Keystone
I always am impressed when video games can recreate real world areas with a touch of fantasy. I've started playing Red Dead Redemption 2 recently, and the experience of riding through the map and seeing different types of American scenery fly by reminds me of places I have traveled to and seen.
One of the latest miracles of digital art is Studio 346's Century of Steam, an in-development train simulator game which I have met several of the developers for. To say I am excited for the game to say the least is an understatement; and lately they have been sharing off images and video of a map they're developing called "Keystone."
The inspiration of the East Broad Top Railroad and the area surrounding the Aughwick Creek is quickly obvious in all the images of Keystone released so far; and it amazed me that after months of seeing the video game replica online; that to stand here in the real place I had a sense of deja-vu. I've had similar experiences in New York City (after playing a lot of Spider-Man 2) and in London (Assassins Creed Syndicate) where seeing the digital version acclamated my mind to the real place. Even if Keystone is not a 1:1 recreation of the real area, I have to praise the game creators for clearly capturing the feeling of being here in the flesh.
There's an art to trying to convey a place in a chosen medium, be it photography, landscape painting, or digital game creation; and I have to praise those who can pull it off.
Keystone
I always am impressed when video games can recreate real world areas with a touch of fantasy. I've started playing Red Dead Redemption 2 recently, and the experience of riding through the map and seeing different types of American scenery fly by reminds me of places I have traveled to and seen.
One of the latest miracles of digital art is Studio 346's Century of Steam, an in-development train simulator game which I have met several of the developers for. To say I am excited for the game to say the least is an understatement; and lately they have been sharing off images and video of a map they're developing called "Keystone."
The inspiration of the East Broad Top Railroad and the area surrounding the Aughwick Creek is quickly obvious in all the images of Keystone released so far; and it amazed me that after months of seeing the video game replica online; that to stand here in the real place I had a sense of deja-vu. I've had similar experiences in New York City (after playing a lot of Spider-Man 2) and in London (Assassins Creed Syndicate) where seeing the digital version acclamated my mind to the real place. Even if Keystone is not a 1:1 recreation of the real area, I have to praise the game creators for clearly capturing the feeling of being here in the flesh.
There's an art to trying to convey a place in a chosen medium, be it photography, landscape painting, or digital game creation; and I have to praise those who can pull it off.