Woodland Road Fun Fair (a complete build in 7 episodes x 7 minutes)
*** sqmsygames June Project ***
In this series, I hope to build a SMALL park, from design to completion, in just a few weekends, with tips you can use even if you are new to Planet Coaster and feel held back by a lack of ideas and inspirations.
If you're already a master builder, or quite experienced, then probably this is not for you. You are way beyond this already.
If you are trying to squeeze max fun from minimum playtime, or you are new, then you'll probably get a few tips from this short project...
Sam and I had a rough idea for a park, for a fast build over the four weekends of June, and we will share the processes we use as we come up with ideas, design, and plan both the park and the video series as well, and build a small park, fairly quickly.
The very rough idea, for a park, is this: the Planco people (who seem to teleport around in a tunnel system?!?!?) have a dead end tunnel they call "Woodland Road" (because it ends in... woodlands) and they've built a natural reserve there, with a woodland trail, a lake recreation area and a lookout point. What they really want, is a fairground park to take the kids to.
So... we'll need to plan the project (not let it get too big), build the backstory as outlined above, then build the fun fair / fairground. We will record everything, and compile 7 short episodes presenting the project from start to end. Each 7 minute video presenting the highlights of roughly a 3-6 hour gaming session, except the first which is the planning and series design notes.
So our objectives are:
* Build a Fun Fairground "Park" in 4 weekends (7-8 gameplay sessions).
* From scratch - no Blueprints.
* Present the build in 7 episodes of about 7 minutes per video.
* Each episode with highlights from one gameplay session (3-6 hours of gameplay time).
* Cover a bunch of "How Do I...?" topics, like inspiration, planning, design, layouts, backstory, 1m grids, night lighting, tunnels for paths, priority passes, excitement-fear-nausea, decorating rides, decorating shops...
* Complete the whole thing in under 40 hours of game play.
* Edit and upload videos, as we go, totaling less than 50 minutes of video viewing (7 ep x 7 min).
ROUGH PLAN (subject to change):
Episode 1: Concepts and design; topics:
* how do i... come up with an idea (inspiration) for a Planet Coaster park build project
* how do i... plan the theme, designs, layouts and backstory for the park
* how do i... plan the build schedule
* how do i... plan the video series
* how do i... "get started" and prevent the scope from exploding until it's all too hard.
Episode 2: Preparing the backstory location
Episode 3: Decorating the backstory location
Episode 4: Preparing the fairground site layout
Episode 5: Coaster(s) / Detailing shops and rides
Episode 6: Final detailing
Episode 7: Opening Day!
We will try to keep it simple, and quick, but interesting enough that we have fun building it.
It'll be an extra bonus if it's useful to you as well.
As I type this, it's Sunday evening in NZ, and I have the raw recordings of the first two sessions (I got excited and got ahead of schedule already).
So video #1 (planning) is uploading and processing now, available in about 1 hour... I'll be back later this evening and add a link.
I'll have vid #2 online tomorrow.
Cheers all, enjoy the rest of your weekend.
James, and Sam
P.S. If you have some "how do i...?" questions that you'd like me to try to cover in the videos as the build proceeds, please ask.
Remember though, it's a fast build, so nothing too complex
P.P.S. edit: here's video #1. warning - no build yet, just planning notes and discussion about the planning process...
[video=youtube_share;FlbR4jMpi8M]https://youtu.be/FlbR4jMpi8M[/video]
*** sqmsygames June Project ***
In this series, I hope to build a SMALL park, from design to completion, in just a few weekends, with tips you can use even if you are new to Planet Coaster and feel held back by a lack of ideas and inspirations.
If you're already a master builder, or quite experienced, then probably this is not for you. You are way beyond this already.
If you are trying to squeeze max fun from minimum playtime, or you are new, then you'll probably get a few tips from this short project...
Sam and I had a rough idea for a park, for a fast build over the four weekends of June, and we will share the processes we use as we come up with ideas, design, and plan both the park and the video series as well, and build a small park, fairly quickly.
The very rough idea, for a park, is this: the Planco people (who seem to teleport around in a tunnel system?!?!?) have a dead end tunnel they call "Woodland Road" (because it ends in... woodlands) and they've built a natural reserve there, with a woodland trail, a lake recreation area and a lookout point. What they really want, is a fairground park to take the kids to.
So... we'll need to plan the project (not let it get too big), build the backstory as outlined above, then build the fun fair / fairground. We will record everything, and compile 7 short episodes presenting the project from start to end. Each 7 minute video presenting the highlights of roughly a 3-6 hour gaming session, except the first which is the planning and series design notes.
So our objectives are:
* Build a Fun Fairground "Park" in 4 weekends (7-8 gameplay sessions).
* From scratch - no Blueprints.
* Present the build in 7 episodes of about 7 minutes per video.
* Each episode with highlights from one gameplay session (3-6 hours of gameplay time).
* Cover a bunch of "How Do I...?" topics, like inspiration, planning, design, layouts, backstory, 1m grids, night lighting, tunnels for paths, priority passes, excitement-fear-nausea, decorating rides, decorating shops...
* Complete the whole thing in under 40 hours of game play.
* Edit and upload videos, as we go, totaling less than 50 minutes of video viewing (7 ep x 7 min).
ROUGH PLAN (subject to change):
Episode 1: Concepts and design; topics:
* how do i... come up with an idea (inspiration) for a Planet Coaster park build project
* how do i... plan the theme, designs, layouts and backstory for the park
* how do i... plan the build schedule
* how do i... plan the video series
* how do i... "get started" and prevent the scope from exploding until it's all too hard.
Episode 2: Preparing the backstory location
Episode 3: Decorating the backstory location
Episode 4: Preparing the fairground site layout
Episode 5: Coaster(s) / Detailing shops and rides
Episode 6: Final detailing
Episode 7: Opening Day!
We will try to keep it simple, and quick, but interesting enough that we have fun building it.
It'll be an extra bonus if it's useful to you as well.
As I type this, it's Sunday evening in NZ, and I have the raw recordings of the first two sessions (I got excited and got ahead of schedule already).
So video #1 (planning) is uploading and processing now, available in about 1 hour... I'll be back later this evening and add a link.
I'll have vid #2 online tomorrow.
Cheers all, enjoy the rest of your weekend.
James, and Sam
P.S. If you have some "how do i...?" questions that you'd like me to try to cover in the videos as the build proceeds, please ask.
Remember though, it's a fast build, so nothing too complex
P.P.S. edit: here's video #1. warning - no build yet, just planning notes and discussion about the planning process...
[video=youtube_share;FlbR4jMpi8M]https://youtu.be/FlbR4jMpi8M[/video]
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