It's always funny to hear someone talk fluent and clear English and suddenly an extremely dutch word like "Slagharen" shows up. Bonus points if the word has our trademark harsh g in it.
I honestly dont mind these videos taking so long, i really like them but there is 1 thing i have to say. HOW could you not make a log flume they are the most fun XD
I absolutely loved Victoria Lake but I think you smashed this western theme. I love watching these, they’re actually really calming and I’ve been pretty sick recently so they also cheer me up, so thank you! :)
I get sucha weird indescribable feeling watching you build things. Like, I don't even know how to describe how it's indescribable. I'm writing this watching the wild mouse coaster. The station just BOOM there it is, it exists, it looks great, it looks like it took no time at all. I can tell you aren't editing out bits where you're scrolling trying to figure out what to use or how to use it, it just forms into existence out of nowhere. Then you move and make a smaller enclosed area in just a part of the queue and my brain is like YEAH ENCLOSE ONLY PART OF IT YESSSS DON'T FORCE YOURSELF TO COVER ALL OF IT THAT'S SO INFURIATINGLY REALISTIC TO HAVE HALF THE QUEUE OUT IN THE SUN. Then you add awnings and wouldn't you know it they don't cover the queue consistently and your guests go "ugh man the line's moving now we have to stand in the SUN" and it's so relatable and realistic and effortless and I just am over here mesmerized by it. I can't explain it better than that. These buildings just GROW from NOTHING and they look so fitting and feel so real. And the colors go along together but they're not the same 3 colors across the entire park like my archipelago adventures which I really am proud of but WOW do I suck at natural colors omg
Hey silvarret. Love the playthrough so far - just want to mention that you can diasble ride fences for the flat rides under the options tab of the ride, so you don't have to use the "curb" to get rid of them.
Thanks for the tip - I actually noticed that earlier for the next episode. That said, I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing - I just like replacing the fences with other types that fit the theme of the map more.
For a theme you have almost never done, I take my hat off! I love how the scenery interacts a bit so to say with the rides, which is what I missed in the first couple episodes (probably because you didn't have the money/pieces available to you). Also I love how yo keep the architectural side of things quite the same throughout the whole park, but you still manage to give every building a different feeling :). Man this game reminds me so much of RCT3 and you playing it, nostalgia omg :P
I think Colorado Adventure's warehouse o' helices adds a lot of charm to the ride. All three segments pass through it so it forms a sort of central hub to the ride and it gives a little bit of a "behind the scenes" feeling every time you go through it.
Wow, this is awesome! I remember playing theme park games as a kid in a way that I think the developer wants the layout to be. Now as I'm watching this series, it really feels like the game developer is laying down the intended end result of a park. I can't even imagine the hours you have put in grinding your craft into this amazing perfection.
The original US Theme-park (and the only theme park in the Cedar Fair group), Knott’s Berry Farm, made its first themed area as a Wild West ghost town-and considering it was built in the Great Depression, I’m pretty sure the theme was chosen for the same reason family parks do so outside the US. Just nail a bunch of cheap wood from the local junkyard together and Bam! Instant facade.
I know this video is 2 years old already but I just wanted to say that I actually really like all the greenery despite the desert theme, it reminds me of places like the late Bonnie Springs or my home park Knott's. Lots of old ghost towns have greenery if permitted, if not bouts of bushes and flowers that are maintained, and wild grasses tend to find their way in between everything. Surprisingly more trees than most would expect, too, the desert is weird like that. Less cacti than most would imagine as well. I think this park came across so beautifully and pretty close on to a theme you hardly use! The idea of pioneer style houses is spot on, but they did allow for larger style buildings. A town square around a gallows or signature hanging tree wasn't uncommon, primitive city halls, larger jails, banks, churches, livery stables, and of course saloons are all great bigger buildings. The way it grows as it was needed is very realistic as well, most old boomtowns did exactly that and lack structured form, outside of a main strip. There isn't much I'd do differently but I would add some kind of transportation ride, as typically they were in the middle of nowhere so the stereotypical train station would have been real fun, as well as adding some kind of water ride (believe me it's going to be 108 here in SoCal and if this park was open anywhere hotter I think my shoes would melt to the path haha), and I'd also have had more individuality with the town buildings! Add a schoolhouse or old church, a cemetery, blacksmith, etc etc etc those little towny things that a smaller attraction style park would really sell as it were trying to grow haha. I don't know why i felt the need to make this big ol comment but I felt like you'd appreciate it lol, i'm too high and I appreciate a classic western theme way too much haha. I hope you have a good day, Sil!
great series and park. i would of loved to see a water log ride in an expanded middle water section just to help with the temperature and still fit the theme kind of. thanks for all the vids. always a great watch.
