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OhMyKenai

Northeast of Homer, Alaska... West of Kenai Fjords National Park, and adjacent to Kenai Wilderness, we find this place.

In creating this map, I began with a real-world height-map generated by terrain.party.

222,333 out of the 250k tree limit are placed, so the map is fairly densely conifer-forested, yet you can still add more.

The map should play well using just 9 or 25 tiles, especially since all connections are available and resources are abundant (even on the starting tile). 81 tile players will discover the mountain of ore across the water and the massive oil field on one fringe corner.

In the waterways, the elusive tuna thrives!

All outside connections are present: 3-lane highway, plane, ship, and rail.

I used three workshop assets:

me22ca's 'Double Diamond Interchange' (see its workshop page for easy directions to improve lane mathematics by upgrading its ramps and/or through-ways) https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2004965929

also 'Highspeed Train Triangle' by nicolas-blume
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1107761462

...and for the starting tile, a roundabout called '3 Lane Highway End' created by Yorkgrass.
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=819586413

Note that since these assets are made of vanilla parts, you do not need to subscribe to them in order to play this map.

It's a boreal map, of course, but I apply the temperate 'Monte Belo' theme by Mark Fire. I won't list the theme as a requirement, but I highly recommend it, as it downplays resource deposits and does wonders with the water.
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785099439

I also like the Daylight Classic mod, which I configure in its Options panel *just* to restore the classic white sun color. I use Time Warp, too. You might also enjoy using the Environment Changer mod to switch climates on the load screen.

I have tested the map to 100k population so far. The first steps of my test-run are shown in the video above, and subsequent installments are available via the Youtube playlist linked on the sidebar of this page.

Aaand if you like this map, you might find that you enjoy my other map, Medicine Mountain, as well:
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2410408095

Any and all users of this map are cordially invited to share thoughts, screenshots, savegames, and whatnot in comments here.

Thanks. Enjoy!

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