I am trying to remember the name and location of the slum that Anet used as its inspiration for the City in Cantha...does anyone remember?
Thanks
What was the name of the slum that was inspiration..
beanerman_99
Kayelyyb
if i were to guess Calcutta india aka the black hole of calcutta.
Kattar
Um...China? India? Anywhere in Southeast Asia perhaps?
No offense to any Asians, I don't intend any, but I'm not aware of any specific place it's modeled after.
No offense to any Asians, I don't intend any, but I'm not aware of any specific place it's modeled after.
zelgadissan
I just flipped through my Collector's Edition Factions box and didn't come up with anything.
I'm with Katsumi - unless some dev specifically answered a question like that in their talk, I'd guess it's just a generic Asian design.
I'm with Katsumi - unless some dev specifically answered a question like that in their talk, I'd guess it's just a generic Asian design.
Painbringer
Shanty town in southern Johannesburg………Wait a minute that sounds like a song
idahoajr
well not calcutta since thats pretty clean compared to mumbai 
its idea is like any huge asian city, but it much more chinese style over there than indian
its idea is like any huge asian city, but it much more chinese style over there than indian
Nightow
Kowloon Walled City is what you seek.
http://www.tofu-magazine.net/newVersion/pages/KWC.html
http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...re12_large.jpg
http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...view_large.jpg
http://www.tofu-magazine.net/newVersion/pages/KWC.html
http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...re12_large.jpg
http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...view_large.jpg
shillo
From the Daniel Dociu's interview:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/pres...09-danield.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/pres...09-danield.php
Quote:
| "Rooftops" (one of the winning entries at the "Into the Pixel" digital art show at E3 2006) and "Urban Canal" (Master Award: Best Cityscape—Expose 4) were inspired by the Kowloon Walled City, the most densely populated place on Earth until it was demolished in the early nineties. Fifty thousand people inhabited a few square blocks of the most bizarre yet fascinating architectural structures, a miracle of human survival, self-governing, and coexistence. I would like to revisit this concept and do it justice as gaming platforms will soon be capable of handling that amount of 3D geometry. |
pamelf
Wow, fascinating. It's a shame that place had to be torn down. I understand the reasoning for it, but it would be great to have historically preserved it.
Found some cool pics here: shows life in it.
http://karinochow.blogspot.com/2008/...on-walled.html
I don't think I'll look at Cantha the same way again.
Found some cool pics here: shows life in it.
http://karinochow.blogspot.com/2008/...on-walled.html
I don't think I'll look at Cantha the same way again.
Zan Usi Quan
that's actually very interesting, thanks nightow and shillo!
zelgadissan
Wow, I stand corrected. Cool stuff.
Glad I didn't live there.
Glad I didn't live there.
Kattar
Heh, me too, but I'm ok with it.
You can really see where the inspiration came from with those pictures...it's amazing.
You can really see where the inspiration came from with those pictures...it's amazing.
beanerman_99
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Originally Posted by Nightow
Kowloon Walled City is what you seek.
http://www.tofu-magazine.net/newVersion/pages/KWC.html http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...re12_large.jpg http://www.klnwcity.org/intro/large/...view_large.jpg |
Nightow
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Originally Posted by beanerman_99
YES that is the one. Thanks!
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Hannes
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Originally Posted by Painbringer
Shanty town in southern Johannesburg………Wait a minute that sounds like a song
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Dante the Warlord
At first glance I thought that was a garbage dump...
beanerman_99
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Originally Posted by Nightow
You're welcome. All it really took was some patience and wiki-fu to look it up.
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