A Newbie's Diary – Day 5
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Jul 31, 2026 · EN
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Hello everyone,
Today I'd like to talk about the strategy I finally settled on and how I came up with it.
As I mentioned in a previous article, even though I wanted to take things slowly and carefully plan the development of my town, it wasn't an easy task because I lacked the basic information I needed to make good decisions. It took several attempts and quite a few mistakes before I found something that actually worked for me. As you can imagine, all that experimenting completely drained the energy bar you start the game with. Not just my energy, but a lot of resources as well.
It got to the point where I even considered resetting my town and starting over. The tutorial mentioned that this was possible, but in the end I couldn't find that option anywhere. Fortunately, I managed to make the most of what I had already built.
My main goal, and I imagine it's the same for most players, was to optimize my resources. If you need citizens, they have to live in houses, so naturally I wanted to keep the population as low as possible to avoid building too many houses. That also meant trying not to duplicate buildings that require citizens to operate.
How naive I was. That approach simply doesn't work here.
In this game, you actually have to do the exact opposite and build multiple copies of the same structures. Why? Because you don't have enough space, because you either can't, or simply shouldn't, remove the buildings that were already on your map when you started the game, and because the game's own mechanics leave you with very few alternatives.
So I eventually came to the rather frustrating conclusion that if I couldn't extend the range of my influence buildings to reach the structures that needed them, and I couldn't move those structures either, then I'd have to build a separate influence cluster next to every single building I wanted to develop.
Yes, I had exactly the same thought you're probably having right now: what a waste of resources!
On top of that, I wasn't even sure whether I could remove an influence cluster later without causing problems for the rest of my layout. Since the game doesn't explain whether that's possible, there was only one way to find out, so I started experimenting. There I was, placing marketplaces everywhere. I was starting to feel like I was running a bazaar! Next came the police stations. I haven't started building fire stations yet because I still haven't needed to reach level 3, but... I'm sure that day will come.
The funny thing is that, despite all those mistakes, I don't really regret making them. In fact, I think they helped me understand the game much better than simply copying someone else's layout. Every failed attempt taught me something new, and every change made the next decision a little easier. Sometimes the best way to learn a game is to stop worrying about making the perfect move and just see what happens. You might waste a few resources, but in return you gain experience that no guide can really teach.
I already knew that not everything was going to be easy, but I also knew it was going to be fun. Experimenting and growing. Building, rebuilding, and watching your little village slowly become something bigger. Seeing how a handful of buildings gradually turns into a real town is probably one of the most satisfying parts of the game, and I think that's what keeps me coming back every day.
But that's a story for the next chapter.
See you around.
Be good, be patient ... and mine a lot.
