One of the fun aspects of the Hong Kong tile set was getting to work with materials that are highly weathered.Īnother page of contrasts. Which is likely why the vast majority of the interiors are designed to be as serene as possible, to provide an environment to sooth the senses - at least until the Karaoke starts.Īs in our previous Shadowrun games, all our environments are built using modular tiles. The streets of Hong Kong are the most visually, audibly, and aromatically dense I have ever experienced - just walking down the street is complete sensory overload. These two pieces capture one of the important contrasts of Hong Kong the chaos the streets versus the calm serenity of the interiors. The residents fear of an uncertain future and their attempts to prepare for it left a deep impression on me as did all the other delightful contrasts and energies of this magical city - all of which played important roles when I started working on Shadowrun less than a year later. My visit came just as the period of chaos that preceded the handover of Hong Kong, Kowloon, and The New Territories from the vanishing British Empire to the growing Peoples Republic of China began. The floating city of fishing and shipping Junks in Kowloon harbor was still there, though not the size it was a hundred years previously it seemed like the only part that had changed was the quantity as the boats and people who lived on them seemed timeless. The harbor traffic immediately illustrated the role that the city had played for a hundred years - Hong Kong was the gateway to China. The Star Ferries, stuffed to the gunnels, with locals and tourists flew across the water like water bugs weaving between the endless parade of giant freighters carrying resources destined for China and finished goods from China destined to shops around the world. In those days all traffic between Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories traveled by boat. Stores on top of other stores with apartments above them, and all topped with the most extensive and elaborate neon lights I had ever seen. Broad avenues packed with automobiles and shiny Western stores contrasted the thousands of tiny twisting alleys crammed with every kind of store and workshop imaginable - and everything went upwards. The energy of the place was palpable, the people amazing, and the fusion of ancient culture and modern (or close to it) technologies took my breath away. S P O I L E R S A R E C O N T A I N E D I N T H I S B O O KĮver since my first trip to Hong Kong in 1986 I have been fascinated with this small island that both separated and connected two powerful empires.
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