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Seaside Pier
A sandy bay between chalk cliffs, a promenade and a long pier out to a stone pier head at sea. Fill the pier with rides and the bay with boats.
- 72 × 72
- tile map
- ★★★★★
- difficulty
- $16,000
- starting cash
- Year 2
- goal by
In the game
A sandy bay between chalk cliffs, a faded promenade and a long pier out to a stone pier head at sea. Bring the seaside back to life.
A seaside town lives for the summer: crowds pour in on sunny days from June to August, and spring and autumn are quiet. Build out on the pier head and on the water.
The Grand Pier at Saltwick Bay was the pride of the coast: a band on the pier head, boats in the bay and a queue for ice cream all the way along the promenade. Now the paint is peeling and the pier head stands empty out at sea. Put the rides back on the pier, the boats back on the water, and get ready for the summer crowds: they come with the sun and go with the rain.
Seaside Pier opens with a faded promenade above the beach and the Grand Pier: a walkway on piles out to a stone pier head in the bay. The pier head is the only land out at sea, and the goal asks for rides on it, so plan its few tiles well. The bay itself is yours too: dock Bumper Boats and Swan Boats on the water.
A seaside town lives for the summer. Sunny days in July and August bring about 60% more guests than usual (June a little less), while March and October bring 30% fewer, April 20% fewer, and rain keeps people away. Build capacity for the summer peak, and keep enough money to see out the quiet months. The kit has the Wooden Coaster, the Water Coaster, the Log Flume, Splash Boats and the Pirate Cove theme.
The map
Seaside Pier is a 72 × 72 tile map of a sandy bay between chalk cliffs, with a pier out to sea, played on the Standard setting, with the weather seaside: sea breezes, summer crowds on sunny days, quiet spring and autumn. You start with $16,000 in cash and a loan of $10,000 at 14% interest, and the bank lends up to $36,000. Its water is protected: it can’t be filled in. Research starts with a budget of $300. It comes with Founding Baron.
Goals
The goal on Normal: 700 guests, a rating of 800, 2 rides out on the pier head and the loan paid off, by the end of Year 2.
On Hard: 800 guests, a rating of 860, 3 rides out on the pier head and the loan paid off, by the end of Year 2. Tycoon rules: pickier guests and faster wear, a bigger summer crowd, a higher rating and a busier pier head. You start with $16,000.
On ♛ Baron: 850 guests, a rating of 900, 3 rides out on the pier head and the loan paid off, by the end of Year 2. Baron rules: the strictest guests, the fastest wear, a quarter less cash, a bigger crowd and a higher rating than Hard, and the pier’s debts paid. You start with $12,000.
Bonus goals: Bumper Boats and Swan Boats on the sea; A Ferris Wheel on the pier head; 650 guests at once on a summer day; Average review 4.0★ or better for 3 days.
Ready to build from the start: Merry-Go-Round, Spinning Teacups, Ferris Wheel, Bumper Cars, Burger Bar, Drinks Stall, Ice Cream Kiosk, Popcorn Stand, Balloon Stall, Toilets, Information Kiosk, Bumper Boats, Swan Boats, Splash Boats, Log Flume, Swing Ride, Pirate Ship, Candy Floss, Fries Stand, Wooden Coaster, Junior Coaster, Water Coaster and Pirate Cove; everything else is researched.
The suggested theme is Pirate Cove: a smugglers’ harbour on the bay: shipwrecks, treasure and sandy boardwalks. It starts researched.
Building tips
- Get rides out on the pier head before the first summer: the crowds come in June.
- Save in summer for the quiet spring and autumn months.
- Docks on the bay need open water: Bumper Boats and Swan Boats both fit beside the beach.
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