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Mission statement

We are working on a high-quality, carefully curated list of scenarios to create an “official” OpenRCT2 scenario playlist. The idea is to create a more careful and intentional onboarding experience for new players that will be bundled with the game at some point in the future. We also aim to produce a satisfying difficulty curve for players of all skill levels, all while introducing and showcasing newer features that OpenRCT2 has enabled. This would aim to be a full replacement for the default recommendation of “just buy RCT1 and play those scenarios”, which means a range of difficulties have to be represented and tested carefully.

What do I need from you?

If you’re interested, great! Leave a comment here, on the Reddit thread, or DM Valdair on Reddit to sign up with your own self-assessment of your skill level (e.g. how long you’ve been playing) and they will send you a random park that is up for consideration. They’ll then ask you to play it through, one single attempt, to completion and send them back a filled out assessment and the finished park file. If you fail the objective, that is okay, that’s still useful data.

For the review sections of the questionnaire, it is okay to respond with a simple score, 1-10, but if you are willing to also give your thoughts on each that would help us out greatly. Some questions will be more targeted, e.g. if you would think the scenario would be appropriate for the Beginner, Challenging, or Expert difficulty categories.

FAQs

  • Do I have to have OpenRCT2? Can I use Classic?

The park files are in the .park format and will ONLY work with OpenRCT2.

  • What is OpenRCT2 anyway?

I’ll kindly direct you to our Wiki which comprehensively answers that question.

  • Can I use cheats or other tools like TI?

No, please attempt the scenario without using any sandbox, cheat, plugin, or debug features. Anything in the Cheat menu qualifies as a cheat for the purposes of this test.

  • What if I don’t beat the scenario on my first try?

That’s still useful data! We need all player skill levels represented, and some scenarios will be hard. Maybe too hard - that’s the whole reason we’re playtesting the crap out of these. We want it to be good.

  • What if I sign up but just can’t get around to it?

No worries, you can drop out at any time. There is no reward for doing any number of these, but hopefully you have some fun and get a sneak preview at some cool stuff. If you can keep completing scenarios and giving feedback, I will keep sending you scenarios to test.

  • I like building scenarios too, what if I want to build a scenario for the project?

Join the OpenRCT2 discord server and take the #OpenScenarios role. There are many slots to fill, though most already have multiple contenders. Be warned though, the quality expectation is already quite high; expect to spend tens or hundreds of hours on your entry, and it may not be accepted.

  • I have somehow stumbled on to this subreddit but have never played RCT before. Can I help?

Welcome. Yes, actually, it would be incredibly useful to get the perspective of someone who has literally never touched an RCT game before. If you are this person, or you know this person and feel like you might be able to harangue them in to trying it out, I would love to get your thoughts. We’ll help you get set up with OpenRCT2 if need be.

If you have additional questions, please ask in this thread and I can update the post. Thank you for reading.