How Planet Coaster 2’s artists made Hollywood work as a theme park
(Image credit: Frontier Developments) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Art Deco curves, giant searchlights and teasing film sets that…
(Image credit: Frontier Developments) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Art Deco curves, giant searchlights and teasing film sets that represent the golden age of cinema feel tailor-made for Planet Coaster 2. The new Silver Screen Pack brings seven new rides, over 650 scenery items and more than 100 animatronics to Planet Coaster 2, giving players the tools to build their own version of that Hollywood heyday, from an old-school Art Deco cinema and glamorous studio backlots to cowboy and cops-and-robbers sets, a green-screen boat set and a slot car track ride.Of course, getting that look right takes more than remodelling an in-game asset with sleek geometric shapes and calling it done. The concept art team had to figure out what makes an Art Deco building read instantly, how to take real-world references and squash them into Planet Coaster’s chunky, playful style, and how to make a collection of assets that work together without leaving players feeling like they’re just assembling someone else’s theme park design.Here, Principal Concept Artist Jack Griffin and Senior Concept Artist Bryan van der Linden reveal what it took to create Silver Screen for Planet Coaster 2, and how they found the right visual language to design the expansion’s new rides and characters, and the terrifying joy of handing your work over to players and seeing what they do with it.Planet Coaster 2: Silver Screen launches August 19, 2026, for $14.99 / £11.99. Planet Coaster 2 is required to play and is available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S for a suggested retail price of $49.99 / £39.99. (Image credit: Frontier Developments)Creative Bloq: When you’re given a theme like vintage cinema, where do you start visually? What are the first things you’re looking for in the reference material?Jack Griffin: We're often trying to find exactly the right few images and words that sum up what we're after. Being very clear early on about what we want from the pack and, just as importantly, what we don't want is key. Setting these boundaries gives us a good space to explore the theme well and provides the team with a clear vision of what we're aiming for. Defining what era we wanted to represent in our pack was key; it's the golden age of cinema, large searchlights in the sky, flashbulb paparazzi, movie star glamour, red carpets and premieres were all key. Once we understood the era, this informed the architecture, and then we broke it down from there. Art Deco is a great style that encapsulates the era's glamour, so we went ahead and created large overviews with this style in mind and broke the buildings into components once we were confident in the broad direction.Source: Creative Bloq AI Art — Published — Category: Image AI