Newcrest reminds me a little about where I live in the UK. I live in a small town surrounded by greenery and theres also rivers nearby. But I'm very close to big cities too which surround my town.
I agree with most of these placements except for San Myshuno and Selva Dorada. With City Living I thought it resembled Sanfran-Tokyo from Big Hero 6. It's definitely a mixture of Asian and Californian settings. With Selva Dorada the placement would more accurately be, without a doubt, Mexico and Central America, rather than the Amazon in South America. The elements it has of the native culture, with the Spanish influences, and the architecture, and just the feel of it all, it doesn't make a lot of sense for it to be located in the Amazon. It's definitely very reminiscent of the movie, The Road to El Dorado, where the setting is in Mexico and Central America.
Machu-Picchu was Incan, not Mayan. The Mayan culture was - and is - largely in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico (Chichen-Itza) extending into Guatamala (Tikal). But I agree that Selvadorada seems Mezo-American to me.
Yeah i already got the idea of Willow creek being sort of residential/rural new orleans.
Oasis springs i always got the impression is somewhere in Texas and the spanish architecture of some buildings pretty much nails it (for example the Caliente family house and surrounding buildings have the same vibe.
Not sure on newcrest.
Based on the families and the look of the town, i'd agree Windenberg is likely around Germany, but it could also be in Austria, France or Sweden/Norway as well as the name isn't entirely exclusive to Germany. The families there, i noticed Swedish/Nordic, Irish and German names in the mix as well as cross French-Portugese names.
Windenburg doesn't strike me as any specific European area. To me, it more feels like a hotchpotch of several northern and central European areas/cultures. Almost like how an American who hasn't visited Europe could vision it.
I agree with the two previous comments about Windenburg. To me, the old town makes me think of Bavarian Germany, the modern city’s buildings in the background look a bit like Stockholm, Sweden, the countryside looks sort of English, and the Von Haunt estate with its snow capped mountains is the Austrian Alps. Never could figure out what country or region the island might be modeled after.
As for San Myshuno, the name might be inspired by San Francisco, but the Spice District looks similar to some NYC neighborhoods, especially in Brooklyn, the Arts Quarter reminds me of a gentrified hipster and yuppie neighborhood in numerous cities, Fashion District is Tokyo-inspired, I guess, and Financial District is basically any downtown business neighborhood one would see in a big city.
I think the worlds have been designed so that you can generally relate more than one area to them, probably based on making them relatable in different parts of the world.
Yes, Willow Creek is obviously New Orleans. I agree that Oasis Springs is like a cross between Palm Springs, Arizona or a manicured suburb of Las Vegas. Empty it out and you can probably make it other red desert areas.
Granite Falls seems like generic North American woods. Yellowstone has a geyser and I don't think Granite Falls does but maybe I haven't looked closely. It could be Canada, Northern CA or actually New Hampshire where there is a lot of granite.
I agree that Windenburg is a European mash up. At a certain point, I mostly started thinking of the worlds in relation to each other rather than the real world.
Forgetten Hollow kind of goes with Windenburg and Brindleton Bay. Granite Falls is a bit more remote but inland from Brindleton Bay.
Oasis Springs and Strangerville go together with Oasis Springs being the place that Strangervillains trek to for actual things to do.
Sulani is off on its own in a happy paradise at roughly a similar latitude to Selvadorada though they are distinct cultures.
Willow Creek and Magnolia Promenade go together.
Newcrest is where I mostly have community lots. I've made it a centralized hang out world. I only have two residential houses there and haven't spent much time there.
San Myshuno is like a mash up of several huge cities. I think I play it as roughly like NYC. It's really just "the city" in my game.
@Atreya33 Windenburg's name translates from German and the "Winden" part could either refer to wind ("Wind") or morning glory ("Winde") while "Burg" is the German word for castle. Most of the residents have German and Scandinavian names. (this is from the wiki).
Also, in Backyard Stuff there's an object in which description says that Windenbrug has a syster-town called Windemere. The second element is Old English 'mere', meaning 'lake' or 'pool'. I don't know if there is a german word called "mere". But I think Windenburg would be in Germany.
@Atreya33 Windenburg's name translates from German and the "Winden" part could either refer to wind ("Wind") or morning glory ("Winde") while "Burg" is the German word for castle. Most of the residents have German and Scandinavian names. (this is from the wiki).
