The Rollercoaster History of Park Building Games

Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/27...

Our latest competition winner is: @NextianGeometry.

Lets talk about the games that influenced us to make Mars Attracts.

This is a journey from the origins of the Park Builder genre in the 90s to the 2000s decline before the resurgence in the 2010s.

We take a look at the lessons we learned from these originals, and why the genre endures to this day.

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Mars Attracts is a theme park management game set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™ .

Build rides, hire and train staff, manage guest needs, and most importantly - abduct humans to serve as the star attractions!

Craft the perfect park to appeal to your Martian guests, but don’t forget to keep your humans’ needs met too - the hideous enclosed-brained Earthlings can be prone to escape!

Mars Attracts will be released in Early Access on Steam in 2025.

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Web: http://www.MarsAttracts.com
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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Theme Park
01:53 - Rollercoaster Tycoon
03:14 - Theme Park World / Inc
03:36 - Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
04:25 - Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
05:18 - Planet Coaster
05:45 - Rollercoaster Tycoon World
06:11 - Parkitect
06:35 - Jurassic World Evolution
07:13 - Planet Zoo
07:40 - Let's Build A Zoo
07:56 - Prehistoric Kingdom
08:06 - The Genre Today
08:53 - Mars Attracts
09:30 - Competition Details

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