Americana , What do we want, What do we need?
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After completing a few Americana inspired environments I'm interested to hear what other similar project ideas you guys may have?
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I, as an Australian, find those Shotgun houses I see in American small towns on YouTube driving tour videos fascinating
every second one overgrown with kudzu
its just so unique to the USA
lots of stuff in the yard is typical too
everyone always models the big rich houses but from what I have seen on videos such as
https://www.youtube.com/@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
these are more common in rural USA
I am too lazy to write this again but!
Oh, if I could have my druthers, I would love your take on:
Thank you for letting me vent.
Actually, if Americana is the theme, hopefully working with a Disney style amusement park, maybe something more rural like a modular state fair: ring tosses, clown water balloon, and similar games of chance. An outdoor low stage for best in show competitions, eating contests, etc, and of course fairground rides.
Complementary to that would be traveling show rides: rotating swings, tilt-a-whirl, ferris wheel, boat swing, etc. They wouldn't need to include the ability break down to fit in a truck but if there were a truck that looked like it held an amusement part ride, one would also be able to use the set for the traveling show as it travels.
Tunnel of love, fun house, side show freak tents, etc.
Food stands, funnel cake, cotton candy, etc.
(I'm working on something that has a few amusement park scenes so I've been thinking about this stuff.)
Drive-in movie theatre, community square with a courthouse/city hall and church, water tower, connection between downtown and suburbs/other side of the tracks (maybe with some tracks...). Bowling alley, movie theatre. Train crossing bridge with a river and swimming hole below. Double vote for the country fair.
Making me want to drag out my George Tice and Walker Evans books and come up with more suggestions.
I love going for holidays in secluded spots in the wild staying in a cabin with log fireplace :) Might be a good theme to check out.
For Americana...
An amusement park-style environment would be lovely but I'd prefer maybe something more modest, like a carnival or a fair, with maybe one or two rides, food tents, and especially games. Jack Tomlin made several carnival props back between 2010-2013 that are still in the store but no single environment
On a larger scale, I'd love to see an enviornment representing the 1939 or 1964 World's Fair.
I would also love to see an extension to Main Street USA with either a Matinee Cinema, Public Library, Middle School, High School, Sheriff's Office, Greyhound Station, or a small-town baseball diamond for local games. Or perhaps something on the outskirts of town like a modest single-lane bridge over a small river.
I personally love to see scenes featuring stores around 1980-2000s, like the Staten Island Mall in You Get What You Give's MV by New Radicals,
When most malls at that time still had fountains, food courts and those fancy glass elevators.
Or maybe something like a local shopping district with a department store or supermarket!
A ghetto tower block, like the old Cabrini Green projects in Chicago, with the wire mesh sceeens on the balconies.
A house construction site, one that can be built in stages so you can show progression along a story line. You start with groundworks, then framework, then cladding and roof, etc.
A prison island like Alcatraz, or an asylum island like North Brother Island.
with a basement fruit cellar trap door these have a lot of uses in different themed renders of course I am thinking evil dead
besides shacks cabins maybe abandoned houses and buildings like waverly hills
How about a plantation? I know there's an old asset for a plantation house but I mean a full plantation with slave quarters, etc.
I’d personally love to see some kind of carnival, or community fair setup like maybe a Day of the Book style event, street food / little stalls with stuff for sale and attractions that make the environment feel lively and lived in.
And while it’s probably outside the Americana theme, I’ve always enjoyed cozy fantasy settings too. Something with a fantasy village vibe in the spirit of the discontinued Fantasy Home line could be really fun to see someday, even if it took things in a different direction.
How about some add-ons for the Suburbs assets? Garage sale props, street parties, that sort of thing?