The player (acting as mayor) is given a blank map to start with, and must expand the city with the budget provided. In every different edition of SimCity, the player is given the task of founding and developing a city from a patch of green land, defining what buildings are constructed via development zones - residential zones for Sims to live in commercial zones for Sims to shop and have offices within industrial zones to provide work through factories, laboratories and farms - as well as ensuring their citizens are kept happy through establishing various services and amenities, all while keeping a stable budget.
SimCity is an open-ended city-building computer and console video game series originally designed by developer Will Wright.
