Pool Tools: drawing a pool outline with curve, edge, and depth settings

About this game

Developer: Frontier Developments · Publisher: Frontier Developments · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: City & Base Management

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What to study

The sequel's headline system in one panel: water is drawn like a road, not placed like a ride. The Pool Tools panel turns pool construction into a vector-drawing task (curve line style, Infinity edge, Swimming depth) with the same snap controls (1 m length snap, angle snap) the coaster builder uses, so one tool grammar covers both parks and pools. The in-world curve preview shows the outline before any water exists, and the bottom bar keeps the park context (Sandbox Park, Day 2, 08:55 am) visible while building. Frame at about 37.5s in the Preorder Trailer - En (Steam). The trailer's ALPHA IN-GAME FOOTAGE caption at the bottom center is publisher burn-in, not game UI.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

side-panel detail-panel property-editor form-fields status-row icon-rail

Components

Parts on screen.

Window Toolbar Slider Toggle Clock

Screen inventory

• a right-hand Pool Tools panel with a Draw Tool tab, tool icons for line, curve, shape, and path, and rows reading Priority On, Line Style Curve, Edge Type Infinity, Depth Swimming, Working Height Off, Length Snap 1 m, and Angle Snap Off
• a thin white curve being drawn across a paved plaza in the world, showing the pool outline in progress
• a top-left icon rail and a Heatmaps toggle at the top center
• a bottom status bar reading Sandbox Park, Unlimited, 71,680 guests, Day 2, 08:55 am, with Multiselect Mode, Edit Height, Delete, Place, and Back controls at the right
• a Return to Browser button centered above the status bar

Top 3 colors

#cfc1b5 38%#243c42 25%#29728c 14%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Frontier Developments, Planet Coaster 2 screenshot: Preorder Trailer - En (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Frontier Developments.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-31. verified 2026-10-31: frame inspected visually at full resolution (1920x1080); Pool Tools panel, every setting row, drawn curve, status bar figures, and toolbar controls all legible; frame from the official Preorder Trailer - En on Steam

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