Jurassic Park: Trespasser/Jungle Road April 11-15, 1998

In Early 2013, a very early version of Jungle Road was leaked to the Trespasser fanbase by an anonymous member of Trespasser's former staff. This version dates back to mid-April 1998 making it far surpass the version in build 96 (which was probably made around early to mid September of 1998.) in age. The screenshots that will follow are from a version of the level that was fixed up to run with TresEd and Trespasser's engine. Originally, this map was part of a 3D Studio Max file (since Trespasser was literally built mostly in 3D Studio Max.). It was converted for convenience reasons. There was also an early model of Anne that came as a bonus, complete with leg joint physics that were ultimately scrapped. This hasn't been converted. (yet.)

Starting Point


Apparently Anne had a generic starting point at this point. In Build 96 and the final she starts near the gates. The gates are to her left in this early version however. To Anne's right from this point seems to be an early version of the Waterfall area (which was moved to a different location in the level later on.)

The Monorail Station


The monorail station originally had a slightly different surrounding area. Also, notice the grass here as well in this level. Much different from the grass used in the final version and build 96.



This spot looks eerily familiar... Notably it looks like the terminal as it was featured in one of Trespasser's trailers minus objects that are clearly missing in the leaked version. It can be seen in this clip here

Bus Tire


Not very far away from the terminal gates down the path just off to the side is a bus tire. Nothing terribly special about it, but it wasn't featured in the final version of JR or build 96.

The Mayan Face and Jeep
Finally, the actual model for the Mayan Face makes an appearance. Interestingly, it's in the exact spot it was speculated to be at by the Trespasser Fanbase!

The surrounding area with the Mayan Face is strangely very different from the old prerelease image. (see the Prototype section for more details on that.) For one thing, it seems that the rocks shown in that image have either been removed or not added yet. It could also be that it never took place in the actual level file and that it was a promotional image taken in some sort of old test level.

Interestingly, there are two jeep doors here. In build 96, it was narrowed down to just one door. Then in the final, both doors were removed.

The "Hidden Valley"
It turns out the Hidden Valley was actually part of Jungle Road all along. It seems that after Plantation House was scrapped, the pathway was moved to accomodate this. That also meant that two voice overs intended for this walk were left behind and unused. Hence why they exist (check the final's Jungle Road page for info on said voice overs.) T



First thing to be noticed is the color of the path. It's a very bright reddish brown as opposed to the darker brown in build 96 and the final. The path is nearly devoid of foliage.



Walking a little ways down the path, foliage and trees start to pop up in an otherwise almost completely bare level.



Nothing terribly notable in this screenshot other than a better view of the path textures.



The path abruptly ends at the edge of the beach. Interestingly, this beach is mentioned in the 1997 walkthrough made to plan out the intitial game. This beach eventually became Cathy's Beach once Plantation House was merged with Jungle Road. This is what the walkthrough says about its originally intended purpose:

Secret Beach

In the southwest corner of the Jungle Road area, there is a second beach. It is a rocky area bare of trees, harsher and less tranquil than the starting area. It should be beautiful, but in a kind of harsh and lonely way – not  like the idyllic starting beach. A piece of an airplane, perhaps the wing or  tail, has washed up on the rocks  – a remnant of Anne's own vehicle.

Indeed, it is secret in this early version of the map because it isn't easy to see until the player reaches the large monorail track portion with the skylift.