by Sokomine » Sun Feb 24, 2013 17:47
In the end, what you call a city may be up to you. A real city may well cover the entire map. Most of the buildings would not be especially intresting so no one wants to build them. Also, a city needs a lot of people that live there.
Multiplayer is not necessary for a city. Some people build amazing amounts of houses. But yes, roadways, walkways, houses grouped together, a general structure and similarity of material/style might be indications of a city. A fence would be rather strange. A group of houses randomly placed on a map usually do not form a city.
Guess I'd distinguish cities and villages by style and purpose of houses. Houses used exclusively for living, with no farming/animal keeping around, combined with houses *not* used for living (administrative, infrastructure, business, entertainment, ...) are indication of a city. Size and amount of houses count less. After all, this is a block world. Many things have to be left to your imagination.
What you call a city, town or village may vary largely by country and region.
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