MyMiniCity

• 1). Go to the MyMiniCity website. MyMiniCity offers a very basic city-building interface without a lot of extras.
  
  
• 2). Enter a name for your online city in the "Choose a name for your city" box and click the "Create" button. If another user has already chosen the name that you selected, a message appears telling you to select another name. Once you select a city name that is available, you are automatically transferred to your city homepage.
  
  
• 3). Invite your friends to your city. Copy the URL of your city from the address bar, or from the "Increase Population" link at the bottom of your city's page, and give the URL to your friends. As your friends visit your city, your city's population increases, which opens up new features for your online city.
  
  

City Creator

• 1). Go to City Creator in your web browser. City Creator allows you to build a city based on basic city layouts.
  
  
• 2). Click the city theme that you like from the main page. City options on City Creator include Blankton, in which you can build your city from modern-style buildings, Snoland, which offers snow-topped roofs and features, and Medieville, in which you can build a medieval city from castle parts and medieval cottages.
  
  
• 3). Choose a background for your city from the backgrounds listed at the bottom of the tools pane on the left side of the page. Once you have a background in place, click on the tabs at the top of the tools pane to view the available buildings, roads and people for your city. Drag any feature from the tool pane to the background to add it to your cityscape.
  
  
• 4). Click "Save & Send" when your city is complete. Enter a username and email address when prompted to login to the site and save your city. Once you are logged in, click the "Share City" button. Enter an email address to send your city URL to another person.
  
  

My Virtual City

• 1). Go to My Virtual City. Create a username and password on the main page to create an account. Login to your account and you will automatically be taken to your city page.
  
  
• 2). Click on "Construction" to view the available buildings and other features for your city. Buy a building available to new, or level 1, members if you would like from your initial resources of 450 gold pieces. You cannot buy any buildings that are not available to level 1 members. Once you purchase a building, click "My City" to drag the new building to the map.
  
  
• 3). Visit your city every day by logging into the site. Visiting your city builds up your resources, giving you more inhabitants, which unlocks new levels of the game and more gold, which allows you to buy more buildings.