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Roanoke River Theme Park is a medium-sized scream park located in Roanoke, VA. The park is 125x125 and will be home to many different types of rides and attractions, including 9 rollercoasters! The park is seperated into 4 different areas: Roanoke Way, the entrance plaza, Midway, a thrill area including games and prizes, Riverside Vale, an area themed to the park's river, Little Tike Lane, an area just for the young thrill-seekers, and the rest of the park, which will be unthemed. For a list of rides and attractions for the 06 season, Click Here.

I started a park with the same name 2 years ago and it was never finished. Since then, I have become much better at the game and I hope to finish the entire park, and make it look good. School will be starting in 2 days for me, so progress may be slow, but I have some stuff to show now.


^This is the park entrance. Restrooms (Top Left), First Aid Station (Top), Roanoke Bar & Grill (Top Right), Season Passes (Left), Roanoke River Carousel (Bottom Left). In the backround, you can see the Flying Coaster named Brass Eagle. I will be showing screens of that later.


^Here's another view of the entrance...

I hope you all like it. I've been working on this for a few days now and I've been fine-tuning it exactly the way I want it. There are a few things that have been changed/need to be changed, and I will get to them.

Edited by RCT_Master, 30 August 2006 - 08:49 PM.

erm, it's very brown. nice woods-y atmosphere to it, i suppose.

Edited by tracidEdge, 30 August 2006 - 07:25 PM.

pretty nice! cool, i was the first one to comment! anyways, the only thing i would suggest is to fix the bank on the invert/flyer.

guess i wasn't the first

Looks nice, with a pleasant atmosphere.
The archy is good, but every building has the same style, I mean, it's obvious that, you'll keep your style, but If I were you, I'd try making the buildings a little bit more different...and adding some accent colors.
The foliage is also ok, but there're some trees that doesn't fit...ohh, I don't remember the name of that tree...well, I think that the tree which doesn't fit is the one next to the carroussel, that isn't a pine.
Anyway, this is a very good start, it looks quite interesting...keep going.

The entrance is supposed to be themed to the woods, which is why I used those colors and textures everywhere. I've been thinking the same thing though, and I'm working on breaking it up a bit. As for the tree, I've been using them to add a different color to the foliage. The dark green/light green start to annoy me after a while and another type of tree helps me appreciate it more. Idk lol. I'll work on it.

Thanks for the comments so far. Much appreciated.

How about to add a high flag in the second foliage spot (the small one)? It could add a nice traditional style here. If you don't have flags, then use wall or 1/4 wall to make the flag. It seems very brown as others said, but I think that it is about the parkmaker's style and nothing else (though your style could be improved)
By the way, I like those supports, keep'em going!

Wow I havent seen you around here is over a year? Well good to see you back here man. You probably still remember me as Red_Ant_Skittles, but anyways your park looks pretty nice its a lot better then the stuff you were building before you left. It has a lot more detail now, however it still seems bland and undetailed in some areas.

@inVersed: Yea I remember you. I'm improving and it's definatly a huge step from my old stuff. I understand that I need to make some changes, however, this is my first park I've worked on since my 'break', so I haven't really tried any new ideas before this. I'm working on the detail.

@Lucas92: I'll consider the flag idea. I think it would look good as well. As for the supports, thanks. It's my first time using those supports so I'm not too good with them yet, but I think they came out pretty good for my first try. Took an hour and a half to do them lol.

Again, thanks for the comments. Much appreciated. I'll have an update posted probably tomorrow, of another area near the entrance.

Not bad, realistic for my taste. Idk, maybe fence the to of you roofs and maybe add vents and that kind of stuff. It's up to you though if your going for a nice realism feel. Good start so far.
-JDP

Sometimes the simplest things say more then anything else... I think this holds paticularly true in this case. Though I'm not sure about the tan wall/brick wall/wood combo.

Otherwise though, its quite appealing, although at 125X125 you'll have to vary your structures soon, otherwise it will get redundant veeeery quickly.

But for a couple of very generic, simple screens - its pleasing to the eye. Good job.

i think it looks nice.
a little insecure overall but we all have that in our works.

keep it up.

@JDP: Thanks. I'm still practicing and I'll most likely end up changing a few of the buildings/roofs in that area.

@Lucifer: Thanks. I kinda like building with that combo. For some reason it looks really good to me. Buildings will start to change soon. I'm only using this type of theming in the entrance area of the park. The rest will have it's own theme.

@Posix: Thanks for the comment.

Now on to a few more screens. After moving through a small wooden tunnel (seen in the first 2 screens), you get to the better stuff. Going left will guide you to the restrooms, Train Station, souvineir shop, Midway, and the rest of the park. Moving to the right will take you to the Ferris Wheel queue, Little Tike Lane, Riverside Vale, and the coaster named Brass Eagle, which I will show later today or tomorrow. Here's a few screens of this area...


^This is the train station. It was my first attempt, and isn't anything spectacular, but it gets the job done imo. I'll probably make some changes to it, but since the railroad is unfinished, I'll probably leave it as is for now.


^The ferris wheel in this park gives you a great view of the river and the surrounding area. This is the backside, facing the river. Excuse the trees and shrubs in the middle. I don't really like what I did there...


^Here's the frontside. Again, excuse the foliage. Should I keep that building in the middle with the zig-zag roof, or replace the roof with some quarter tile roof pieces? I got kinda lazy on that one.

Next update will show Brass Eagle, the flying coaster. Comments and Criticism is much appreciated. Hope you all like it.

Good to see you around man. The screens are nice, it's simplistic but it's still a large improvement from when I last saw your work. The train station screen is quite good, and it all has a pleasant atmosphere.

Well, I really like that woods atmosphere you are creating. The architecture is simple, but it's good enough for my taste. I'm looking forward to see more of this park. Please, keep it updated.

These last sets of screens looks pretty nice to me. they give good atmospheres imo. good job!

Its pleasant. Not much else.

But who says there is anything wrong with pleasant?

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it.

@Jazz: Yea I'm still around, I just took a little break.

@RCFanB&M: I'll definatly keep working on this park because I'm very motivated to finish it, however school starts today for me and I don't know how much time I'll have to keep the thread updated. I'll update when I can though.

@twister12: Thanks.

@Lucifer: Pleasant is good enough for me. Thanks.

I will be posting screens of Brass Eagle tomorrow if I can.

Knowing that you'll finish this park is enough for me

The only thing that I dislike is that fake castle stone path (the supports). Try to hide those fake supports. Apart of that, looks like a pretty nice park!

Looks like the classic Mike Robbins style... but with more refined foliage.

Nostalgic. I like it.

-ACE