City Loop by Quackqack

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made by Quackqack for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Two trains are STUCK in the CITY LOOP. Keep them both running and collecting cargo for as long as you can.

HOW TO PLAY: - Click on junctions to switch their direction. tutorial3.png - For the safety of passengers, junctions cannot be switched while in use. - Collect cargo to earn points, but avoid crashing the trains!


Ratings

Overall 64th 4.196⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 86th 4.089⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 264th 3.839⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 20th 4.482⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 801th 3.554⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 456th 3.574⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 829th 2.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 755th 3.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 50🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

EvoGenGames
05. Oct 2020 · 12:05 UTC
MAAAN, best game so far!

This really got me engaged. High score of 21139 so far.

The track you created is awesome!

Once the trains get really large, the difficulty ramps up a lot!

Great job, and thanks a lot for the game, will try more later :smile:
EvoGenGames
05. Oct 2020 · 12:18 UTC
39230 ;-)

This was AWESOME!
netmute
06. Oct 2020 · 08:16 UTC
Score 1080 :laughing: :laughing:

This is a very well executed game! :grin: :thumbsup:
BelleArtsi
06. Oct 2020 · 08:21 UTC
Really great game! The game mechanics are really smooth and it's super satisfying to get the trains just right. :)
Robin49
06. Oct 2020 · 08:23 UTC
It is a very nice one ! maybe too harb for me but i love the concept !
Verbante
06. Oct 2020 · 08:27 UTC
Great execution and very cool concept! Made me laugh at my own sılly mıstakes :D Great work!
Croxel Studios
06. Oct 2020 · 08:42 UTC
Such a cool idea! The gameplay is very challenging, it makes you focus on two things at once very fast, but it's so satisfying when it works. I almost had a heart attack the first time the trains crashed lol.
nicardo
09. Oct 2020 · 13:46 UTC
Nicely done. I have similar idea to do, but the stacking idea is really good.
Rolly
09. Oct 2020 · 14:03 UTC
That's such a great idea! Perfectly fitting the theme and actually entertaining! Good job!
Nolife_M
09. Oct 2020 · 14:59 UTC
Really interesting, 5 star fun rate.
awesomearcade365
09. Oct 2020 · 15:30 UTC
This is fantastic! The graphics and animations are nice. It's kind of like playing snake, but with two snakes and you having minimal control over those snakes, making it nothing like snake. All-in-all I'd give it 5 stars and 2 enthusiastic thumbs up. Good job.
Oxropy
09. Oct 2020 · 17:12 UTC
Very nice game. So simple and yet so difficult.
RIBOUT Horace
10. Oct 2020 · 14:32 UTC
5080 point ! Not that bad ! I'm pretty happy with this score

But about the game : it's simple and yet so efficient ! Like, only one click, few little zone to click but a really trick to keep in mind every movement and to manage and anticipate the consequence of a click. It's simple but super efficient ! + the speed, the pace and the music really give an "intensity" feeling on that game !
Lvl3Mage
11. Oct 2020 · 21:23 UTC
Super interesting game man! Loved playing it! Fits into the theme but I thought that it would fit even better in the last GMTK jam. I think the theme was "out of control" and that just perfectly describes the game.

The only problem I encountered was that sometimes one train would head directly after another. In that case you can't separate them cause you can't click the junction while one train is over it. In this case you will just have to avoid the front trains cargo for the rest of the game. ![trains.png](///raw/0ca/53/z/3a048.png)

What I thought of while playing was that maybe you could switch the junction while one train is over, for it to switch when there is an empty space.

Anyways, great game that I loved playing!
Eldar
13. Oct 2020 · 04:53 UTC
I loved this game. For some reason, I laugh really hard every time trains crash - maybe cause the effect is so over top compared to the trains' normal movement :joy: I'm pretty bad at the game (like, 2000-points-til-trains-crash bad), but it's hella fun!
Igor KinGamer
13. Oct 2020 · 16:53 UTC
Very fun, and the music is really great!

![CityLoopHi [-3].png](///raw/b21/z/3a1b2.png)

:grimacing: And then switched a junction at the wrong moment... :sweat_smile:

Would be nice to play on a tablet!
rhoff95
13. Oct 2020 · 17:44 UTC
Really cool game! I like the concept, but it seems like there are too many connections to check and the trains move to fast for me to really feel in control. It seems overwhelming almost immediately, and I would prefer a slower pace that maybe had less room for error, rather than super fast and missing a turn has a small chance of causing a collision. With more time to work ion this, I would love to see a version where the map expands organically similar to [mini-metro](https://dinopoloclub.com/games/mini-metro/). That game does a really good job at ramping difficulty up that I think could work similarly here. Great job, I had fun playing this game.
Rs11s21n
25. Oct 2020 · 21:12 UTC
very good, simple but good.