Park / Agrabah

04-August 12

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posix Offline

FredD, this was very nice.

I felt you had a nice focus on realising an actual theme which people are not doing enough these days. You had a couple of ideas you realised pretty well and that was great to see (eg Top Spin). I think your parkmaking could reach the next level if you guide the viewers eyes a bit more carefully with your next project. You have the substance, now you need some more flow and easier arrangements. Try to make out stronger guiding lines the eyes can follow when viewing your work. Usually these are the main paths, which in your case could become a bit more dominant I think. They can be broken up of course, but I feel it's better when it's done so that it happens only in little areas that are then closed to one again. Here, you have a lot of paths pretty much everywhere and it makes it harder to walk through the park.

An example where you've already done what I mean though is the eating area with all the tables. It's a little secluded, so to speak and has its own little corner. I think that's wonderfully done. Also liked the rapids. The little platform for water pistols was a good idea to fill the center of the ride with something that makes sense and not just jagged rocks and a bit of foliage. Very nice also how you integrated the queue here. People can observe the ride from above as they queue.

Lastly, perhaps Mission Cleopatra's layout wasn't the strongest. A bit too slow near the end and the helix earlier was a bit strange to have there I felt. The nice theming and good park interactions make up for it though.

Overall, I'm very excited to see your next project on the horizon.
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BC(rct2) Offline

I'd love to see this but this has TT
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Jonny93 Offline

FredD, i really liked this thing. You have a nice style, which is very likeable. You showed us some good archy skill in your recent work. The main problem here i think was the overuse of brown. Otherwise is the archy great, because you find the right amount of details in my opinion but maybe are you walls sometimes a bit bare. The best piece was the white tower in the middle. Your color choice there was really great especially in interaction with the coaster.
The layout wasnt the best but still okay.
I hope you can continue your good work and i am sure you can win an accolade with your next submission.
For everybody who has no TT, i have a bigger screen of the park here, which i made during the map-job:
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Ling Offline

It looks to me that about half of this was easily design-worthy, and half was well below that level. The coaster looks like it would be awkwardly paced, and the whole middle section of the map with the bridge looks very uninspired, but the rapids and almost all of the buildings on the surrounding edges look fantastic, and very colorful. As a minor nitpick, I think the supports are seriously over-flanged, and the station for the corkscrew looks a bit random.
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Goliath123 Offline

Yeah this was nice mate, some good parts in here that could of been executed a bit better to really make it good, for example that final waterfall before the breaks. Good ideas just better execution.
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Xeccah Offline

I echo posix about the flow.
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FredD Offline

Thanks for the feedback, I'll take it with me in my next project
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Ruben Offline

My nr. 1 tip: Get rid of that nasty TT disc. Just break it or something so you're sure never to use it again.

Was this an old project or...? It feels like part of it is highly outdated/below standard, whereas another part of it looks pretty sweet from the overview. Hope to see a new (non-LL/TT!) release that has that level of skill/detail throughout the map soon!
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FredD Offline

Don't worry, I uninstalled WW & TT. It's a part of Movie World Marseille, but that map was made with mostly old objects and much of the new objects which builders are using today are missing, so that's maybe the reason for the outdated look?!
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