We love our players, and we're fascinated by their imagination and the projects they come up with on The Architect: Paris. [previewyoutube="jNKO-QyHQ60;rightthumb"] So we wanted to showcase all these fabulous projects, with this first video called "Our Players are Amazing" that brings them together. They have used all the resources possible to create all these buildings, we let you admire the many hours of work of all these players.
Share your creations with us on Steam, or Discord or our Social Network, and you might be the next to appear.
Career Mode Beta-Test!
Hello everyone!
As you may already know, we're currently working on one of the biggest features in the game yet: the Career Mode!
We want to enable you to manage your Paris through missions, to better observe your impact on the districts while challenging your creativity!
In order to do this, we are looking for players who are willing to participate in our Beta-Test. This Beta will be open during August and will end in September.
Here's a Google Form to fill in to register, we'll stay in touch for more information!
Several players have stood out this week with their beautiful creations.
We have two special mentions, awarded to Maceomoioli and MagOliven, tied and really not far from our winner this week. They have shown a lot of imagination with their multiple creations, all very original.
Our winner this week, likes the medieval and would like to bring back a little more of this aspect to his Paris, with the creation of a very nice castle. Congratulations to Lu! Is this castle your second home in Paris?
Meet us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
See you next week ♥
Special mention, for his creation of the offices of Enodo Games.
Architect of the Week
Welcome to our Architect of the Week!
We got to see a lot of very unique and successful this week.
The votes were very close, and we find an honorable mention this week with the creations of Io_Espa, he managed to harmonize his city with all different styles of buildings. Bravo!
Our winner of AoW this week is Yonko199! Congratulations! Using the planet buildings to make an eco-friendly plot is a great idea. We especially liked the attention to details, like the shapes with the use of different types of floors, or the original shapes of each building.
Meet us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
See you next week ♥
Architect of the Week
Welcome to our Architect of the Week Award!
Just this once we meet on Saturday for our Architect of the Week event.
Today's winner is someone who has already earned the title once, and recently at that! Player since the beginning, he impresses us a little more with each passing week; his progress is outstanding, as are his ideas for the projects he manages to build in-game. We thus congratulate RaptorHunter, whose latest constructions are very modern and have such a special touch.
You can find (and even use) all these designs on the Workshop of the game, right here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530729339 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530375112 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2532362029 Meet us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
See you next week ♥
June's Update
Hello everyone!
Today's the day for June's patch, our biggest patch so far! We added several features we hope you will enjoy, and we expanded the whole playground.
We highly suggest you read the whole patch-note, there are several fixes and useful improvements.
We would like to notify that this is our last (big) patch until our full release on September 2021. We'll still be keeping an eye out for your feedback & suggestions, and we're always here if you have any trouble.
Take care ♥
Career Mode: Teaser Projects
Here it comes! A first taste of the planned Career mode! This new game mode contains three scripted architectural projects to solve in your own way with goals and constraints. Be aware that this being a teaser, your progression cannot be saved for now. Be creative Architects!
Urban Planner
With this feature you'll be able to create projects in way less time than with the Drawing Board! It can also be used as a first step of sorts! Define rules to procedurally generate your projects on a Block, in just a few clicks! Create your own specific presets to quickly create projects on large areas. Be surprised by the procedural generation of projects!
Socio-Economic Fabric System
A new way to see the impact of your projects on the city. Solve homelessness! Make the wealthy even wealthier! Or ... don't? Whatever you do will have consequences, one way or another. This is the way.
Workshop Mods - Upvote System
It is now possible to upvote a Bloc or a Design directly from the game.
New Districts: D18 | D19 | D22 | D23
Content tiers
New Rock assets
Added Double Streetlights model
Added the "Summer Rain" Time Of Day
Designs
Futuristic Style & his variations
Church
Post-Haussmann
Brutal
Wave
Landmarks
Grand Mosque of Paris
Parish Saint-Médard
Garden of the Plants
Notre-Dame-du-Val-De-Grâce Church
Armed Forces Health Service Museum
Val-De-Grâce Hospital
Church of Saint-Suplice
Luxembourg Palace
Luxembourg Garden
Odéon-Europe Theatre
Notre-Dame-des-Champs Church
Main Projects
Steam-Powered Dystopia
Crystal Garden
Celestial Platforms
Colored Stacking
Eco-Central N°9
Spinner Tower
General
Multiple UI tweaks
Loading time optimization
Extended River sound to canals and rework on Fireworks sounds
Updated Translations
Block Sharing
Added new Filters to the City View Block Import Panel
Added new Filters to the Mods Panel
Drawing Board
Added block number in the Drawing Board Builder
Removed the possibility of flat Roofs on Designs having dormer windows
Plot Editor
These improvements to the "edit all" mode in plot editor allow you to split a building in two. Even original buildings can be partially preserved. Building your dream project should now be faster and easier.
