Q-BA-MAZE

Q-BA-MAZE is planning on creating a free online version of their colorful marble-run game "available through SketchUp."

Clearly, SketchUp is the perfect design tool for the game, but it's not clear how deep the integration with SU will go. Will SketchUp simply be the design tool for an online game, or will the game be played within SketchUp?

I don't have the answer, but here is where to look.

SketchUp -> Roller Coaster Tycoon Tutorial & Plugin

I found this tutorial about using SketchUp (and other software) for creating scenes in the game Roller Coaster Tycoon. It includes a small plugin to supplement the article and help create the custom scenery.