A way to re add the Golden Apple Amusement Park

[stone viper]

In HN the GAAP was mentioned several times and I still believe it deserves a place in HN2, here’s how I think it should go.

The Park itself is a sub level, like the forest, and you can enter it by going through the currently closed off tunnel in the screenshot. Through the tunnel is a derelict road that after travelling down for a bit, you get sent to the GAAP level.

Adding in a ferris wheel in this direction in the main map could help let players know where they’re going. Also making the landscape higher in that area and adding a few trees in would help mask the fact that the park isn’t actually in the main level

Inside the park, there will be burnt down rides and kiosks that are falling apart at the seams. The rides are broken and there is dangerous outdated electronics sparking. The park is set in a clearing of trees in the middle of a forest, maybe add the 2D background trees further away to give the illusion of a larger forest. The player can be provided with a flashlight inside one of the burnt down offices than can ward away the antagonist, the Guest.

The Guest will act similarly to the Forest, where he will stalk you, any buildings that have doors can be used as siege zones like the forest where you can board up the doors. Theflashlight you find here could work in a different way to how the normal one does, as it is broken and outdated, using it will make a shock of light and stun the guest if he is nearby, it will then have a cool down of around 10 seconds until it can be used again, in that ten seconds the guest will run away for a moment

The goal in the park could be repairing a ride, or maybe getting up a mountain like the early pre alphas for the game, and reaching your goal could give the player a new ending, just like the forest, the ending could grant the player an achievement just like the main ending to the game, the ending could help reveal some lore for the upcoming events of the franchise, or shed light on past events of the game.

Some extra information:

Vandals could NOT return as they would have no reason to, Quentin no longer works there

I would add some level of platforming around the park, being able to climb and jump over the kiosks and buildings would be really nice, but let the guest be able to do that too

Maybe add some level of sandbox element, where the player can mess around with electrics, kinda like the alpha versions, these electrics would be very broken and dangerous, mainly cus they’re old and outdated but because they were designed by the Neighbor possibly, being able to set up spotlights to ward away the guest could be a nice extra thing to have in the park, adding these sandbox elements would give the player a reason to go back to the GAAP even after beating it

[upbeat jewel]

I would prefer it to be part of the main map

But I like the suggestion

[stone viper]

It being in the main map Would hurt performance

Unless it was really small

Which I don’t want it to be personally

[onyx cairn]

eh

its a good idea but i think the guest already has a purpose

so i dont think its needed

[rare reef]

I think they could just bring back the GAAP minigames that they were working on during the Beta

[grim pond]

Peak but what tunnel are you talking about?

[grim pond]

Noxified What tunnel did he mean?

[sleek egret]

Probably this one.

[grim pond]

Oh that one

[frosty vigil]

i dont really see a point

[stone viper]

I forgor to include it 😭

This one

[grim pond]

Oh okay

[late relic]

Cant the vandals just be background npcs?

[frosty vigil]

Yeah

Vandals are cool

[stone viper]

Why?

There wouldn’t be a point

And they would just confuse players into thinking they do have a point

[late relic]

I miss those guys.

[grim pond]

Same

[frosty vigil]

Yeah but an abandoned park without vandals is kinda.

Useless

[grim pond]

Nah

[late relic]

People arent that dumb dude

[grim pond]

It is but still

[stone viper]

Yea they are.

[grim pond]

Then thats a they problem if their that dumb

[frosty vigil]

Why would they re add the gaap anyway?

[late relic]

I dont wanna have the vandals be stuck in cut content hell

[late relic]

Could be a cool side quest

[stone viper]

Vandals wouldn’t need to be added if they have no purpose, we don’t need background npcs

[late relic]

Those npcs could add life into the game

[grim pond]

Why not

[stone viper]

🤦‍♂️

[late relic]

Promotional stuff had the vandals harrass imbir

[frosty vigil]

Yeah

[grim pond]

Yeah

[frosty vigil]

And this would kinda be useless

[late relic]

I really liked the fact they were in the store in hg too

[frosty vigil]

What would we use funicular for?

[late relic]

Ok heres a potential use for them

What if you threw something at them and they dropped gasoline?

That could be used to fuel something

[frosty vigil]

But the funiculars

How would those be used?

[late relic]

Didnt a cut funicular puzzle require generators?

[frosty vigil]

Yeah

[late relic]

So there

[frosty vigil]

The gaap would be a big sidequest

Too big if I'm being honest

[late relic]

Or a small one

[frosty vigil]

Not really.

[late relic]

Fuelling one single ride isnt that much work

Thats literally hgp and its a decent lenght

[frosty vigil]

Fair.

[manic hazel]

It's a very important place

It would be good to have it in the game

[frosty vigil]

Yes

But how would it be in hn2?

In my opinion it probaly should have its own game (Excluding HE)

[manic hazel]

the game needs a big sidequest so that it'll be worth it's price. and adding this will be a good opportunity to revive the game and the franchise again

[manic hazel]

that would have been fine if they didn't made such big promises for this game. it would be a wiser choice to add a huge new quest for this game to satistfy the fans and give them hope.

[frosty vigil]

Yeah but why would quentin go to the park?

He doesn't guard it.

How would he know about it?

[rare reef]

He could have heard about it in the past

[frosty vigil]

Plus he would have to worry about the guards right?

[manic hazel]

to investigate

[rare reef]

The park was abandoned

[manic hazel]

he investigates a school, a library, a bakery, a museum, the mayor's house and more. he even investigates an abandoned church. why is him investigating a park such a bad thing? it totally makes sense.

[rare reef]

Well, the park is connected to Mr. Peterson

So maybe he'd go there to find clues

[frosty vigil]

Where would it fit in game?

After ruined town?

Or before

[manic hazel]

well he faced off angry people already, including the police and the taxidermist that literally carries about a gun. I'm sure guards aren't that big of a deal to him.

[manic hazel]

it could be just a side quest like how jaythefrog mentioned. and that's fine since the guest worked well as a side quest too.

[rare reef]

I feel like it could be a Side Quest that you can do anytime you want

[stone viper]

both could work

[soft seal]

This could be perfect if the man in the hat now lived in, and protected the secrets of the park

Sadly they just HAD to kill him off

[rare reef]

Rest in Peace

[stone viper]

L

[west dust]

Vandals should return as well

[stone viper]

No

[ornate mist]

Why not?

[late relic]

Add vandalism back >:(

They prank quenitn

[stone viper]