OpenRCT2 World Park League

> World Park League adds the missing meta-game around your park.
> You are no longer building in isolation. You are climbing through a global field of rival parks, fighting for people share, reacting to industry events, managing prestige, winning spotlight moments, and dealing with real pressure to stay ahead.

Why this exists

OpenRCT2 already nails the park-building sandbox.
What it often lacks in longer saves is a bigger world reacting to what you do.

World Park League is built to solve that.

It adds:

• a 50-park living league that updates every day
• local rivals that compete directly with you for attention
• prestige, yearly recaps, achievements, and long-term progression
• a management layer with investments, buybacks, governance, and rewards
• rivalry pressure that gives late-game parks something meaningful to fight for

The goal is not to replace OpenRCT2.
It is to make long-running saves feel alive for much longer.

Why players install it

This plugin is for you if you want:

• a reason to care about your rank beyond raw money
• more endgame pressure once your park is already successful
• rival parks that feel like actual competitors instead of background flavor
• visible surges, awards, challenges, and story beats
• a stronger sense that your park exists inside a wider theme park industry

At a glance

What makes it feel different

Instead of a static overlay, World Park League behaves more like a strategy layer running above your save:

• when you climb, rivals react
• when you dominate, the pressure gets stronger
• when you slip, others take your crowd share
• when you win big, the spotlight can flood your park with attention
• when a rival catches fire, you feel it immediately

That is the fantasy: not just a better spreadsheet, but a better story.

Core feature tour

Global league

• 50 simulated parks with different identities and trajectories
• regional market profiles and world mood shifts
• daily league movement with larger event cycles layered on top
• mergers, exits, scandals, recoveries, and industry shakeups

Local rivalry

• direct local rivals that mirror your competitive lane
• head-to-head challenge system with rewards and pressure
• rivalry tracking in both the main UI and prestige flows
• alerts when a rival surges, weakens, or becomes vulnerable

Management and economy

• invest in other parks and track portfolio performance
• receive dividends and handle merger carry-over or forced exits
• manage equity offers, buybacks, and governance pressure
• use management actions to push for momentum or stability

Progression and prestige

• prestige goals and achievement rewards with real gameplay impact
• yearly recaps with standout rivals and key moments
• lifetime records and next-unlock guidance
• trend charts, filters, and progression visibility

Install in 30 seconds

1. Open the Releases page
2. Download the latest standalone plugin file:

WorldParkLeague-v.js

3. Place it into:

Documents/OpenRCT2/plugin

4. Start OpenRCT2
5. Open World Park League from the in-game plugin menu

That is the full install.

If you prefer a bundle, each release also includes a ZIP with:

• WorldParkLeague.js
• README.md
• CHANGELOG.md
• LICENSE

In-game UI

The main window is designed around two reading styles:

• Simple: easier to scan while playing
• Advanced: deeper management and analysis

The shipped release UI is the real player-facing design.
Visible debug controls are intentionally removed from the public release experience.

Current release status

The plugin is feature-rich, installable, and publicly releasable today.

The main remaining refinement area is long-run balance, especially:

• top-end snowballing
• long-hold investment ROI
• extended real-save validation across small, midgame, and dominant parks

So the foundation is strong, but balancing is still being actively improved.

Compatibility

• OpenRCT2 scripting plugin
• developed and tested against modern OpenRCT2 builds
• built with Node.js 20+

If something behaves differently on a specific OpenRCT2 version, please include the exact build when reporting it.

For players who want to go deeper

See:

• Balance review
• Economy design
• Product vision
• Requirements tracker

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome, especially around:

• real-save balancing feedback
• edge-case and migration testing
• UI clarity and onboarding
• alert tuning and signal-to-noise cleanup
• automated harness improvements

Start here:

• Contributing guide
• Code of Conduct
• Security policy

Development

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• npm
• OpenRCT2

Main commands

npm install
npm run typecheck
npm run test
npm run build
npm run check
npm run install:plugin

Balance and QA commands

npm run analyze:balance
npm run analyze:balance:lab
npm run analyze:balance:release

• analyze:balance: reproducible baseline balance report
• analyze:balance:lab: parallel candidate search across major balancing knobs
• analyze:balance:release: longer multi-worker release soak for production-style QA

Project structure

docs/
  balance-review.md
  economy-design.md
  github-release-template.md
  implementation-plan.md
  product-vision.md
  release-checklist.md
  requirements-tracker.md
scripts/
  analyze-balance-release.mjs
  analyze-balance-lab.mjs
  analyze-balance.mjs
  balance-analysis.ts
  balance-lab-shared.ts
  balance-lab.ts
  balance-shared.ts
  build.mjs
  install-plugin.ps1
  release-package.mjs
src/
  config.ts
  index.ts
  types.ts
  domain/
  state/
  ui/
tests/
  *.test.ts

Reporting issues

Please use the GitHub templates when possible:

• bug report
• feature request
• balance report

Balance reports are especially useful for this project because many of the most important issues only appear over longer saves.

Open source readiness

This repository includes:

• MIT license
• changelog
• release checklist
• GitHub release template
• contributing guide
• code of conduct
• security policy
• issue templates
• pull request template
• CI workflow

Roadmap

Near-term priorities:

• continue reducing top-end snowballing
• further tune long-term investment returns
• expand real-save QA coverage
• keep improving player guidance and readability

Credits

Built for OpenRCT2 and inspired by the kind of industry-pressure storytelling that management games like Game Dev Tycoon do so well.