Dear Friends,
One of the most important STEM based task in our Project is "MY DREAM CITY. For this task, we imagine that we are in 2040,and the Earth becomes overcrowded. We are pioneering a crew tasked with setting up the first city on recently discovered Earth-like planet in a distant solar system.Our mission is to set up the city by designing places to live,work ,grow food etc. , but we must prevent the problems we are having on Earth today so we will not repeat the errors that the Earth face to face today. Keep in mind that the aim of this activity is being responsible citizens,creative and innovative, able to work collaboratively and fully aware the complex challenges facing society.
As you all know, we are in lockdown , we can’t continue our education at our schools. To accomplish this task successfully we have decided to make some small changes by adapting to this activity according to distance education atmosphere. Therefore, we agreed that the best idea is to transform this activity into a project and game-based one. Turkish students has chosen “Simcity Game” centering on planning and designing a whole city by simulating real metropolises. “Simcity” is one of the most influential videogame in the industry which shaped today’s games, such as Minecraft . Turkey will share different phases of their Dream City regularly; preferably in every two weeks.
Our Dream City is populated by "Sims", simulated persons, who live in the city created by the player. While building our Dream City, we have to be careful about the infrastructure system. We must give a huge importance on constructing not only roads or parks but also power plants, landmarks, and public services such as schools, parks, hospitals and fire stations. The police and fire stations will solve the security problems of the city. We must also determine the tax rate, the budget, and social policy.
In our Dream City control was taken mainly through taxes and budgeting. Money is collected from “Sims” and buildings, and then it can be invested in sectors such as safety, firefighters, or tourism to attract more people. The “Sims” will be happier when there isnt any traffic jams and if there are more amusement parks or roads. We can even contruct multilane highways, and bus stations, trains, airports, and seaports etc.
In summary,there are three Development Zones in our city in which Sims inhabit,namely Residential Zone for houses and apartment buildings; commercial zones for shops and offices; Industrial Zone for factories, warehouses, laboratories and farms. It is evidient that urban density, highway capacity, and energy and resource usage will play a crucial role while buiding our city.
Turkey has just started to construct the Dream City. We would like to introduce the beginning stage of our city. Next week we will share every progress we will get about our city again!
TURKEY'S DREAM CITY/PART 1
TURKEY'S DREAM CITY/PART 2
Hello everybody! Welcome to the 2nd week of the Turkey’s Dream City! Our city has developed rapidly thanks to the items we have been producing in the factories and mines such as coal,iron,steel etc. Due to the being on a higher level in our game, we managed to open the Education Lock,so finally we built our first “Education Building”, “the Department of Education”. In addition to this, we have constructed several building. One of them is “The Basic Water Tower” to supply the water of the city. Additionally ”Coal Power Plant” , we have also constructed the second “ Wind Power Plant” to provide high quality of electricity to the our Dream city. Now, we have 24 units of electricity capacity /demand and 36 units of water demand and 24 units of water capacity. Moreover,“Deluxe Sewerage Treatment System” , so the sewers can easily collect waste water from residences and industrial establishments.
By constructing, Mass Production Factory”,we have briskly increased the number of our factories up to now. What is more, “Santa’s Workshop”,”Hardware Store”,”Furniture Store”, “Farmer’s Market” and “Building Supplies Store” have been prosperously constructed by our team. Currently,the popultion of the Sims have grown to 62717 and the daily income from this population has increased up to 10210 in 24 hours .
There some tasks that are waiting to be accomplished as well. With the help of “Trade Depot” a newly opened center, we can hopefully put our raws materials and products on sale which means we can earn more coins in the near future. Another perfect news is that we have succeeded in openning the lock of the “War Supplies” where we can produce the items for “Alliance War” and “Disasters”. We can also collect some prizes or awards when we complete the tasks in “Assignments” part. We must add that the types and amonunts of the prizes varies according to the league which we are in.
Last but not least, the lock of the “Cargo Ship” has been opened which means we can comfortably export the orders to the overseas with trade ships. That’s all for now from Turkey. Keep your social distance and stay safe!