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I've really been enjoying the new episodes, SSSammy, and I've been working on my park a bit more. I've been traveling and working a bit more than usual, so haven't had much time myself to post. But here's to fixing that!

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I've been focusing on two areas in my park. The first section is based off of that Schwarzkopf I built earlier. I thought it would be interesting if this is an older part of the park that has more flat rides and cheaper coasters and other tracked rides. I'm mostly just goofing around with the theming and would love some feedback or ideas particularly on that part.

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The second area was initially based on the glass idea I was using around the entrance. One thing I love about zoos is when they enclose part of a water habitat with glass and you can go down and see manatees or dolphins or whatever swimming underwater. I thought it might fun to imitate that with the submarine ride, and then I thought it'd be fun to have a coaster that appears to go underwater, as well.

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After watching SSSammy's great interview with Steve, I think the thing I'm struggling with the most is macro. So, I sat down to plan a bit more, and I realized that, because I've never done something like this before, I don't know what I like and what I don't like. Seeing more examples in this series, in the parks from the Steve interview, and in other parks around New Element, I'm starting to get a better idea. I think I'm at peace with the idea that the macro (and other things) for this first park might just suck a lot but the act of doing it will help me better understand what I need to do differently next time.

As always, I warmly welcome any positive or negative feedback!

You're welcome, and thanks again for doing this series! Super helpful!

I've also made some more progress on my park and would love more feedback!

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I added more foliage to the entrance, per feedback above.

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In the spirit of more foliage, I was also trying to do a garden bit similar to SSSammy, but I wasn't liking how it was turning out.

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Now, it looks like this (view from the entrance and another from the "back").

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I also built a looping coaster as a bit of a feature for guests walking in, inspired by SSSammy.

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Really appreciate all the feedback, everyone! I was definitely on the fence about the woodie queue entrance, but I thought it would be cool as a guest, so I left it.

I will definitely add some foliage. I think I remember watching a SSSammy video about doing foliage, so I'll revisit that. I will keep cooking and report back when I've made some more progress!

Thanks for the tip! Here are my screenshots:

Full park

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Entrance

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Plaza after entrance

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Wooden coaster station building

 Fundamental Forest - Station Building -- 2025-06-30.png (1.21MB)
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