Also, in Backyard Stuff there's an object in which description says that Windenbrug has a syster-town called Windemere. The second element is Old English 'mere', meaning 'lake' or 'pool'. I don't know if there is a german word called "mere". But I think Windenburg would be in Germany.
The name windenburg might just as well be Dutch (wind = wind, and the suffix burg can be found in some place names like Limburg, Leopoldsburg, Domburg, ). The word mere feels very English. I don't know the German equivalent but I suspect they rather use 'See' (lake). So windenburg sounds very German but not exclusively German. The Scandinavian names make it feel far more up north.
As someone who has been to Germany many times I can see it was used as an inspiration, but mixed with other countries as well. While the old town feels German, there used to be houses in that style in some parts of Belgium as well, more in the countryside than in cities though. The countryside neighbourhood could be in several countries. The island feels as if it is either Scandinavian or British (2 regions I have also seen in real life)
So for me it resembles the Germany I visited and know from real life, but there are to many elements in this world from other European countries to say windenburg is exactly 100% Germany and nothing else.
Likewise I don't think selvadorada is meant to be one specific South American country, and Sulani is not limited to on Pacific Island. It is possible to see similarities to other places.
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i think of granite falls as a ts4 version of three lakes which is a bit canadian so it could be up in the north, next to each other.
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Selvadorada is based on the Mayan ancient ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Oasis springs i always got the impression is somewhere in Texas and the spanish architecture of some buildings pretty much nails it (for example the Caliente family house and surrounding buildings have the same vibe.
Not sure on newcrest.
Based on the families and the look of the town, i'd agree Windenberg is likely around Germany, but it could also be in Austria, France or Sweden/Norway as well as the name isn't entirely exclusive to Germany. The families there, i noticed Swedish/Nordic, Irish and German names in the mix as well as cross French-Portugese names.
As for San Myshuno, the name might be inspired by San Francisco, but the Spice District looks similar to some NYC neighborhoods, especially in Brooklyn, the Arts Quarter reminds me of a gentrified hipster and yuppie neighborhood in numerous cities, Fashion District is Tokyo-inspired, I guess, and Financial District is basically any downtown business neighborhood one would see in a big city.
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Yes, Willow Creek is obviously New Orleans. I agree that Oasis Springs is like a cross between Palm Springs, Arizona or a manicured suburb of Las Vegas. Empty it out and you can probably make it other red desert areas.
Granite Falls seems like generic North American woods. Yellowstone has a geyser and I don't think Granite Falls does but maybe I haven't looked closely. It could be Canada, Northern CA or actually New Hampshire where there is a lot of granite.
I agree that Windenburg is a European mash up. At a certain point, I mostly started thinking of the worlds in relation to each other rather than the real world.
Forgetten Hollow kind of goes with Windenburg and Brindleton Bay. Granite Falls is a bit more remote but inland from Brindleton Bay.
Oasis Springs and Strangerville go together with Oasis Springs being the place that Strangervillains trek to for actual things to do.
Sulani is off on its own in a happy paradise at roughly a similar latitude to Selvadorada though they are distinct cultures.
Willow Creek and Magnolia Promenade go together.
Newcrest is where I mostly have community lots. I've made it a centralized hang out world. I only have two residential houses there and haven't spent much time there.
San Myshuno is like a mash up of several huge cities. I think I play it as roughly like NYC. It's really just "the city" in my game.
Also, in Backyard Stuff there's an object in which description says that Windenbrug has a syster-town called Windemere. The second element is Old English 'mere', meaning 'lake' or 'pool'. I don't know if there is a german word called "mere". But I think Windenburg would be in Germany.
The name windenburg might just as well be Dutch (wind = wind, and the suffix burg can be found in some place names like Limburg, Leopoldsburg, Domburg, ). The word mere feels very English. I don't know the German equivalent but I suspect they rather use 'See' (lake). So windenburg sounds very German but not exclusively German. The Scandinavian names make it feel far more up north.
As someone who has been to Germany many times I can see it was used as an inspiration, but mixed with other countries as well. While the old town feels German, there used to be houses in that style in some parts of Belgium as well, more in the countryside than in cities though. The countryside neighbourhood could be in several countries. The island feels as if it is either Scandinavian or British (2 regions I have also seen in real life)
So for me it resembles the Germany I visited and know from real life, but there are to many elements in this world from other European countries to say windenburg is exactly 100% Germany and nothing else.
Likewise I don't think selvadorada is meant to be one specific South American country, and Sulani is not limited to on Pacific Island. It is possible to see similarities to other places.
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