RailStand

by salyon
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.58
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★33%
In an apocaliptic world dominated by mad robots, you carry one of the only remaining options of energy - The Core.

Use your base weapons and technology to protect it at all costs while you repair a Train to escape!

--- Instructions:

> Use the arrows keys to play.

> Interact with your base to upgrade and repair it.

> The enemy robots will drop resources when they are defeated.

> You can control the missiles after you launch them!

> Survive 5 days to win!

Comments21

DireGoose13 Dec 2016, 03:30
Fun. Pretty. Did not seem to me that this was within theme. :(
CFallonArt13 Dec 2016, 03:32
Fun, interesting game. I like the dynamic but the controls are frustrating! Good job, considering the time limit.
hugofock
hugofock13 Dec 2016, 05:46
Like the graphic, but the missile was too difficult to control :(
Dene13 Dec 2016, 15:01
I love this game :) Really cool.
Ygogo13 Dec 2016, 15:12
Perfect graphics! Nice game!! I Love it.
HadikCZ13 Dec 2016, 16:28
Very addictive game, but short.

Graphics looks greate
DeathBySnail14 Dec 2016, 10:57
Really liked it. Could have gone a bit crazier with the final level, at that point both guns were good enough that I could just salvage & repair faster than they could do damage.

Really like this one.
fullmontis
fullmontis14 Dec 2016, 16:01
This is an interesting game, very addicting. I really enjoyed the gameplay and could not put it down.
Uliana Galich14 Dec 2016, 17:40
nice game))) I'm pilot rocket cool
Sun-Wukong14 Dec 2016, 18:17
Good polish and excellent execution. I like your art style.

And very good balancing, it gets pretty addictive, I finished it twice :)
tweedle
tweedle15 Dec 2016, 03:12
Wow I really liked this! One of my favs so far, lost at the last second CRAP! 5 Stars! -Tweedle
elmoGames15 Dec 2016, 14:41
Wow this game has some depth and neat graphics. Awesome. The only problem that you cant control the train where are you in thats a bit wierd
KinGabe15 Dec 2016, 15:26
Amazing art.
c4m
c4m15 Dec 2016, 15:56
your game is so good!

i love those graphics and the idea is very well executed.

i followed you on itch :p congrats!
Pajama-Llama
Pajama-Llama15 Dec 2016, 18:25
That was really cool! Love the non-direct combat and cool pixel art.

At one point I did get a bit overpowered, when upgrading both sides a 4-5 times :p

Also I think the sun going out at the end of each day is a bit annoying. You could maybe add some lights to the enemies and your bullet so you can still know where they are?

Anyway, great job!
harusame
harusame15 Dec 2016, 19:03
Oh nice entry :)

I love the pixel art and the epic music.

Fun to play, great job !
Pestel Crew15 Dec 2016, 19:29
Interesting game. I liked the art and idea, but it's too hardcore for me.
Potato Dog15 Dec 2016, 23:20
Awesome game man, impressive that you made this in the time, it looks great! It took me a while to figure out what I was doing but after a while I was a rocket wizard
DDRKirby(ISQ)25 Dec 2016, 18:57
Nice job! At first I somehow only saw the left side upgrade panel and subsequently got totally overrun on the right side, heh =P These kinds of upgrade/progression games actually tend to do pretty well for LD; I need to try making one myself! Also, props to your pixeling skills!

Some notable suggestions for improvements:

- Your audio seems to be playing on only the right speaker? Might want to check that out.

- I think one very easy and awesome improvement you could do for the missiles would be to change the controls so that you control the missile's trajectory only while the up / space button is being held. This would solve the issue of "i don't know exactly when the missile is going to explode and control transfers to my character, causing me to get offset a bit". In addition it allows you to guide missiles for a little bit and then leave them to do their thing in a straight line while you go and do other things.

- Could have used some additional sound effects or graphics for the upgrading.

- I believe there's an issue where if there are still robots left after the screen fades to night, they continue to shoot at you and you can lose that way. =P

Your theme tie-in could have been a little bit tighter if you provided a little more backstory. Even writing a short paragraph in your game description goes a long way! I loved the day/night idea with the solar-paneled robots -- very cool. :)

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