japanese cities and landscapes. Though, I have a feeling you are watching Norm's videos already.
@@ARTFXGaming, by the way, it just occurred to me that you can use MrMaison's "stone pine set" as a start for the gardens. The old variant especially. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=843982695&searchtext=stone+pine
Recently just got interested in City Skylines and stumbled upon your series. As an avid Skyrim modder, I understand your resolve about not giving a list to people who are lazy. Much respect and excited to see more from your series
Nice to have you back. Missed this videos so much. Will you build this river/chanel in the City again? And will you build a nice little mountain river with Cherrytrees, some old houses and rice fields? Xd And will you build a small airport? Greetings and keep up the good work and stay save and healthy.
Glad to see another of your videos, already can't wait for the next one! I also think that most please demanding modlists didn't even spend 10 minutes checking for themselves. Even if you publish your list, those people won't be able to use it and simply lose interested frustrated. Regarding your building plans, if you want to work a lot with different levels, you should check out Nagasaki. Nothing is flat in this city!
Great to see you're back. I think you're right about the mods list thing, first of all many people are borderline rude with their requests and honestly, a lot of people asking for the mods list wouldn't utilize even a fraction of the stuff anyway. I'm torn on the whole starting from scratch thing. You have some good arguments, the most important one being the pre-planning thing. It's just that I'll miss some of the truly great work you have already done. The downtown canal in particular was an absolute favorite of mine. But I'll happily watch you building more and perhaps similar areas in the future. Keep up the nice work.
I was at home today, Friday chills, and I remember “where is that city skylines series of a Japanese city?” So I searched and founded it and I’m very glad that you continued to build the city, I think that a saw your series 3 years ago ahaha. Keep the good work! Cheers from Brazil!
I relate to your rant. Today I decided to search for asset that feels right to put into my new city project and seeing them complement each other and made my plan came true is something magical
Glad to see you back! Now with Palm's Time moving away from Maya City there was nothing left to scratch the Japan CS itch lol. Hope to see more regular updates now!
Just wanted to say that your builds always make me feel so nostalgic for the time I spent in Japan myself, despite the city you're making not being real. Haven't played this game in years but love watching your videos
Thanks for sharing your builds, I completely agree with you on what you are saying. It does not take much time to get a mod list suitable for your gaming style/computer as well. Assets as well are a big pain to build a workshop list. Either way you share your inspiration with others you can never please everyone :D I think its fantastic!
It’s really a pleasure seeing your videos! I found this channel recently by checking some heavily detailed Cities Skylines videos and I immediately loved it: The format, the timelapse with voice overs and the beautiful Cinematics are really the videos I love. It’s perfect to just chill, and I think I will return many times seeing the Cinematics because they’re just amazing. I don’t want to say too much, so I’ll just say: I love your work, in Gaming or even in music (for me whose trying to learn drums, it’s really cool) so keep it up!
Mooi station, veel detail, ook rondom. En, compleet eens met je statement over de modlist. Hello from Holland btw ;) Keep up the good content on this channel.
Welcome back. I am glad that you are feeling better. When ever I see your videos pop up I always try to make time to watch them just for the fun of them. It makes me feel like I am part of something the is the world around.
I'm kinda disappointed you started from scratch but I totally understand your reasons. I 100% agree with your stance on mod collection. To make something with the level of detail you do takes a lot more than just downloading a mod collection without understanding how they work. I personally don't really know how to use most of the mods you use so I won't even bother downloading them. If you ever do a tutorial series, then maybe I would! Anyway keep up the good work!
Hey, just wanted to say that I think this series is amazing. I am super interested in Japanese culture and aesthetics, and I’ve been looking into finally properly getting into Cities: Skylines (although I’ve had it for a while lmao). But really, the level of detail you put into this city is absolutely outstanding, and I really enjoy the music you’ve made to accompany the gameplay and your commentary. To put it simply, keep doing what you’re doing, this series is super interesting and I (along with a lot of other people) really enjoy it.
Welcome back!! I’ve been waiting for this so long man. I completely understand your opinion about the whole collection mess. Keep up the good work and stay healthy!
