[04.16.26] First-Person View Walking Spots

[Carnel]

Hello, developers and Kjun!

First of all, I want to express enormous gratitude for the fact that very soon we’ll have such a feature as “first-person view”! And this could essentially create a practically new mechanic for the game (aside from filming capabilities) for a number of players. Namely – long walks.

Right now I enjoy riding around the city on a scooter or swimming in a boat (which is perfect with first-person view). But there’s not much that changes on the water, so it doesn’t compare to walking on land, where this would be much more interesting.

So, with the arrival of first-person view, we really need scenic forest landscapes where you could simply walk and look around. Not an urban environment, but forests and parks: mountain trails, eco-paths, walks along a lake… Even if it’s just a long looped route that you can’t leave to venture into dense forest (a boundary in the form of transparent walls, like at the map edges), but where you could just walk or ride, stopping and admiring the nature around you. This completely changes the feel of the game! You’ve surely seen videos of forest walks on foot? This would be something like interactive 360-video.

Below I’ll attach a map of a real city where they created a walking trail around a lake located next to a river. It’s a closed loop, and cyclists and people walk there… One bank has entertainment and shops, while across the lake – silence and peace with a view of the city from afar. There’s the map itself and a couple of my own photos from different spots on the trail. I doubt this would require very many computing resources for a PC, and it would look very interesting.

(I’m not saying my photos are very beautiful, I’m just trying to explain how it’s designed there so you understand what kind of route could be made)

Here I’m showing a version of how this could be integrated with the city (such a trail could easily be added to the side of any of the existing maps). But much wilder places would also look magnificent – I’ll leave links to videos of a walk along a stunning wild lake shore, plus a beautiful video from a Japanese city park – it looks so good that you want to get on a plane and go live there!

Thank you, and I hope my words will resonate with you! With first-person view, visiting such places in the game would be very interesting!

Map:

View from location 1:

View from location 2:

View from location 3:

Wild lake shore:

4K Nature Walk - 4.5 HRS Forest/River Fabulous Views with Calm Music and...

Beautiful Japanese city park:

4K Japan Walk - Beautiful Japanese Garden in Nagoya (Tokugawaen) | Koi Fish | Nagoya Winter 2020

[Carnel]

I’ve been reading about how many people want music in cars. I completely support that! But against that backdrop, to be honest, I’m a bit puzzled by the lack of support for this topic about “spaces for exploration.”

Don’t we need more scenic locations where you could calmly drive around, go for walks, and so on? Places where you could enjoy nature from a “first-person” perspective — just for fun, or from your car. Where you could drive for a long time (stopping for snacks at small stands and, of course, having “bus stops” along the way for quick teleportation home if needed). Does everyone really think the current driving and walking spaces are enough? Especially with traffic lights in cities where, playing as a pedestrian, you can stand forever if you follow the rules.

Imagine driving on a track specifically designed so that only your Zoi can drive on it, while other NPCs only appear when we decide to walk or ride scooters and bikes. Like a “race track” just for us, with beautiful views, music playing, at high speed… And then you get out and take a walk along a picturesque forest trail, where you find hidden valuable ore deposits or some mushrooms for unique culinary dishes…

Variety forest trails like in the photos below, but made almost all suitable for driving cars too. And the main thing is that it’ll be away from the main city, so none of this will cause lag! And with UE’s procedural generation, these landscapes should be created very easily and quickly, without requiring much development time.

Am I the only one interested in something like this?

[RestlessSloth]

I would love this! My health stops me from going for long walks like this and I’ve always loved living through my sims/zois by having them walk in nature. The realistic graphics make Inzoi so much better than any other sims game for immersing yourself in “nature” and it would be even better in first person view. If it’s not possible for the current maps, I hope the developers keep this in mind for future maps.

[Carnel]

Thank you so much for your support!

I really hope your health gets better, whatever the issue may be. Nothing is impossible, and I sincerely wish you a speedy recovery!

And let walks bring joy to all of us simply by allowing us to “visit summer” in winter and vice versa - on cold winter days to “stroll through the tropics”. And may it be incredibly beautiful and inspiring!