Looking for 2d town builder tutorials

AnonymousTheSpy

Hi there,

I am slowly (very slowly) teaching myself how to make very simple 2d games in Unity.
But something I eventually want to try is an isometric town/city builder game.
Something relatively straightforward: Generate a grid/hex map, build houses/temples/farms/etc on certain tiles and balance a growing population and economy.

I'm just wanting to know if anyone has any advice on where to go for tutorials of this nature (preferably for Unity or Gamemaker)
Also, if there any good (hopefully free) simple city/town builder or 4x games that people think I should look at to see how (or how not) to do things.

Thanks :-D

Fengol

Quill18 is currently doing a very good tutorial series in Unity3D making a base building game similar to RimWorld he calls Project Porcupine.