Hey there ARTFX I am a huge fan of your Atsuki series so far, these videos are so inspiring to detailer like me who have hit a cities skylines roadblock. As of your fist atsuki video I watched the other day, you gave me such inspiration with that video I have started my own Japanese styled city. I won't ask for a mods list or asset collection, because I really love browsing the workshop for mods, to make your city unique, however I did have a question. What mod are you using in order to zoom in so close.... is it cinematic camera or some other mod for zooming in, I can't quite get a zoom mod that gets as close as I would like in order to detail? Other than that, the series is amazing, keep up the great work and continue to inspire people like me, I can't wait to see where the atsuki series goes!
I only found out about your videos a couple of days ago, but when I saw you had uploaded a new episode it felt like I had been expecting it for months - and I don't even play Cities Skylines! Keep up the great work!
Yesss hoping these videos keep on coming! This is one of the best looking CS projects- period. I think what you’re saying about the mods list is true. No one’s owed a list and tbh they’re so easy to find on the workshop. I think just talking a bit about each mod/asset as you’re using it on screen is the best way to present that info.
Finally we are back in business baby!!! Also for your castle I recommend looking into Kyoto and Osaka as they have a lot of great shrines and Castles. Like Osaka Castle. Hopefully if you feel like it you will make a shrine similar to the 1000 gate shrine, one of my fav shrines I have been to in Japan, especially how your map has mountains. For transport I feel like taxis are more popular from my personal in Japan experience rather than buses. Anyway keep it up always excited to watch your videos.
Glad to see you're back! This series is going to be awesome. Please don't give up, I would LOVE to see finished or near finished Japanese city. Kan niet wachten op de volgende aflevering!
Can't imagine how awesome it would be once you build that castle, elevated behind the train station. It would be a stunning contrast between Meiji and medieval Japanese architecture.
What a great looking anime And btw, I don't think that anyone who is just asking for a mods list will be able to create anything nearly as impressive as you do. This city is awesome not because of the amount of assets, but because of how you use them.
Hey! Glad you're back! Question: Has is ever crossed your mind to install an anime-inspired location/building/area in your city and which anime/its location would it be?
Fantastic "rant", loved it. Now a detail point I noticed in the intro - while quite a few Japanese hills these days are unfortunately almost monocultures of sugi or hinoki trees, those near urban areas tend to be a lot more mixed-broadleaf. So it would be nice to mix some more deciduous trees into your background filler trees; this will give a bit more texture and colour variation too.
Beautiful stuff, I love your way of detailing, because while you're puuting down a lot of stuff, its very thought through and the places you create look very realistic and not totally overloaded. I've really struggled to restrict myself on the detail work, because I always feel like I'll never finish a project. Have you had the same thoughts? And how do you plan to avoid the problem? Or will you fully embrace it and do your thing, no matter if it will end up unfinished or if you'll have to do 500 episodes? Great work, keep it up!
Love the new intro! Definetely manga vibes. Also, you are not obligated go post the mods list for those people. It's probably better to let them find the mods by themselves to teach them a lesson. I enjoy the series even if i don't play cities skyllines. I hope these people learn their lesson and the series continue the quality videos!
Let’s be honest here.. 99% of the people whining about the mod list won’t have the skill set, patience or knowledge base to do something remotely close to anything here. People see what you do and you do make it seem simple when in fact is quite complex, which leads to the attraction of it. You videos are awesome and I really enjoy them. As a model rail enthusiast, your videos give me inspiration as I am aspiring to build a Japanese rail themed N gauge model railway. Your advice about using Google earth and watching videos to gain insight is so true. Something a lot of people don’t realize is that behind the ideas and designs is a truck load of research and information gathering. Keep up the good work. Hopefully your health concerns are behind you. Looking forward to the next one. :) Also, love the anime style intro. More of that please :)
Yayayayayayyaya I love these videos and they are so helpful to see what to do to get more detail in my own cities Thank you Edit: OMG I would love to have a race circuit like Suzuka. Also how do you make your fences bend??
