In addition to two new radio stations - Deep Focus and Campus Rock, and a new Content Creator Pack, University City, the free update for Cities Skylines also tosses in two new library buildings, a new yellow school bus (what other color would it be?), new job titles in the citizen info panel, and even a few new industry policies for you to mess around with.
If you aren't in the know, Cities: Skylines is a city-building game from Colossal Order. A single-player open-ended city-building simulation, you'll spend your time in urban planning and development, controlling zoning, road placement, taxation, public services, public transportation and anything else you can think of in a given public area. You have to maintain various elements of the city as well, like the budget, health, employment, and pollution levels of the place.
The project manager over at Paradox seems pretty pumped on this update, saying, "Campus expands the way players can interact with the education system in Cities: Skylines. Expanding on existing systems is always our goal, and Campus brings life to one important aspect of city-building together with a wealth of new content that our community has been asking for a while now. We can't wait to see what they do with it!"
That's all well and good, but watch the trailer before you go on just believing anything these company men (and women) have to say. I'll leave you the trailer and some features, you can make up your mind from there.
- Degrees of Freedom - Design your own campus based on three area types - Trade School, Liberal Arts College and University. Increase reputation by attracting students and creating Academic Works to unlocking new buildings!
- Var-City Sports - Bring college sports to your city by building football, basketball, baseball, track & field, and swimming arenas. Manage your teams, hire coaches, sell tickets -- and collect prizes for winning matches! Customize your teams with unique jerseys and increase their chances of winning with cheerleaders and coaches.
- Syllabuster - Employ seven new policies including book fairs and for-profit education. Sponsor academic works by handing out research grants and supporting the staff.
- We Fancy - Display your scientific achievements in Museums.
- Cheers! - Celebrate with your citizens during graduation ceremonies.
- Ludocartography 101 - Five new maps for your building pleasure.
- Three New Chirper Hats - Be the big chirp on campus!
