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CodedStingray
@codedstingray.bsky.social
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Gamer and Game Developer, TTRPG Player & GM.
I also make YouTube videos sometimes.

Currently working on several game projects to see what sticks, especially with my brain.

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codedstingray.bsky.social
The second elementary school for Trinity Gate. The two elementary schools combined now provide enough capacity for the entire population.

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate #Education
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 showing the second elementary school, surrounded by single family houses.
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
And here's the cargo train terminal as well as the railyard. This will improve the city's trade connections to neighbouring regions significantly! I know the railyard isn't properly integrated into the city, but that'll come in the future.

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate #Rail #RailInfrastructure
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the new cargo train terminal. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the railyard, which currently stands alone in the forest.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Additional landfill to handle all the trash being produced, The first one was almost full.

Also see that empty space between those streets? That's space for a planned cargo rail station :)

#CitiesSkylines #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the expanded / additional landfill and an empty spot for the future cargo train terminal.
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The proposed solution is to divert the highway and turn it into a bypass road that connects to the city streets at multiple places. This allows people to bypass the town to get closer to where they need to go, minimizing their time in the city streets.

#Congestion #Infrastructure #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. It is overlayed with lines showing the proposed changes to the road layout, with the highway being diverted to the north side of the peninsula and turned into a bypass road, which allows people to bypass parts of the town they don't need to go to. It also shows the main street becoming a secondary artery.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The main problem with traffic in Trinity Gate is that all traffic going deeper up the peninsula needs to go through the entire town and all traffic shares the same streets. The highway easily has enough capacity for the traffic, but the city street network does not.

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. It is overlayed with lines showing the current main traffic flows, with all traffic flow having to go through the low capacity city streets.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
All the town's growth has lead to some traffic problems 😅

Some solutions are being discussed, but a simple one has already been implemented: widening the 2-lane main street to 4 lanes, sacrificing some parking spaces.

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate #Traffic
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing a massive traffic jam on the highway into the city. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the main street, a 2 lane street lined with parking lots. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the main street after it has been widened.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Closeup of the tip of the peninsula. The castle and cemetary ruins have been surrounded with a big city park, and the development around it is almost exclusively low density housing. The coastal quay is lines with seaside villas and waterfront shops.

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the tip of the peninsula. A city park surrounding the castle and cemetary ruins can be seen in the center, surrounded by hundreds of single family homes and villas. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the tip of the peninsula. The tip's quay can be seen spanning across the image, lined with seaside villas and waterfront shops, as well as a pier providing leasure activity. The peninsula's tip's sloped geography forced the construction of a terraced layout of this area.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Trinity Gate has just reached a huge milestone: it finally reached the tip of the peninsula and therefor built up the entirety of it!

Although this is of course a huge achievement, it also comes with a challenge: the times of easy expansion are over.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the entire town. The tip of the peninsula is now completely built up, with the only vectors for further expansion being into the mainland in the bottom left of the image, or across the bay in the top and right of the image.
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
More city growth! The town is creeping further towards the tip of the peninsula. Now, the town proper also has its first connection with the coast, creating a nice waterfront with a new shopping district.

Also includes the first low-rent highrise :)

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the tip of the peninsula, with the town creeping ever further towards filling the entire peninsula. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate focusing on the first coastal connection of the city proper. The industrial quay in the bottom right transitions into a recreational quay in the center of the image. Multiple waterfront shops as well as the first large low rent tower can be seen among a sea of single-family homes.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
This is the Heath Pub. The building is pretty new, but already becoming a trendy meeting spot for young people and a hot spot for political and philosophical discussions.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the Heath Pub, a building in the style of a historic half timber building. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the Heath Pub and surrounding area from a low angle.
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Trinity Gate is growing ever further towards the tip of the peninsula. The town also managed to finally aquire some land west of the industrial area, allowing it to expand away from the town center instead of towards it.

Also bonus shot of the industrial waterfront :)

#CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing a bird's eye view of the town. Further expansion towards the tip of the peninsula can be seen, although the tip itself, including the first castle, are still untouched so far. The industrial area also expanded westwards. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the industrial area and its now expanded waterfront.
November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The first schools in the town have been built, an elementary school and a high school.
I really quite like the setup of the high school ^^

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
#Education
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing its first elementary school. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing its first high school.
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Densification!

