Words with asterisks(*) beside them have their defintions at the bottom of the blog.
Welcome Back![]
Yes, welcome back, or... er... should I be the one welcomed instead (since I haven't wrote a guide for a while)? Anyway, it's time to get some information on an indoor theme park! This is for people who like building castles, buildings, towers or a giant indoor theme park. Yes, sheltered! Now, let's get started!
The Steps[]
Step 1 - Plan Your Theme Park[]
Part 1 - Getting Started[]
Well, yes. This is for people who want to rebuild or create a new park (it's better than destroying items in your current park and replanning). You don't have to start off your park with spending money on decorations. No. This is a common and terrible mistake people make. Do not spend your money all on walls because they do nothing but decorate which attracts guests only a little more. If you run out of money by spending all of it on them, your only *income is relying on guests paying for the entrance fees, which is not good at all. Make sure you save up to buy at least four rides, which 25% of them are a custom-track rides (like roller coasters or vintage cars or dark ride ). Try to have a variety of different rides, at the most two of the same ride type. You can place the rides in an unorganised position if it is a temporary ride, meaning it just boosts your *income
Part 2 - Main Planning[]
Now for the real planning part. I actually do not recommend you to build your theme park as one entire large-sized- multi-storey building as the atmosphere of the theme park will make you feel squished up in a place so you can separate different buildings for different sections and rides of the theme park. You can also have different themes for different sections. There will be good and wide walkways in between the buildings. As I said, you can start off with buildings not even covered with walls. Once you have lots of money, you can add multiple levels to turn them into towers with rides on different levels too.
Tip: If you want your indoor theme park to look spectacular, I recommend you to make your park **symmetrical.
Step 2 - Check Your Income[]
If you just started a new park (with 6 rides), a diagram of how good your income is will be shown below:
$50/min - Oh dear, looks like you need much more rides of different varieties. Make sure it is slightly cheaper than normal to attract more guests to ride it.
$100/min - Nope. You need to add more rides and stalls and lower prices of them slightly.
$200/min - Well, not so much improvement needed but if you could, you most likely would want to do so.
$400/min - Great! You're on the average earning!
$800/min - Maybe you have more than 6 rides. Or you are just great at moderation of everything, which means your earnings are really excellent!
Step 3 - Build![]
Think you have enough money? If you have more than $10K, start taking away the temporary rides (if they are disorganised but if they are placed in a proper position that you want them to be in, then those are not temporary rides). Then place walls and all the items you need to cover up the place to make it an indoor area. Uh-oh, you have $2K cash left! If you do, save up (you may need them for placing emergency rides to boost your *income if there is a sudden problem with that). Once you have lots of money again, continue building. If you are waiting to earn money, ***AFK and do something else (e.g. watch Fortnite or PUBG videos on Youtube) or visit someone else's park and check it out. You can also add decorations when you earned all the money you need.
Step 4 - Check Your Builds[]
Check if there are building errors like number of blocks between something and something is wrong or something is placed the wrong way. Soon, you'll be building your way up to the top level with buildings that contain awesome rides!
Mission Accomplished... Again![]
Yay, you finally got the hang of building an indoor theme park! Enjoy building and be creative. Always power your imagination!
In The Next Guide (4) - Decorate "Boring" Rides - Theme Park Tycoon 2[]
Learn how to decorate boring rides like Teacups (I apologise for calling it boring if you do like it) and turn it into a spectacular ride of amusement inside a cozy and clear room! Look forward to this guide!
Note: The Guide Has Been Delayed (My apoplogies for the delay)
To Be Released On: 20 October, 1300 - 1745 or 1845 - 2015 (Singapore Time)
20 October, 0100 - 0545 or 0645 - 0815 (New York City Time)
Guide preview is out now! Check out the recently posted blogs!
Grammar:
*Income - The amount of money that you earn within a time limit.
**Symmetrical - If a figure/item/thing is sliced into two and either side is a mirror image
of the other, that figure/item/thing is symmetrical.
***AFK - An Acronymn of Away From Keyboard. When you are idle in a game when using a
computer or laptop, you are AFK (like you are not touching the keyboard). However,
mobile device users tend to use this acronymn on each other too and it does not
actually mean that the person is not touching the keyboard and therefore not using
the device. For example, the person is like away from the keyboard as in not using
the controls which usually are on the keyboard or mouse. For less confusement, the
definition is being idle in a game.