Screenshot / Minotaur Station

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  • Comment System%s's Photo
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  • nin%s's Photo

    Yeah, nope. Not working. Finish that building and screen please.

  • GigaG%s's Photo

    The building is intended to be an open-sides station a la Top Thrill Dragster. The area behind it will be finished with foliage eventually.

  • ottersalad%s's Photo

    If it's named Minotaur, why have a station inspired by a coaster that is supposed to be a drag strip? "Minotaur" should be Greek/Minoan themed.

  • Liampie%s's Photo


    If it's named Minotaur, why have a station inspired by a coaster that is supposed to be a drag strip? "Minotaur" should be Greek/Minoan themed.

     

    Yes, either appropriate theming or no theming at all. This is very confusing. You should finish your screens more, by the way.

  • posix%s's Photo

    You're trying too hard. It should be effortless.

  • ][ntamin22%s's Photo

    I appreciate the thought put into the transfer, but I'm agreed; this needs some more development.  The minotaur legend has a lot of cool ideas to steal for inspiration as far as architecture and theming- you could make the queue a hedge maze and it would be perfectly on-theme.  I'd like to see how you are planning to use foliage here- some flowers would go along way towards giving the area some life.  One other suggestion- consider tossing some bobsled track under that jojo roll as a loose objects net where it crosses the path.  

  • Chocotopian%s's Photo

    Nice idea with the banners for the seat rows, and the closeness of the barrel roll to the path is a great interaction.  I'm not feeling the theme yet, mainly due to there being a lack of... well, theming.  But as has been said, some foliage would work wonders, as would some ruins I think.  Keep at it!

  • GigaG%s's Photo

    I'm thinking of making it another ancient theme... perhaps one that LL has more of, like Roman or Egyptian. I actually am thinking of developing the park in 2 small sections, so maybe I could make one of each. Most of what I've shown so far would be Egyptian. One issue - I'll have issues integrating a desert theme in with a temperate theme.

  • ][ntamin22%s's Photo

    Boooooooooooooo.

     

    Minoan is a great unique idea and you don't have to let the limited palette of LL force you into the pre-defined themes.  

     

    The ruins at Knossos look like this, and it seems like a really cool thing to try and replicate in RCT:

     

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    I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but I took about a half-hour and knocked out a re-done version of your station scene to demonstrate a few suggestions that might be difficult to explain.

     

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    First up: Minoan-inspired architecture.  Flat roofs and red columns (as near we can do in LL) taken from the palace at Knossos; mediterranean foliage, with flower colors chosen to compliment the red and yellow tones of the buildings.  I tried to mix my materials enough to be interesting, but stick to the range of tan-brown for the building to let the red columns and flowers pop.  
     

    Secondly, I borrowed your cool interaction idea and added some drama.  The entrance path descends under the jojo roll into the Minotaur's Labyrinth, which mirrors the mythical inspiration.  By adding just a bit of elevation change the area becomes much more like a set from a movie or play, telling a story.  

  • nin%s's Photo

    ][22 is an awesome person. Need more of.

  • JJayMForce%s's Photo

    Indeed, can't really ask for more than what he just did...

     

    edit: oh how I miss his 'design diaries' as well :-)

  • GigaG%s's Photo

    [ntamin22' timestamp='1404790609' post='641159']

    Boooooooooooooo.

     

    Minoan is a great unique idea and you don't have to let the limited palette of LL force you into the pre-defined themes.  

     

    The ruins at Knossos look like this, and it seems like a really cool thing to try and replicate in RCT:

     

    PpVhoTm.jpg

     

     

    I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but I took about a half-hour and knocked out a re-done version of your station scene to demonstrate a few suggestions that might be difficult to explain.

     

    aEpef3l.jpg

     

    First up: Minoan-inspired architecture.  Flat roofs and red columns (as near we can do in LL) taken from the palace at Knossos; mediterranean foliage, with flower colors chosen to compliment the red and yellow tones of the buildings.  I tried to mix my materials enough to be interesting, but stick to the range of tan-brown for the building to let the red columns and flowers pop.  
     

    Secondly, I borrowed your cool interaction idea and added some drama.  The entrance path descends under the jojo roll into the Minotaur's Labyrinth, which mirrors the mythical inspiration.  By adding just a bit of elevation change the area becomes much more like a set from a movie or play, telling a story.  

     

    I figured that I could use the Egyptian style scenery a bit more. At least that color. Thanks for taking the time to do this! 

  • Liampie%s's Photo

    The red columns are sheer genius, ][. Wow.

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