Author: Dodeman
Episode #30: Dana MacKenzie
Dana was the Senior User Interface Artist/Designer at Neversoft and worked on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, Tony Hawk’s Underground, Tony Hawk’s Underground 2, and Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland. He also has been commissioned for his amazing talent as an artist by Tony Hawk himself, doing artwork for Birdhouse skateboards as well as the Tony Hawk Huck Jam Series. He further has done artwork for the upcoming Pretending I’m A Superman documentary on the history of the THPS franchise.
Dana currently works for Infinity Ward as the Senior UI Artist/UI Art Lead. Their most recently shipped game is Call of Duty: Warzone.
Episode #29: TylerLasagna
Tyler is a super fun and highly active member of the current THPS Community. Here are some highlights from his THPS Community involvement:
- Is a well respected speedrunner, he held the World Record for ‘Story Mode Normal’ on Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland for several months
- Is a moderator for the THPSX Discord as well as /r/THPS: the primary sub-Reddit devoted to THPS
- Has a highly successful YouTube channel with over 4,000 subscribers with over 920 videos including his great ‘Let’s Play’ series specific to the THPS series
- Has one of the most comprehensive collections of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater physical memorabilia in the world: including games, swag, skateboard decks and more.
CAP Event Toggles
Detailed Description:
With events, you could make it so you may change the Park up by doing something, such as grinding a rail or wallplanting a park piece, resulting in draining a pool of water, or opening up a secret panel allowing others to explore the level more.
Does this suggestion exist in THPS1/THPS2?
If no: please provide reasoning on why it should exist in the THPS 1+2 game.
No, neither did it make it in later games, but it would really be a neat feature that adds replayability to the game
Increased Allowed Gap Amount in Create-A-Park
Detailed Description:
All the games with Create-A-Park with gaps in them have had a limit of like 30 gaps in it, it would be cool to have more than 30, maybe something like double or even triple the limit if possible.
Does this suggestion exist in THPS1/THPS2?
If no: please provide reasoning on why it should exist in the THPS 1+2 game.
It does not, THPS2 had the same 30 gap limit I think as the future games (ie THPS3/4,THUG/2, and THAW) but it should be added as it would allow for a little bit more creativity into cap, as its one thing being able to make cool lines and gaps, but its another being able to mark them for people to try to find, and the more the merrie.
City Props and Buildings + Houses, Vehicles and Rail Placement as well as 2 objects on the same space for Create-A-Park
Detailed Description:
These were introduced in THUG1 and stayed in THUG2 and THAW (I dunno about the other games), As for placing several objects on top of each other, it’s one of the features that come with built in for THUG PRO and can be enabled on the menu, these objects and features can allow Created Parks to look like suburban areas, city centers, rail placements can act like wires, lot of cool stuffs can be built with these items in mind, the only limit is the creator’s imagination.
Does this suggestion exist in THPS1/THPS2?
If no: please provide reasoning on why it should exist in the THPS 1+2 game.
It doesn’t but it would allow for lots of cool created parks by the community, lots of players would be satisfied with these stuff, as long as you don’t remove the normal rails, of course.