SimCity DS. I'm finding it imposible to make any money on SimCity?

Question

has anyone got any hints, tips or cheats?

Answer 1

you're running out of money because you're building too much stuff

i would advise that you start over

make a 3X3 square of med residential, next to a 3X3 square of dense residentital, and under the dense, make a 3X3 med residential, with another 3X3 dense - it will look like a 6X6 square quilt.

surround that by road, and next to it, surround an empty 6X6 with road, then make a further 6X6, with a 3X3 med indust, a 3X3 heavy industrial, a 3X3 med commerical, and a 3X3 heavy commercial.

then add power farther from the residential, maybe nearer the industrial, and add your police, fire, etc... (don't build a hospital til they ask!) - sort of like this crappy picture i drew - [http://i8.tinypic.com/630i5nq.jpg ]

try to keep your R/C/I graph so that each color is almost the same size

grow a tiny bit at a time, so that you will always be in the positive on your budget

hook a watertank holder thing to the edge of the map, and a power line, and a street. sometimes you will get deals from tapping your adviser when a visitor comes, and neighbor cities will pay you for your extra water or electricity like 500 a month.

make your area as nice as possible before building more areas, like by adding a zoo or a park, keeping trees and natural water. this will make bigger buildings in the smaller areas, which mean more population, but less expenses on traffic. which equals more money