Genuinely glad you’re back. Your ability to construct a city that is so wonderfully Japanese in theme while also being unique is unmatched amongst the rest of the Cities community; even Palm’s Time, though he’s quite awesome as well. I am a fan of the idea of starting over, especially since so much has changed in the game. It’s amazing how much content is still being generated for this game six years after it was released (and hopefully long into the future). For some reason RUclips didn’t notify me of this video, even though I’ve got my notifications on for the channel - might want to have a look and see if that’s a wider issue, as I know some channels get affected by this from time to time. The last point I’ll make is a tidbit about your mod list thoughts: I absolutely respect your thoughts here. I personally enjoy playing this game in a highly modded, highly detailed manner, and I can attest to everything you said about having to spend hours going through mods and assets searching for things that’ll work with a build, and how important it is to understand the mods you’re using. I’ve taken breaks from the game at various points for various reasons, but even when I don’t play for some time, I always make sure I stay on top of the Workshop and the new stuff that’s released, so that in theory I could jump in again at any time and be up to date. As for the actual ‘’mods list” people, my thought would be this: if they want a list so badly, just publish what you’re subscribed to as-is, don’t go out of your way to organize it (unless you’re doing that for you), just drop the big list and make them spend their time going through it (I appreciate that you kind of did that anyway by not allowing a one-click subscribe). I think the reason so many Cities RUclipsrs publish their lists (and thus have them demanded) is because most of them release their save games to the workshop, meaning if they didn’t have a list out, the save would basically be useless, since in theory you’d have no way of knowing all the things they’d used to make it. Looking forward to the next episode!
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that whole rant was super cringe ngl
Don't get whats supposed to be cringe in this part.
I dunno, I think he had a good point. It might be a bit petty to hold off on publishing the collection out of spite of those annoying commenters, but can you blame him? It's one thing to be entitled, it's another to be entitled AND rude.
@ㅁㅊ ok ok. Its just hes kinda right. People often are just rude when he releases a collection and want them in "special" ways and he has to sort like 30000 assets and like 100 mods.
fr its not like he made all the assets they don’t belong to him💀
What part was cringe?
When the internet needed him the most: *He returned*
Edit: Fully respect your stance on the mod Collection issue. Keep up the great videos! :)
i only discovered this guy recently and yet i STILL say "oh my god, he's back!"
same
I only found him last week,but when his video come i came straight to here
I have a 300 page assignment to submit this night and i only started it
BTW its 5.00 pm here
+1 here
Fr bru
@@Deepak-gt9wd that's tuff I got out of school last Tuesday
I hope everyone reading this has a good summer.
Btw, I love that new outro song.
I fully support your statement in regards to people requesting a mod list. Furthermore, I support your decision to restart the city. I've been looking forward to this episode, so it's good to have you back!
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Legit only Atsuki and Maya are doing large Japanese city project, so this is the only way to satisfy this thirst😭😭😭. The station looks amazing btw, it's Tokyo Station, but doesn't feel nor seem like one. Most cities with the station asset only replicate Tokyo Station practically, but this has it's own unique taste and feel to it which is amazing.
This is incredible, I have played for 120 hours and I have no idea how he builds like this.
Kudos to you for standing up for yourself and telling people about themselves. A lot of people use the internet as a guise to express how they truly feel inside or how they wish they could treat others. Usually these people are not like this.
Props to you man. You are never taller than when you stand up for yourself.
On the topic of abandoned small villages in the mountains, an interesting thing to build would be an abandoned coal mining plant, similar to that one coal mining island that was abandoned (I believe it was called 'Hashima Island', but I might be wrong), though I'm sure it would be less effort to make an entirely new island for it, so having it in the mountains would;
1: be easier, and 2: make it different from the real thing, rather than copy the thing completely.
Anyway, your videos are brilliant, and I love builds like these that are teeming with details, so keep up the great work man!
Abandoned coal mining plant? Not a bad idea. The world over is already littered with abandoned coal mines.
Im usually a silent watcher, but the mod list rant was awsome :) The work on the station was amazing aswell. Good job I really like watching you build.
newly discovering this series, and words arent enough to express by how gorgeously detailed ur build is. very excited to see what is coming in the future episodes... new intro and outro music is great too, really loving the outro music along with the footage, it feels like showcase of actual japan scenery, really missing the time and scenery when I travelled to Japan few years back..
I literally just typed in "Japanese" on the workshop and found every mod I need to build a Japanese inspired city. If I REALLY wanted a specific mod you were using I'd definitely ask, but for the life of me I can't see why I'd want to know every single mod you were using. I probably couldn't tell anyone exactly what mods I'm using myself without spending hours. And then, for what? I highly doubt the person will thank me.
Edit: I literally have to devote a day to using google maps when looking at Japan. I walk down every alley and side road stopping to look at cool cars and shops. Deep diving into shops websites and researching historic buildings and places. It really is a country full of inspiration.
