Dev blog · v0.15.0

PvP: race a friend

Send a friend a link, start the same map together and build against each other live. Best park wins.

Published 24 October 2026

  • Race a friend live on the same map
  • Invite a friend by link
  • Ready up together in the lobby
  • Scores, a rematch and your match history

PvP is here. Pick PvP on the title screen, choose 15, 30 or 60 minutes and one of three maps, and send the link to a friend. You both start the same map with the same money, rules and weather at the same moment, and each builds a park of your own. A panel shows your friend’s park live: its map, its numbers and what they just built. Pause and speed change only when you both agree. When time is up the best park wins. PvP is part of Founding Baron: both of you need it.

The title screen. Before: a plain list that ended in Credits. After: an icon before every option, PvP under Sandbox, and Settings and How to play in a quieter row (before)The title screen. Before: a plain list that ended in Credits. After: an icon before every option, PvP under Sandbox, and Settings and How to play in a quieter row (after) BeforeAfter
The title screen. Before: a plain list that ended in Credits. After: an icon before every option, PvP under Sandbox, and Settings and How to play in a quieter row
  1. The invite: 15, 30 or 60 minutes, one of three maps, then a link for one friend
    The invite: 15, 30 or 60 minutes, one of three maps, then a link for one friend
  2. The lobby: both Barons press I’m ready, then a countdown starts the clock for both
    The lobby: both Barons press I’m ready, then a countdown starts the clock for both
  3. A race under way: your park, the match bar with the clock, and your friend’s park live on the right
    A race under way: your park, the match bar with the clock, and your friend’s park live on the right
  4. Time! Both scores side by side, the winner, a chart of the match and a rematch
    Time! Both scores side by side, the winner, a chart of the match and a rematch
Everything in this update (8)
  • ⚔️ PvP: race a friend live. Pick PvP on the title screen, choose 15, 30 or 60 minutes and Sunny Meadows, Hilltop Fair or Lakeside Leisure, and send the link to one friend. You both start the same map with the same money, rules and weather at the same moment, and the best park wins: money made, happy visits and the rating it held
  • Your friend’s park live beside yours: its map with the guests walking, its numbers, its live score and what they just built
  • Pause and speed change only when you both agree, and each of you has two 1-minute time-outs; eight quick messages say hi, good luck or good game
  • The result: both scores, the winner and a chart of the match, then a rematch. Keep your park as a sandbox for a day, and find every match in your profile under Matches
  • Reloaded the page or lost the connection? Open the game again and you are back in the match
  • PvP is part of Founding Baron: both players need it. Everyone sees PvP on the title screen; without Founding Baron it says why and how to get it
  • The title screen: an icon before every option, and Settings and How to play in a quieter row. Credits left the menu; the Founding Barons wall is at parkbaron.com/credits
  • The night park behind the title screen stays lit when the menu refreshes (after your saves load, it could go dark)

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