That is just one spectacular theatre. Love the proscenium!

Shame it can't be actually used! I can't imagine it would be that hard to program a big empty box with seats inside. But we've been asking for that for years to no avail.

Ah, well, beautiful work anyway! I especially like your behind the scenes photo. It's interesting to get a look at the method behind the madness. I would love to see a few more of those types of pictures!

BTW, are you using a NASA supercomputer? You must have over 100 thousand pieces in Wonder World, and you've barely started!

44 minutes ago, citytrader said:

That is just one spectacular theatre. Love the proscenium!

Shame it can't be actually used! I can't imagine it would be that hard to program a big empty box with seats inside. But we've been asking for that for years to no avail.

Ah, well, beautiful work anyway! I especially like your behind the scenes photo. It's interesting to get a look at the method behind the madness. I would love to see a few more of those types of pictures!

BTW, are you using a NASA supercomputer? You must have over 100 thousand pieces in Wonder World, and you've barely started!

Thank you, citytrader.

I'll try to add more wip screenshots in the future, although I never think about taking pics while I'm building. But I'll try. As for my computer, I did upgrade when I bought PC2, although it was time to do so anyway. It's definitely a high end rig, with one of the fastest CPUs on the market. The graphics card is high end (5070ti RTX) but not top of the line (5090 RTX), as those are ridiculously priced and it would have added a couple grand to the cost. So far I'm getting excellent performance when running this park. I do worry that that won't be the case as the park grows. I'd love to build the entire park on one map, but I'm prepared to split it up if it becomes necessary.

Edited January 13Jan 13 by shyguy

Ah the old RCT3 concert stage! This appears to be a slight upgrade from that.

12 hours ago, JPTV said:

Wagi's obsession with Wanda is bordering on unhealthy. She may need to get a restraining order against him, which I imagine would be an ironic twist from her usual experience with restraining orders.

I should have realized this was the Laserium when you posted the backstage. In my defense, I don't even remember most of what I built 10 years ago.

It's NOT n 'obsession' at all, it's my job as President of the Wanda Wonder Fan Club to ask probing questions...much like Wanda questions probing with her dates (on the rare occasions those occur and one or both don't pass out before any preliminaries even take place...).

And let's be honest here...you don't remember what you had for lunch yesterday so that's pretty much your blanket 'defense' for everything.

I'm trying to think of famous musical artists from the 80's or 90's that aren't dead or already booked solid with dates at Senior Living Facilities...

It's honestly insane how you're also being so detailed with the interiors as much as the exteriors! That RCT3 image is such a throwback as well, haha

It's looking great so far!

I feel like the more you add, the more detail is being put into this park. The theater is looks awesome!

The Video Works shop is now complete.

So, this shop from the original model has undergone a few changes throughout the different versions of the park. It was originally to be a shop that sold video cameras and accessories, as a sort of sister shop to the Camera Shop over at the SpacePort. Well, today, both are pretty obsolete. I converted the Camera Shop into a shop selling digital photo packages. But what to do with the Video Works shop?

In the PC1 version, it was a video game shop. But today, not many games are actually sold in stores. PC games are sold online. I guess you can still buy hard copies of console games, but that may not last either.

So I did go ahead and offer some video games. But the bigger draw to visit the shop are the photo opportunities for taking selfies.

First we have a pair of "old fashioned" photo booths.

Then, there's the "Green Screen" where you can choose an image from a collection of locales, and then take a selfie, either with your own phone, or the camera provided. (You'll need to have purchased a digital photo package to use that option.)

And finally, there's Wonder Vision 360, where you stand in front of a curved screen and choose from a number of spots from around the park that rotate around you, creating a dizzying video selfie.

Also on sale here are souvenirs from the show playing at the Laserium. The full show will be released soon for all to see.

Obligatory night shot.

Before the official video of the "Back to the 80's" show at the Laserium, we have the "pre-show".

Nice video, but I miss the zaniness. Maybe YouTube viewers have a different opinion?

Loved it...Wanda sure sounds like her mother. What's that one video game with Mr Wonder's face on it?

I laughed at the sound effects climbing the ladder. I noted Disney's Head disappeared after Stormy's foul language kicked in...his lst name isn't Daniels, is it?

No bathrooms?