So, bangin’ intro (awesome) and the outro music is good.
One thing I have to say about the outro music is that it reminds of pensive music that might appear in a suspense/drama movie. Y’know, while some detective or journalist is researching connections in serial crime.
“Diligence, cold coffee from hours ago, and cigarette butts being dragged to the end.” That’s what my mind says when I hear it.
This episode was real nice. I already have a bunch of subscribed tutorial channels for Cities Skylines. Just do your thing. We, the viewers, gotta remember that this series is more about peering into that cool creative mind you have. It’s not about tutorials and holding our hand.
Thank you for treating us with respect as an audience, and I hope we can show the same respect.
That’s what makes each episode great; Not having to take notes or look for mods or this and that makes watching the video both relaxing and engaging. You know what you’re doing.
Peace!
I love how the city looks so far!
I hope that you continue with this series because it's just wonderful watching you building this city. I also wanted to build a japanese looking city but my pc just can't handle a lot of mods and assest and so I have to wait until I'll get a better Pc.
Every time I wait for a chapter of this series it's hell, because I know it's going to take at least 3 months for it to come out.
At the moment it's the best series I've seen from cities skyline
Glad you're back in a better condition! Thank you very much for the videos, they are amazing. I've gotten into City Skylines a couple month back, and now that I've discovered your channel, I think I'll give detailed city design a shot because it looks fascinating. Thank you for the wonderful content.
i fully agree with you! please take your time with the mods and asset list, there is no rush! i love your work man! keep it up
Its a pleasure watching you build this town
I really agree with the racetrack idea, it would add some nice diversity to the map, especially if it were in the mountains
Allows for a ton of creativity with props and whatever procedural objects he decides to use, too.
It's great to see a RUclipsr who's not afraid to speak their mind - thanks for the chuckles. I only found your channel last week and binged all 5 episodes right after each other, and was so excited when you mentioned in episode 5 that you'd pre-recorded another 5. My heart dropped when I realised you hadn't made any videos for several months and I was so worried you weren't going to make any more. I was so happy happy to see this video pop up in my subscriptions this morning, and it's great to hear you're feeling better health wise! I don't play City Skylines, but watching you build so intricately is super fun. Thanks again, and I can't wait for your next installation!
Glad to see you're back man! Looking forward to the following episodes
Suggestion: affordable housing project.
Welcome back! I love your videos and completely understand your stance on the mod-list situation… it‘s kind of the same problem with new digital artists (illustrators etc.) who always demand digital brushes and expect to be able to paint like masters of art but don‘t understand the fundamentals.
You see it all across creative work actually, I am a graduated graphic designer and the amount of times I got the "so my daughter needs to make a presentation but she really isn't good at it, it's easy work for you right so could you do it real quick?", while it being a massive task of work that is not only that, but also very boring for me and you hadn't spoke to the person in years.
I'm also a music producer, not a DJ, but the amount of times I get the question from a vague old friend who is getting married: "Yo man I'm getting married would you do the music please since you are good at that, so it's easy right?", plus when they then realize you own a fancy camera and like photography, then automatically you are destined in their eyes to be the person to shoot their wedding. Not only is that the most boring type of photography to do, it's also highly stressful lol, so no thanks. I don't even like photographing people, I shoot cities and architecture which don't suddenly move. And when you start about payment, you always get the weird frown and the response "they'll pay you in exposure or they'll tell all their friends and relatives you did the job", in that case I'll pass.
Sadly that is the attitude you see a lot from people outside of the creative field towards people within it, most creatives are so familiar with this topic and I often have discussions about it with fellow artsy people. It's really one of the biggest annoyances within the creative field actually.
Like the straight forward approach, I don't get full assetlits anyway, but that's just me. I usually grab a simple base mod list made by anyone and then take time to find the assets I'd actually use, because having a asset list like yours, I would not even know most of the stuff you'd use. Anyway, love the series, I would never be able to make something this nice in CS, but I love watching other people doing I'm
Great to have you back man. I've been waiting for this video, im excited to watch it.
This series has been an absolute revelation. I've started playing this game again with a view to creating a much more detailed city than I've ever tried before, while still staying within the spirit of the game. I'm making something vaguely UK based but watching this makes me wish I had opted for Japan based theme (visited myself back in 2018).
