An interactive gameplay journal recording real-time autonomous play inside a 797,894-citizen
Cities: Skylines II metropolis. Every screenshot, H.264 gameplay recording, citizen dossier, and
municipal ballot below was captured live from the running simulation via Win32 desktop automation and
the GustineLife ECS bridge.
Autonomous cursor attaches to the GUSTINE LIFE HUD, triggers Jump Camera to Latest Civic Action,
and orbits across the high-density corridor near 311 Ivy Street and Cornflower Highway.
Scrolling through real citizen facts, inspecting Green Horizon Botanicals ($20.2M valuation), auditing the 61-station refueling network (470 refueled), and expanding Municipal Ordinances.
Sweeping 3D camera pan and zoom across Gustine's waterfront suspension bridges, stadium complex, and newly zoned commercial surge blocks while the simulation ticks forward in July 2040.
We attached to the running Cities2.exe process with the GUSTINE LIFE (CIVIC MMO) HUD
docked on the upper-left viewport. During the live Town Hall Debate between Mayor Carlos Mendez
(Builders & Labor) and Challenger Sophia Morales on autonomous hearse and paramedic fleets in
Madison Terrace, we drove the cursor to endorse candidates and test live polling bar reactivity.
CivicUISystem -> CivicPolitics.VoteCandidate updated live polling
bars with zero Cohtml hit-test lag using relative MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE cursor synchronization.
Clicking the golden Jump Camera to Latest Civic Action bar at the bottom of the HUD flew the
in-game 3D camera directly to 26897 Elm Street, where CivicGrowthSystem and
CivicVentureSystem had painted full-depth roadside zone columns (`y = 0..depth-1`) with
Updated + BatchesUpdated flags.
Scrolling into CITIZEN & VENTURES revealed live read-only ECS telemetry from
CitizenUIUtils and CountCompanyDataSystem: household size (3 members), real education level,
and city economy pressure (x0.72 prod vs sellable). Immediately below, REAL ECONOMY - AUTODEVELOP
confirmed 4,146 lots zoned across 165 real companies employing 4,052 citizens with
$5,337,172 in real company income read back via CompanyStatisticData.
[SURGE] St. Jude Autonomous Emergency Care opened 75 Commercial lots across 3 blocks on Briarwood Street.
With the 3D camera framed over Castlewood Street and Seabreeze Street, we inspected Dossier 26/26: Shae — The Backbone Worker, Municipal Transit Logistics Lead at the Gustine Municipal Transit Authority (GMTA) in District 2 (Waterfront). Her live stream of consciousness reflected directly on the active Fare-Free Municipal Transit Act.
99% | Health 89% | Net Worth $3,382 |
Controls: [ Voice Reflect ], [ Promote Career ], + Charter Venture for Shae.
In the Municipal Corporate Registry, 4 active citizen-overseen ventures employed 132 workers
generating $1,775,913/wk (growing past $1.82M/wk during the session), led by
Green Horizon Botanicals (Adult-Use Retail Dispensary founded by Darius Vance in District 1).
At that exact moment, GasStationVisitSystem completed a refueling stop at Primeval Petrol
(254 Mosswood Street) and fired an in-game notification banner.
CarNavigation.m_MaxSpeed = 0f and push NotificationSystem.Push("gustine.gas.done").
Clicking Home resolved Shae's residence via HouseholdMember -> PropertyRenter and jumped the
camera to 21 Robin Street (107/107 households, 277 residents, Comfortable wealth). On the HUD,
MUNICIPAL SERVICES & RELIEF (5x FLEET BOOST) confirmed zero deathcare or garbage backlogs across
the ~797k metropolis.
103 Active Hearses (Cap 50/ea) | 154 Garbage Trucks |
220 Ambulances (Cap 45/ea) | 101 Police Cruisers | 13 Fire Engines.
We triggered EMERGENCY HEARSE & RELIEF DISPATCH (advancing total escorted to 24,267 and sanitation
bins collected to 50,831), then expanded GROWTH BALLOT (VOTING). Citizens were polling at
67% Housing, 22% Shops, 5% Civic Venues, and 3% New Streets. We clicked +Homes to boost residential
expansion support to 74%.
CivicGrowthSystem waits for a citizen majority before zoning or extending
roads so urban expansion mirrors real demographic pressure.
Clicking Ratify Growth Ballot Now (`(138, 554)`) immediately executed the winning mandate:
"Ratified: Housing wins with 74% | grow on Juniper Street". The HUD badge transitioned cleanly from
VOTING to WAITING with a 75-second countdown to the next democratic expansion cycle.
Expanding the bottom sections of the HUD revealed all active municipal statutes in CivicLaws:
Cannabis Regulation & Taxation Act ($1,521,370 treasury across 24 dispensaries),
24/7 Nightlife District Act ($142,800/wk tourism), Fare-Free Municipal Transit Act
(-24% traffic congestion), Zero-Waste Composting, Rapid EMS Accord, and
High-Rise Deluge Sprinklers, alongside the timestamped Event Feed.
read_log.py confirmed 0 binding failures, 0
warnings/errors, and district scan times of 10.3ms - 21.6ms at 797,894 population.