I was just coming here to tell you how well-made those photobooths are. Very happy to see another video, I felt it was the same amount of zany as the previous videos, which is just the right amount. The details to your builds are astounding, can't believe you even made the catwalks over the audience. Oh, and the fog looked great. That thing is such a wonderful mod that Frontier should be ashamed of themselves for not already doing that.

This video reminded me of your arcade from the PC1 version, I know of some rather amazing workshop assets that I'm sure you've already found.

I'd say more but I need to go play some Eurythmics now, that tiny snippit ended too quickly.

9 hours ago, JB said:

Nice video, but I miss the zaniness. Maybe YouTube viewers have a different opinion?

My videos are meant to showcase my parks first with the humor being secondary. In the last couple of videos, the humor began to overshadow the park showcase, so I've toned it back a bit. Also, I can't come up with something really funny every time. I'm not saying there won't be more zany videos in the future, but just not every video.

4 hours ago, Wabigbear said:

Loved it...Wanda sure sounds like her mother. What's that one video game with Mr Wonder's face on it?

I laughed at the sound effects climbing the ladder. I noted Disney's Head disappeared after Stormy's foul language kicked in...his lst name isn't Daniels, is it?

No bathrooms?

Mr. Wonder's only published video game, "World Domination Tycoon 3", is an homage to the PC1 version, in which it was also sold at the Video Works shop. I'm not sure who created WDT1 and 2 though. As far as Disney's Head goes, he disappeared long before Stormcloud's appearance. Poor Mr. Wonder seemed genuinely hurt by this.

2 hours ago, JPTV said:

I was just coming here to tell you how well-made those photobooths are. Very happy to see another video, I felt it was the same amount of zany as the previous videos, which is just the right amount.

Thank you.

3 hours ago, JPTV said:

This video reminded me of your arcade from the PC1 version, I know of some rather amazing workshop assets that I'm sure you've already found.

Yes, I'm holding off on building the arcade, with the tiniest of hopes that we'll actually get working arcades in the game. And yes, I've found quite a few assets that I'm collecting for use when this doesn't happen.

3 hours ago, JPTV said:

I'd say more but I need to go play some Eurythmics now, that tiny snippit ended too quickly.

The Eurythmics didn't make it into the the show, so I had to pay homage to them some way, being one of my favorite bands from the 80s. I've been working on the actual show over the last 2 weeks (my most ambitious project yet) and now I've got all those bands and their songs stuck in my head.

I'm wondering if anyone noticed the jab at Theme Park Studio...

Edited January 25Jan 25 by shyguy

"I'm wondering if anyone noticed the jab at Theme Park Studio...". Ah, I went back and viewed the video again... There it is! Boxes of TPS chucked into the bargain bin... or is it a trashcan?

"I can't come up with something really funny every time. I'm not saying there won't be more zany videos in the future, but just not every video.". I totally understand the part about not coming up with really funny bits every time. I'm sure I wouldn't be able to do that. I just figured you were super human or something. No worries, I'll take whatever I can get... and whatever you have to offer. :-)

8 minutes ago, JB said:

"I'm wondering if anyone noticed the jab at Theme Park Studio...". Ah, I went back and viewed the video again... There it is! Boxes of TPS chucked into the bargain bin... or is it a trashcan?

It's a trash can. 😁

2 hours ago, shyguy said:

It's a trash can. 😁

Perfect place for it.

I still have never received my game CD or my T-shirt. I blame the post office!

The Laserium is getting ready to host its first show.

Album covers of the songs featured in the show are on display in the lobby.

Monitors have been added outside where guests will queue up for the show.

Max Stormcloud, host of the show, will be out front for meet 'n greets.

And most important, the shelves are stocked with merchandise for sale at the concession stand.

I'm embarrassed for not recognizing all the album covers because it means I probably didn't own them, and I probably had close to 1000 cassettes before I even started on CD's. They're all worthless now and most of them ended up in a dumpster somewhere.

I have a tremendous dislike for Max Stormcloud. No reason really other than someone at Frontier is probably super proud of themselves for coming up with him/her/them. Their voice in your video is pretty much what I was already picturing, aka annoying as hell.

13 minutes ago, JPTV said:

I'm embarrassed for not recognizing all the album covers because it means I probably didn't own them, and I probably had close to 1000 cassettes before I even started on CD's. They're all worthless now and most of them ended up in a dumpster somewhere.

