Train Rush

by panagiotis-iatrou

co-authored: @akis-lionis, @apostolos, @maladakistellaa

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.49

The theme for this year's Game Jam was "Stuck in a loop". Train Rush is a game where the player has to deliver supplies to different locations, running around loops and getting through obstacles.
Be careful, as your train's wagons number increases as you score higher!
The more deliveries completed the faster the train becomes. The goal is for the player to deliver as many supplies as possible and overcome their personal high score.

NOTE: There is a bug with fullscreen so keep the game in windowed mode.

Tags: #game jam

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments35

Sarenei6 Oct 2020, 01:21

Great idea, well executed, and well polished. Truly enjoyed it!

jamesor6 Oct 2020, 01:23

That was a lot of fun to play.

snowinn6 Oct 2020, 01:28

I was playing the web version and I like the music and the graphics, but whenever I tried to play the inventory blocked the bottom half of the screen so I couldn’t see anything down there. Let me know if you fix this but I liked the music and pixel art!

TheCreator6 Oct 2020, 01:30

Really nice idea, felt like I was playing snake and a farming sim at the same time ♥

managed to get to a score of 50 before I crashed into my self :joy:

Panagiotis Iatrouauthor6 Oct 2020, 09:19

@snowinn Thanks for the feedback! It is now fixed.

Copito7 Oct 2020, 11:42

This was a cool genre combo that matched the theme well. I felt the mechanic where the centre part caught fire was a little bit confusing and was the main thing that killed me. If i understood correctly when there's an ! over the middle you had to rush back to put it out while for other ! you had to avoid them. Perhaps a different symbol for the centre area would have been good since i found myself avoiding it and dying :D

Bentebent7 Oct 2020, 12:24

Enjoyable game, the music is what really sells it for me. I didn't quite understand when my train would break, i.e if I got a warning with just carts I seemed fine but then I suddenly lost for some not discernable reason, might have something to do with the break in the middle? Either way, really nice game!

victorcrafty7 Oct 2020, 13:36

Cool game. The graphics are ok and the music is nice. It was very fun (like the snake).But it didn't work very well in fullscreen(the web version). overall it was a nice game

rmonthil7 Oct 2020, 13:58

Score 61! :moneybag: Nice game, I really love the graphics! I could imagine an improved version with a widder map to make things harder for the player :smile: Anyway, nice little game, congrats!

Berserg7 Oct 2020, 14:32

Nicely executed. Art and Sounds fit game atmosphere. Overall really amazing game.
Personally for me Game might feel better if you would only use A, D ("turn left" and "turn right") buttons (to rotate train 90 degrees left or right). Having Up and Down keys adds more complexity which isn't needed in this game. Or maybe make speed increase or decrease with those keys... Either way its just a thought :smiley:

Panagiotis Iatrouauthor7 Oct 2020, 16:04

@bentebent Thanks for the feedback! You are right, we should have made it more clear. The factory in the middle has a max inventory of 4 Items. If you leave it produce the fifth item it will overheat as it does not have any other space left.

Ericbolseiro8 Oct 2020, 00:22

Wow, I really enjoyed playing this game, I believe you could expand the idea and make a great game! congratulations

TheMoonrise8 Oct 2020, 19:56

Really fun game. I liked it a lot. Maybe some more reason to not go in a constant 8 would be great, although the breaking tracks do help to mix it up. well done.

Isha8 Oct 2020, 19:57

Very clever game, good job!

Ryan Paton8 Oct 2020, 21:17

Cool game, The controls felt a bit off I'm not sure how to explain it, but I like everything else

Oblivion Games8 Oct 2020, 22:29

Great game! It was very enjoyable to play.

PronomicalArtist8 Oct 2020, 22:29

I liked that the train kept getting longer and faster. The Music was a touch distracting, but really cool entry, I like it!

Nikolay Zapolnov8 Oct 2020, 22:32

Intersting game with simple mechanic. I enjoyed playing it. It would be very cool to have some animation when you deliver the goods - I really missed that. There is a sound effect, but visual effect would also be nice to have. Great job!

Mackandrius8 Oct 2020, 22:36

Hey amazing job, I think this might be my favourite yet, straight forward, concise concept, very good idea for a jam and fits the theme well, so congrats! Reminded me of snake, I think I would've been playing a lot of something like this on my nokia lol

JulienLussiez8 Oct 2020, 23:43

Nice little game. It's an interesting way to think about loops. It's well done.

Johnsensei9 Oct 2020, 00:22

Saw this game in a Twitch stream and tried to play it. But the UI is convering the game. Was this the full screen bug mentioned in the Twitch chat? I did try full screen on purpose to see what the bug was.

But the second time I'm not in full screen mode but the UI is still covering the game:

Panagiotis Iatrouauthor9 Oct 2020, 00:27

@johnsensei Yes there is a bug when the game gets in fullscreen. We advise to play it in windowed mode.

Charlotte Raymond9 Oct 2020, 02:16

Super cute game! The audio was BOPPIN! Haha. Fun mechanic and well executed. My only criticism is I wish there were a way to see what goods the train cars are carrying after you've gathered them from the central hub; or if there is I totally missed it as it wasn't obvious. I liked this though!

Panagiotis Iatrouauthor9 Oct 2020, 05:58

@charlotte-raymond Thanks for playing! The bar on the bottom shows what Items the train is currently holding.

icxon9 Oct 2020, 07:34

Trains are fun! More levels variety (more factories, different products) could add more engagement. :smile:

Here is my attempt:

Rolly9 Oct 2020, 09:09

It's a very simple mechanic but perfectly executed. I could see this game getting bigger, with more depots and resources.

The music is really nice and perfectly fits the game, creating a nice mood!

Had fun, thanks!

Enes Ayyildiz9 Oct 2020, 09:15

It is fun , makes you stressed while avoiding from fires. Couldn't go forward more but I will try to do soon.

Mog139 Oct 2020, 09:35

I enjoyed the idea of this and execution was good. I liked the mechanic of the train being too long getting slowly introduced (and its what killed me more often than not!).I agree it would of been nice to have more but given the time restrictions I'm glad you stuck to getting a core set of mechanics working really nicely! great job!

MrMaico9 Oct 2020, 10:20

The html version seems broken. I have the same issue as @johnsensei

Panagiotis Iatrouauthor9 Oct 2020, 10:35

@mrmaico There is a bug with fullscreen. However the game works fine without fullscreen.

guimoliveira9 Oct 2020, 14:56

Cool game. My score was 73. :smile: Good job! :)

Palemek9 Oct 2020, 20:17

Nice little game, animation for drop off would be nice, and you could try to preserve pixel size. Anyway, had fun playing it

Matootsy11 Oct 2020, 19:05

Very good concept well polished for a jam. I like this simple and clean esthetic. Interface, art and music are fitting well. easy to take in hand, not too difficult, the progression difficulty come with the length of the train. (Nice idea the fact that you take as many ressources as you have wagons). The tempo of the traps on the ways is well managed. Kind of small simple addictive games. Congratulation guys!

ursagames12 Oct 2020, 02:22

Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 10/11. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/yy4oycvv

Virimine20 Oct 2020, 21:48

At first high score was 67 which at the moment I thought it was very high.. but then I came to the comment session... :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Managed to reach:

Really nice game!! I enjoyed playing~ I don't really have any complaints.. Everything seems pretty balanced and fits well~ :smile:
Reminds me of snake with a twist which brings new elements into the concept~ :smiley:

Well done~!! :train:

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