Plot Editor's Merge feature now creates a type of Plot based on the selection (not always a Vacant Land)
Plot Editor's Cut feature now creates Plots type based on the cut Plot (not always a Vacant Land)
All Plot Editor helps are active when entering DB
Disable Plot Editor helps when pressing Shift (free hand drawing mode)
City View
Harmonization of White Model materials
Fix sun position to reflect geographic reality
Update of the hierarchy of Time Of Days and Weathers in City View
Fix allowing to close all Districts
Fix demolition sounds
Fix reset button being available in Drawing Board in cases it shouldn't
Fix Helpers behaviour in Plot Editor when the Pause menu is activated
Fix Feedback panel button sizes behaviour
Fix button hovering in Save panel and Quit confirmation message
Fix Plot Editor Helps line not following the animation
Fix cases where Drawing Board Builder panel shows an empty space
Fix UI problems on the Settings panels
Fix Terrains not showing in Recent category
Fix D.16 opening shot where the camera was going inside the Notre-Dame Main Project
Fix loading Save containing an empty block (leading to a crash/infinite loading)
Fix several UI problems on Strategic Map and City View
Fix District panels with no Main Projects
Fix crash when reseting a Plot just after using Plot Editor
Fix crash when maintaining Shift+Click in Merge mode in Plot Editor
Many 3D and Art fixes
Fix Props LOD groups
Fix Camera movement enabled in Strategic Map or Design Library
Fix Main Project and Landmark panels interaction
Fix errors when importing a Block while not having its Designs dependencies installed
Fix wrong "Sunrise Winter" Time Of Day in Photo Mode
Fix broken Photo Mode Time Of Day when changing season
Fix Feedback panel buttons texts
Fix Special Effects still visible after hiding a District
Fix broken Rooftops when using Merge and Cut in Plot Editor
Fix broken selection when maintaining Shift+TAB in Plot Editor
Fix some Helpers positions
Fix Block Export not taking in account Parks/Plazas and Parkings for its Index tag
Fix Block Import panel not showing a left arrow when displaying more than one page of Blocks
Fix sounds on Plot demolition
Fix broken display of deleted Design Mod
Fix Vehicles still displayed when hinding a District
Fix Key rebinding not working on some special cases
Fix possibility to enter Drawing Board on a constructed Main Project
Fix Block Export panel index not centered
Fix blinking scroll bar in Settings
Fix Enter key repeating last action
Fix Photo Mode disabling Depth Of Field when going back to City View
Fix Japanese Kiosk name doublon (now Open Gazebo)
Reduced lag when manipulating storeys of a building next to a very large one
Fix trees LOD groups distances
Reopening a block after completed all the Mission's objectives might lead to a crash or an unexpected behaviour
We want to warmly thank some players for their help during our Beta Tests: Beta Testers - Urban Planner
Qwarks
Marko.Sraka
♡나는 바보다♡
Lonxa
Toty
Pschraeer
DV-13
Beta Testers - Career Mode Teaser
Pschraeer
Antalunet
Qwarks
We also want to give special thanks to Nemesys9999 who helped us to find and fix a major bug!
Architect of the Week
Welcome to our Architect of the Week Award!
We meet again this Friday for the Architect of the Week.
We were surprised by the number of creations this week all very different, you all know imposed your style in your constructions and it's very interesting to see different points of view.
For the second time, we can congratulate Antalunet who wins again the title of Architect of the Week, with his huge project of the RATP building. Several inspirations allowed him to create this building, and it's a big yes for us!
You can find (and why not use) this building right here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2523197158
Find us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
See you next week ♥
Architect of the Week
Welcome to our Architect of the Week Award!
We meet again for the architect of the week.
As usual, we love seeing your projects, and what they look like when finished.
This week we congratulate a player who has been building for a while, and whose progress we have seen. Congratulations to Daniil, who wins the title of Architect of the week. We were impressed by the diversity of his creations.
Every day we see your creations, and we're happy to be able to be closer to our community to exchange with you.
Find us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
See you next week ♥
Interview of an AoW | Pschraeer
Hello Everyone!
We had the pleasure of discovering Pschraeer's work in progress, which earned him Architect of the Week, recreating a modern version of the Elysée Palace in TAP. He finished it last week, amazed by his work, we wanted to know more about this player and how he approaches his projects.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2511165659 LISE Hey!
