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Traincidents

By yellowkamel, Rougebluemulan, winie and NickFleming_

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1903.9022
Fun534.0922
Innovation1083.9222
Theme2204.0722
Graphics6003.3222
Humor144.4722
Mood5003.5021

Comments

jamope 2026-04-21 09:52

Simple idea but very functional! The VA is very funny too, nice jam!

amema 2026-04-21 10:07

Really simple, but fun. Of course, sometimes a worker appears RIGHT in front of trolley, but game is still really beatable

caelestial 2026-04-21 10:39

xDDDDD Fantastic, I enjoyed playing it. Also audio, game events, tutorial 100000000 / 10

head-priestess-ari 2026-04-21 14:14

The audio was very fun! Reminded me of "Dude, Stop!"

23edsa 2026-04-21 19:36

Rail signals, I completely overlooked this idea!

anszwa 2026-04-28 20:36

You guys have my greatest respect. Being able to build humor this good into a game is an art form. The voice recordings are pure gold!

P.S. During my playthrough, no influencer was harmed...

hammy275 2026-04-28 21:12

Gameplay is extremely simple to wrap your mind around but becomes difficult very quickly in the best way possible! The VA is great and adds a lot of humor and entertainment to the game that would otherwise make it boring, like how Portal was in playtesting before GLaDOS was added. I especially found the "running over influencer" mechanic hilarious.

If there's one thing I would want to see improved is for it to be more obvious where a train is going to enter the map. I find myself being surprised at a train having seemingly "appeared" partway through the track, when I know it had to come in from off-screen.

Overall, absolutely excellent work done here!

glowt 2026-04-28 21:33

The second time the map expanded and I just realized how huge the map was I panicked a tiny bit, just how am I going to keep track of all of this. But with the simple mechanics and the pacing of the challenge I really felt like I could handle it. To me one of the best experiences in a game is seeing something you don't think you can handle but then realize that you have mastered a part of the game and challenges are able to be tackled easier than you thought. Great pacing and I could really tell that you guys had a fun time making this, the voice-overs are great!

zedgame 2026-04-28 21:53

I love it! The controls are instantly intuitive and explained well with the tutorial, and the game is both fun and hectic. Self made voiceover is something I always enjoy in LD games too!

adam-gallina 2026-04-28 22:02

Really fun game, loved the voice acting Cons: Can't ram trains together :( Pros: Can run people over with trains :) I would say those balance out, really good submission overall!

tygrak 2026-04-29 21:13

Really well made -- good tutorial, the graphics are minimalistic but still look good and do the job perfectly, and the voice over is super good! When the map size expands all the way to switch H it really gets absolutely crazy haha.

jhax 2026-04-30 16:58

Masterful use of adding a bit of friction to a simple mechanic to make something really compelling by not showing the controls and the rails at the same time! The voice over adds a great bit of charm and humour as well! Was definitely making things a lot harder for myself by trying to avoid trains hitting each other :sweat_smile:

wizard 2026-05-04 20:31

This is the kind of game I could waste hours on and not realise it, well done. The voice acting took me by suprise and it was very well done, some of the voice lines and reactions got me, especially anything to do with the granny. Fantastic job, well done.

antbrl 2026-05-04 21:07

I won!! Loved the voice acting and gameplay! Also really funny that you have to actively engage with the tutorial and if you ignore it you get yelled at :) It was sometimes a little stressful, but you know the good kind of stressful when you have to manage a thousand things at once, because the game is well balanced and forgiving. Good difficulty increments too!

tetracold 2026-05-04 21:11

very funny entry, loved the voice acting and the humor

I also thought the gameplay worked really well and it escalated nicely, for some reason at first I thought I should also avoid letting the trains collide but once I saw they just pass by each other it made it a lot less tense lol

achiru 2026-05-05 12:15

Very fun, except when sheeps appeared just in front of a train! Or when people appeared on both tracks after an intersection and a train arrives! You have a decent margin of error though, so not a big deal; but I still wonder how this margin can be this high, they must really have a good insurance...