Screenshot / #fbf: Spellbrook Shore (2007)
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20-January 18
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Spellbrook Shore
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Beautiful. Why don't people use that fence object more?
That some beautiful fence-age there!
One thing that I see is that Spotlight eligibility has gotten far more sophisticated. I now see this as Gold work. It's great work, but no longer Spotlight in my eyes. At least, in this one screen.
It's picturesque, but for me there's a real lack of content here. Other than the drop on the left, there's nothing that holds my interest for more than a split second sadly. I think this is something J_K massively improved on with later works.
I don't think Spellbrook was ever a very strong spotlight. There's some hints of greatness like this fantastic drop, and the Traverse Town area, and some other little things here and there, but it was still quite crude and hollow. It wasn't until later in the process of building Dreamport that J K hit his peak. The entrance area there still shows his Spellbrook Shore level (although he did update it later by adding a lot of little things). I remember his first advertising screen for Dreamport and I wasn't too impressed. I ended up loving the final park. Shit like Mexico is top notch.
why didn't jk go the slob route and really just refined his composition? he clearly could have done it looking at this screen.
that fence object is fucking weird dude. 2 unit fences generally look weird with how underscaled peeps are
Personally I like this park more than Dreamport. Though neither are my cup of tea.