WASD to move, click to chop trees. Walk into the train engine to drop wood into it and keep it fueled up. Goal is to get the train to the far side of the map without it running into any trees or running out of fuel.
The game didn't turn out very fun but I learnt a fair bit for next time. Spent the last few hours trying to figure out ways to improve it but just blanked.
Instructions ingame would be nice, but an idea very well executed. Game was fun once I worked out what to do. I'm also a fan of this very simple art style. Very minimalist.
However, on my 4th attempt, the camera stopped scrolling after about 5-10min. I think I ended up in the corner of the world. The tracks lead right into this corner, and when the train hit the wall it declared it as I lost. Was this a bug or a winning condition not implemented? I had a score of 4390
Once I realised what I was doing, it was quite a fun little game. I like the strategy at play here, do you move ahead to clear trees ahead of time or stay near the train to keep fuel levels up. Great entry!
Nice simple gameplay loop once I figured it out - though it seems very RNG heavy. My first game a tree spawned very close to the train and derailed it before I could figure things out; on the second game the train went for 30 seconds unimpeded.
Balancing chopping trees and refueling the train I think is a good mechanic - it feels like the kind of game which might be better with puzzle-like levels that are handmade! Nice work.
well designed loop for choping tree - adding fuel because you can not go too ahead of your train otherwise it will starve(out of fuel). This game is very fun to play with! good job
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It wasn't immediately obvious how everything worked here, might be good to add an explanation screen with controls and explaining that wood=fuel.
I found this quite hard, it seemed like no matter how quickly I was chopping I couldn't keep the train fueled up.
You have to feed the train :-)
However, on my 4th attempt, the camera stopped scrolling after about 5-10min. I think I ended up in the corner of the world. The tracks lead right into this corner, and when the train hit the wall it declared it as I lost. Was this a bug or a winning condition not implemented? I had a score of 4390
Balancing chopping trees and refueling the train I think is a good mechanic - it feels like the kind of game which might be better with puzzle-like levels that are handmade! Nice work.