I love that you mention colorado adventure, it was one of the first coasters that got me into theme parks. There's a charm and awe to the compact nature of phantasialand itself that I find a lot of other parks struggle with. There is almost no dead/empty space in the park and the quality of its coasters are exceptional. When playing rct and parkitect I always use it as a reference for the decoration and ride interactions with one another.
It always amazes me how people see things differently in the landscape. For example, I would have looped the wild mouse track around the large default rock and utilised the default lake by putting a log flume splash through it. Great work Silvarret
I love that mine train coaster! Just a very small point that if that 's-bend' transfer track moves over to replace the straight section then the door into the storage would be one tile to the left of where it is now.
As someone with very little knowledge about theme parks and theme park games who's been watching your videos for a while just because they are entertaining, it feels great to finally be able to relate to something aka Walibi Belgium which you have been mentioning consistently those last couple of videos :D Coïncidence? I think not!
Cheers. Beautiful scenery and indeed epic. From an efficiency point bathrooms and food services work better when they directly face a busy pathway and not on a dedicated path. Peeps will use if they have the need and pass by it and when it is critical they don't necessarily go the closest one and might end going to the other side of the park affecting their happiness.
Silvarret the kind of dude who can probably tell us what kind of bolts connect certain track pieces, but do so in a fun and entertaining way. Love this series!
okay, so... firstly, its ''desert''. not dessert. Secondly a desert is not always in a warm place. Deserts are in dry places. States like Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Montana, have deserts, while also having a lot of evergreen vegetation. The fir trees placed in the map by Silv, are probably the most common trees you would find in a desert in northern places (except for cacti). Also tbh i don't know why wild west is generally connected with deserts, the wild west area is pretty much the entirety of the US excluding the original 13 colonies. the only desert like places in the US that is 100% desert would be southern california, nevada, arizona and new mexico. (no not utah since utah has quite a lot of evergreen trees mixed with the desert)
MovieBoysHD The reasons Wild West = Desert in popular media are (1) Hollywood is in Southern California, so that part of the west is disproportionately represented in the classic Western movie because the studios basically had no work to do (2) it fits well with the theme of the mythical lone gunman archetype, roughing it alone in a stark landscape and a great place to hide an Outlaw hideout away from prying eyes (of course the real farmers and cowboys who made up the majority of the settlers needed fertile farm/pasture land so the desert is basically the LEAST attractive place for them to settle), and (3) it fits well with the kinda desolate post-apocalyptic subtext a lot of Westerns have, being set during or in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, with refugees from both sides fleeing westward, including several newly-minted outlaws who took some nice military-grade guns with them when the war ended.
I do agree that trees broke the desert feel/immersion in the map. Places like Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming do all have arid regions but for the most part those areas are void of trees and are grassy and covered in bushes, not trees. You do start to see trees eventually but they’re mostly toward the higher elevations and foothills areas. A great example of this is if you look up the Ponderosa Pine habitat map. You’ll see huge gaps in all 4 states exempt areas of mountainous regions. That being said, it’s a video game and the final map ended up looking great.
I just get lost in your beautiful creations. this is pure art. I have the game, and I find it fun, but I find watching your videos even more fun than playing myself.
One ride that sucks with rain is “Colossus the Fire Dragon” at Utah’s “Lagoon”. The lift hill is fine but as soon as you go over the top you get pummeled with rain. It fells like getting stung by thousands of bees
I love these timelapse videos, so relaxing. It would be nice if you pause for some seconds after you finish a ride, just to check out the excitement, etc. stats
What a great series you've started. Great commentary, lovely scenery, attractions and all in all a joy to watch. I just got the game a few days ago! So much inspiration.
Phantasialand has some great coasters: - Colorado adventure (the mine train you mentioned) - Black Mamba - Taron Their water rides: River quest and Chiapas are also great! It's amazing how much they are able to fit in such a small park.
Great to see you building up these Parkitect parks with some restraint we haven't seen in your other series. The oft-cited example is Jaws being a better movie because Spielberg couldn't get the shark to work. Less is more.
Amazing park as always man, I look forward to these videos so much. Something I learned is Try to not put high altitude (Ferris wheels, drop rides, etc) thrill rides or coaster drops near staff areas, the height gives the guests a direct line of sight to the staff areas and breaks immersion so they won’t ride the ride
Awesome job on this park! realy liked the mine train, especially after you added the cover on the lift hill. Though i must also say im very much looking forward to a park where you go full "sandbox" and dont let yourself be constrained by money or scenario goals in terms of scenery.
I've been checking everyday for a new Parkitect upload from you, really like the desings and decor used by you. Can't wait for the new uploads please don't stop from doing and uploading your campaign vids
It's always such a pleasure to watch your videos. Not only they are well prepared but you are so good at making believable parks it's so inspiring. And frankly I realize how terrible I am at making good scenery when I see your parks! On that note would it be possible to ever have some tips/advices video for scenery as you seem to have quite a few tips to give here and there that I feel really could help newcomers to the genre. The things to absolutely avoid and the small details that make all the differences (you mention in this video the rock formations for instance or the way you use color schemes). Just an idea, I can imagine you're already very busy.
its so awesome you are back to some regular content, also parkitect is awesome to make a lot in a short amount of time, thank you! Since im a follower of you from the beginning of you rct3 days, its a really special thing to watch your stuff ! :)
If the cacti are saguaros, then the park would be in the Sonoran Desert. So think Phoenix or Sonora, Mexico. Plenty of trees. We love to pretend we don't live in a desert. Plus there are scrubby forests nearby that get pretty hot in the summer yet have plenty of trees. I think your interpretation of a desert park is spot on. If only we could establish a winter park season...
Oh yes!! More Parkitect! I'm playing along and trying to base some of my buildings on your designs, but as well trying to leave a mark of my own in them. Keep it up man! I love your vids!
I thought your first Wild Mouse coaster looked really familiar... and it's because I plopped that exact blueprint into one of my parks last night! Really fun coincidence seeing you build it first-hand after stumbling upon this video haha.
I'm just jealous at you talent en skillset to make such beautiful and really realistic parks... I tried it myself 1000 times but failed everything... You're one of the best!
You talked about the western theme being a theme that is often used by smaller parks because of it's easy architecture. First I thought, "Yeah, a park like Europa-Park doesn't have...".... but wait! Even Europa-Park has this type of style in its camping village. Damn, the western theme actually IS used a lot! And thanks btw for reminding me to pay a visit to "Pullman City" again. Haven't been there for a while.
Oh man I love Colorado Adventure! It weaves around the entire western section and the log flume like crazy - I actually almost get lost whilst riding it. The sections of Phantasialand where there's just a small clearing with the log flume and mine train cutting across it are amazing to walk through. I went to Phantasialand after Disneyland, and I'm kinda glad I did as I think Phantasialand is better in some ways.
37:33 - oh no, that hole in the roof would be a PITA. Although I assume lengthening it and intersecting it with the long part would still have a bit of it sticking out on the inside? On the other hand, you probably won't see it with the default camera...
The first 5 minutes and I already love the park. Edit: 38:00 I think Vekoma Mine Coasters have a cover over the lift hill because friction wheel lifts only work when they are dry. If they get wet during rain, they have to close the coaster for a while.
Wow didn't realize this game had the RMC Raptor design in them. That is really cool. The park looks amazing. Cant wait for you to do some more intense roller coasters!
I like this I like this game a lot I feel like planet coaster went forward from rct3 style and parkitect went forward with the original style even though both outstanding games in their own way.
Best park so far I think :) I ended up creating an area that was more industrial themed - an "oil mine/rig" area where the desert town struck oil. Can't wait for the next one!
I think the RMC as the third coaster makes alot of sense. It's lower capacity and cheaper than most intense rides making it perfect for parks getting their first big thrill ride.
Names for the rides in my favorite park of the series, keep it up Silv: Bounty Hunter (the wild mouse) - chase that no good Wild Bill all across Main Street Green Broke (the junior coaster) - ride this newly broken Stallion to get him ready for the rodeo, though he doesn't quite have *all* his manners yet Bullwhip (the monorail coaster) - stampede! The livestock's going crazy! If you don't do something quick the whole town might get trampled! Gun Metal Railway (the mine train coaster) - this old mine train's a hotspot for iron used in making the local firearms, and bandits have taken it over! Flush em out on this interactive mine train
If you're building monorail coasters, I highly recommend using long trains, a double station for entrance/exit, and at least one MCBR. They're very cheap, compact, and get high ratings but their downside is low throughput, so you want to maximize the amount of trains you can be running and efficiently loading and offloading them. It's one of my favorite coaster types, both from a looks and versatility perspective as well as a mechanical one. :3
Really big fan of your videos! And really hooked on Parkitect. It’s been a long time since I was into a game like this. En ik moet ook erg lachen om je Nederlandse parknamen tussendoor 😂 Thanks for your video’s and keep it up!
I was able to ride Steel Dragon 2000 in the rain repeatedly during the offseason in Japan and it was fantastic with one caveat being that the rain felt like needles at the bottom of the first drop. It felt a little extra wild and exciting though and I would definitely recommend the experience of riding rollercoasters in the rain (especially GCIs). Also I'd love to see you build a water ride or log flume! which you didn't do despite the hot environment!
idk why but I actually kinda freaked out when he mentioned Dollywood, maybe because I live in Tennessee so that's our only theme park, maybe because I love both Dolly Parton as a person and the park itself is a fabulous experience. Either way, I really hope Silv gets to go to Dollywood some day and experience real Southern American hospitality. Also, the style of which most of Dollywood is build in (e.g. the main street area) is more so Antebellum ("old South") and Georgian style I believe, but I could be wrong. It's a gorgeous park, the train ride is amazing (esp. in the fall!), the main street is charming from its bakery and candy store to its souvenir emporium, and the coasters are generally fantastic (though the Lightning Rod is rarely open -_-)
You could just say your Park is in the high desert so the trees make sense. I live in an old cowboy town in Northern Arizona and we’ve got pine trees everywhere!
Oh boy. I thought I nailed it when I emulated a canyon/mine themed coaster from Phantasialand in Western roundup, but your western town scenery is at least 2 levels higher than mine. Btw, I hope you will soon upload more of this series. Really interested in how you'd decorate HappyCo Harbor, which I struggle a bit with since the theme is pretty bland (bc I decided to keep the style of abandoned industry/factory buildings).
Slagharen daar kun je veel beleven! 🙌 one of our neighbours worked there so we used to get free tickets all the time. So many memories... Been liking this series! Keep it up! 😄
i really enjoy these parkitect videos! love to see how you build the scenery and i already learned alot from you. it would be great if you can upload some screenshots of your parks, so that we can save them in high quality and continue our training lessons :>
The best advise from your vids is the “calculation” for the prices :) so Thank you also your vids are very entertaining and inspired me for some nice buildings and methods of/for building I use and am happy to know :)
Can you build a tutorial showing how you are using the autocomplete function to make transitions? I’m struggling with that aspect. The parks looks great! I keep looking each day for a new video. Make sure to set up a Splash Battle for the January Competition
Basically you build where you want to snap to. Then you select the trackpiece behind and delete backwards to where you want to start the actual track section. Build your actual track towards the free standing piece, and if you aim the track towards it while landing in the general height, it may snap in place as a bit of a helper to close tracks, allowing to build some usually impossible track pieces. Basically abuse of a little helping compromise from the devs.
40:25 Sil, not trying to be harsh just wanting to help, if you move that S bend, it will end up at the place where the window is now, so you'd need to switch around the window and door, just trying to help!
It's always funny to hear someone talk fluent and clear English and suddenly an extremely dutch word like "Slagharen" shows up. Bonus points if the word has our trademark harsh g in it.
make a playthrough!
Or perhaps a ride overview series for Parchitect after the RCT2 series?
Bonus points if the harsh g is NOT in. Welkom in Brabant, jonguh
Also the “hangar” from episode 2
@@twankeijzers1289 Nou en Vlaanderen dan
The western theme is literaly a SANDbox.
You're rigth
Came to the comments just for someone saying this
I honestly dont mind these videos taking so long, i really like them but there is 1 thing i have to say. HOW could you not make a log flume they are the most fun XD
Same here quality content ftw. :D
the longer the videos the better @@Zarosian_Ice
And a transport ride too, a little steam train would be a perfect fit in this park.
I absolutely loved Victoria Lake but I think you smashed this western theme. I love watching these, they’re actually really calming and I’ve been pretty sick recently so they also cheer me up, so thank you! :)
Awww thank you, get well soon!
I get sucha weird indescribable feeling watching you build things. Like, I don't even know how to describe how it's indescribable. I'm writing this watching the wild mouse coaster. The station just BOOM there it is, it exists, it looks great, it looks like it took no time at all. I can tell you aren't editing out bits where you're scrolling trying to figure out what to use or how to use it, it just forms into existence out of nowhere. Then you move and make a smaller enclosed area in just a part of the queue and my brain is like YEAH ENCLOSE ONLY PART OF IT YESSSS DON'T FORCE YOURSELF TO COVER ALL OF IT THAT'S SO INFURIATINGLY REALISTIC TO HAVE HALF THE QUEUE OUT IN THE SUN. Then you add awnings and wouldn't you know it they don't cover the queue consistently and your guests go "ugh man the line's moving now we have to stand in the SUN" and it's so relatable and realistic and effortless and I just am over here mesmerized by it. I can't explain it better than that. These buildings just GROW from NOTHING and they look so fitting and feel so real. And the colors go along together but they're not the same 3 colors across the entire park like my archipelago adventures which I really am proud of but WOW do I suck at natural colors omg
UGH YES EXTEND THE STRING LIGHTS OVER TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS
it's like eating and having sex at the same time
Hey silvarret. Love the playthrough so far - just want to mention that you can diasble ride fences for the flat rides under the options tab of the ride, so you don't have to use the "curb" to get rid of them.
Thanks for the tip - I actually noticed that earlier for the next episode. That said, I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing - I just like replacing the fences with other types that fit the theme of the map more.
If you disable the fences you also can put another fence in the place ;-)
@@erikpiussi2960 thats also possible with enabled fences
Oh my GOD! Please blueprint that minecart ride, it looks absolutely stunning! :D
Here you go: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1614132949
that wood coaster is really good
For a theme you have almost never done, I take my hat off! I love how the scenery interacts a bit so to say with the rides, which is what I missed in the first couple episodes (probably because you didn't have the money/pieces available to you). Also I love how yo keep the architectural side of things quite the same throughout the whole park, but you still manage to give every building a different feeling :). Man this game reminds me so much of RCT3 and you playing it, nostalgia omg :P
Yeah, it looks very nice but pine trees seem a bit out of place in a desert...
@@momostein10 Yeah that may be true, but otherwise he wouldn't have any vegetation whatsoever, and I think fir trees will be even more out of place :P
Don't sweat the longer episodes, embrace it! I love seeing the fully fleshed out parks in them!
The way you navigate about the placements of everything is goals! Every piece was well thought off and had some sort of interaction with each other.
I think Colorado Adventure's warehouse o' helices adds a lot of charm to the ride. All three segments pass through it so it forms a sort of central hub to the ride and it gives a little bit of a "behind the scenes" feeling every time you go through it.
Your skills in creating scenery is amazing. Really inspiring! Again a great video
Wow, this is awesome! I remember playing theme park games as a kid in a way that I think the developer wants the layout to be. Now as I'm watching this series, it really feels like the game developer is laying down the intended end result of a park. I can't even imagine the hours you have put in grinding your craft into this amazing perfection.
Woo! Been checking back every day for the new episode :P
Loving this series, keep up the awesome work, Silv!
The original US Theme-park (and the only theme park in the Cedar Fair group), Knott’s Berry Farm, made its first themed area as a Wild West ghost town-and considering it was built in the Great Depression, I’m pretty sure the theme was chosen for the same reason family parks do so outside the US. Just nail a bunch of cheap wood from the local junkyard together and Bam! Instant facade.
I know this video is 2 years old already but I just wanted to say that I actually really like all the greenery despite the desert theme, it reminds me of places like the late Bonnie Springs or my home park Knott's. Lots of old ghost towns have greenery if permitted, if not bouts of bushes and flowers that are maintained, and wild grasses tend to find their way in between everything. Surprisingly more trees than most would expect, too, the desert is weird like that. Less cacti than most would imagine as well. I think this park came across so beautifully and pretty close on to a theme you hardly use! The idea of pioneer style houses is spot on, but they did allow for larger style buildings. A town square around a gallows or signature hanging tree wasn't uncommon, primitive city halls, larger jails, banks, churches, livery stables, and of course saloons are all great bigger buildings. The way it grows as it was needed is very realistic as well, most old boomtowns did exactly that and lack structured form, outside of a main strip. There isn't much I'd do differently but I would add some kind of transportation ride, as typically they were in the middle of nowhere so the stereotypical train station would have been real fun, as well as adding some kind of water ride (believe me it's going to be 108 here in SoCal and if this park was open anywhere hotter I think my shoes would melt to the path haha), and I'd also have had more individuality with the town buildings! Add a schoolhouse or old church, a cemetery, blacksmith, etc etc etc those little towny things that a smaller attraction style park would really sell as it were trying to grow haha. I don't know why i felt the need to make this big ol comment but I felt like you'd appreciate it lol, i'm too high and I appreciate a classic western theme way too much haha. I hope you have a good day, Sil!
You're too high 😂 anyway I appreciate it, thanks for the history lesson!
Maybe you should get more Security in the parks instead of getting more mechanics for fixing it after that ;)
great series and park. i would of loved to see a water log ride in an expanded middle water section just to help with the temperature and still fit the theme kind of. thanks for all the vids. always a great watch.
I love that you mention colorado adventure, it was one of the first coasters that got me into theme parks. There's a charm and awe to the compact nature of phantasialand itself that I find a lot of other parks struggle with. There is almost no dead/empty space in the park and the quality of its coasters are exceptional. When playing rct and parkitect I always use it as a reference for the decoration and ride interactions with one another.
It always amazes me how people see things differently in the landscape. For example, I would have looped the wild mouse track around the large default rock and utilised the default lake by putting a log flume splash through it. Great work Silvarret
I love that mine train coaster! Just a very small point that if that 's-bend' transfer track moves over to replace the straight section then the door into the storage would be one tile to the left of where it is now.
As someone with very little knowledge about theme parks and theme park games who's been watching your videos for a while just because they are entertaining, it feels great to finally be able to relate to something aka Walibi Belgium which you have been mentioning consistently those last couple of videos :D Coïncidence? I think not!
It's a coincidence actually, I've never been there. But I would love to go!
Cheers. Beautiful scenery and indeed epic. From an efficiency point bathrooms and food services work better when they directly face a busy pathway and not on a dedicated path. Peeps will use if they have the need and pass by it and when it is critical they don't necessarily go the closest one and might end going to the other side of the park affecting their happiness.
This game looks amazing definitely am going to buy it
Silvarret the kind of dude who can probably tell us what kind of bolts connect certain track pieces, but do so in a fun and entertaining way.
Love this series!
Game: this is a dessert map
Silv: ...
Silv *plot downs a cold weather evergreen in the middle of the dessert*
Game: this👏🏻is👏🏻a👏🏻dessert👏🏻map👏🏻
okay, so... firstly, its ''desert''. not dessert. Secondly a desert is not always in a warm place. Deserts are in dry places. States like Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Montana, have deserts, while also having a lot of evergreen vegetation. The fir trees placed in the map by Silv, are probably the most common trees you would find in a desert in northern places (except for cacti). Also tbh i don't know why wild west is generally connected with deserts, the wild west area is pretty much the entirety of the US excluding the original 13 colonies. the only desert like places in the US that is 100% desert would be southern california, nevada, arizona and new mexico. (no not utah since utah has quite a lot of evergreen trees mixed with the desert)
@@timokho20
Hummmm. Dessert map~
@@timokho20 Sorry for not being able to speak my non-first-language.
MovieBoysHD The reasons Wild West = Desert in popular media are (1) Hollywood is in Southern California, so that part of the west is disproportionately represented in the classic Western movie because the studios basically had no work to do (2) it fits well with the theme of the mythical lone gunman archetype, roughing it alone in a stark landscape and a great place to hide an Outlaw hideout away from prying eyes (of course the real farmers and cowboys who made up the majority of the settlers needed fertile farm/pasture land so the desert is basically the LEAST attractive place for them to settle), and (3) it fits well with the kinda desolate post-apocalyptic subtext a lot of Westerns have, being set during or in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, with refugees from both sides fleeing westward, including several newly-minted outlaws who took some nice military-grade guns with them when the war ended.
I do agree that trees broke the desert feel/immersion in the map. Places like Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming do all have arid regions but for the most part those areas are void of trees and are grassy and covered in bushes, not trees. You do start to see trees eventually but they’re mostly toward the higher elevations and foothills areas. A great example of this is if you look up the Ponderosa Pine habitat map. You’ll see huge gaps in all 4 states exempt areas of mountainous regions. That being said, it’s a video game and the final map ended up looking great.
I just get lost in your beautiful creations. this is pure art. I have the game, and I find it fun, but I find watching your videos even more fun than playing myself.
One ride that sucks with rain is “Colossus the Fire Dragon” at Utah’s “Lagoon”. The lift hill is fine but as soon as you go over the top you get pummeled with rain. It fells like getting stung by thousands of bees
Best series so far! Please continue :) I love how whatever you build looks so nice yet so simple to do!
I love these timelapse videos, so relaxing. It would be nice if you pause for some seconds after you finish a ride, just to check out the excitement, etc. stats
Beautiful park, and i agree that it's the best so far.
Western theme is my go to. You are a great source of inspiration.
What a great series you've started. Great commentary, lovely scenery, attractions and all in all a joy to watch. I just got the game a few days ago! So much inspiration.
Phantasialand has some great coasters:
- Colorado adventure (the mine train you mentioned)
- Black Mamba
- Taron
Their water rides: River quest and Chiapas are also great!
It's amazing how much they are able to fit in such a small park.
50min video, I love it!!
I think I’ve said this before but I’m obsessed with these videos! I don’t skip a single second ☺️
Great to see you building up these Parkitect parks with some restraint we haven't seen in your other series. The oft-cited example is Jaws being a better movie because Spielberg couldn't get the shark to work. Less is more.
Amazing park as always man, I look forward to these videos so much. Something I learned is Try to not put high altitude (Ferris wheels, drop rides, etc) thrill rides or coaster drops near staff areas, the height gives the guests a direct line of sight to the staff areas and breaks immersion so they won’t ride the ride
Awesome job on this park! realy liked the mine train, especially after you added the cover on the lift hill. Though i must also say im very much looking forward to a park where you go full "sandbox" and dont let yourself be constrained by money or scenario goals in terms of scenery.
I've been checking everyday for a new Parkitect upload from you, really like the desings and decor used by you. Can't wait for the new uploads please don't stop from doing and uploading your campaign vids
It's always such a pleasure to watch your videos. Not only they are well prepared but you are so good at making believable parks it's so inspiring. And frankly I realize how terrible I am at making good scenery when I see your parks!
On that note would it be possible to ever have some tips/advices video for scenery as you seem to have quite a few tips to give here and there that I feel really could help newcomers to the genre. The things to absolutely avoid and the small details that make all the differences (you mention in this video the rock formations for instance or the way you use color schemes). Just an idea, I can imagine you're already very busy.
I already know I'm going to be spending my entire evening watching you make theme parks lol. It's so relaxing!!
its so awesome you are back to some regular content, also parkitect is awesome to make a lot in a short amount of time, thank you! Since im a follower of you from the beginning of you rct3 days, its a really special thing to watch your stuff ! :)
If the cacti are saguaros, then the park would be in the Sonoran Desert. So think Phoenix or Sonora, Mexico. Plenty of trees. We love to pretend we don't live in a desert. Plus there are scrubby forests nearby that get pretty hot in the summer yet have plenty of trees. I think your interpretation of a desert park is spot on. If only we could establish a winter park season...
Oh yes!! More Parkitect! I'm playing along and trying to base some of my buildings on your designs, but as well trying to leave a mark of my own in them. Keep it up man! I love your vids!
Such a good series! I love the mixture of timelapse and live commentary! I don't mind the longer episodes!
Also my favourite park in your series so far! The mine train and its decor is awesome
How can people dislike this? This is absolutely fantastic and gorgeous
I thought your first Wild Mouse coaster looked really familiar... and it's because I plopped that exact blueprint into one of my parks last night! Really fun coincidence seeing you build it first-hand after stumbling upon this video haha.
A 50 minute episode! I was expecting to get smashed with you saying "in any case," but it was WAY less than i was expecting! Good on ya Silv
The wild mouse is soooo cool! It reminds me of a train station!
I'm just jealous at you talent en skillset to make such beautiful and really realistic parks... I tried it myself 1000 times but failed everything... You're one of the best!
You talked about the western theme being a theme that is often used by smaller parks because of it's easy architecture. First I thought, "Yeah, a park like Europa-Park doesn't have...".... but wait! Even Europa-Park has this type of style in its camping village. Damn, the western theme actually IS used a lot!
And thanks btw for reminding me to pay a visit to "Pullman City" again. Haven't been there for a while.
Oh man I love Colorado Adventure! It weaves around the entire western section and the log flume like crazy - I actually almost get lost whilst riding it. The sections of Phantasialand where there's just a small clearing with the log flume and mine train cutting across it are amazing to walk through. I went to Phantasialand after Disneyland, and I'm kinda glad I did as I think Phantasialand is better in some ways.
37:33 - oh no, that hole in the roof would be a PITA. Although I assume lengthening it and intersecting it with the long part would still have a bit of it sticking out on the inside?
On the other hand, you probably won't see it with the default camera...
Really loved the look of this park!
I love watching you build pretty parks, its so exciting everytime
The first 5 minutes and I already love the park. Edit: 38:00 I think Vekoma Mine Coasters have a cover over the lift hill because friction wheel lifts only work when they are dry. If they get wet during rain, they have to close the coaster for a while.
I've been refreshing multiple times a day for this!!!!!!
Wow didn't realize this game had the RMC Raptor design in them. That is really cool. The park looks amazing. Cant wait for you to do some more intense roller coasters!
I like this
I like this game a lot
I feel like planet coaster went forward from rct3 style and parkitect went forward with the original style even though both outstanding games in their own way.
I love this series! I really like to watch you building whole Park from scratch ;) It's inspiring and entertaining :)
I actually used your minetrain coaster in one of my parks already and really like it!
Best park so far I think :) I ended up creating an area that was more industrial themed - an "oil mine/rig" area where the desert town struck oil. Can't wait for the next one!
43:35 my thought exactly
this is better than anything on netflix
This is one of your favorite series of mine, I look forward to each episode and your tips are very helpful keep up the good work
I think the RMC as the third coaster makes alot of sense. It's lower capacity and cheaper than most intense rides making it perfect for parks getting their first big thrill ride.
Names for the rides in my favorite park of the series, keep it up Silv:
Bounty Hunter (the wild mouse) - chase that no good Wild Bill all across Main Street
Green Broke (the junior coaster) - ride this newly broken Stallion to get him ready for the rodeo, though he doesn't quite have *all* his manners yet
Bullwhip (the monorail coaster) - stampede! The livestock's going crazy! If you don't do something quick the whole town might get trampled!
Gun Metal Railway (the mine train coaster) - this old mine train's a hotspot for iron used in making the local firearms, and bandits have taken it over! Flush em out on this interactive mine train
You´re the Bob Ross for Parkitekt!
If you're building monorail coasters, I highly recommend using long trains, a double station for entrance/exit, and at least one MCBR. They're very cheap, compact, and get high ratings but their downside is low throughput, so you want to maximize the amount of trains you can be running and efficiently loading and offloading them. It's one of my favorite coaster types, both from a looks and versatility perspective as well as a mechanical one. :3
i'm truly living for this campaign, love watching while high lol
not the first time I've been told my videos are a good watch stoned haha
Lovin the scenery! It's a lot of fun to see how silv styles the parks, I always learn something new with each vid. Very inspiring!
Really big fan of your videos! And really hooked on Parkitect. It’s been a long time since I was into a game like this. En ik moet ook erg lachen om je Nederlandse parknamen tussendoor 😂 Thanks for your video’s and keep it up!
Thank you Silv for another great video
I was able to ride Steel Dragon 2000 in the rain repeatedly during the offseason in Japan and it was fantastic with one caveat being that the rain felt like needles at the bottom of the first drop. It felt a little extra wild and exciting though and I would definitely recommend the experience of riding rollercoasters in the rain (especially GCIs). Also I'd love to see you build a water ride or log flume! which you didn't do despite the hot environment!
idk why but I actually kinda freaked out when he mentioned Dollywood, maybe because I live in Tennessee so that's our only theme park, maybe because I love both Dolly Parton as a person and the park itself is a fabulous experience. Either way, I really hope Silv gets to go to Dollywood some day and experience real Southern American hospitality. Also, the style of which most of Dollywood is build in (e.g. the main street area) is more so Antebellum ("old South") and Georgian style I believe, but I could be wrong. It's a gorgeous park, the train ride is amazing (esp. in the fall!), the main street is charming from its bakery and candy store to its souvenir emporium, and the coasters are generally fantastic (though the Lightning Rod is rarely open -_-)
I really love this series! Can't wait for Part 5! Also, Happy New Year Silvarret, of Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Loving this play through!
That mine train looks soo good! Well done again
Wew, awesome video! Really beautiful park.
And thanks yet again for the shout-out!
Another amazing park! And thanks for the workshop coasters :-)
Jeeeez the amount of detail in your parks compared to mine..... I need to step up ;) Well done!!
This is my fav one you have done so far.
I love the mining coster!
This is awesome am mind blown how good it looks
You could just say your Park is in the high desert so the trees make sense. I live in an old cowboy town in Northern Arizona and we’ve got pine trees everywhere!
Oh boy. I thought I nailed it when I emulated a canyon/mine themed coaster from Phantasialand in Western roundup, but your western town scenery is at least 2 levels higher than mine. Btw, I hope you will soon upload more of this series. Really interested in how you'd decorate HappyCo Harbor, which I struggle a bit with since the theme is pretty bland (bc I decided to keep the style of abandoned industry/factory buildings).
awesome, keep going i couldnt find anyone better than you on youtube!
Lol that mouse coaster looked EXACTLY like the supermouse/spinning coaster you see on fairs here in The Netherlands
Thanks for the extra long episode and god I really like that western theme :)
Slagharen daar kun je veel beleven! 🙌 one of our neighbours worked there so we used to get free tickets all the time. So many memories... Been liking this series! Keep it up! 😄
My jaw dropped when I saw the theming on the Wild Mouse Coaster loading station.
i really enjoy these parkitect videos! love to see how you build the scenery and i already learned alot from you. it would be great if you can upload some screenshots of your parks, so that we can save them in high quality and continue our training lessons :>
The best advise from your vids is the “calculation” for the prices :) so Thank you also your vids are very entertaining and inspired me for some nice buildings and methods of/for building I use and am happy to know :)
I was screaming log flume for 48 minutes! But i love the mine train.
Can you build a tutorial showing how you are using the autocomplete function to make transitions? I’m struggling with that aspect. The parks looks great! I keep looking each day for a new video. Make sure to set up a Splash Battle for the January Competition
Basically you build where you want to snap to. Then you select the trackpiece behind and delete backwards to where you want to start the actual track section. Build your actual track towards the free standing piece, and if you aim the track towards it while landing in the general height, it may snap in place as a bit of a helper to close tracks, allowing to build some usually impossible track pieces. Basically abuse of a little helping compromise from the devs.
My new favourite series! Loving it :)
More of this, love the series! Keep up the good work
40:25 Sil, not trying to be harsh just wanting to help, if you move that S bend, it will end up at the place where the window is now, so you'd need to switch around the window and door, just trying to help!