History VideoGame / PlanetCoaster

* {{Crossover}}: There is a Ghostbusters based expansion that includes buildings, scenery, rides and voice overs from Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton.

* BrandX: Most of the roller coaster designs are lifted directly from real world coasters, but with generic names for copyright purposes.
** For instance, "Canyon Runner" is for

* ShoutOut: At least one of the train options for the mine train roller coaster is trains modeled after the ones on Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad.

* SequelDifficultySpike: As a successor to [=RCT3=], some challenges really ramp up the difficulty. Free Challenge mode on "Hardest" difficulty leaves you with $1000 and ridiculously difficult guest attributes to satisfy. Also, not working on a direct grid means ride, path, and especially building construction are much harder.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Pirate Cove is an optional one, provided the player opts out of using the aforementioned EasyLevelTrick. The previous two parks, Pirate Battle and Creature Awakens, are essentially {{Video Game Tutorial}}s that serve to familiarize the player with certain actions like creating rides and hiring staff members. Pirate Cove serves a similar function with the loan feature, but this puts a handicap on the player by requiring them to pay a certain fee each month; this requires them to not only expand the park, but also pay close attention to their finances in order to maintain a profit and pay off the loan.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Guest bowling is back. There's even an achievement for knocking over 300 people with a single roller coaster crash!

%%* ArtificialStupidity: Sometimes the guests can be like this.

* MadeOfExplodium: Averted with the coaster carts, instead they'll disappear into a puff of smoke.

* TerrainSculpting: Upped to 11 in the game as you can literally do almost everything with the terrain, even make floating islands!

* EasyLevelTrick: The description for the Pirates Cove level states that Peg Leg Pete couldn't seem to find his treasure. [[spoiler:In fact, the treasure could be found beneath the cliffs of the the park and bulldozed for $7,500, which can be used to paying off the loan.]]

* MadeOfExplodium: Averted with the coaster carts, instead they'll disappear into a puff of smoke.
* MadeOfIron: Guests can get hit by coaster carts that go off-track, and they won't get hurt at all. In fact, they'll ''cheer'' after getting up!

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* PreOrderBonus: When it was first announced, you could pre-order the game, along with the ability to buy the Early Bird Special (Which allowed you to play the alpha) and a Coaster Head Club invitation. When the game was moved to Steam, you could buy the Thrillseeker version for the standard price of Planet Coaster, although it was removed when the game was released. Likewise, all players who already pre-ordered the game got the Thrillseeker version.

* MadeOfExplodium: Inverted with the coaster carts, instead they'll disappear into a puff of smoke.

* TerrainSculpting: Upped to 11 in the game as you can literally do almost everything with the terrain, even make floating islands!
* TheWikiRule: [[http://planetcoaster.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_Coaster_Wiki Has its very own wikia.]]

* {{Hipster}}: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetCoaster/comments/5bvenr/pc_foxy_design/ Foxy, the Foxy Coffee mascot]] was intentionally designed around this. This, and the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom.

* ArtificialStupidity: Sometimes the guests can be like this.

'''''Planet Coaster''''' is a theme park simulation game created by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. Initially named ''Coaster Park Tycoon'', the game follows ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon 3'' (also developed by Frontier) in several respects, involving the creation of a functioning theme park, but it adds a lot of new features and control to the creation process. The game was initially announced in January 2015 with an alpha publicly accessible by pre-ordering from Frontier's store. The alpha was first made available in March 2016 with the game coming to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in August of that same year, and was released on the 17th of November.

The game includes the standard build rides and shops, hire staff, keep guests happy that ''[=RollerCoaster=] Tycoon'' did. However, it allows for buildings to be constructed piece by piece and for paths to be build at numerous angles. The player is also provided with lots of different building parts and decoration and a robust terraforming tool to tailor their park exactly how they want it.

'''''Planet Coaster''''' is a theme park simulation game created by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. Initially named ''Coaster Park Tycoon'', the game follows ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon 3'' (also developed by Frontier) in several respects, involving the creation of a functioning theme park, but it adds a lot of new features and control to the creation process. The game was initially announced in January 2015 with an alpha publicly accessible by pre-ordering from Frontier's store. The alpha was first made available in March 2016 with the game coming to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in August of that same year, and is set to be released on the 17th of November.

** As of Beta 9.4, the graphics seem to have been degraded for some players.

* ArtificialStupidity:

* TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy: An entire theme is based around it, and it comes with its own entertainer, Captain Lockjaw.

-->''Simulation Evolved''

'''''Planet Coaster''''' is a theme park simulation game created by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. Initially named ''Coaster Park Tycoon'', the game follows ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon 3'' (also developed by Frontier) in several respects, involving the creation of a functioning theme park, but it adds a lot of new features and control to the creation process. The game was initially announced in January 2015 with an alpha publicly accessible by pre-ordering from Frontier's store. The alpha was first made available in March 2016 with the game coming to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in August of that same year.

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: To an even greater extent than ''[=RollerCoaster=] Tycoon'' before it, since you have a bevy of building pieces and scenery to choose from.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Gulpee Rex, one of the entertainers.
* TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy: An entire theme is based around it, and it comes with its own entertainer, Captain Lockjaw.
* GuiltBasedGaming: Go ahead, fire a staff member and try not to feel like the biggest douchebag in the world as they sadly drag themselves to the exit. Their thoughts will not make you feel any better.
* PrincessClassic: Princess Amelie, the fairytale entertainer is designed to invoke this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''[=RCT3=]'' by the same developer.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''RCT3'' by the same developer.

'''''Planet Coaster''''' is a theme park simulation game created by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. Initially named ''Coaster Park Tycoon'', the game follows ''VideoGame/RollercoasterTycoon 3'' (also developed by Frontier) in several respects, involving the creation of a functioning theme park, but it adds a lot of new features and control to the creation process. The game was initially announced in January 2015 with an alpha publicly accessible by pre-ordering from Frontier's store. The alpha was first made available in March 2016 with the game coming to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in August of that same year.

The game includes the standard build rides and shops, hire staff, keep guests happy that ''Rollercoaster Tycoon'' did. However, it allows for buildings to be constructed piece by piece and for paths to be build at numerous angles. The player is also provided with lots of different building parts and decoration and a robust terraforming tool to tailor their park exactly how they want it.

The website can be found [[https://www.planetcoaster.com/en/ here]] and the Steam page can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/493340/ here]].

!! Planet Coaster provides examples of the following:

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: To an even greater extent than ''Rollercoaster Tycoon'' before it, since you have a bevy of building pieces and scenery to choose from.

* SceneryPorn: Even in its alpha stages, the game looks ''purdy''. Almost every nook and cranny of the game has a huge amount of detail poured into it.

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: To an even greater extent than ''Rollercoaster Tycoon'' before it, since you have a bevy of building pieces scenery to choose from.