Run You Fool, You're Gonna Miss Your Train!

by tiagosr
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%
Made with love, and lots of coffee =)
I thought I'd submit in time for the compo, but I still want to add a lot of things, and I'm here for making games, not competing, so this goes for the jam.

screenshot

Comments19

MegaMasterX
MegaMasterX26 Aug 2013, 01:40
The train sound scared the crap out of me, but the graphics in this game and the pseudo-isometric feel are a nice touch.
archaeometrician
archaeometrician26 Aug 2013, 11:39
Hehe cool gameplay, it remember me when I try to catch the subway ;) The train sound is a little bit scary !
Rick Hoppmann
Rick Hoppmann26 Aug 2013, 11:46
Fun! But too short..
The graphics are ok, but could be better (regarding colors and details). I missed an explanation of the controls. The sound which is played when arriving at the train isn't satisfying me at all.
CuberToy
CuberToy26 Aug 2013, 11:48
Funny little runner, well executed. It's a one shot, well done. The isometric graphics are weird though and yeah, the train sound is scary !
josefnpat
josefnpat26 Aug 2013, 13:09
Nice job mate! A little more polish and more levels, and this could be fantastic!
tiagosr
tiagosrauthor26 Aug 2013, 16:29
Thanks guys! Yeah, I want to add some explanation of the controls, some obstacles and more stages before the deadline. And about the train noise, it's surprising that it is scary, but I bet it's not even half as scary as the door-closing-notice horn that inspired it - the one in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan trains =) But I'll see to that!
leafo
leafo26 Aug 2013, 17:12
Great idea, wish there were more levels. I like the graphics.
hbocao
hbocao27 Aug 2013, 01:24
I really liked the idea, but I think that the game needed more levels. Or people to push around.
The train sound make feel a Space Odyssey vibe and I thought that was going into a existential train trip. :P
PTSnoop
PTSnoop27 Aug 2013, 19:17
What there is is good. But (like other commenters) I'd like to see more levels... will we be seeing a post-jam version?
tiagosr
tiagosrauthor27 Aug 2013, 19:58
@PTSnoop - yes! I'm working on it right now, adding stages and some obstacles like other people and vending machines, and I'll post it up here pretty soon. Thanks!
ShellfishGames28 Aug 2013, 09:43
Sadly, it neither works on my WinXP PC nor on my Vista Laptop. =/
kristof28 Aug 2013, 09:56
Well, that was short. Played it three times, just to be sure I didnt miss anything :D I like the pixel art. The beep of the train was horrifying! :P
Pixelfan Games
Pixelfan Games28 Aug 2013, 09:58
easy & short, i like graphics, dont have music and the sound of the train is bad :/. Good job about gameplay, intuitive and works fine. Good work
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley28 Aug 2013, 19:50
I wish there were different levels but I understand the time restraint. If you lose, you just sort of run over the area that the buss was at before it restarts... however, I featured it in my compilation video of Ludum dare 27 games, if you'd like to check it out http://youtu.be/PSym67k7zBg
tiagosr
tiagosrauthor29 Aug 2013, 07:42
@ShellfishGames sorry about that - I packaged the Windows version with the standard version 0.8.0 of Löve (http://www.love2d.org), and the linux version is the .love package that runs in any of the OSes... Could you check if the standard install of Löve works with you?
@kristof, @Pixelfan Games - thanks!
@Jupiter_Hadley thanks for the feature! I'm sorry I couldn't fix it up in time for the compo, the stuff I thought would be quick to fix ended up not so. But I'm doing a post-jam version, I liked what I came up with and think there's a lot of potential!
tiagosr
tiagosrauthor29 Aug 2013, 07:45
s/fix it up for the compo/fix it up for the jam/g
I guess there's some trouble with the character encoding in the text boxes, typing the o with umlaut does send the correct unicode character, but the site doesn't specify unicode encoding for it's text.
alts31 Aug 2013, 19:53
Excellent premise for a game. Nice way to incorporate the theme. Can you actually collide with the stands? Only suggestions I can think of are a satisfying splat sound if you hit the train after the doors close, and maybe replacing the green tiles with slow crowds. Well done.
GeorgeBroussard31 Aug 2013, 20:08
One level and no way to restart? :) Nice start. I'd work on it more. It has nice art and a great premise all can understand. You can add lots of things to dodge and jump over and have a really nice runner.
cardboard4 Sep 2013, 00:54
The graphics and player animations are wonderful. The train sound effect is interesting. I wish there were more levels to play, as it was quite entertaining to play and watch.

Other games by @tiagosr

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord