Park / Sleigh Ride

  • 16-April 10
Park_769 Sleigh Ride

16 Comments

  • posix%s's Photo
    Germany posix Offline




    Sleigh Ride



    NE Honorary Mention










    Game  RCTLL        Submission Type  Design        Creator  Vert        Score  11.31       





    (Fast Aerial)











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    posted 15 years ago
  • SSSammy%s's Photo
    United Kingdom SSSammy Offline
    i thought this was fucking outstanding.
    posted 15 years ago
  • inVersed%s's Photo
    inVersed Offline
    Straight up this got robbed. Should've been a design (although a weak one).
    posted 15 years ago
  • posix%s's Photo
    Germany posix Offline
    i thought it was an exceptional layout for the type of coaster but the theming mostly felt filler and arbitrary to me.
    posted 15 years ago
  • Themeparkmaster%s's Photo
    United Kingdom Themeparkmaster Offline
    It was nice, again...lovely layout. But it did have an unfinished/empty feel to it. As if the desire for this project disappeared and it was quickly tarted up and sent in? I like the general ambiance of the design though, the reindeer trains and elf's etc add to the ride. But the station aside I agree with posix that the rest seems slightly arbitary, but this is a problem with many, many parks. 11 seems about right for a score, not quite design standard. Good job though. LLLL!
    posted 15 years ago
  • GigaG%s's Photo
    United States GigaG Offline
    Looks pretty good. Design it should be.
    posted 15 years ago
  • RCTCA%s's Photo
    United States RCTCA Offline
    I really enjoyed this despite the quality of themeing, it was good. The layout seemed to flow very well and the colors were great too. Anyone notice the security guard in the corner of the park named rctrealpark? Who is this Vert guy anyways, he joined back in 2002!

    Great job :)

    ~RCTCA
    posted 15 years ago
  • Midnight Aurora%s's Photo
    United States Midnight Aurora Offline
    Is this the same Vertex from way back in the RCTStation days?
    posted 15 years ago
  • Vert%s's Photo
    United States Vert Offline

    Is this the same Vertex from way back in the RCTStation days?


    Yes, that would be correct. In the midst of a research deadline but will reply to thread soon as possible. I have a lot of unreleased work that I felt was far superior to this but I wanted to dust off my skills first with a challenge: a suspended coaster. Slightly disappointed that I fell short, but I did enjoy this one [I worked on this one since Christmas]. Good to be back guys!

    ...yes RCTCA, the rctreakpark was intentional...

    - Vertex
    posted 15 years ago
  • geewhzz%s's Photo
    United States geewhzz Offline
    this was a very cool submission.
    posted 15 years ago
  • Liampie%s's Photo
    Netherlands Liampie Offline
    I think I had the highest vote but I see why it didn't win. It was very creative and all, but a little unrefined/unfinished in places too. Better luck next time! :)
    posted 15 years ago
  • Vert%s's Photo
    United States Vert Offline
    Can anyone elaborate on where specifically this felt unfinished or unrefined? Maybe I am blind, because in the three months I worked on this coaster, every single square of the map received close attention to the point where each tree's selection and elevation was tested. That this ride received a 6 and an 8 (out of 20!) makes me want to know where this ride fell so short. I'd be scared to imagine what most of the older LL designs would received today.
    posted 15 years ago
  • Themeparkmaster%s's Photo
    United Kingdom Themeparkmaster Offline
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    The highlighted areas for me are where the design felt sloppy and unfinished. Everything north of this was great.

    It may be a matter of preference but I would have preferred to see you theme this to the edge of the map or thereabouts around the perimeter of the rail road. Why did you only pay attention to the area within its boundary? The different textures near the train station also implied to me that perhaps it was planned to be themed here but it never happened for whatever reason.

    The entry with the expansive tarmac and willow trees, whilst nice in a minimalistic way, also seemed like filler.

    I wouldn't be too disheartened by the lower scores, from what I've seen after looking through the past few years of designs a few panellists are very hard to please (which is a good thing).

    Hope this helps clarify my thoughts.

    **Sorry for screwing the page width up.

    Edited by Themeparkmaster, 18 April 2010 - 09:48 AM.

    posted 15 years ago
  • SSSammy%s's Photo
    United Kingdom SSSammy Offline
    i think it's wierd that the bits you highlighted maade me love it more.
    posted 15 years ago
  • turbin3%s's Photo
    Korea, Republic of turbin3 Offline
    I agree with you, Themeparkmaster, especially the left half seems pretty unfinished.
    Moreover the left area looks bad, I'm sorry.
    posted 15 years ago
  • posix%s's Photo
    Germany posix Offline
    i don't think the outlying parts are the problem really. overall i'd even say this is pretty much "finished". it's just what i said above already that the theming is so arbitrary and doesn't really look like anything.
    posted 15 years ago
  • K0NG%s's Photo
    United States K0NG Offline
    I thought it was a little of both the whimsical theming and the lack of such altogether in places. Particularly the area TPM circled on the left. Even just a bit of well placed foliage in the bare areas could have done so much for this IMO.
    posted 15 years ago