Little choo-choo world by Tonasz
Guide your little train in this little world. Trade between cities to fill your wagons with coal - the new currency. And remember to press space!
Game is a prototype of bigger thing, which came to my mind during this weekend. I managed to do only one part of it - simple tycoon mechanism. Map is still, but every city is random generated during each play. Goods in them have different prices, what can be useful in earning coal currency - without it train will stop.
Controls:
Left mouse button: menu + click on rail intersections to change their direction
Q/A: accelerate/decelerate train
SPACEBAR: horn
Game is a prototype of bigger thing, which came to my mind during this weekend. I managed to do only one part of it - simple tycoon mechanism. Map is still, but every city is random generated during each play. Goods in them have different prices, what can be useful in earning coal currency - without it train will stop.
Controls:
Left mouse button: menu + click on rail intersections to change their direction
Q/A: accelerate/decelerate train
SPACEBAR: horn
| Web (Unity) | http://tonasz.com/ld31/ |
| Linux (untested) | http://tonasz.com/ld31/choochoolinux.tar.gz |
| Source | http://tonasz.com/ld31/sources.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=25257 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 77% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.33 | 409 |
| Audio | 3.26 | 231 |
| Fun | 2.93 | 706 |
| Graphics | 3.49 | 316 |
| Humor | 3.05 | 236 |
| Innovation | 3.22 | 490 |
| Mood | 2.90 | 586 |
| Theme | 3.40 | 802 |
I didn't encounter any bug, it works fine. The graphics are good, I like the pastel tones. Maybe a bit too relaxing, you should accelerate the train a bit and give the players more time constraints, like time based bonus on random train stations (to oblige the player to move his train quickly to a certain location). It took me some time to get that you can change the tracks but when I understood it, I was like "Oh! That's cool!".
Overall, it is a good game, 4/5. Oh! And dat choo-choo sound XD
Nice cool relaxing game, with a bit of thought to have to make money... or coal !
It's a big deal that you made a game with these mechanics in such a short timeframe. Everything works pretty well and it looks rather like a board game - it just needs balancing to make it more fun.
Looking forward to see you finish the bigger thing.
you should be able to click on stations to see what they are buying though :D
once you find a profitable rout you could do that one for ever :p which isn't that fun :p
@caporaltito: The space between Goods and Buy wagon is where Passengers option where, but I abandoned it, because I didn't have enough time. I was planning something you said - time limited quest of transporting people.
@seledorn: I even tried to put Snowman on map but it's not as noticeable as I wanted :)
@Vulture Tamer: I could implement day/night cycle changing prices.
After finding a connection with 2:3 ratio I stopped looking for something better. Maybe make the payment go down for a site as you deliver more and more there, forcing you to look for new connections.