Park / Viridian Island

  • 25-July 23
Park_5766 Viridian Island

8 Comments

  • Comment System%s's Photo
    United Kingdom Comment System Offline
    comment below
    posted 1 year ago
  • AJ-%s's Photo
    United States AJ- Offline
    Wow this is such a fun island!  Really cool to get two releases just after a GT round too. Your play style is 
    really inspirational and builds are always super fun and cheery. Love it! 
     
    The single rail, cliff diver is fun! I love its interaction with the trees and terrain. Its cool to see this, with the hybrid, and alpine coaster all in a title sequence map. Speaking off, the dueling red and blue is cute, it really uses the space well, I like the queue for the red one as it goes under the rock. 
     
    The sunken maze is a great centerpiece in the next area, it holds down the focus really well. I love the little spinning wind mouse with it. Classic choice, i love how its not spinning the entire time too. 
     
    I really like the area with the log flume and haunted house, it feels like a cool change in pace for the island. Its a bit quieter, less to do but really well done! It makes the hybrid seem even more off on its own and even bigger! Its a cool layout and i love seeing the new pieces in this classic style. 
     
    The spiral coaster feels like a fun striking centerpiece with the 2x2 tower in the lift and the observation tower near by! I like how the coaster wiggles into each area a bit. Its defo my fav ride in the park. 
     
    The kiddy area is cute af, cmon little bug is a great title. Verdian Dips just had the most classic feel of all time. Great island park lurker!!!
    posted 1 year ago
  • Fisch%s's Photo
    Germany Fisch Offline

    What a beautiful map, amazing work!

    posted 1 year ago
  • Jappy%s's Photo
    Belgium Jappy Offline

    Fun island! Very classy made. The single rail coaster must be my favorite. Might be a little overuse of gardens sometimes, but still well done. 

    posted 1 year ago
  • In:Cities%s's Photo
    United States In:Cities Fan Offline

    there's never an overuse of gardens, don't listen to the train

    posted 1 year ago
  • Jappy%s's Photo
    Belgium Jappy Offline

    I have spoken

    posted 1 year ago
  • G Force%s's Photo
    United States G Force Offline

    Interesting choice not having a formal entrance area.  Made for a pretty interesting viewing experience.  Definitely classy, I think in some ways the landscaping is a far more refined version of what a lot of people did here in the early 2000s, jagged but not overkill.  Nice work.

    posted 1 year ago
  • Faas%s's Photo
    Netherlands Faas Offline

    I love this! 

    posted 1 year ago
  • Terry Inferno%s's Photo
    United States Terry Inferno Offline

    To see where you started (in NE terms) and where you have come now without sacrificing any of your authenticity to get there has been a pleasure to witness. Your style has remained uniquely yours, but the refinement of your techniques into something that is so wonderfully readable and approachable is why this work stands out above all of your others. 

     

    The buildings in this park are so clean, all the colors and textures fit nicely together, and fence objects are used appropriately as trims without dominating the scene. Despite using exclusively straight walls with right angles in abundance, nothing feels boxy or blocky. Pizza Palace is my favorite with its shape and color scheme, and I love that blue glass seating area. Even the smaller architectural endeavors, such as the bridge over the side friction and that one wooden seating area near Log Jammer, add something special. Also a pleasure to see NCSOpen techniques in action, such as those jellybean shutters and the invisible castle wall trim. 

     

    Your coasters have always had a nostalgic charm to them, and here I believe you have achieved a balance of realism and Sawyerism that is perfect for this setting. Emperor obviously stands out since that is what an emperor is meant to do, but all of your layouts here flow harmoniously with their surroundings. I particularly enjoy the placement of Viridian Dips and Hilltopper because they interact so naturally with their respective environments. In some ways, these parts remind me of a more fun and whimsical approach to the SFMM scenario.
     

    I do always have a few things to say about the landscaping of this style in general--larger rock formations with some smooth connected bits, gardens in larger clusters rather than one quarter-square at a time--but I also accept that these are stylistic choices rather than flaws when used well, which you have done here. The landscaping flows so naturally here throughout that these aspects do not detract from the park anyway. Creating large land formations in harmonious shapes with no jarring bits is no easy feat, but you definitely pulled it off here.

     

    Your parks have a unique way of tapping into a universal RCT nostalgia that many of us including myself did not know even existed. It is as if there is something in our collective past as builders that we are witnessing now through your parks that we recognize as familiar even if we ourselves did not ever build in this particular style. Whatever strange force is coming to life here, your work has universal appeal, and we are all grateful for the parks you grace us with.

    posted 1 year ago