Hi RollerCoaster Tycoon Fans, I’m “Mattlab”, Atari’s Executive Producer on RollerCoaster Tycoon World.
As the producer of RollerCoaster Tycoon World, my job is to lead the work on the game with the help of our awesome crew from Atari, the AAA development team at Area 52 Games, and of course, our dedicated RCT fans. A longtime fan of RCT myself, I am honored to help the team take on the next iteration of the beloved franchise. RCT is in fact what brought me to Atari so many years ago. In all, we have built a fantastic team of industry experts, who are fans themselves, ensuring that this new game will bring the franchise to a whole new level.
To get a sense of what our plans are, here is a sneak preview into the world of team RCTW:
We have spent a lot of time thinking about what this game means. With that in mind, we have focused our effort around 4 main foundations: Designing, Building, Playing and Sharing.
Designing
In our first production blog, we will talk about “Designing”. This starts with terrain and scenery – elevating how important these two are now in the game.
We have spent a considerable amount of time designing a map and terrain generator that let players set their game in a variety of environments. You’ll never start with the same setting twice! Our special map tool ensures that players can randomly generate terrain that is fun and yet presents unique design challenges. Having played with it here at Atari HQ we can say it really creates some stunning locations and allows for things to be created that were simply not possible in previous games.
While new challenges and maps are always fun, this new terrain system has also allowed us to create an amazing new in-game terrain editing tool. Imagine being met with rolling hills or large mountains right in the middle of your park! With our new tool you will be able to shape these almost any way you like. The tool is completely brush-based. Think of it like painting your new terrain as you adjust various sliders and brush types to bring your vision to life. It will be one of the first things we hope to be able to share with players during our Closed Alphas (more on how to get in in a later post).
All before you ever let a single peep into your park we have allowed players to create some of the most dynamic and amazing environments ever. With so many rides, attractions, coasters, and scenery objects to choose from, players will have endless varied ways to have fun and design their dream parks.
What’s Next:
This is where things get really exciting! Now, we get to start sharing what we have made with the world. Be sure to sign up for our Newsletter and Forums to stay tuned to all future dev blogs, news, press releases, contests, beta programs and more. We monitor our forums every day and we ask that you join them and continue to post and engage with the community. We will make sure to pull questions from there when we can and focus our blogs around answering as many as possible as we head towards launch!
Until then though… here is a little teaser screenshot of one of our new flat rides!
RollerCoaster Tycoon World Ferris Wheel Flat Ride with placeholder grass.
Cheers,
“Mattlab”
Atari Executive Producer (RCTW)