Totally unrelated, I slowed the video down to 50% at one point to try to catch a setting change you made on something I'd been struggling with and ended up listening to the rest of your rant at 50% speed because it just sounded like you were rambling whilst black out drunk haha.
Hey amigo, love your style and detailing! Would love to see future episodes!
Man, not only you’re making a great city with such details, but all the small details in the video itself like when the voice changes when you read the question is a nice little touch! i hope you’d keep giving us the best quality content as always.
Glad that you’re back and posting again ! I enjoy watching your videos very very, very much, it’s super relaxing. Thank you so much for the efforts.
Edit: There is only so much time for us to do what we want in life, people who don’t appreciate your work, don’t deserve your time.
New episode!
Simply mesmerizing, not much else to say. I have watched a few other heavy modded city builders but I don't think anyone captures the level of detail you have achieved. Also the music fits the aesthetic like a glove.
Glad to see your health improve to make a new video. I actually enjoy these videos even though I don't play city skylines. I use to travel to Japan every year and I am more familiar with the southern part of Japan between Sasebo and Kyoto
I found these videos like a week and a half ago, binged em all, and thought the series was left for dead. This is fantastic news! Glad to see it's still alive and well!
I was so happy to see Atsuki return.
Shame to hear that the old save was so bugged.
Can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
Totally agree with the “mods/assets” rant, I can’t mod my game nearly as much as others (old computer) but it’s difficult to get legitimate questions/comments to the creator with the comments are bogged down with such posts and requests.
Anyway, great to see you’re back and feeling better, can’t wait to see where this series goes from here, I love your building style and composition of your episodes! Keep up the great work!
I love this series and the attention to detail my guy. Goed bezig man en ik kijk al uit naar de volgende video!!!
Man, you deserve all the praise, and take good care of your health, btw.
I love how you’ve combined two things I love so well! (Japan and Cities: Skylines)
You’re outro song sounds fantastic btw!
ありがとうございます
This was a great episode!!! Its nice to see you again working in the city! (And glad you're doing well!)
It's really nice to see how creative you can be, and the city is turning out awesome!!
Idk if you have plans to build an airport, but I think that would be something really nice to see!! (Since we are talking about transportation haha)
And man the intro and outro music was really goood!!!!
Keep up the good work!!
Love from Brazil!
Can't wait for the next one!!
Episode 7 will be very highly appreciated. Your work trully is top notch
Hello! I was wondering when you will post another video. I miss this series and I loved it!
@@zacharyfelder6604 oh... that's sad... :( hope he is in a better place 🙏 😔
@@Mandrido yea this guy is just straight up lying. If you go to his music channel he last did a stream 3 days ago.
@@Hypnoraa oh. Nice. Good to hear he is good and all.
Banned the troll, anybody joking around about me or somebody else being dead gets a straight up ban from my channel. I'm not dead, I'm just busy.
@@ARTFXGaming oh. Ok. Glad you are good and safe! Good luck with work and all! 😊
Sorry to hear that you went through all this drama to create a great entertainment piece. Its good to see that the series hasnt ended love this series keep up the good work
an amazing build and episode! i was probably one of those new 3k people over the last month who found your channel, keep it up!
wow, i'm here just to enjoy and get inspired not for demand something because what you did is awesome and i have my own play style. so just ignore those people, keep it up and stay awesome, and stay healthy too.
Hey man. I just wanted to say that your videos have been utterly inspiring. I just recently started building my own japanese city and your videos have been a great source for putting that extra time into doing some detailing of my own.
I hope you're doing well and that you still plan to release more videos - even though it seems to have been a while now. All the best!
What an insanely calming and beautiful music at the end. Love from India.
❤️
Welcome back! Sorry to hear about the issues in the save game. I also applaud your stance on a mod list or assets list. As much as we’d like to share them it opens the door to a lot more issues with expectations that we’d provide tech support.
Hey Artfx. Because of you I’ve been feeling pretty inspired to get better at modding Cities Skylines and even considering making videos. This has caused me to take a deeper dive into the workshop and figure out mods and it’s so extremely complex and nuanced. The most popular mods cover a lot of what you need, then it comes down to what you want asset wise, what works right, what your computer can handle. The idea of a mods list doesn’t even really make sense once you really get into it. All props to you for calling out the toxic comments.
