The developers at Theme Park Studio have been hard at work developing the heavily anticipated amusement park simulation game. They recently sent us an exciting update detailing their progress, as well as some new screenshots and video of the game in action:
“Much has happened since our last update. As most of you know, we finished a new custom train module. This was an unplanned feature that we recently added to our feature list. Below is a video demonstration. It also demonstrates other features like custom camera fly throughs, rail shaping, on the fly rail type and color modification, utilization of existing community custom scenery, custom train colors, and terrain texture blending.”
“The video also shows areas that are still incomplete. This includes steel and wood support welds, shadow fixes, POV camera adjustment, and creating features that insulate beginners and casual gamers from some of the advanced features, so they can enjoy a simple drop and play experience.”
The game team recently conducted a focus group meeting with top tier backers to discuss how the product can be improved. Since developers still have many features they want to include in the game, the tentative release date has been pushed back to April 2014.
A separate team (dubbed the “alpha team”) will soon create additional videos, writing documentation, and recording video tutorials. This frees up resources from the game’s developers, who are working diligently every week to complete the game.
The game’s financial backers are expected to be able to preview the game in mid-December:
“All backers that qualify for beta are welcome to participate, which covers 90 percent of our backers. We just ask for 1 extra month to cleanup and polish. This means we are looking at mid December to get something into our backers’ hands that will allow them to start building and exchanging assets. However, it will still be considered ‘in development’, with additional features left to implement. Backers are free to participate in the development process by not only submitting bug reports, but feature requests as well.”
If you missed the Kickstarter campaign, you can still help fund Theme Park Studio and get the same benefits of early backers. Learn more here.
Be sure to visit the Theme Park Studio Facebook page and website.
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