Parkitect – Starting Guide

Tips & Tricks

All credit goes to Baozilla!

Increasing Intensity:

• When given the option to set a breaking value (km/h), ie Wooden / Steel / Flying Coasters, add 1 section of hard break at the end of the track.
• Picture 1: Massive increase in intensity. Length (number of sections) of the break has no effect on intensity.
• Picture 2: Lower value yields higher intensity. Try 0.5km/h.

Paddleboats & Bumper Boats:

• These rides can pass through half sloped stairways.
• Picture: First encounter of Bumper Boats. 

Placing Multiple Path Attachments:

• Hold Shift.
• Picture: 3 benches placed with one click. 

Coaster Statistics

Control Coaster:

• This is the coaster used as a control to compare with various scenarios below. 

Decoration:

• Conclusion: Bad decoration rating will negatively impact Excitement.
• Picture: Coaster placed besides 3 depots and the main entrance structures (displayed in purple). 

Walls & Trees:

• Conclusion: Walls and trees will act as a barrier against bad decoration rating.
• Picture 1: Bad decoration rating seeps through an opening on the building.
• Picture 2: Constructed walls around source of bad decoration rating as a form of containment. 

Music:

• Conclusion: Doesn’t do anything.
• Picture: Nada. 

Underground:

• Conclusion: Having a portion of the ride go underground increases Excitement. However, it is very difficult to decorate underground areas.
• Picture: Massive increase in Excitement. 

Duration (Minutes):

• Conclusion: Uncertain. Longer the duration (5+) higher the Excitement. However, medium length (1-5) yield less favorable Excitement (test not included here).
• Other: Does time spent waiting in the station have a negative impact?
• Picture 1: Short duration.
• Picture 2: Long duration. 

Chain Speed:

• Conclusion: Higher the speed faster the cart, thus higher Intensity.
• Picture: Slight increase in intensity. Compare Max Velocity from Control Coaster. 

Cart Sizes:

• Conclusion: Passengers are heavy. (Physics!)
• Other: Do passengers get higher Excitement from being in a larger crowd (cart)?
• Picture 1: Different cart sizes result in different test results.
• Picture 2: Small cart accelerates faster but also retains less velocity on inclines.
• Picture 3: Air time is affected.
• Picture 4: Lateral G-force is affected. 

S Bends:

Conclusion: S bends Increases Nausea.

Variables:

• Long Straight Shlong: Long glide with no S-bends
• Long Shlong: Long glide with 2 S-bends
• Long Bent Shlong: Long glide with 6 S-bends

Picture: More the S-bends higher the Nausea.

Glossary

These are educated guesses.

• Duration: Time passenger spent in the attraction. From when passenger steps into the attraction to when passenger steps out of the attraction. Affects Excitement.
• Excitement: Attractiveness of the attraction. Affects likelihood of guest visits.
• Intensity: A combination of vertical, lateral, longitudinal g-force, velocity, and air time.
• Nausea: Sudden changes in lateral g-force.