The City In All Its Glory III

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"How often we have seen that City of Never, that marvel of the Nations! Not when it is night in the World, and we can see no further than the stars; not when the sun is shining where we dwell, dazzling our eyes; but when the sun has set on some stormy days, all at once repentant at evening, and those glittering cliffs reveal themselves which we almost take to be clouds, and it is twilight with us as it is for ever with them, then on their gleaming summits we see those golden domes that overpeer the edges of the World and seem to dance with dignity and calm in that gentle light of evening that is Wonder's native haunt. Then does the City of Never, unvisited and afar, look long at her sister the World."
--Lord Dunsany

A long time ago, there was a map made of the City. The City grew and changed, and the map was also changed. And the City grew and changed again, and poly_places was born. And the City grew and changed yet again, and the map was once more changed until today.

Here, then, is the new and current incarnation of the City Map!

Check this out: as of right now, there are over 90 separate, individual, identifiable locations in the City and its environs (in the City, in the Underground, or elsewhere on the island). Over 90!! That's a lot of places, you guys! Good grief! And, really, there are actually even more because there are lots of other things in the City that aren't on this map (this is the City: you can find anything you want here if you look hard enough--and I, for one, know that there are shrines to Cthulu around here somewhere...).

And! I have to say one of the most amazing things was to find little "districts" forming as I put things in place. For example, the Blue Light, the music studio, the music store, and the Opera House are all kind of in the same neighborhood--and, as far as I can tell, it was largely by chance, based on the locations players had asked for. There's a run of clothing shops, a cluster of magic stores, the restaurants and other food-related places are predominantly on the square--really, Misery Square is prime real estate. Very popular. The Deities are raking in the rent there, for sure...

Some Important Notes
→ These maps are not to scale. The real purpose of these maps is to show the relationship of in-game things to other in-game things, to help with visualizing The City, and to add a note of solidity or realism, if you should so choose to add it. So they're really just visual aids for fun.

→ In making the Overground map, I decided I wanted to try for some lulzy verisimilitude of a real City. So, for fun, I put in some roads to make this map look more like, well, a city map. But just because a road is in the picture does not mean it must be there in your mind or your playing. There are probably more roads, streets, and alleys than are on this map anyway. They're really just there to help with the fantasy and visualizing the City as a real city.

→ I had to break my promise that nothing would move /)_(\;; I'm so sorry! The Lighthouse had to move from the northeast side of the island to the northwest side...because the mountain got in the way. Sob. Likewise, I adjusted the placement of some things to help everything fit together. In terms of relationships, though, everything should be in about the same place.

→ In making these maps, I used the information from the old map + poly_places + any information I'd gotten on previous "Makin' a Map!!" posts. And there was a lot of overlap between those three things, but--!
1. If something isn't on these maps and you'd like to add it, it's not too late! Just let me know (either here or in your mode of preference).
2. If a name is spelled wrong, a location isn't going to work, something just isn't right, let's talk about it. Let me know (either here or in your mode of preference).
3. Hereafter, we'll be noting locations of places not yet added to the map on the map post in poly_places and adding them in to the picture itself at the next map update.

Okay, okay, on to the maps themselves!

→A final word of warning: these maps aren't really dial-up friendly. As such, I'm linking to them here, but they have been posted as images under cuts on the poly_places map page. There is also a table of information along with the City and Underground maps: each named location has been given a number on the map, and the corresponding number in the table lists the location's name. Also, the numbering is a little eccentric, and for that I apologize. The Deities apparently hired some kind of homicidal psychopath to do their city planning...

The City Environs

A. City Limits B. The Wilderness C. The Drowning Pool	D. The Ruins E. The Mountain F. The Ship	G. The Dipping Pool H. Crossgate (beach-side) I. The Lighthouse

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The City Map

I - XII Apartment Buildings 1. The Carousel 2. The Fountain 3. Deity Office 4. The Courthouse 5. Hall of the Missing 6. City General Hospital 7. Academy & Library 8. Lux 9. Police Station 10. Firehouse 11. Coliseum Pub 12. Jeanne's Rune Shop 13. Ajisai Flower Shop 14. Sunny Side Bakery 15. Cybernetics 16. Halftime Show Cinema 17. Arcade 18. Pandora's	19. ??? 20. Karaoke Bar 21. Café Juliet 22. Opera Abandoned 23. Music Studio 24. Cathedral 25. Piaculum Palace 26. City Labs 27. Barn 28. Warehouse 29. Crossgates (City-side) 30. Basketball Court 31. The Range 32. Garage 33. The Blue Light 34. Old Mansion 35. Xanadu 36. The Crypt 37. The Zoo	38. Hot Springs 39. The Temple 40. 7th Heaven Bar 41. Koukakurou Tea House 42. Hiyori's Art Studio 43. Welcome Center 44. Passioné 45. City Finance 46. Crepes! 47. Music Store 48. Hymns of Lorelai 49. Occam's Clinic 50. Turnabout Café 51. Tanabata Video Store 52. The Orphanage 53. Obstacle Course 54. Youth Recreation Center 55. Cat's Eye Café 56. Church & Chapel	57. Amulets & Enchantments 58. Seiza Tea Shop 59. The Den 60. Oh Aces 61. Crimson 62. Akindo 63. Ayame's Shop 64. Bilton & Scaggs 65. Geo's Sweet Shop 66. City Solutions 67. Bridge of Birds 68. Cassagioso 69. Victrola 70. Angelo Amore 71. Dewi Shri 72. The Dojo 73. Playground 74. Collapsed Sand Tower 85. Mysterious Hole? ★. Subway Panic stop

The Underground Map

0. The Clock 75. The Den (Underground floors) 76. Circus Carnivore 77. City Labs (Underground floors) 78. Warehouse (Underground floors)	79. Club Automatica 80. The Raven 81. The Casino 82. The Black Market 83. The Arena	84. Gysahl on the Green 85. Mysterious Underground Hut? 86. Eden ★. Subway Panic stops

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♥ So here it is. Polyites, this is your City, these are the places you've made. polychromatic, you will never cease to amaze me.