Creator of National Park Tycoon. Previously the Lead Designer on Maximum Football. Designer on Madden back in the day. Played college ball way back.
Orlando, FL
Joined January 2022
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Absolutely adorable
We’ve spent 9 months trying to get the art right in our game. We’ve tried almost every AI model and spent so much time editing images to try and make them look ok but we could never get them perfectly consistent or get the isometric perspective right.
Then in one week with Astra we updated all of it and it’s phenomenally better. The perspective is finally correct, everything has the same storybook style, and we have 3D models of every single art asset in the game.
National Park Tycoon page is officially live on Steam!
After 8 months of development, you can finally see what we’ve been building.
Wishlist now on Steam and follow along, we will be launching later this year!
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Artist Spotlight! We are in love with the beautiful images that our artist Yivha Uboha created for us for our Steam page and in-game main menu background! Aren’t they sooo cute and cozy and perfect!?
The new marketing tools allow us to capture really nice gameplay videos and screenshots.
We will have the trailer finished within a week or two, and then the steam page will be up within the month.
Hopefully the market isn’t flooded with 50 billion AI games before we launch.
Taking nice-looking video clips of our game for marketing purposes has been such a pain for me, so @MicahMakeGame created some tools I can use to hide all the UI elements as well as to record a video that pans from one frame to another so smoothly!
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Visitors in your park can get lost if an animal makes them run too far away from the trail. If they stay lost for too long, they go missing, your park’s Safety Score tanks, and people start to leave.
Park rangers can find lost visitors and help them return to the trails!
Visitors who purchase bear spray from the Gift Shop can use it on bears that come too close.
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You can customize several things on each activity you build in your national park. For example, for canoeing, you can set a high max capacity which allows lots of people to do your activity at once, but decreases your park’s Nature score because your lakes will be crowded!
“Place water activities near water for a higher activity score”
Simple idea with a lot of fun gameplay tied to it. All of the activities are scored based on how close they are to natural areas in the park that align with that activity. Activities like Rock Climbing and Hang Gliding need to be near mountains, Scuba and Swimming need to be near water, Birdwatching and Trail Riding need to be near trees. We have dozens of activities that are all scored based on how close you place them to natural areas of the park.
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If a visitor buys binoculars or backpacks in your gift shop, you’ll see them using those things while they’re exploring your park!
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You can select certain add-ons for each park service that help improve your visitor’s moods, safety, comfort, etc.
An example of this is the “Premium Maps” add-on at the Welcome Center, which adds a small animation to your game whenever visitors take out their maps to choose their next destination.
It also improves their “Comfort” score as they navigate more confidently around your park!
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Quick demo of how to build your own hiking trails in National Park Tycoon.
After laying down your trail (hopefully in a much more beautiful winding scenic loop than the one in this demo), you can name it and choose a color of trail blazes to add to the path so your hikers don’t get lost!
*Game is still in development. This may not be final art, UI or gameplay.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here.
My wife and I have been working on our own game: National Park Tycoon.
It’s a cozy national park management game inspired by the tycoon games we grew up with. Excited to finally start sharing what we’ve been building.
Coming soon: National Park Tycoon! A nostalgic, 2D simulation game where you can build your own national park with hiking trails, campgrounds, activities and more. Meet objectives and collect badges to unlock new beautiful parks to play as you manage your visitors, park rangers, wildlife, and finances.
You might like this game if you are:
- A millennial who loved playing Roller Coaster Tycoon and are looking to chase that high again but with something more peaceful and cozy because you are tired now.
- A homeschooling parent looking for a fun way to teach your kids about simple financial management (business revenues and expenses) mixed with educational facts about nature and wildlife.
- A builder/creative at heart who doesn’t really care about beating objectives but just wants to build a beautiful national park or even recreate an area of your favorite real-life national park in our game.
- Burned out by fast-paced, loud, overstimulating 3D games and are looking for a quieter, cozier, but still fun-to-play 2D game that won’t make you dizzy.
Currently in development by @MicahMakeGame and @katiebrownhome. Drop comments or questions below! What would you like to see in this game? What would you NOT like to see in this game?
And click the link in our bio to get notified when you can wishlist the game on Steam!
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Big hits, big plays. Here's a look at some new shove tackle animations the team is working on!
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We heard your questions, and we’ve got answers! 🙌
This month’s Mailbag covers the 2025 roadmap, big customization changes, and online upgrades with @MaximumMicah and @ItIsHoagie.
📺 Check it out: youtu.be/YVZLhN4sIWo
