Planet Coaster Now Open For Business

Today sparks the return of the old “creating your own theme park” style of tycoon game, and Planet Coaster has really taken the lead.

Made by a large section of the staff that was involved with the original Roller Coaster Tycoon series, and maintaining the same sense of humour as the original games. Planet Coaster is being developed by Frontier Development, the same guys that brought us the popular Elite: Dangerous game. Taking the mantel of the original RCT and taking it further with windy paths and much more freedom, Planet Coaster will let your imagination run wild as you build the theme park of your dreams, right down to the individual colours of paving stones (okay, maybe not that much detail, but close enough.)

One interesting aspect is the modified terrain system, allowing for better waterways and caverns, even the possibility of building islands in the sky, and that’s before you even start with your first kid’s ride, or near-death coaster ride from hell. Also for those who want a bit more than just building a park, Planet Coaster has also a very good simulation system, taking inspiration from the original and adding in more advanced features, you can manage and control almost anything. Tie all this into a better simulation system for each guest, and with more behaviors and backgrounds than the old RCT series, you can easily get the best of any world.

Now best of all, is that Planet Coaster has a way of sharing your parks and creations with the world using Steam Workshop, even full parks can be shared with people round the world, heck you can even go riding in first person on someone else’s ride if you wish. ‘Planet Coaster is the coaster park simulation we’ve wanted to make for over a decade,’ says Frontier’s Chief Creative Officer, Jonny Watts. ‘We wanted to give players the best creation tools, the most sophisticated management simulation, incredibly realistic park guests and the best ways to share the community’s creativity. To us, these things make Planet Coaster the future of simulation games.’

So, to build a serious theme park, or to do the old silliness of watching carts crash and burn like in previous RCT games, decisions, decisions.

Official Press Release

Cambridge, UK. 17 November 2016. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) today launches Planet Coaster for PC. The future of coaster park simulation games has arrived!

Created by the studio behind the genre’s benchmark, Planet Coaster builds on over fifteen years of experience with simulation games to create the next great leap forwards for the genre.

Planet Coaster’s advanced new simulation techniques touch every aspect of gameplay and the player’s experience, in a game where every park guest is an expressive individual who thinks, feels and explores your park with their own interests and desires. Build your coaster park empire, let your imagination run wild and share your success with the world!

Planet Coaster makes a creator out of everyone. Lay paths, build scenery, customize rides and make your park unique with powerful piece-by-piece construction. Sculpt the landscape to raise mountains, form lakes, dig caverns and even build islands in the sky, then weave coasters through your park above ground and below.

Simulation evolves with Planet Coaster. You’re the boss with accessible controls that make management fun. Planet Coaster’s sophisticated simulation and management tools let you control every aspect of your guests’ experience and watch the profits roll in. Test your skills in a campaign of creative scenarios, or just build without limits and tweak your parks to surprise, delight and thrill your guests.

And Planet Coaster links you to your friends and to an endless world of new content every day through its Steam Workshop community hub. Incredible creations from the Planet Coaster community are just a click away from being part of your own park. Harness the world’s creativity as you watch your empire expand, and inspire others as you share your coasters, scenery, buildings and even entire parks with Planet Coaster players worldwide.

‘Planet Coaster is the coaster park simulation we’ve wanted to make for over a decade,’ says Frontier’s Chief Creative Officer, Jonny Watts. ‘We wanted to give players the best creation tools, the most sophisticated management simulation, incredibly realistic park guests and the best ways to share the community’s creativity. To us, these things make Planet Coaster the future of simulation games.’

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