Park / Willowpond Park

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  posted 7 months ago

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  G Force Offline

  Fun park! Feels kinda like a throwback to previous eras of rct on NE when you'd see smaller realism parks like this a lot that were packed with coasters. Lot of nice things here, some not so nice. Definitely enjoy the coasters, feel like you put a lot of effort into them and it shows. The foliage not so much... Kinda brings the park down a bit unfortunately.
  
  Hopefully you can stay motivated and keep working on more stuff like this! I'd like to see more from you.

  posted 6 months ago

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  Lurker Offline

  Some nice coasters and support work, and the park layout and ride types seem to fit this type of park well. I also like all the splashes of bright colors, I think it gives the park a nice bit of character.

  posted 6 months ago

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  OddmentsAlchemyLab Offline

  This is a fun, fresh-air style build. Great colors and nice rides. One detail jumped out at me and that was the discordant art style on the covered picnic tables. Some pixel artists use a black outline, RCT pixel art does not. The creator of those picnic tables chose to outline them against convention and they stand out too much, imo.

   

  Aside form that tiny detail, this park is refreshing and fun.

  posted 6 months ago

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  ottersalad Offline

  Octane and the log flume were highlights. Definitely agree with G Force that this feels like a throwback... almost like 2012-2015 era parkmaking. 

  posted 6 months ago

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  deanosrs Offline

  Swamp Monster is Mala-esque in its "F-it" approach to coaster building and I love it. For me it's definitely the highlight of the park.

   

  Generally this isn't really the kind of map that I would personally set out to build, it's far too sensible for me! I appreciate the style and execution in a lot of places though and most of all I appreciate finishing it after 3 years. I bet this is the kind of park Chris Sawyer would love to see made in the game.

  posted 6 months ago

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  Jens J. Offline

  This is a cute little park! Loved the log flume and its surrounding area. I felt that some of the objects you used throughout the park like the picnic tables near the entrance and the lockers in the backstage area near the log flume seemed a bit textureless. Interesting to see those object being used for sure, but not something I would personally do with the abundance of (great) objects, both NCSO and CSO, currently available in OpenRCT2. I want to end off by saying that I also really liked the idea of giving each ride a specific color palette that is used for the fencing, queue, covers, coaster/ride colors, etc. Definitely adds to the parkmaking imo, great work!

  posted 6 months ago

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  Terry Inferno Offline

  Fun and straightforward RCT2 realism. Always a pleasure to open a park like this!

   

  You have a knack for supporting steel coasters. The support job on Derecho is particularly nice, and I also enjoy what you've done with Octane and Rocket Rails. The curve supports on Centrifuge are a bit on the chaotic side, but spinning coasters in general are difficult to support using the B&M set alone as it is. You've made it work in its own way. Of the wood-supported coasters, my favorite is Yellow Jacket in terms of both layout and lumber supports. Lovely job on both accounts.

   

  The bright colors make the most of the default palette, further reminding us that it is indeed as versatile as any other, and the color schemes like the warm gradient around Octane and the lemon-lime combo on the aptly-named teacup's aviary-style enclosure pop beautifully. The incorporation of bright yellow, pink, and lime green are particularly refreshing, as many realism works unfortunately leave this part of the rainbow out of the spotlight these days. The sole color choice on the map on which I'm not sold is the dark water supports on that one section of Swamp Monster, but I'll warm up to it eventually. 

   

  The use of foliage is what could potentially see the most significant improvement, as the goal of the current approach seems to have been to fill nearly every square of terrain with either trees or grass, creating a random look for the former and a repetitive texture for the latter. Long Grass by K-Dogg is a timeless object that we all love, but you might find you can do even more with your grass if you add some additional grass objects to your toolbox, such as mkx nep 41 cc grass base, mkx plants 08 cc grass, Low Grass by Tolsimir (+ its sequel and its diagonal version), and SV - Medium Length Grass, all of which can enhance grass customization capabilities. A few flat grass (terrain) and dirt patches scattered around will give the foliage clumps more of a distinct shape.

   

  You've captured the feeling of a small, pleasant park quite well here. Definitely feels like one of those "hidden gem" American parks that you discover accidentally through rcdb and then make a point to visit the next time you visit whichever state it's in.

  posted 3 months ago

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