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Ancient Dynamics

Since 2005

Greetings, and welcome to Ancient Dynamics! This is the ride exchange page of Androgeos Exeunt and features several ride designs created over the past decade.

In operation since 2005, Ancient Dynamics prides itself in manufacturing crash-proof, semi-compact track designs.

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Picture	Name	Ride Type	Cost	Size	Train/Car Set	First Appearance	Exc.	Int.	Nau.	Description	DL
	The Abyss	Vertical Drop Coaster	$43,281	17 x 22	18 guests x 9 trains	Cloudburst Creek	8.95	9.10	5.12	Extremely tall (and expensive) ride design. Conceived as a towering vertical coaster design with a high guest capacity. The Abyss is Ancient Dynamics' first attempt at designing a compact track with more than 4 block sections. Features 17 drops, 2 inversions and over 7 seconds of 'air' time. Up to 6 of its 9 trains can run concurrently on the 11-block circuit, giving The Abyss a maximum capacity of 96 guests at any one time. Exorbitant construction cost limits the use of this design to park managers who are already turning huge profits in a developed park and are looking for ride designs to sink their funds into.
	Botany	LIM Launched Roller Coaster	$13,801	16 x 15	28 guests x 1 train	Gemini City	6.98	8.45	5.54	This LIM Launched Roller Coaster Design was designed specifically to use up an entire building plot near the back of Gemini City. It is named after two levels in Tyrian 2000 (which is a legendary freeware scrolling shooter) and inspired, to some extent, by real-life urban parks, as well as Gemini City being a large built environment, which is why the scenery objects that are included in the track design file are mostly organic entities and alien structures. Its low seating capacity is offset by its short ride time. Uses Future Theming objects.
	Carmenta's Blessing	Roto-Drop	$6,652	9 x 9	16 guests	Cloudburst Creek	6.68	8.92	8.92	Referencing the eponymous leader of the Camenae of Roman mythology, this ride design includes waterfalls as tall as the main tower and some extra gardens and cypress trees for effect. Uses Classical/Roman Theming objects. Uses Water Feature Theming objects.
	Cave Canem	Log Flume	$6,238	17 x 14	4 guests x 15 logs	Cloudburst Creek	5.82	2.72	1.47	The name of this ride means "Beware of the dog" in Latin and bears little context in relation to the track design itself. A medium-capacity log flume design that utilises several Classical/Roman Theming objects. This design can accommodate up to 60 guests at any one time. Similar to Phalanx, Cave Canem was not originally intended to be used beyond the park it first appeared in, but its excellent ride statistics when coupled with scenery objects far exceeded expectations. Uses Classical/Roman Theming objects.
	Diesel Twister	Mine Train Coaster	$29,246	28 x 14	22 guests x 6 trains	None (Concept)	6.80	8.90	6.68	This track layout was drawn up based more closely on the block circuit layout of The Abyss following lessons learnt from the deployment of Supercircus, and test runs of it have sent strong indications that the revised block circuit layout it uses is a step in the right direction, although by no means perfect. Diesel Twister has an 8-block circuit as compared to Supercirus' 15, but the trains on Diesel Twister are longer and the track was purposely designed to ensure that most of its trains are running on the track in tandem, so its actual maximum guest capacity is much higher—110 guests compared to Supercircus' 42. This track layout does have its drawbacks, however. While its profile is quite a bit narrower than Supercircus', it is also noticeably longer. Furthermore, in the process of refining the track layout to ensure that no train spends too much time stationary mid-ride, the initial excitement rating of Diesel Twister fell by 0.24 points to its stated excitement rating here. Finally, compromises were made to make the track as compact as it could be, resulting in Diesel Twister having one less drop and many more banked turns than Supercircus has, giving it a considerably higher nausea rating.
	Ferrodrome	Steel Twister Roller Coaster	$21,344	34 x 12	28 guests x 3 trains	Cloudburst Creek	8.08	7.11	4.16	This is a single three-station dueling layout inspired by ancient hippodromes and modern-day velodromes; in fact, this track design's working name was "Velodrome". The initial version of this design held great promise and was first built at Cloudburst Creek; it was subsequently refined when a park mechanic accidentally discovered that changing the ride's operating mode eliminated its technical glitch of stalling following a complete failure (and repair) of all ride brakes. The incarnation of Ferrodrome provided here features a reworked station layout, some new scenery objects and a modified return approach to the station, but still features three trains racing each other at speeds so low, they can barely make it around the track. Uses Classical/Roman Theming objects.