Well, they are fairly obscured in the screenshots, as I didn't really want to give away the line up. Also they are actually the single covers, not the albums, so you may not be familiar with them.

16 minutes ago, JPTV said:

I have a tremendous dislike for Max Stormcloud. No reason really other than someone at Frontier is probably super proud of themselves for coming up with him/her/them. Their voice in your video is pretty much what I was already picturing, aka annoying as hell.

Not a fan either, but I want entertainers in the park, and I'm stuck with what Frontier gives us. I think the female version looks very androgenous/boyish, so I give it a young male voice. The actual male version is pretty horrible.

Edited January 27Jan 27 by shyguy

Maybe Mr. Wonder can sell the TPS discs for a small profit. Or just give them away as freebies; they'd make nice prismatic reflectors to brighten peoples' lives, and giving something away would boost his reputation. It would also give some purpose for an otherwise worthless piece of junk.

On 1/25/2026 at 7:05 PM, citytrader said:

I still have never received my game CD or my T-shirt. I blame the post office!

I finally did...a year or two later. Never opened the CD s I had it on Steam and Edson wore the T-shirt twice before it became a dust rag as it faded in the wash. No loss.

One detail on the Laserium building I appreciate is how the blue bands are just slightly off-set from the main white walls...that adds a lot of depth not found when the two wall pieces line up perfectly. I don't know if that was by plan or just how the pieces are in-game, but I noticed it right away, same with the rectangular pieces in the signs which I know are in-set into the white. Maybe it's just the shadows, but it's little things like that that add a lot visually.

There should be a Depeche Mode poster in there somewhere!

If this show was "Back to the 70's" I'd recommend just filling the theater with pungent smoke as I mostly recall rooms and even car interiors that way quite often...what I can remember from back then anyways...

Well, I finally finished this.

This took over 2 weeks to do and I'm pretty happy with it. It was fun to make and at the same time, a pain in the ass sometimes. The lasers in the game suck, as they don't behave at all like real lasers. The beams are very short and just stop, whereas real lasers keep going until they hit a surface. The lasers were the same in PC1, but the PC2 versions are even shorter then they were. So this is more a multi-media show than a laser show. I've watched it several times now and made many changes and edits. But in the end, I enjoy watching it and hopefully some others will get enjoyment as well.

nice. better than anything I could ever dream up. I just don't get how to work the controllers in this game for shows like this. The theme, music, and effects were great. Where are the costumed dancers and live band playing the music? 😁

Maybe one thing I was expecting and didn't see it...when the bubbles were on the backscreen for that one segment, maybe bubble machines spewing the out over the theater? (Do we even have a bubble machine in this game?).

Loved the audience shot at the end. Gives me an idea...I wonder if I can create an AI video of a scene like this specifying 'in the style of Planet Coater'...not only an audience but people doing other stuff in the park as well?

8 minutes ago, Wowman said:

Maybe one thing I was expecting and didn't see it...when the bubbles were on the backscreen for that one segment, maybe bubble machines spewing the out over the theater? (Do we even have a bubble machine in this game?).

I had fully planned to use bubbles in that segment. And then discovered that bubbles, like all water effects, don't show up under artificial light in this game. So I had to come up with another option.

10 minutes ago, Wowman said:

Loved the audience shot at the end. Gives me an idea...I wonder if I can create an AI video of a scene like this specifying 'in the style of Planet Coater'...not only an audience but people doing other stuff in the park as well?

Yes you can. I had Wanda dancing and singing in the Animal World - Episode 2 video. But using AI is tricky, as you can get very mixed results, with AI adding stuff that you don't want. Sometimes it comes out great, and other times you want to scream at the AI and yell "WTF! That's not what I wanted!" You've got to try out a few different AIs to see which one works best for you. To recreate scenes inside your own park, you'll need one that you can upload screenshots so it will (most of the time) recreate it to look exactly like your park. And you also need to keep in mind that some people hate AI images and the use of it. I'm always waiting for backlash from viewers when I use it in my videos.

right about the bubbles...I so easily forget.

Here is a test audience video for you

LOVED IT!!!

What a fantastic job...and a ton of work! I like your choices, they certainly work better than some of the bubblegum songs that also came from the 80's. Most of these appear on my playlist on Spotify or we have them on vinyl.

And you ended with Depeche!!!