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Cruel Cruel Dastard by alect

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made by alect for LD25 (COMPO)
CONTROLS: With the "track" item selected, hold down the mouse to lay new tracks or re-route existing tracks. You can re-route existing tracks without spending money. Just drag your mouse over the existing track in the path you want it to take.

Cruel Cruel Dastard is a game about using the fortunes of your railway empire to rid the earth of damsels. Play by re-routing the train tracks to use your trains for villainy.

Swf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10406773/Dastardly.swf
Web http://web.mit.edu/alect/www/portfolio/dastardly.htm
Post Compo Version http://web.mit.edu/alect/www/portfolio/postcompodastard.htm
Source http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10406773/dastardly-source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=4792

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.68 59
Audio 2.79 242
Fun 3.60 56
Graphics 2.76 439
Humor 3.47 86
Innovation 3.57 98
Mood 3.08 211
Theme 4.09 29

Feedback

Almost
17. Dec 2012 · 03:53 UTC
Nyahaha
shatterhand
17. Dec 2012 · 04:14 UTC
Nice game! :)
savethejets1
17. Dec 2012 · 04:19 UTC
Awesome idea! great use of the theme.
MrEvilGuy
17. Dec 2012 · 04:36 UTC
Well polished game. Kind of easy. The time should tick down even before you start playing the level.
SimianLogic
17. Dec 2012 · 04:58 UTC
Love the evil chuckle--the puzzles seem pretty easy, but it's really impressive to have so many done in a weekend. I wish I could press the spacebar to start the simulation, though.
KhaoTom
17. Dec 2012 · 05:12 UTC
Well made indeed.
loren
17. Dec 2012 · 05:52 UTC
Love that laugh ha
Fireblend
17. Dec 2012 · 06:11 UTC
Pretty spot on with the theme. Great puzzle game.
amassingham
17. Dec 2012 · 07:15 UTC
I love that 'Nyahaha' Sound effect. Brilliant.
Fun, cute, polished little game. I like it.
MvT
17. Dec 2012 · 08:55 UTC
Great idea, i enjoyed play !
Meep
17. Dec 2012 · 09:05 UTC
Very fun; clever take on the theme. :)
Nanolotl
17. Dec 2012 · 09:57 UTC
Really intuitive track placement
Drabiter
17. Dec 2012 · 11:59 UTC
I like the screams. Good mechanism!
pythong
17. Dec 2012 · 12:49 UTC
harharhar, very nice gsme, this made me really feel like a bad guy ^^
zachstronaut
18. Dec 2012 · 04:41 UTC
Niiiice. You went with paint-the-tracks instead of Pipe Dream style. I really like it. And you've got consistent sprites, audio, and LEVELS! Excellent! I'd actually play the crap out of this game. You should keep it going.
zachstronaut
18. Dec 2012 · 04:42 UTC
Missing goats though? heh
GeorgeBroussard
18. Dec 2012 · 07:39 UTC
Very nice. One of the best I've seen so far. Good art, great use of theme (plays perfectly into pop culture and everyone gets it) and the mechanics are such that you can get a lot of levels out of them. I think you nailed it.
Dioiminik
18. Dec 2012 · 14:06 UTC
I liked this Game a lot :D You should maybe just have a quick tooltip like thing to show what stuff is doing, because I pretty much discovered how everything works by accident... But that's fun too I guess ;)
Mythalore
18. Dec 2012 · 15:18 UTC
Interesting gameplay, not really on theme though.
Sgt Squirrelly
18. Dec 2012 · 22:40 UTC
The laugh sound is incredible. Really cool puzzle game, great work! Definitely the best application of the theme, too. Also, congrats on getting on Terry Cavanaugh's Site!
Toadpud
19. Dec 2012 · 02:26 UTC
Awesome. Just a little short.
illugion
19. Dec 2012 · 04:14 UTC
"Nyahaha" that laugh is really funny XD
angrygeometry
19. Dec 2012 · 05:43 UTC
this is good! nice little puzzle game, well executed idea
bigbadwofl
19. Dec 2012 · 07:54 UTC
A nice little game with a fun concept. Well done!
Red Mike
19. Dec 2012 · 10:16 UTC
Hey there, rail-idea partner. o/