I love your videos and you have inspired me more than other creators who I also love like biffa and two dollars twenty, because I also make music. I’ve been learning production on flstudio since the lockdown and not being able to drum in my apartment. It might sound silly but it’s cool to see someone be able to do two things well.
I love making house, dubstep, and all kinds of electronic music. Cities seems like a good outlet for lofi and cinematic music I also enjoy.
Thanks for keeping it real and being an inspiration my friend.
Edit: new intro and outros are awesome. Love the outro song!
I really really love your Videos and that eye for detail. This is so inspiring! And I completely agree on your opinion on those people always just asking for Modlists.
Dude amazing detail! Love the idea of the start-over, since the previous episodes felt a bit disconnected from each other, and love that you started with the train station (classic way of starting a japanese city)!
Atsuki is really the only dense metropolitan japanese series out there right now, what with Maya finished...so there is no other way to satisfy the thirst for japan!
(hope you will move up the upload schedule a bit... would absolutely love to Atsuki in my notifications more regularly!)
Incredible work as always! I love to see more night shots
It's great that you are restarting! You weren't too far into the project and it's probably going to look better anyways. Excited for more
Absolutely favorite series. Keep it up good sir! Much support from all of us here on this journey with you!!
Thanks for your new video. I totally agree with you about the asset collection, though I sometimes look at them for assets that I've seen in builds and didn't manage to find on my own. As for Japanese assets as long as you search for JAPAN or JP in the workshop, you will come across most of them.
Concerning the Miwaki trees, I asked Greyflame if he could make some recently, but if it comes from you he might take it more seriously. He is a specialist in all things pine trees after all.
I'll also recommend Tokyo Lens on youtube for inspiration. His lives are very good to get the feel for Japanese cities and landscapes. Though, I have a feeling you are watching Norm's videos already.
I am familiar with his videos yes, actually got into his videos due to his Shamisen playing.
@@ARTFXGaming same :) But more precisely because of the shamisen making video.
@@ARTFXGaming, by the way, it just occurred to me that you can use MrMaison's "stone pine set" as a start for the gardens. The old variant especially.
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=843982695&searchtext=stone+pine
Recently just got interested in City Skylines and stumbled upon your series. As an avid Skyrim modder, I understand your resolve about not giving a list to people who are lazy. Much respect and excited to see more from your series
The level of detail is just insane, great to watch, looking forward to more. Maybe som little France style junction shots would be cool
Nice to have you back. Missed this videos so much.
Will you build this river/chanel in the City again? And will you build a nice little mountain river with Cherrytrees, some old houses and rice fields? Xd And will you build a small airport?
Greetings and keep up the good work and stay save and healthy.
Dude, I just want to thank you. Your videos are so relaxing and visually pleasing.
"And make you look less like a lazy asshole" I laughed
Glad to see another of your videos, already can't wait for the next one! I also think that most please demanding modlists didn't even spend 10 minutes checking for themselves. Even if you publish your list, those people won't be able to use it and simply lose interested frustrated.
Regarding your building plans, if you want to work a lot with different levels, you should check out Nagasaki. Nothing is flat in this city!
Really enjoy this series, especially all the details you put in. Love them!
Great to see you're back. I think you're right about the mods list thing, first of all many people are borderline rude with their requests and honestly, a lot of people asking for the mods list wouldn't utilize even a fraction of the stuff anyway.
I'm torn on the whole starting from scratch thing. You have some good arguments, the most important one being the pre-planning thing. It's just that I'll miss some of the truly great work you have already done. The downtown canal in particular was an absolute favorite of mine. But I'll happily watch you building more and perhaps similar areas in the future. Keep up the nice work.
Hmmm still waiting for the next episode😀
I was at home today, Friday chills, and I remember “where is that city skylines series of a Japanese city?” So I searched and founded it and I’m very glad that you continued to build the city, I think that a saw your series 3 years ago ahaha. Keep the good work! Cheers from Brazil!
I relate to your rant. Today I decided to search for asset that feels right to put into my new city project and seeing them complement each other and made my plan came true is something magical
pog he's back! love your series.
everything that you build looks like art.
The statement regarding mods...PERIOOOODT! Keep doing the great work, loving this series! 🤩
Glad to see you back! Now with Palm's Time moving away from Maya City there was nothing left to scratch the Japan CS itch lol. Hope to see more regular updates now!
