Jumpy Train!

by szkocka

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.46

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Hi!

#### I present to you game about train trying to not fall apart before reaching the destination!

Gameplay info:

This ludum dare was the most turbulent one that I ever experienced. I scrapped 6 projects and even more ideas that existed only on paper. You know, asking myself a question, what is unstable - I was writing down stuff like stocks, crypto, nft... Every single idea was feeling it is going to be not that original.

At the second day at about 26 hours in I started this project and run with it till the end. It is not 1:1 of what i intended for it, but I am proud that I did it either way.

When it comes to sleep about 8-10 hours of sleep a night, was a lot more efficient than any amount of energy drinks!

*In case of any questions please feel free to ask!*

Genres: racing

Tools: Unity

Comments25

DarthBoseiju5 Oct 2021, 15:53

So I gave the game a go - I don't exactly know what I did but my train took off and flew off the top of the screen >.> I left it running as it seemed to work quite well up there and I like how the terrain changes as you go! Cool idea!

Szkockaauthor5 Oct 2021, 16:10

@darthboseiju Thanks for feedback, I realized I only checked the game on one PC. Changed to laptop without dedicated GPU and saw with my own eyes. Patching time :D

ChillerTyp5 Oct 2021, 16:13

The train sometimes reacts too slowly, you can't collect everything at all.
I like the changing backgrounds. But a little background music would have done it good.

LDJam user 2614895 Oct 2021, 16:19

cool game but i really annoyed of the sound of the train

Raivk5 Oct 2021, 16:24

Yay I finished it! Cool entry :) It would have been perfect with a music or at least ambient sounds, it would help a lot :)

Its_F4llen5 Oct 2021, 16:25

Cool game, i especially like the scenario changes and the diferent colectables!

Furfel5 Oct 2021, 16:26

Cool game, I like that lighting. However, sometimes it's difficult to measure when to jump

owca5 Oct 2021, 16:28

Cool. I especially liked the ending :wink: Regards to your girlfriend - a supporting girl/wife is a real treasure :smiley:

ache games5 Oct 2021, 16:29

The game seems ok, but I think it can be improved by lighting up the scene just a bit more.

Szkockaauthor5 Oct 2021, 16:29

@chillertyp May I ask, if you experience jittery movement/flying of the train up for infinite amount of time? If so please tell me if you are playing on computer with dedicated graphics card ;D

Mejzlosh5 Oct 2021, 16:31

On the first run I ran out of oil. The second time I had definitely more fun playing that. I would try to make the obstacles and collectibles a bit more visually readable and please loose the train foley or whatever that is ;) It could be a nice chillout game with some relaxing music

Szkockaauthor5 Oct 2021, 16:32

@geoblackru I tried my best with a piece of paper and table + some audacity filters ^^ Next ludum dare I will try do sound better

Aidan and seb5 Oct 2021, 16:36

Haha nice little game! A little hard to see the obstacles, but apart from that, interesting gameplay idea, and well executed! Kudos :)

Szkockaauthor5 Oct 2021, 16:52

@its-f4llen @furfel @ache Thanks for nice comments and feedback.

Szkockaauthor5 Oct 2021, 16:52

@owca I passed screenshot of your comment to her :D

ChillerTyp5 Oct 2021, 17:01

@Szkocka Not that I know of...

rumor6 Oct 2021, 14:53

Little hard to see what's happening since it's so dark, but a nice infinite runner nevertheless. Who knew a train was the perfect vehicle for an on-rails action game? :wink:

LDJam user 497988 Oct 2021, 20:28

Nice idea with the various resources and obstacles, risk and reward. Some funky train music could improve it further.

XCVZXC12 Oct 2021, 16:58

Very fun and well made game. At first I thought it is an endless runner but managed to reach the end :D

Szkockaauthor12 Oct 2021, 17:29

@xcvzxc Yup, endless runner was the first idea, but after couple of tests I found out that gameplay wasn`t fun and due to how a game was supposed to progress at first, there was a point in which losing a game was unavoidable and the game turned into rythmic space clicker. Thanks for the feedback : D

mar3k13 Oct 2021, 17:01

I used to play Subway Surfer a lot few years back, so playing this was very enjoyable to me, although I do have some points on what could improve. It was quite hard to see those barricades, so making them bigger or more visible would be nice also having some graphical indication about how much HP/OIL I have (like having cog wheels in the back of the loco) would be nice, because I looking to the side and then even trying to read (not just having a bar) is quite difficult and when I tried this I've hit like 2 barricades. But overall very nice entry, good job!

essarrgee13 Oct 2021, 18:04

The graphical style is pretty nice and I like the sounds effects too! My only problem was that the barricades were kinda hard to see at first. Overall good work on the game!

LTyrosine14 Oct 2021, 00:16

*Good*:

-> Liked the low poly graphics style, it reminds those on Imphenzia's lessons on Blender. Nice touch the environment change, later in game.

-> Gameplay is basic but fun and consistent on what it proposes.

*Minor issues*:

-> Platform movement looks stuck something like 0.5 sec after returning from a jump.

-> Maybe it's too dark? Ok, a train inside a tunnel but sometimes is hard to distinguish the necessary bonus.

Overall a nice game, good that you managed to deliver one after 6 tries.

sophiakene18 Oct 2021, 07:32

Couldn't make it to the finish line, I had quite a hard time jumping at the right moment, but I really liked the design (I also find it fitting that it's dark and you cannot see too well) and I think the speed increased at a reasonable rate! Good job overall! :)

LDJam user 24075220 Oct 2021, 14:05

Excellent work by the artists.

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