Post by theduke21 on Apr 12, 2016 18:44:55 GMT -5
Yes, that's right. I've got three projects in the designer that I'm working on nearly every day.
After taking quite a bit of time off besides Chastain's Landing, which was one of my quicker projects, I've decided to get back into the designer more often. This hurts my skills on the course, but I enjoy designing more anyway.
The first course I started work on is called "The Revival at Brooklime." You may think that name sounds familiar because it is. This will be the sister course to The Revival at Crestmont, a course that hosted a Euro event earlier this season. In the Highlands theme, Brooklime will be the much bigger sister of Crestmont. Bigger hills, bigger slopes, and more length. While Crestmont was a little Scottland combined with Ireland, Brooklime is all Irish. It's fast and firm with plenty of elevation change and a ton of rolling slopes you will need to use to get the ball close to the hole. In some ways, it may be easier than Crestmont, but only if you use the land correctly. This project is currently 11 holes in. Pictures coming soon.
The second course I started working on is called "Duke's Crossing." I never planned on naming a course after myself, but I plan on this being the biggest project I've ever done, and would consider it to be my "best work" when looking back, so thought the name would work. This layout will be 54/72 holes! When finished. Thanks to a very crowded layout with very few trees, there's ample room and plenty of data to be had on the map. I plan on naming each 18 holes with a city that I've lived in before. The first 18 will be the "Kennesaw" 18. I'm currently 7 holes in. It's a US Open style design with an incredible amount of bunkers. Through 6 holes, the course have well over 100 bunkers sculpted and finished. I'm having a lot of fun with this one. The theme is currently undecided. I'm thinking Swiss. The texture works well and I like the look of the sparse trees. Pictures coming soon.
As far as a release, I had planned to do a triple release on the same night, but I'm also thinking about keeping Duke's Crossing a secret until all 54/72 holes are done and releasing those 4 together. At the least, I'll be releasing two courses at the same time in the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to it. As usual, expect the tracks to be a difficult championship styled test.
After taking quite a bit of time off besides Chastain's Landing, which was one of my quicker projects, I've decided to get back into the designer more often. This hurts my skills on the course, but I enjoy designing more anyway.
The first course I started work on is called "The Revival at Brooklime." You may think that name sounds familiar because it is. This will be the sister course to The Revival at Crestmont, a course that hosted a Euro event earlier this season. In the Highlands theme, Brooklime will be the much bigger sister of Crestmont. Bigger hills, bigger slopes, and more length. While Crestmont was a little Scottland combined with Ireland, Brooklime is all Irish. It's fast and firm with plenty of elevation change and a ton of rolling slopes you will need to use to get the ball close to the hole. In some ways, it may be easier than Crestmont, but only if you use the land correctly. This project is currently 11 holes in. Pictures coming soon.
The second course I started working on is called "Duke's Crossing." I never planned on naming a course after myself, but I plan on this being the biggest project I've ever done, and would consider it to be my "best work" when looking back, so thought the name would work. This layout will be 54/72 holes! When finished. Thanks to a very crowded layout with very few trees, there's ample room and plenty of data to be had on the map. I plan on naming each 18 holes with a city that I've lived in before. The first 18 will be the "Kennesaw" 18. I'm currently 7 holes in. It's a US Open style design with an incredible amount of bunkers. Through 6 holes, the course have well over 100 bunkers sculpted and finished. I'm having a lot of fun with this one. The theme is currently undecided. I'm thinking Swiss. The texture works well and I like the look of the sparse trees. Pictures coming soon.
As far as a release, I had planned to do a triple release on the same night, but I'm also thinking about keeping Duke's Crossing a secret until all 54/72 holes are done and releasing those 4 together. At the least, I'll be releasing two courses at the same time in the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to it. As usual, expect the tracks to be a difficult championship styled test.