Neat little game. Mouse interaction felt a bit odd when laying tracks, but it works fine.
allinlabs
19. Dec 2012 · 10:24 UTC
Amazingly good puzzle game !
har_g
19. Dec 2012 · 12:58 UTC
Nyahaha :D
blackmagic
19. Dec 2012 · 12:59 UTC
Nice idea, controls a bit harsh but pleasant !
recursor
19. Dec 2012 · 15:08 UTC
This is a really fun game. The sound effects are great, and the graphics fit nicely. Well done!
JFlegle
19. Dec 2012 · 18:30 UTC
Very nice game
shaneshanekavanagh
19. Dec 2012 · 19:15 UTC
Very good job, the game sucked me right in. Nice one!
JesterBLUE
19. Dec 2012 · 20:32 UTC
Loved the win / lose level noises. Liked the variety of things to buy throughout the game. Brilliant idea with the theme.
GreenPixelDev
20. Dec 2012 · 05:02 UTC
Very nice puzzle game! The art style and theme fit well! Good job! :D
Dark Acre Jack
20. Dec 2012 · 07:50 UTC
I think I like this more than Trainyard.
cwilloughby
20. Dec 2012 · 07:59 UTC
Very nice. Surprised at the depth. Liked the challenge. Great pacing. Nice work.
SonnyBone
20. Dec 2012 · 15:08 UTC
Awesome job! I love the implementation of theme here. Great little puzzler. With some fancier graphics and sounds, I can totally see this selling on mobile devices.
Casino Jack
20. Dec 2012 · 16:31 UTC
Reminds me of Trainyard. I do really like the arcadey aspect of having to place track while it's running.
3dwoody
20. Dec 2012 · 18:08 UTC
Good work. Great use of the theme.
Nisshoku
20. Dec 2012 · 19:39 UTC
Great idea, nice puzzle game. :)
Milo
21. Dec 2012 · 00:17 UTC
Excellent job here. This is a really original and fun game - I was kind of sad when it ended.
Will Edwards
21. Dec 2012 · 21:18 UTC
Nihaha :)
zenmumbler
21. Dec 2012 · 21:43 UTC
Happy Death Train vs Damsels. Great job, esp. for in 48 hours.
matthias_zarzecki
22. Dec 2012 · 17:35 UTC
This is lovely :)
zatyka
22. Dec 2012 · 17:42 UTC
Well done. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Nothing major to complain about.
raincole
23. Dec 2012 · 05:29 UTC
level design is very good. Reasonable difficulty curve.
BlockBrains
23. Dec 2012 · 16:44 UTC
Good concept. Good work with levels.
Mesene
23. Dec 2012 · 19:13 UTC
I felt villain, and that was good >:]
ENDESGA
23. Dec 2012 · 23:31 UTC
nice!
AdricZero
24. Dec 2012 · 13:52 UTC
Definitely a favorite of mine. Great concept, well executed.
lotusgame
26. Dec 2012 · 11:42 UTC
Impressive ! It's a really hard work to make a puzzle game in 48h. Very good work !
tomc
26. Dec 2012 · 13:44 UTC
Good mix of mechanics; fun gameplay!
fishbrain
28. Dec 2012 · 10:54 UTC
I WIN! :)
Superb job! Cute graphics and audio, and great fun to play!
Van Merwan
28. Dec 2012 · 15:38 UTC
I'm pressing space but there's no "Choo Choo". :(
I like this game.
mcc
05. Jan 2013 · 07:45 UTC
i had fun with this one. nice idea and puzzle design!
leafo
07. Jan 2013 · 07:01 UTC
This game is really cool. Great idea! There's a lot of variation in the puzzles too. This is really good for 48 hours.