Build a Roller Coaster: A Beginner's Guide

The following beginner’s guide for Build a Roller Coaster will help new players, giving them a basic understanding of the gameplay.

Build a Roller Coaster (Source: Roblox Corporation)

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This beginner’s guide for Build a Roller Coaster should familiarize new players with all aspects of the Roblox experience. This is a tycoon style game, where you will need to build a roller coaster and earn money from it. If you’ve played games, such as Rollercoaster Tycoon or Grow a Garden, this one should be right up your alley. You can collect money by placing tracks and riding the cart on those tracks. Let’s understand what else you’ll need to know to master the gameplay here.

Beginner’s Guide for Build a Roller Coaster: Gameplay Overview

Design your own roller coaster track (Source: Roblox Corporation)

The gameplay of this experience revolves around two pillars, namely building the tracks and earning money. Both of these are connected, since you won’t be able to earn money without building tracks, and vice versa. When the game begins, you’ll have a small amount of cash, using which you can lay down the first few tracks. After buying tracks, you can place it by opening up the Build Tool. You can only install tracks on the yellow outlines. Once you lay down tracks, they’ll generate money for you forever, or until you remove them.

Now, you can spawn the cart at the starting point of the tracks. As you ride the cart through your track, you get money. After accumulating some funds, you can then buy and install additional tracks to expand the roller coaster. Even when you’re AFK, the tracks will continue to wrack up more money, which you can collect when you come back online.

Build a Roller Coaster Controls

The following is the control scheme for Build a Roller Coaster:

Movement: W, S, A, D
Jump: Spacebar
Equip Tool: Number Keys 1-0
Use Tool: Left Mouse Button
Rotate Track: R (while the Build Tool is open)

Upgrade and Track Shop

The Upgrade system in Build a Roller Coaster functions similar to the Rebirth system in other Tycoon style games. When you upgrade, you’ll lose all of your accumulated cash. In exchange, you’ll be able to access a bunch of new items, such as cash multipliers, coaster length increase, and more. So, if you want your roller coaster to be truly expansive, make sure to max out the level with upgrades as quickly as you can.

The Track Shop is the in-game store from which you will be able to purchase tracks. As you Upgrade your roller coaster, the stock in the shop will increase too. Keep in mind that the stock also refreshes after every few minutes. You can purchase all tracks using the in-game currency or using Robux.

Exploration

You can explore the game world to discover and ride the roller coasters made by other players. You can use these rides to draw inspiration for your own coaster design. When you ride their coaster, the other player will be able to collect money from their tracks. Similarly, when another player rides your track, you will gain cash in exchange.