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TrainSim 4000

By smbe19

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun1843.54
Overall2693.50
Audio4612.84
Mood5343.00
Innovation5463.17
Theme7243.00
Humor8121.95
Graphics10682.22
Coolness120449

Comments

snuux 2014-08-25 07:54

I love logic games. And your game look very good! Thanks!)

mintarcade 2014-08-25 14:12

Quite innovative. Great theme use.

jharler 2014-08-25 14:20

Very cool, my kind of game. I love the music. Well done!

retr0spectrum 2014-08-25 14:22

A good game, but the first few levels are too easy/boring. Maybe a "fast forward" button would be a good addition?

artamus 2014-08-25 14:28

Nice game, congrats!

owyoow 2014-08-25 14:29

Nice game. I like sim games and this was fun to play

elkiwydev 2014-08-25 14:32

I really really like it but I can't find the theme in that.. Where are the conntected worlds? You could have done the same exact thing in space with planets and not cities to make it very more relevant to the given theme.

local-minimum 2014-08-25 14:32

This was a quite nice and relaxing experience. I played until the 128* level. I figured it would take a whole lot of time to complete. So if there is something, I would suggest not using $-target as much as the frequency of railroad problems to increase the difficulty.

Else it was, as I said a nice relaxing experience.

ninjascript 2014-08-25 14:32

Really fun! Some of the audio cues seem to fire without a related event (the new town sound happened a lot when there was no new town) but I still found the game to be very enjoyable.

katamori 2014-08-25 14:34

Addictive!

alycarter 2014-08-25 14:35

nice little logistics game. it would be nice to have a penalty to going minus in money though.

smbe19 2014-08-25 14:38

Sound issues:
The new city sound should work correctly, but as a new city might lie on an already built track the city isn't red and you might not have noticed the new city.
The sound for the earthquakes is a bit stupid because an earthquake might not destroy anything at all, but it fires the sound anyways (stupid, I know)
Fast forward: if you want to jump over a level, try LeftShift + F9

stephan_h 2014-08-25 14:38

I love this game.
Played the web version until the graphics got too small and the rails could not always be recognized anymore.

sez 2014-08-25 14:40

I like it!
It's mesmerizing to see all your green cubes move over the map, it's like an ant colony of moving awesomeness.
The first level was a bit harsh, it's easy to fail if the cities spawn too near each other. The later levels are the most fun. As a big Transport Tycoon fan I found it entertaining and inspirational. Well done!

billtowin 2014-08-25 14:44

I like this a lot. I'm really into games with simulation elements. The graphics are simple yet effective at conveying their meaning. Gameplay was perhaps a tad simple but I can see it being expanded/flesh-out easily. A+

gmfk07 2014-08-25 21:25

Cool concept and nice execution. However, it does require a bit of waiting at first.

blan4 2014-08-27 15:35

Like your transport simulator. Very simple graphics & music, quite enoqyable gameplay

mrexcessive 2014-08-27 20:59

Hi there. The zoom seems to be broken on web/Chrome/W8. I often get a starting map with 3 stations, only two in a row, connect these and then nothing else to do... many refreshes later get 3 in a row... but still get -ve score ?? Not sure how to improve what I'm doing...

captainnakou 2014-08-28 20:38

Yeah, the concept is really simple and good. I dont really understand how i earn and lose money, but that's okay, I won x).

chadiik 2014-08-28 20:42

I usually don't like sim games, I found this one soothing and been playing for half an hour... Still am!

allusion 2014-08-28 20:44

nice game.

binary_gambit 2014-08-28 21:42

Enjoyable and Addictive :D

chaoslab 2014-08-29 03:06

Lots of fun. Really enjoyed this game. Nice we puzzler! :-)

radiolemon 2014-08-30 01:01

Its fun to see all the cities and the trains moving between them, nice job on making an awesome city-train simulator

pebkac 2014-08-30 07:44

Awesome! I really enjoy watching those green lil' trains moving across my screen.

One request: could you make the screen move on the arrow keys as well as the mouse?

jukimv1986 2014-08-30 09:21

So engaging I spent an hour playing it!! I would love to see this with better graphics and a couple more mechanics being developed into a larger game. Keep it up!

2014-08-30 12:30

Other than the fact that I think the first level is the hardest by far, I think you're on to something interesting... keep up the good work

popcorn897 2014-08-30 19:24

This was a very effective time waster.
At the start, its a bit confusing, however that gets surpassed almost immediately. After the initial learning curve, it just turns into a waiting game. I think this could benefit from some random events, different problems, upgrades and the sorts. I understand the limited time probably made it not likely to happen, but you should continue development because it is fun. Graphics could use some improvement, the blue green red didn't really mix well. Other than that, this was super fun. I think I spent a good 45 minutes on this.

tanser 2014-08-30 20:19

Cool game! I like it :))

rd127p77 2014-08-31 00:12

Pretty cool game kept me busy for hours. Which Means it is fun.

haymanmarc 2014-09-01 17:49

Nice concept, but seems to quit making money altho I have filled the entire map with track and cities. I had fun playing, still.

zyxer 2014-09-03 15:08

Wow! I've been thinking about making a train game for LD for quite some time, but I never quite figured out the gameplay. This is a great solution. Well done!

The cost of the upgrades isn't quite balanced, I found the cheapest was just to connect all cells as a grid. Plus selling tracks doesn't make any sense, as your money balance can go negative.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the game. I would love to see it with better graphics!