	Gold Rattler	Wooden Wild Mouse	$7,262	15 x 9	4 guests x 8 trains	None (Concept)	7.04	8.96	5.07	Gold Rattler is a relatively compact track created with the intention of pushing this coaster type to its specified limits. It is Designed to bleed off the speed of each train through sheer ride length alone such that they will always enter the station well below the 48 km/h crash threshold.
	Juno	Giga Coaster	$92,173	12 x 49	36 guests x 4 trains	Six Flags	10.85	8.91	5.80	Juno is one of Ancient Dynamics' newer designs and attempts to combine an incremental upgrade to Sandstorm's 4-block circuit with an extremely tall and long but still somewhat narrow profile and a considerable amount of Classical/Roman Theming objects. The end result is an amazing design comprising nearly 3500 m of track that includes a 119 m drop, a top speed of just over 180 km/h, nearly 15.00 seconds of 'air time' and a 6-block circuit optimised to ensure that all of its 4 trains are always in use, giving Juno an actual ride capacity of 144 guests. Due to its extreme ride ratings and height, it is impossible to ignore regardless of where it is built in a park; wherever it is located, guests will follow (and check out the other rides around it in the process). These are matched by its staggering construction cost—the scenery items that are included with Juno cost almost as much as a small roller coaster on their own—but there aren't that many other similar ride designs at its scale that are as compact as it is and/or offer nearly as much drawing power. Uses Classical/Roman Theming objects.
	Phalanx	Floorless Roller Coaster	$19,231	36 x 15	32 guests x 3 trains	Infernal Views	7.86	7.47	4.21	This high-capacity design was originally named "Phoenix" in response to Andy Hine's remarks and was created as part of Ancient Dynamics' research into the construction of block sectioned circuits. Despite being a "prototype" of sorts, the original design, while not very compact, was still deemed a cost-effective design given its above average ride ratings and was subsequently refined further, even after the organisation shifted towards building more compact track designs. The current version of Phalanx, shown here, has its chain lift speed reduced slightly to provide for a seamless ride on this 4-block circuit and adds Martian Theming objects, including Infernal View's volcano trio (sans fire), into the mix, giving it a modest boost to its ride ratings. Uses Martian Theming objects.
	Sandstorm	Floorless Roller Coaster	$20,840	27 x 11	32 guests x 3 trains	Gemini City	7.44	7.13	3.94	This is a high-capacity, semi-compact 4-block circuit design featuring two barrel rolls and a large vertical loop that interlocks with a helix. The amount of empty space at ground level means that this design can be used alongside most scenery/theming objects (an example of this is shown in the picture; the actual track design file does not include usage of any scenery objects). The successful testing and deployment of Sandstorm concluded Ancient Dynamics' study into block sectioned circuits and greatly influenced the organisation's design philosophies for all subsequent coaster designs, spurring and securing the future development of semi-compact, multi-block circuits under the organisation. It is generally regarded by Ancient Dynamics to be their magnum opus for this reason.
	Storm Drain	Dinghy Slide	$8,397	8 x 25	2 guests x 15 boats	Cloudburst Creek	5.54	5.41	3.56	A special park like Cloudburst Creek, which is notorious for its volatile weather, demands an equally special ride design that references its climate while still remaining compact enough for it to fit into most other land plots rather nicely. Storm Drain fulfills these requirements admirably, with its track profile taking up only 8 tiles of space at its widest, even with accompanying scenery objects built. Its extremely compact coil-like track layout was achieved by making liberal use of S-bends where necessary; this, coupled with the scenery objects that come with it, gives it a respectable excitement rating that exceeds its intensity rating. Although its maximum guest capacity is low—only 30 guests—and its ride time exceeds 2 minutes, there are enough boats to ensure that two passengers depart the station every 6 seconds. Uses Water Feature Theming objects. Increases sign count by 1.
	Supercircus	Mine Train Coaster	$26,660	21 x 21	14 guests x 11 trains	Six Flags	6.83	8.90	6.10	This non-conventional design was an experiment by Ancient Dynamics to expand on the running block design that was first used on The Abyss. In this regard, while Supercircus has more block sections—15 versus The Abyss's 11—it fails to make full use of its 11 trains, so its actual maximum capacity is only 42 guests at any one time. Park managers intending to build Supercircus in a giant pit are strongly advised to have lots of cash—equal to double the design's construction cost—lest they run out of funds during excavation works.