Welcome! This tool lets you design and optimize a resource-based city.
Each building interacts with nearby tiles (forests, lakes, clay, ore)
to maximize production efficiency.
Building Overview
Building
Produces
Benefits From
Synergy
Forester
Wood
Adjacent Forests
Lumberyard (+105%)
Clay Pit
Clay
Nearby Clay Tiles
Brickyard (+105%)
Ore Mine
Ore
Adjacent Ore Tiles
Smelter (+105%)
Farm
Grain
Lakes &
Fields
Mill (+105%)
Craftsman's Hut
Nearby Producers
+42% Bonus Each
Production Rules
Each resource neighbor adds +55% for the first, then +40% for each additional.
Each Craftsman adds +42% to nearby producers.
Processing buildings (Brickyard, Smelter, Lumberyard, Mill) give +105%; only one counts per producer.
Farms gain +40% per nearby Field and +55% per Lake.
Main Features
Toolbar: Click a building type to place it on the grid.
Override Resources: Allows placing buildings over resource tiles.
Max Clay 1 Automatically places up to 100 optimized buildings for clay production.
Remove Buildings: Deletes a number of existing buildings.
Clear Buildings: Removes all placed buildings but keeps natural resources.
Saving & Loading
Your city layout and toggle settings are automatically saved in your browser. When you reload, your city is restored exactly as you left it.
Stats Panel
Displays total production per resource and total number of constructed buildings.
Click on any tile to view its detailed info and its contribution to nearby production.
Tips for Optimization
Place producers close to matching resources.
Use Craftsmen to boost nearby buildings.
Place processing buildings near clusters of producers.
Try the AI optimization tool for better results.
Weighting
• Toggle “Use weighting” to target desired balance between the output for various resource types.
• Adjust Wood / Clay / Ore values to set your desired production ratio.
• When weighting is enabled, the optimizer aims to match total output ratios to these targets.
• The Production Balance bar shows how close your city is to your target ratios (green = balanced, red = off).
Display Tools
• Show Heatmap – Colors cells by production or contribution intensity.