PSCHRAEER Hello!
LISE So we're pretty curious about the thoughts you had to go through to create this project, how you went about it and if the game gave you any trouble. Are you an architecture student or an architect?
PSCHRAEER In real life I'm just a postman. I always loved city builders, Architecture & Design, because of that I really like Architect Paris.
LISE When you create your buildings, are you inspired by existing buildings? And do you try to keep a trace of the original, or do you go in a completely different direction?
PSCHRAEER Mostly I try to save some old buildings or recreate them. I use satellite photos, google maps or something similar to take a look at the original layout and try to improve it a little bit. So yes! First I tried to create a more accurate Elysee Palace, but the limitations of designs prompted me to make it different, more modern.
LISE So, do you first make a sketch on paper, or do you first make drafts in the game before arriving at the result you want?
PSCHRAEER I try to recreate it directly ingame. It's a lot of try and error, the tools are good, but not as precise as wanted.
LISE And how many attempts do you make to get a result that you like in general?
PSCHRAEER Often I redraw the layout of a building 2-3 times, mostly because of difficulties with the roof creation.
LISE I would have liked to know what tools you could miss, or what improvements could be made to the tools to make them more precise or easier to use?
PSCHRAEER It would be very usefull if I could directly call the game which angles I need, and it’s kinda annoying that layouts that are no longer connected to the rest can't be used any more.
LISE We were talking about building styles earlier, and I was wondering, do you prefer to stay in a traditional style then? Or do you sometimes do a little bit more special design, like futuristic or medieval?
PSCHRAEER I really like traditional styles. I think Paris has to look like Paris, even with modern additions. I would like to have some more styles, so I love every new Style in the workshop.
LISE Are we likely to see projects with a different style then ?
PSCHRAEER There are some styles I don't use, like cyclades (the greek one), but I definitely will use a lot of different styles in future projects.
LISE You told me that you did everything with the drawing board, but for the choice of building designs, do you already know beforehand which ones you want to use or do you experiment with several different designs?
PSCHRAEER It depends on what I want to build, a palais or theatre should have a more classical design but a shopping mall can be very modern looking. So, I often experiment with several designs and how they work together.
LISE How did you choose the block you were going to build it on? Did you want a particular block, or did you choose by size?
PSCHRAEER Mostly I just choose a block nearby other blocks I've already transformed.
LISE Was the choice of the base district made according to certain criteria or not at all?
PSCHRAEER Mostly, not at all, for my project that won Architect of the Week I wanted to use the size of the plot. I was inspired by the work of TomKop11 the week before and wanted to make something similar, but connected to my version of the Elysee Palace.
LISE Do you adapt to the block you use in general?
PSCHRAEER Yes, mostly!
LISE When you make a project, you impose yourself on certain objectives, from what I understand you want to give them a modern side, but do you have other criteria that you impose yourself when you create?
PSCHRAEER I use the original layout and try to improve it, to make them more accurate, add something new and keep it realistic. I don't like to add a giant skyscraper that doesn't fit and I always try to think about what people need. Especially Light, Space, some Nature, Plazas and off course a parking space, I add a lot of parking garages, to make the district more realistic.
LISE In The Architect: Paris, what is the feature you like the most? Also, if you could add a feature not currently in the game, what would it be?
PSCHRAEER I really like the Plot Editor and that you can create one Building out of different parts & styles, you can create very detailed backyards. I love all these little Details, a small Park, a secret path or something else. A feature that's not currently in game, but definitely needed is a tool to place single plops, like single trees or bushes, a single line of trees in front of the building, some street lights or tables.
LISE Do you have any idea of the next project you will do on the game?
PSCHRAEER currently I'm working on a hospital complex on D.30-B.40
LISE Can’t wait to see it!
Architect of the Week
Welcome to our Architect of the Week Award!
Like every friday, let's elect our Architect of the Week!
Each week, we look forward to seeing your creations made during the week. Even though we only elect one Architect of the Week, you all show great imagination to reinvent Paris.
Congratulations to Cotif11 who becomes the new Architect of the Week, with his seaweed farm. He did a very original work both in terms of project and elaboration. The use of the plot editor is very meticulous with a lot of right angles and symmetry, and an ingenious use of different buildings that also gives it a futuristic side.
You seem to be getting better and better at using the drawing board, making more and more precise designs. For those who have more difficulty with the in-game tools, stay tuned for more content that might interest you in the next few days.
Find us here next Friday to find out who will win the next Architect of the Week title! Don't forget to share your creations on our Discord community.
