Also the grid allows it to build much faster and easier. This gets lost a bit if there is no grid. Keeping the game grid-based (while allowing some freedom by taking the theming off-grid) was also very important to us, since we think that RCT is a puzzle game in a way where you have to figure out how to fit all the rides and the paths into a limited space. It was very important to us to not just 'take over' without finding a way to improve it (for example by allowing click-and-drag paths instead of clicking individual tiles). How much of RCT is packed into Parkitect? Which features did you want to take over (like the grid) and which one didn’t? Which things did you want to improve/add? Yes, they are some of my all-time favorite games :) Were you addicted to Roller Coaster Tycoon 1-2? I've been waiting for a new RCT for a decade like so many other people, so I had a pretty good idea what I wanted a new theme park simulator to be like. Since I had some spare time I kept working on it, and eventually felt confident that I would be able to turn it into a proper game. I was wondering how hard it could be to simulate coaster physics and after a few days I had a very basic simulation working. I was a long-time fan of the RCT series, so seeing that RCT 4 was a mobile game without coaster physics had me very disappointed. It kind of happened after Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 got announced. How did you get the idea to start Parkitect? Someone saw the thread, tweeted about it, and that's how Garret found it and joined the project. I had a devlog on the TIGSource Forums, a big forum for indie game developers and posted that I was looking for an artist. I had been working on the game for a few weeks and was looking for a 3D artist. Because of that I asked Texel Raptor if we have a little chat about Parkitect and coasters. I can not deny that this game, at least in my subconscious, did inspire me for my Coaster3D project. This game woke up the enthusiast sleeping inside myself and I started to visit theme parks again (You can read my experience riding a coaster for the first time since childhood → here). The developers did an amazing job combining the key features of RCT with some new additions and packed it into a lovely and sweet low poly art style. With its obvious RCT inspiration it hit my marks. In winter 2018 I stumbled over Parkitect. Then time passed by and I completely lost my interest in amusement parks. I really had no idea how the game actually works but I loved it. I was like something between ten or twelve years old and it was my first ever video game. I think like many of you, I used to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 a lot in my childhood. JI had the opportunity for a small interview with Texel Raptor

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