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24th Dec 2015 at 5:15 AM
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Greymont Bay - Final Lot Building Phase in progress
I've been working on this world on and off for about three years now. When I started I had pretty much NO experience with CAW other than fiddling around with Riverview Lite for a little while. Instead of starting small, I decided to go all out and learn as I go. It's taken awhile but I am finally coming into the ending phases of the project. There's still some work to go but I wanted to (finally) create a thread so I can get some feedback, both on what I have with pictures, and once I am ready to put up a public beta. If you follow me on tumblr, you've probably seen all of this already.
Greymont Bay was founded by a distant Landgraab in the early 1900s. For a a couple of generations, it was mainly a destination for summer holiday trips for the Landgraabs and their wealthy acquaintances and colleagues. As the years went by, the scenery and charm attracted more and more people. Soon enough, many people opted to stay year round. Though no longer exclusive to the wealthy elite, Greymont Bay has retained it's quaint, small town feel, partly in thanks to the Historical Society that protects many of the local buildings downtown from modernizing.
This world is loosely based off of Bar Harbor, Maine. It's a small coastal town with a charming and quaint town center surrounded by nature galore. As a northern town, I've spent a lot of time testing the world in fall (especially fall) and winter to try to make sure it looks good as the leaves change color and minimize the blegh effects that sometimes can occur in winter.
There is a lot of natural beauty throughout the world: forests, lakes, shores and more than a dozen waterfalls. The town prides itself on keeping its land and waters pristine. Cycling and hiking are past times for many of the residents. With the nearest large city a little over an hour away by car, if you travel the speed limit, the town lacks diversity in nightlife and big entertainment. However, they more than make up for that in outdoor activities. There are a lot of job opportunities for scientists of all sorts between the local aquarium and conservatory.
Being Maine, summer isn’t much of a season; when it comes, it’s fairly mild and never lasts long. Ideally, Greymont Bay would have longer autumn and winter seasons, followed by a medium spring and short summer. I haven't worked on custom lighting yet but, when I do, I am planning on having foggy mornings, or at least days, make a semi-regular appearance.
Some other notable areas of interest are a small military base and a small farming community with a winery on the bluff.
- Large map size (2048x2048)
- 155 total lots
- Some CC, most made by me
- Custom recolored resources unique to this world
- Eventually will have custom lighting
- Requires all EPs, no SPs and, currently, no store content (I've been debating switching out the lighthouse for Monte Vista's)
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