these are my first times!). Both of these are based on Thailand, a country that its architecture/buildings have yet to appear much on this game’s plug-in store (only the MahaNakhon Tower in Bangkok is there, as far as I’m aware). With that I present to you 2 sets of Thai architecture plug-in sets. Deep down below, I offer some peeks behind the scenes.Plug-in #1: Thai Buddhist Temple Set (a set of 5 structures)
This set consists of 5 structures found in most Buddhist temples (“Wat”) of central Thailand. The architecture is typical of this region as well as in Laos and Cambodia. It consists of:
- 2x2 Ubosot (ordination hall)
- 2x2 Ho Trai (scripture hall) with a placeable on water alternative
- 2x2 Chedi (stupa)
- 1x1 small Sala (pavilion)
- 2x1 temple gate
Each structure offers varying influences of Park, Religion, and Culture.
The design are based roughly on: the Ubosot of Wat Kong Krailat, Ho Trai of Wat Ban San, Chedi of Wat Traphang Thong, a small Sala in Wat Sopharam, and a temple gate of Wat Pho Tharam (with some elements from Wat Ban Kru), all located in Sukhothai province.
Together you can build a Thai temple of your own, placing the different structures in any order you wish. All buildings costs no more than 2.000 and don’t require road access.
I want this one to be ‘just a typical temple’, not representative specifically of any specific or famous temple. That’s why I chose to design them after everyday, village temples in Sukhothai.
Thailaendischer-Tempel.zip- (21.85 KiB) Downloaded 10 times
In this set you get some of the finest Thai architecture as buildings in the Bangkok National Museum:
- Siwamokhaphiman Hall (5x5)
- Phutthaisawan Hall (5x5)
- Sala Long Song (5x5)
The structures can be used variously to depict a Thai Buddhist temple or as park decoration (the Sala Long Song is a Thai pavilion). Each structure offers varying influences on Culture, Education, and Park with Phutthaisawan Hall; being also a temple in real life, offering a Religion influence as well. They cost 2.500, 2.500, and 500 to build, respectively. Road not required for the build.
Also I have to admit, I may have scaled the buildings a bit falsely. The 5x5 is clearly bigger than the real life counterparts. Maybe 4x4 is the right scale but, well, too late. I only realised this after I placed the two buildings in the game well next to a stadium. They fit into a stadium, so, my bad.
- Nationalmuseum-Bangkok.zip
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I have a background in graphic design/digital illustration and as far back as 2017 have created some pixel art projects. But never have I made any in the isometric style (like in the game), it’s for me way too complicated. Recently I have been free and resumed playing this game again since maybe 2018-19, to only realise the game is now teeming with so many high-quality plug-ins of buildings from Asia and especially Southeast Asia; but none from Thailand! (Well except MahaNakhon Tower, which is not exactly Thai architecture). I had before used AI image generator to kinda guide me through some projects before (it helped with colour palette, which is my big weakness). All sprites you see here are, still, hand-drawn by me, of course, but with AI-generated counterpart as somewhat a reference. At first I have actually tried (devilishly so) to use the AI-generated sprites directly for the plug-in but it never generated quite the correct pixel-size or captures correctly that specific TheoTown atmosphere (can’t really explain but it’s not quite right). So I ended up drawing them on my own from scratch anyway, only with AI-generated images as brief sketches/drafts.
Thank you for reading.
