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Building the Mall
The animation above shows the mall's evolution. Here are the details of each step:
| 1. | A simple but accurate floorplan of the mall (from a brochure) is skewed, streched, and scaled to fit inside a 12x8 SimCity 2000 grid. This provides for a top-down profile of the mall. |
| 2. | From the 2D profile, up springs a simulated 3D wireframe model. This gives an idea of spatial relationships and gets the basic shape down. |
| 3. | The wire frame is given a skin, complete with basic shading. |
| 4. | From here, hours upon hours are spent detailing the mall's sides, roof, and ground. Details are taken from ariel photographs and postcards. The end result is an authentic reproduction of the Mall of America! |
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