Cruel Cruel Dastard

by alect
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
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.

Comments55

Almost
Almost17 Dec 2012, 03:58
Nyahaha
savethejets117 Dec 2012, 04:24
Awesome idea! great use of the theme.
MrEvilGuy
MrEvilGuy17 Dec 2012, 04:41
Well polished game. Kind of easy. The time should tick down even before you start playing the level.
SimianLogic
SimianLogic17 Dec 2012, 05:03
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
KhaoTom17 Dec 2012, 05:17
Well made indeed.
loren17 Dec 2012, 05:57
Love that laugh ha
Fireblend
Fireblend17 Dec 2012, 06:16
Pretty spot on with the theme. Great puzzle game.
amassingham17 Dec 2012, 07:20
I love that 'Nyahaha' Sound effect. Brilliant.
Fun, cute, polished little game. I like it.
MvT
MvT17 Dec 2012, 09:00
Great idea, i enjoyed play !
Meep17 Dec 2012, 09:10
Very fun; clever take on the theme. :)
Nanolotl
Nanolotl17 Dec 2012, 10:02
Really intuitive track placement
Drabiter
Drabiter17 Dec 2012, 12:04
I like the screams. Good mechanism!
pythong17 Dec 2012, 12:54
harharhar, very nice gsme, this made me really feel like a bad guy ^^
zachstronaut
zachstronaut18 Dec 2012, 04:46
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.
GeorgeBroussard18 Dec 2012, 07:44
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
Dioiminik18 Dec 2012, 14:11
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 ;)
Mythalore18 Dec 2012, 15:23
Interesting gameplay, not really on theme though.
Sgt Squirrelly18 Dec 2012, 22:45
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
Toadpud19 Dec 2012, 02:31
Awesome. Just a little short.
illugion
illugion19 Dec 2012, 04:19
"Nyahaha" that laugh is really funny XD
angrygeometry
angrygeometry19 Dec 2012, 05:48
this is good! nice little puzzle game, well executed idea
bigbadwofl19 Dec 2012, 07:59
A nice little game with a fun concept. Well done!
Red Mike
Red Mike19 Dec 2012, 10:21
Hey there, rail-idea partner. o/

Neat little game. Mouse interaction felt a bit odd when laying tracks, but it works fine.
allinlabs
allinlabs19 Dec 2012, 10:29
Amazingly good puzzle game !
har_g19 Dec 2012, 13:03
Nyahaha :D
blackmagic19 Dec 2012, 13:04
Nice idea, controls a bit harsh but pleasant !
recursor
recursor19 Dec 2012, 15:13
This is a really fun game. The sound effects are great, and the graphics fit nicely. Well done!
JFlegle19 Dec 2012, 18:35
Very nice game
JesterBLUE
JesterBLUE19 Dec 2012, 20:37
Loved the win / lose level noises. Liked the variety of things to buy throughout the game. Brilliant idea with the theme.
GreenPixelDev20 Dec 2012, 05:07
Very nice puzzle game! The art style and theme fit well! Good job! :D
Dark Acre Jack20 Dec 2012, 07:55
I think I like this more than Trainyard.
cwilloughby20 Dec 2012, 08:04
Very nice. Surprised at the depth. Liked the challenge. Great pacing. Nice work.
SonnyBone
SonnyBone20 Dec 2012, 15:13
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 Jack20 Dec 2012, 16:36
Reminds me of Trainyard. I do really like the arcadey aspect of having to place track while it's running.
3dwoody20 Dec 2012, 18:13
Good work. Great use of the theme.
Nisshoku20 Dec 2012, 19:44
Great idea, nice puzzle game. :)
Milo
Milo21 Dec 2012, 00:22
Excellent job here. This is a really original and fun game - I was kind of sad when it ended.
zenmumbler
zenmumbler21 Dec 2012, 21:48
Happy Death Train vs Damsels. Great job, esp. for in 48 hours.
matthias_zarzecki22 Dec 2012, 17:40
This is lovely :)
zatyka
zatyka22 Dec 2012, 17:47
Well done. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Nothing major to complain about.
raincole23 Dec 2012, 05:34
level design is very good. Reasonable difficulty curve.
BlockBrains23 Dec 2012, 16:49
Good concept. Good work with levels.
Mesene23 Dec 2012, 19:18
I felt villain, and that was good >:]
AdricZero24 Dec 2012, 13:57
Definitely a favorite of mine. Great concept, well executed.
lotusgame26 Dec 2012, 11:47
Impressive ! It's a really hard work to make a puzzle game in 48h. Very good work !
tomc
tomc26 Dec 2012, 13:49
Good mix of mechanics; fun gameplay!
fishbrain
fishbrain28 Dec 2012, 10:59
I WIN! :)
Superb job! Cute graphics and audio, and great fun to play!
Van Merwan
Van Merwan28 Dec 2012, 15:43
I'm pressing space but there's no "Choo Choo". :(
I like this game.
mcc
mcc5 Jan 2013, 07:50
i had fun with this one. nice idea and puzzle design!
leafo
leafo7 Jan 2013, 07:06
This game is really cool. Great idea! There's a lot of variation in the puzzles too. This is really good for 48 hours.

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