Ludum Dare #45compo

Rickity Rails

by winslow

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.36

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.95

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.16

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.20

Take hold of the engineer seat on the locomotive of Rickity Rails and get your passengers safely to their destination.

Controls:
Spacebar/Left Mouse/Touch (mobile) - Launch train at current notch power
ESC - Exit game

ChangeLog:
v2: Fixed not reloading after failure or success. Made text easier to read. https://uecasts.com/files/rickity-rails-ld45/
v1: Original still accessible here: (https://uecasts.com/files/rickity-rails-ld45-v1/)

Known bug(s):
* If launch speed is high the space between locomotive and first car can be big. (I think this is due to tick diffs in setting the location.
* Launch speed to low and thus doesn't reach it's destination game doesn't fail/restart

Comments12

William Derksen7 Oct 2019, 00:51

I don't understand the goal and is there any way to restart?

NachtWitch7 Oct 2019, 00:51

the need for alt tab just felt un pollished, but the game was super cool

winslowauthor7 Oct 2019, 03:57

@william-derksen The goal is to launch the train with the proper amount of speed so it can stop in time at the station. To much speed and it will overshoot it's destination to little and it won't make it.

Unfortunately no way to restart it working on fixing that.

William Derksen7 Oct 2019, 04:09

@winslow Ah! Gotcha! I kept going so fast I didn't realize haha! I'll give it another shot!

winslowauthor7 Oct 2019, 05:11

@william-derksen and @nachtwitch I fixed it so now it reloads after a success or failure. The web version is the most current: https://uecasts.com/files/rickity-rails-ld45/

Rebuilding the standalone windows app now.

jk50007 Oct 2019, 12:44

The idea is fun, but I would have liked a bit more then one level.

winslowauthor7 Oct 2019, 23:38

@jk5000 totally agree. It was a mad dash to get everything done in time for the compo submission.

Tonight and tomorrow I'm going to put together an additional level or two and make it playable outside of the compo rating.

ROBOWARRIOR19828 Oct 2019, 19:59

Good idea some relaxing to see train run, physics was great. Add change camera view with mouse and some different environnement that's the way.

arkinrev8 Oct 2019, 20:51

While the point was to end at the station, there was some satisfaction watching the train blast past the stop and smash beyond the tracks.

Grhyll8 Oct 2019, 20:51

Cool idea, although as said previously it's frustrating there's only one level ^^' Initially I launched too hard and failed, and after that I accidentally launched at very low speed, and as mentioned it got stuck! Third time was perfect though, and once I got the speed right I successed several times in a row :)

Dominas9 Oct 2019, 07:21

The train could slow down faster if it's already going slow - launched one at slowest setting and it just kept going forward without failing. As mentioned before, smashing the train wass fun and silly, I liked the track physics.

cirno16 Oct 2019, 07:56

The idea and graphic is fun. The game would be better if the physics is further polished.

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