Screenshot / Will Reed's House
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08-October 21
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Diamond Lake Park
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After watching for years as his local water and amusement park, Adventure Park, went downhill in safety and quality, and up in price, Will Reed has started putting his engineering experience to the test. There were a few false starts, working with PVC pipe track, and working on his welding skills, but now he has built his own backyard roller coaster - albeit one that is not a full circuit.
After finding that the track design is too rough for him to want to ride, he puts aside the coaster for a bit, and decides to work on his welding. After a year of on and off work, he succeeds in making a small chairswing ride. In need of a name, his six year old daughter suggests he name it the Cherry Swing, for its red color and proximity to their cherry tree.
For now, working on rides and the coaster is a fun hobby, enjoyed by his friends and family when they come to visit. But Will has ambitions for the coaster to be more than just a quaint little toy… -
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Good start, nice concept! Surrounding foliage leaves a little to be desired honestly, I'll never like the scattered flower bed look.
UnoReverserCoaster Offline
It's meant to look rather empty, with the area around the property being pastureland. But don't worry, it'll soon start filling up.
It's not about content, it's just the execution that I think is lacking.
Fun story! Excited to see and read more
Creative idea and glad to see it... surprised nobody has done this in RCT2 before.
Roller Coaster Tycoon: Origins.
Interested to see how this narrative continues.
Welcome UnoCoaster!
UnoReverserCoaster Offline
Thanks, I'm doing this as part of the DKMP timeline park contest, I'll work on uploading my stuff when I can.
Like I said on the other screenshot, I love this concept so much. However, I do agree with Liam and Lilith; focus on clumping foliage together than having it randomly scattered. While the cattails can pass when scattered like that, the green flowerbeds do look awkward and are best saved for underbrush. Mixing trees and bushes like you did in the top left corner can have a strong effect.
Love this! As someone who is building a backyard coaster, I appreciate this.
UnoReverserCoaster Offline
Ah, I bet then, you might appreciate then my little tribute in this park to Jeremy Reid (Oklahoma Land Run) and Will Pemble (a BUNCH of coasters). If you haven't seen the channel, I also recommend looking up Magictecture. They made a whole themed Matterhorn and are now making a launched big thunder mountain railroad.
Digging that chairswing.
UnoReverserCoaster Offline
Thanks! It's modeled after one that I saw in real life one day - was just going down a bike trail, and then saw randomly, a bright red chair swing sitting in someone's yard! It was awesome.