Best way to make a city

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Miketile

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Hi guys,
I'd like to make a huge city in which my player would move (like the sample attached). I don't know if I should do it with tilesets or maybe hire an artist to draw the entire city streets and roads and then add some buildings sprites on top.
Thank you :)
 

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YanBG

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Yes tileset, if the road pattern looks like repeated, you don't have to draw it all the way. If it's made of seamless pieces/tiles you can place it infinitely long.
 
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Deleted member 13992

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There are ways of breaking repetition from using tilesets by being clever with tile variation, and possibly details overlayed on top.
 
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FYNDR

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Tilesets are preferred both because it's easier to deal with as a developer, and because it allows players to more easily recognize consistent details in the game world and how to interact with them. Depending on the quality, this may not be entirely possible with hand-drawn art without taking pains to ensure that visual indicators on how the player will interact with each piece are present.
 
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Miketile

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Thank you so much for all your answers I'll go with tilesets then :D
 
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