Guide for Good Gully Miss Molly?

[comet_65cali]

I dunno what's going on, but each time I start a park, at about June Year 1 it starts hemmoraging park funds. I can't even get the bronze star.

Any suggestions?

[Toe Cutter]

No idea why you're losing money that fast, maybe check out your finances tab and see where the problem is. I just started it and got bronze in like 15 minutes. Take out a $5,000 loan > research gift shops (build balloons and hats as soon as it's researched, custom if you want to save money) > build 2 thrill rides and 2 family rides (the cube seems to make good money) > build 2 shops (1 food, 1 drink) > hire 1 janitor and 1 mechanic > build a bathroom & first aid > build some ride scenery > done.

[comet_65cali]

Originally posted by Toe Cutter:

No idea why you're losing money that fast, maybe check out your finances tab and see where the problem is. I just started it and got bronze in like 15 minutes. Take out a $5,000 loan > research gift shops (build balloons and hats as soon as it's researched, custom if you want to save money) > build 2 thrill rides and 2 family rides (the cube seems to make good money) > build 2 shops (1 food, 1 drink) > hire 1 janitor and 1 mechanic > build a bathroom & first aid > build some ride scenery > done.

Its not fast its just a slow-trickle, about $100-200 a month. Did what you did and it still happening.

[comet_65cali]

Not to mention MAJOR pathing issues:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105106022016907609/0A4559347DE70444D8156BC39F5CDA7CF747BD2A/

[Becky]

Originally posted by comet_65cali:

I dunno what's going on, but each time I start a park, at about June Year 1 it starts hemmoraging park funds. I can't even get the bronze star.

Any suggestions?

YES! I have this too. It's classed as an easy scenario and I'm bombing within half an hour - MAX!

I build rides and people complain immediately about the price - whether I have free park entry, $1 park entry or $5 park entry. They just DO NOT like paying more than $2.50-$3 per ride.

As soon as I add a shop, a janitor and a mechanic, I nose-dive into the -$100, -$200 and no matter how much I start charging for entry or rides, it keeps declining.

[Becky]

Okay I tried again. I followed all the Suggestions from Toe Cutter....:

Originally posted by Toe Cutter:

No idea why you're losing money that fast, maybe check out your finances tab and see where the problem is. I just started it and got bronze in like 15 minutes. Take out a $5,000 loan > research gift shops (build balloons and hats as soon as it's researched, custom if you want to save money) > build 2 thrill rides and 2 family rides (the cube seems to make good money) > build 2 shops (1 food, 1 drink) > hire 1 janitor and 1 mechanic > build a bathroom & first aid > build some ride scenery > done.

and was still losing money. I took out a $10,000 loan, paid out the remainder of the $5K loan, used the rest to put some scenery near the shops and all the rides and run 2 advertising campaigns and voila - money.

These people go NUTS over scenery. If you don't have any they complain that everything is boring, so that seemed to be the key for me.

[Bitter Jeweler]

You need to change/add ride sequences to raise the prestige on flat rides so you can charge more! You can charge $6 per prestige star.

[abletudu]

Originally posted by Toe Cutter:

No idea why you're losing money that fast, maybe check out your finances tab and see where the problem is. I just started it and got bronze in like 15 minutes. Take out a $5,000 loan > research gift shops (build balloons and hats as soon as it's researched, custom if you want to save money) > build 2 thrill rides and 2 family rides (the cube seems to make good money) > build 2 shops (1 food, 1 drink) > hire 1 janitor and 1 mechanic > build a bathroom & first aid > build some ride scenery > done.

I have done that, but as soon as hire a janitor my money goes negative.

[KickAir8P]

Originally posted by abletudu:

Originally posted by Toe Cutter:

No idea why you're losing money that fast, maybe check out your finances tab and see where the problem is. I just started it and got bronze in like 15 minutes. Take out a $5,000 loan > research gift shops (build balloons and hats as soon as it's researched, custom if you want to save money) > build 2 thrill rides and 2 family rides (the cube seems to make good money) > build 2 shops (1 food, 1 drink) > hire 1 janitor and 1 mechanic > build a bathroom & first aid > build some ride scenery > done.

I have done that, but as soon as hire a janitor my money goes negative.

Unless you're almost in the red that shouldn't happen, not from hiring a janitor. Other things could be happening about the same time that'd cause it, but you've been playing long enough to spot a ride breakdown. You remembered to charge for the restroom? And (another suggestion from up-topic) plenty of scenery, Good Gully seems to be particularly geared to it.

[Fogtreadder]

I never had trouble with making money in career games. My method was to build one or two small, cheap coasters to get the money coming in quickly. The $5000 loan was often enough to boost my starting cash to get one of my coasters in right away. I posted these coasters in my workshop if you want to see them.
One other thing to keep in mind are the cue lengths. If a ride has a long line then all those people are stuck there not spending money. A good hint that this is a problem is when you keep getting notifications that many guests are thirsty, but the drink shops don't appear to be very busy. What you are seeing is all the thirsty guests standing in line and unable to buy drinks.