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Pantera Entertainment Announces Theme Park Studio
Powerful theme park and coaster simulator to be completed via crowd-funding initiative
Porter Ranch, Calif.--April 12, in the year of our Lord
2013--Pantera Entertainment today announced Theme Park
Studio, an advanced theme park and roller coaster builder for
PC. Already in development for several months, Theme Park Studio
has generated excitement and acclaim among fans of the genre.
Pantera will launch a crowd funding campaign via Kickstarter
with the goal of releasing the title this fall.
Theme Park Studio is a powerful set of tools that allows players
to build amazing theme parks of their own design. The simulator
includes a robust coaster editor that is both easy to use and
flexible, allowing rails to be bent, twisted, and shaped into
almost any design imaginable. With brakes, accelerators,
tunnels, and custom mesh, there is virtually no limit to what
players can come up with. Prefabricated templates also provide
the ease of click-and-drop designs.
Theme Park Studio breaks new ground with its new custom flat
rides designer, a unique tool that gives players the opportunity
to design, build, and invent custom rides, or simply select from
the extensive library of pre-built rides. Extensive landscaping
tools, custom scenery importing, and advanced vegetation
solutions that make trees, bushes and flowers react to wind and
turbulence make it possible to create stunning, picturesque
environments. A full particle effects editor delivers amazing
and realistic visuals, and full 3D stereoscopic support lets you
experience your rides in eye-popping 3D. When your park is
complete, open the gates and watch guests tour your park and
enjoy the coasters and rides.
"It began as a project we wanted to build for the community,
especially now that the future of other theme park franchises is
in doubt," says Steve Fielding, president of Pantera
Entertainment. "Our idea was to integrate our tools and
technology into one massively powerful theme park creator that
gives fans unprecedented control of their designs and creations.
We had a great engine and a sophisticated set of tools we had
been using for internal development, and we love designing
roller coasters and theme parks, so this was a great way to
release a product that packs a real punch technologically."
Pantera has extensive experience creating theme park and roller
coaster simulators, with a portfolio that includes one of the
most advanced roller coaster designers ever created, Hyper
Rails, as well as Roller Coaster Factory, 3D Roller Coaster
Designer and 3D Snowboard Resort Designer on PC, and Six Flags
Fun Park for the Wii.
"We're getting great feedback as word has spread about Theme
Park Studio, and it's really exciting," says Fielding. "Crowd
funding will enable us to produce a complete product with the
features that people have been asking for, such as pre-built
ride libraries, and get it to market much more quickly."