Theme parks are an amazing way to relieve your day. Screaming while riding down a sharp drop down a roller coaster (don't throw up!), smiling on a carousel horse, getting wet down a log flume, and finally relaxing with candy and soda. There's no way to frown over there, unless you're sick or... (drumroll) the park is boring.
If your park would bore a child, then it would bore the players. Who would want to go to a park where there are only bare-bones rides, no food to eat, and a flat small roller coaster?
Exactly. With this guide, I will teach you how to create, design, and build a virtual theme park that human-brain-controlled players can compare to theme parks in the real world. You can wow everyone on the block, show off your cool park designs, collect a massive of likes, and even appear on Den_S Twitter page. It isn't easy though (Rome wasn't built in a day, neither was Theme Park Tycoon either), but hopefully, this guide will flatten the sharp edges of the learning curve.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This DOES NOT apply to computer-controlled guests. Guests' artificial intelligence are programmed to be happy by only meeting their basic needs (hunger, thirst, etc.), so that the players won't have to deal with frustration and obtain a degree in architecture or something. A dull-looking theme park can have a 5-star rating. (However though, creating an awesome park can easily win you 5 stars from guests, so this guide may help those who are struggling with the rating.)
1. Be creative. Turn on your imagination!
Would players be thrilled by a park that they've seen a billion times, even though it looks like a real-world park? Nope. Thus, you need to connect to your imagination, an awesome ability that every human is born with, and come up with creative, original, exciting, and innovative ideas for your park. An island populated with maneating dinosaurs (definitely not a Jurassic Park/World reference), a bustling busy city (possibly with zombies), a historical setting teaching a fun history lesson, a county fair complete with a petting zoo, a Las-Vegas-styled casino, outer space with astronauts and aliens to meet, you choose! The possibilites are endless. Don't create something like "Funworld" or "My Own Theme Park".
This doesn't mean you have to be 100% creative. Create a park themed after what you love, like pets or a video game. My old Sonic the Hedgehog theme park earned 10 likes. Take inspiration from real-world theme parks, or even recreate a real-world theme park (examples include Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Six Flags, Knot's Berry Farm, Silver Dollar City, or local theme parks around your town). Trust me, people will still be impressed if you manage to replicate a real-world park exactly to the details.
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