Great to see a new video and new town! I'm also someone who watches despite not playing the game.
Hope more is on the way...!
Just wanted to say that your builds always make me feel so nostalgic for the time I spent in Japan myself, despite the city you're making not being real. Haven't played this game in years but love watching your videos
Hey man. Love the videos! And i hope the next one is comming out soon!
I was wondering if you are going to make a place like Roppongi in your city :D
Thanks for sharing your builds, I completely agree with you on what you are saying. It does not take much time to get a mod list suitable for your gaming style/computer as well. Assets as well are a big pain to build a workshop list. Either way you share your inspiration with others you can never please everyone :D I think its fantastic!
It’s really a pleasure seeing your videos!
I found this channel recently by checking some heavily detailed Cities Skylines videos and I immediately loved it: The format, the timelapse with voice overs and the beautiful Cinematics are really the videos I love. It’s perfect to just chill, and I think I will return many times seeing the Cinematics because they’re just amazing.
I don’t want to say too much, so I’ll just say:
I love your work, in Gaming or even in music (for me whose trying to learn drums, it’s really cool) so keep it up!
Mooi station, veel detail, ook rondom. En, compleet eens met je statement over de modlist. Hello from Holland btw ;) Keep up the good content on this channel.
Welcome back. I am glad that you are feeling better. When ever I see your videos pop up I always try to make time to watch them just for the fun of them. It makes me feel like I am part of something the is the world around.
I'm kinda disappointed you started from scratch but I totally understand your reasons. I 100% agree with your stance on mod collection. To make something with the level of detail you do takes a lot more than just downloading a mod collection without understanding how they work. I personally don't really know how to use most of the mods you use so I won't even bother downloading them. If you ever do a tutorial series, then maybe I would! Anyway keep up the good work!
Hey, just wanted to say that I think this series is amazing. I am super interested in Japanese culture and aesthetics, and I’ve been looking into finally properly getting into Cities: Skylines (although I’ve had it for a while lmao).
But really, the level of detail you put into this city is absolutely outstanding, and I really enjoy the music you’ve made to accompany the gameplay and your commentary. To put it simply, keep doing what you’re doing, this series is super interesting and I (along with a lot of other people) really enjoy it.
Still waiting for the ep 7!!!
Love your videos
Welcome back!! I’ve been waiting for this so long man. I completely understand your opinion about the whole collection mess. Keep up the good work and stay healthy!
FINALLY! omg i waited so much for this
Hey there ARTFX I am a huge fan of your Atsuki series so far, these videos are so inspiring to detailer like me who have hit a cities skylines roadblock. As of your fist atsuki video I watched the other day, you gave me such inspiration with that video I have started my own Japanese styled city. I won't ask for a mods list or asset collection, because I really love browsing the workshop for mods, to make your city unique, however I did have a question.
What mod are you using in order to zoom in so close.... is it cinematic camera or some other mod for zooming in, I can't quite get a zoom mod that gets as close as I would like in order to detail?
Other than that, the series is amazing, keep up the great work and continue to inspire people like me, I can't wait to see where the atsuki series goes!
Are you planning on making a Shibuya Crossing-like area, I think that would be sick, love the videos keep it up!!
I only found out about your videos a couple of days ago, but when I saw you had uploaded a new episode it felt like I had been expecting it for months - and I don't even play Cities Skylines! Keep up the great work!
Yesss hoping these videos keep on coming! This is one of the best looking CS projects- period.
I think what you’re saying about the mods list is true. No one’s owed a list and tbh they’re so easy to find on the workshop.
I think just talking a bit about each mod/asset as you’re using it on screen is the best way to present that info.
Finally we are back in business baby!!!
Also for your castle I recommend looking into Kyoto and Osaka as they have a lot of great shrines and Castles. Like Osaka Castle.
Hopefully if you feel like it you will make a shrine similar to the 1000 gate shrine, one of my fav shrines I have been to in Japan, especially how your map has mountains.
For transport I feel like taxis are more popular from my personal in Japan experience rather than buses.
Anyway keep it up always excited to watch your videos.
Glad to see you're back! This series is going to be awesome. Please don't give up, I would LOVE to see finished or near finished Japanese city.
Kan niet wachten op de volgende aflevering!
