Town Showcase: An Abandoned Factory and a Cozy Diner (Patreon)

Hi everyone, Chloe here today for the Patreon post! A few weeks ago, we showed you all some exciting content; a first look at our town design and some historical buildings! We are still at work on the town and its facilities, and today, I will show you a little test piece for our industrial neighborhood.

Now, let’s roll!

The abandoned Edwards & Co’s factory, along with its surrounding buildings. Nature has crept over, and the windows are haphazardly boarded up to cover time’s damage.

This is the original rough sketch I drew up with Léa’s help to figure out what we wanted for this build.

Vandals and artists have taken to graffitiing the walls and the water towers. Plants have crawled up to the roof to spread their roots.

Edwards & Co’s. was originally a shoe manufacturer. Wow, 2$ for a leather pair of shoes? Such a low price sure indicates that this factory dates from a while back! Note that we are using dollars for the time being, but eventually we will create the symbol for Paradimes and the posters will be updated to reflect this.

The courtyard is filled with trash and construction materials. Now, what’s that pink thing peeking from the gravel? Nah…It couldn’t be… I must be imagining things.

The back of the building has emergency stairs, which have been reinforced with steel frames. I’m not sure the boxes blocking the way and the boarded-up door would pass a safety inspection…

Now, onto our little neighbor, Chez Maurice! This is the sketch I drew up to help us figure out what we wanted to add to this little diner so it wouldn’t look too bare and empty.

They have been offering warm breakfasts and meals to the workers of the area for years, although they have lost a clientèle with Edwards & Co’s closing! Apparently, they have the best hot dogs in town.

An alley filled with dumpsters and trash borders Chez Maurice. The building is quite old too, with bricks exposed through the lime coating of the walls and cracks. We can see our new wall decals hard at work to add some wear to the building 😎

A further view of the build. This has been one of our biggest builds, in terms of size! The factory is quite big. 

That’s all for today! I hope you enjoyed the post, and that you are looking forward to seeing more of the town. We are hard at work designing and creating it, and we are excited to show more later. 

What would you like to see in the industrial neighborhood? Let us know! 

Have a great weekend!

Chloe 〔´∇｀〕

Edit - June 12th, 2025: This post is now public, feel free to share it!