Crazy what a difference a single building can make eh? ^^

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
#Urbanism #Density
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing a street corner surrounded by some medium density and some low density buildings. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the same intersection, with the low density house in one of the corners replaced by a mixed used building from the Japan region pack. This single building swap changes the look of the intersection completely, from looking like a small village intersection to a downtown intersection.
November 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Look at this cinematic shot of the town :)
Love how the town has this higher density strip along the main street and then low density housing around it.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the town center from a low angle, creating a cinematic shot.
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The town's first recreational waterfront! Still very small and really only meant for the local residents, but it is a start of what will become a huge set of waterfronts across the city.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
#Tourism #Leisure
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing a small concrete waterfront with a wooden pier. Some waterfront housing lines the quay, while farms can be seen behind, separating the waterfront housing from the town proper.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
With the new growth come new tensions, as the industry continues to expand, blocking the view to the sea even more. If the city can't find a way to expand the industry in the other direction, away from the residential area, more unrest will arise.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate shot from the city center out to see. Several smokestacks and plumes can be seen obscuring the view to the sea.
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
With the initial issues sorted out, the town was finally able to grow and thrive :)

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing growth progress from a high bird's eye view. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing growth progress from a high bird's eye view. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing growth progress from a high bird's eye view.
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The old pumping station was decommisioned and shortly afterwards torn down and replaced with an office building.
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. The groundwater pumping station was torn down and only the concrete and asphalt base remains on the plot. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the new office building constructed on the site of the old groundwater pumping station.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Turns out: not all was safe. Shortly after the construction, a major outbreak of diseases related to polluted drinking water arose. It didn't take long for the current mayor to be thrown out of office. The new mayor immediately built a surface water pump station on the other side of the peninsula.
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the new surface water pumping station.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The second - and bigger - controversy happened with the construction of the landfill. Experts warned that on the planned location it would be on the same water reservoir that was used by the groundwater pump, but the mayor ignored those warnings, claiming all would be safe.

#CS2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. The groundwater pumping station can be seen in the foreground, surrounded by fields, with the landfill behind it.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The town's development started with two controversies. The first happened when the new coal power plant was built. A lot of citizens were unhappy that their view of the sea would be obstructed, but ultimately the financial needs of the city won out.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing an overview of the town. The town has grown a bit since the last update, and a new coal power plant can be seen next to the industrial area. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. This low angle shot from the town center to the sea shows the view being obstructed by the new coal power plant.
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The town is located in the Sactuary Bay. The name "Trinity Gate" originally referred to the three castles guarding the entrance to the rivers feeding into the bay. Two of these castles create the actual gate, while the third is farther back as a backup support.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the empty map before city construction has begun. It focuses on the castle that is closest to the start of the city. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the empty map before city construction has begun. It is zoomed out and shows the 2 castles forming the main gate. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the empty map before city construction has begun. It shows the third backup castle. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the empty map before city construction has begun. It shows the 2 main castles from a low angle, looking over the bay from the far side to the close side (of the city)
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
Behold! As said before,, with the release of the DLC I started a new city. This is my soon-to-be futuristic megacity "Trinity Gate". For now it is a rather quaint village tho :)

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #TrinityGate
@colossalorder.fi
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate. A small village can be seen on a peninsula, with the highway running into the town from the bottom left. An industrial area can be seen at the coast to the top left and some farms surround the highway coming into the town. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the town center from a low angle, with the sunrise in the background. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate showing the town center from a low angle, showing the industrial area behind the town center. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Trinity Gate focusing on the industrial area. This shot from the sea shows the quay at the coastline.
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The central island is quite a juxtaposition in itself. The central portion is under extreme growth pressure with limited space, pushing the construction of more and more highrises, while the north tip is mostly single family homes and the southern tip is completely undeveloped.

#CS2 #AuroraSprings
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Aurora Springs showing an overview of the central island. While the center is heavily developed with highrises, the north is only lightly populated with mostly single-family homes and row houses. The southern tip, cut off from the rest of the residential and commercial development on the island by the industrial area, is completely undeveloped. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Aurora Springs showing an overview of the central island. While the center is heavily developed with highrises, the north is only lightly populated with mostly single-family homes and row houses. The southern tip, cut off from the rest of the residential and commercial development on the island by the industrial area, is completely undeveloped.
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
codedstingray.bsky.social
The south-eastern tip of the main island is densifying in response to now being close to the university & adjacent district.

This area now sits between the city center and the university, making it a lot more attractive than it was before.

#CS2 #CitiesSkylines2 #AuroraSprings #Urbanism #Density
A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Aurora Springs showing an earlier state of the south-eastern tip of the central island. While some areas are already densely built up, a lot of areas are still covered with single-family houses. A screenshot of my Cities: Skylines 2 city Aurora Springs showing the current state of the south eastern tip of the central island. Most single-family houses are gone and replaced with mid- and highrise buildings accomodating a lot more people than before. The lakeshore has also been straightened in places, reclaiming a bit of land that also houses further developments.
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM