Hello everybody
After 1.5 week of intense and stressful work, I can release a beta of my new track. It's a remake of the track Island.
First I want to thank everyone who get involved in this
topic and especially 0zone0ne for his beautiful concept art.
Now many people contributed on the topic or on IRC. Unfortunately I wasn't able to include the idea of everyone. In a nutshell:
The cruise ship: I will probably add a cruise ship (it will be part of the landscape and she will move on the background). But I won't have the time soon and my priority is to finish the track.
The volcano: It's a classical cliché
. Unfortunatly putting 2 different theme in a track is difficult with the new engine. Basically STK engine uses the sky color for the general hue of the track. If the sky is red/yellowish the whole track will have nice warm and red reflexion. If the sky is blue (which is the case in the island) the lava will have a blue hue. That won't work
.
However 0zone0ne, I guarantee, your concept art will be used for fort magma, and I might add a little volcano in Gran Paradiso.
Hiker your idea of a part of the track that will be only accessible at low tide is included, also some characters will build sandcastle.
Now I think I'm ready to show you the track.
The general layout is similar to the old track there is minor changes and two alternate "secret" road.
It's a tropical island in the Caribbean region. There is an off road section on the beach.
Some picturesA satellite view
The view of the coral reef from the beach
The lagoon
Airport welcome sign
The main terminal
People enjoying the vacation (beach balls are animated and yes I will add more diversity with different characters like tux, xue, etc)
BonusI have also converted some karts to use the new engine.