Can't imagine how awesome it would be once you build that castle, elevated behind the train station. It would be a stunning contrast between Meiji and medieval Japanese architecture.
What a great looking anime
And btw, I don't think that anyone who is just asking for a mods list will be able to create anything nearly as impressive as you do. This city is awesome not because of the amount of assets, but because of how you use them.
Missed this series, glad to have you back. I hope you are in good health now.
Hey! Glad you're back! Question: Has is ever crossed your mind to install an anime-inspired location/building/area in your city and which anime/its location would it be?
Hey, Artfx Gaming, where are you? It's been 8 months since your last video! We've been patiently waiting :)
yeah man you're correct vallah habibi
Fantastic "rant", loved it. Now a detail point I noticed in the intro - while quite a few Japanese hills these days are unfortunately almost monocultures of sugi or hinoki trees, those near urban areas tend to be a lot more mixed-broadleaf. So it would be nice to mix some more deciduous trees into your background filler trees; this will give a bit more texture and colour variation too.
i'm glad you came back with Atsuki series, I've been waiting for a new episode for a long time!
Yay new episode!! I love this series keep it up mate!!! Hope your okay :D
Beautiful stuff, I love your way of detailing, because while you're puuting down a lot of stuff, its very thought through and the places you create look very realistic and not totally overloaded. I've really struggled to restrict myself on the detail work, because I always feel like I'll never finish a project. Have you had the same thoughts? And how do you plan to avoid the problem? Or will you fully embrace it and do your thing, no matter if it will end up unfinished or if you'll have to do 500 episodes?
Great work, keep it up!
Love the new intro! Definetely manga vibes. Also, you are not obligated go post the mods list for those people. It's probably better to let them find the mods by themselves to teach them a lesson. I enjoy the series even if i don't play cities skyllines. I hope these people learn their lesson and the series continue the quality videos!
Let’s be honest here.. 99% of the people whining about the mod list won’t have the skill set, patience or knowledge base to do something remotely close to anything here. People see what you do and you do make it seem simple when in fact is quite complex, which leads to the attraction of it.
You videos are awesome and I really enjoy them. As a model rail enthusiast, your videos give me inspiration as I am aspiring to build a Japanese rail themed N gauge model railway. Your advice about using Google earth and watching videos to gain insight is so true. Something a lot of people don’t realize is that behind the ideas and designs is a truck load of research and information gathering.
Keep up the good work. Hopefully your health concerns are behind you. Looking forward to the next one. :)
Also, love the anime style intro. More of that please :)
Dude I love this series everything looks great.
Yayayayayayyaya
I love these videos and they are so helpful to see what to do to get more detail in my own cities
Thank you
Edit: OMG I would love to have a race circuit like Suzuka.
Also how do you make your fences bend??
Genuinely glad you’re back. Your ability to construct a city that is so wonderfully Japanese in theme while also being unique is unmatched amongst the rest of the Cities community; even Palm’s Time, though he’s quite awesome as well.
I am a fan of the idea of starting over, especially since so much has changed in the game. It’s amazing how much content is still being generated for this game six years after it was released (and hopefully long into the future).
For some reason RUclips didn’t notify me of this video, even though I’ve got my notifications on for the channel - might want to have a look and see if that’s a wider issue, as I know some channels get affected by this from time to time.
The last point I’ll make is a tidbit about your mod list thoughts: I absolutely respect your thoughts here. I personally enjoy playing this game in a highly modded, highly detailed manner, and I can attest to everything you said about having to spend hours going through mods and assets searching for things that’ll work with a build, and how important it is to understand the mods you’re using. I’ve taken breaks from the game at various points for various reasons, but even when I don’t play for some time, I always make sure I stay on top of the Workshop and the new stuff that’s released, so that in theory I could jump in again at any time and be up to date. As for the actual ‘’mods list” people, my thought would be this: if they want a list so badly, just publish what you’re subscribed to as-is, don’t go out of your way to organize it (unless you’re doing that for you), just drop the big list and make them spend their time going through it (I appreciate that you kind of did that anyway by not allowing a one-click subscribe). I think the reason so many Cities RUclipsrs publish their lists (and thus have them demanded) is because most of them release their save games to the workshop, meaning if they didn’t have a list out, the save would basically be useless, since in theory you’d have no way of knowing all the things they’d used to make it.
Looking forward to the next episode!