RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures

RollerCoaster Tycoon Switch is a planned installment of the RCT franchise published by Atari. This game will be the first one of the series on the groundbreaking Nintendo Switch console. Its funding campaign gathered much negative response.

Planned features
New Thrill Rides with: Alpine, Backwards Bungee, Bungee Jump, Chaos, EMV Ride, Freefall, Frisbee, Himalaya, Octopus, Parachute Drop, Rainbow, Ring of Fire, Rotor, Round Up, Sky Coaster, and More Thrill Rides.

you can ride you rides, using CoasterCam, Take Photos and Record Videos

New Shows: Fireworks, Light Shows, Water Shows and Mixmaster Shows

New Paths: Curved Paths, Spiral Stairs, Escalators and More Paths

New Foods, Drinks and Souvenirs, Beers, Bottled Water, Candy Shop, Cultural Food, Funnel Cake, Health Food, Juices, Pretzels, Restaurants, Real Restaurants, Buritos, Tacos, SteakHouse, Churros, Plushies, Themed Balloons, Chow Mein, Chinesse Noodles, Popcorn and more Foods, Drinks and Souvenirs

New Features: Arcade/Carnival Games Improvements: You Can Build Entire Arcade Room.

Arcade/Carnival Games: Air Hockey, Billiards, Claw Machine, Block Party, and more Arcade/carnival games.

New Junior/Family Rides with: Airplane Rides, Fun House and more

and More.

Background
Following the huge popularity of the Nintendo Switch and its new concept, Atari decided to publish the next mobile installment of the series on the hybrid console. The game will be developed by Nvizzio Creations, who already gathered experience with the RCT brand.

Funding and controversy
The funding campaign was launched on January 23rd, 2018 on StartEngine and was running for 90 days. Alongside with it, a promo video was published on YouTube which had gathered 20,000 views with about 100 likes and 2,000 dislikes after one day. One week later, the video had 50,000 views along with 3,500 dislikes contrasting just 120 likes. After one month, the video had over 56,000 viwes, 145 positive and almost 4,000 negative ratings.

The funding campaign aimed to raise between $10,000 and $1,04 million. The minimum amount was soon reached. It featured investor perks for funding a certain amount of money: The funding campaign was met with very negative reception from players, gaming magazines and influencers as well. After one month there were 95 investors that in total would fund for almost $48,000.
 * all investors: option to have your name listed on an Investor's webpage
 * at least $250: earn a pro rata share of 50% of profits up to 120%, after that, a pro rata share of 25% of profits until 18 months after the worldwide launch of the game. (or less percentages of both shares if there is less than $2 million raised in total)
 * at least $750: 25% discount on the finished game and above perks
 * at least $1,500: one free copy of the regular edition of the book “The Art of Atari” and above perks

Links
News article on atari.com

Funding campaign on startengine.com

Promo video for the funding campaign on YouTube