I don't really like how the new bridge looks, that and I would like it if the new ending was stone-colored/textured like other parts of the map. In my opinion the bridge would look better if it were just a large ramp instead, even though the first part of it would probably block some of the entrance to the cavern. Also, the sign is hard to read because it's in the same direction as the sun flare.
To be fair, you'd want your billboard to be readable until it turns to dusk, right? That's when people would see it the most... There is a more readable one in the opposite direction near the start though. I guess those signpost people are really serious about getting those statistics out there. Maybe it's just to spite the pirates... Or it's because it's just there to add something else to the ending section, and was put in place before the pillars, pretty late at night.
As for the ramp, it looked awful as a large ramp going down. It was pretty boring, too. It's already just a grey shape. It could be a lot worse.
Also it looks way less gravity defying this way.
Kind of. I wouldn't think about it too hard.
Stone's pretty heavy, right? I'm surprised it didn't just collapse on itself. Whoever built that temple must have been really smart.
See what I mean? Don't worry about it.
And yeah, maybe you're right. The beach does stick out. It was meant to, to break up the monotony of the flat stone submerged in water. Which was there originally to make the cavern more of a thing.
I wanted to overhaul most of the start of the track anyway, but people seem to like cavern cross and I'm not really sure why, so I wanted to play it safe. This is a very safe release overall! I just wanted to fix the lame skip, make the track longer, and remove the unfun ending.
I kind of just wanted the track to use more than 2 textures (It uses 3 now!), and have less of a flat feel. That's why the bridge isn't a flat ramp, and that's why the sand is basically opposite to the flat stone throughout, connecting to the ground in a nice way, with things sticking out of the ground for obstacles, as opposed to holes in the ground. It's also why the temple's roof is pretty different now.
Maybe I think about these things too much.
Maybe the changes will grow on you. Thanks for the criticism!
