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Rift Savannah
"To witness that calm rhythm of life revives our worn souls and recaptures a feeling of belonging to the natural world." - George Schaller

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Terrain Theme:

A beautiful yet harsh sanctuary, the Rift Savannah sheltered those who could bear its punishing conditions. Elephants roamed the island and hippos drank from the many watering holes littered around nature's arena. Yet a certain magic was present on the island; a mysticism belonging only to the Rift. Perhaps this is why the Rift Savannah was locked into a perpetual summer - not that the wildlife on the island minded.

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Development Commentary:
The Rift Savannah is very much an experimental piece, primarily used to experiment with water features such as rivers, arches and waterfalls. It is themed around a savannah of scorching sunlight eternally at the height of summer and is very, very loosely based on the Sahel region of Africa. I am rather pleased with how it turned out, although an area to improve in future builds of this theme would be greater diversity in Savannah regions. Mixing this Savannah theme with a desert and canyon valley, for instance, could result in a brilliant multi-biome terrain, and something that I will be experimenting with further over the next few months.

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Alongside in-game tweaking, I used the following tools to create this map:

- WorldPainter (for creating the map)
- WorldMachine (for creating the map)
- Chunky 1.4 (for rendering the map)