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Rail Rush

By notaveerus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4883.4722
Fun5113.3022
Innovation2333.6722
Theme3453.8522
Graphics9132.7222
Mood5853.1222

Comments

igizzy 2020-04-20 03:22

Interesting base, but not sure what to do. Please add some instructions to the itch page or here as to what buttons do what.

princesschoochoo 2020-04-20 03:45

TRAIN!

It wasn't immediately obvious how everything worked here, might be good to add an explanation screen with controls and explaining that wood=fuel.

I found this quite hard, it seemed like no matter how quickly I was chopping I couldn't keep the train fueled up.

ivn 2020-04-20 03:48

I like the idea of train as living thing! You have to feed the train :-)

simukas 2020-04-20 11:33

Simple concept, but executed well and cleanly.

plopmenz 2020-04-20 11:34

Interesting game! I found myself spam clicking on trees to chop them, is that the right way of doing it?

alexey-akulovich 2020-04-20 12:01

Resource (wood, fuel, time) control doesn't look easy after 30-40 seconds from beginning :)

sacrface 2020-04-20 12:05

Instructions ingame would be nice, but an idea very well executed. Game was fun once I worked out what to do. I'm also a fan of this very simple art style. Very minimalist.

However, on my 4th attempt, the camera stopped scrolling after about 5-10min. I think I ended up in the corner of the world. The tracks lead right into this corner, and when the train hit the wall it declared it as I lost. Was this a bug or a winning condition not implemented? I had a score of 4390

nick0124-creator 2020-04-20 16:43

Intresting and simple

mark-smith 2020-04-21 03:20

Once I realised what I was doing, it was quite a fun little game. I like the strategy at play here, do you move ahead to clear trees ahead of time or stay near the train to keep fuel levels up. Great entry!

sayumeki 2020-04-21 03:44

Nice simple gameplay loop once I figured it out - though it seems very RNG heavy. My first game a tree spawned very close to the train and derailed it before I could figure things out; on the second game the train went for 30 seconds unimpeded.

Balancing chopping trees and refueling the train I think is a good mechanic - it feels like the kind of game which might be better with puzzle-like levels that are handmade! Nice work.

foursay 2020-04-21 22:36

well designed loop for choping tree - adding fuel because you can not go too ahead of your train otherwise it will starve(out of fuel). This game is very fun to play with! good job

alexvoxel 2020-04-22 10:15

Nice concept i like it, but didn't feel very balanced tho.