They say an elephant never forgets and you know for sure it has remembered the routes planned out well!
Help Trøtje supply the old steam trains with coal and water depots! 🐘
_Unfortunately we could not implement the core feature of planning trains - therefore the locomotive, coach and wagon magnets do not have any effect when placed._
Game loop:
You are maintaining the rail network for the steam trains in elephant land. The trains are scheduled in a different department, your job is to ensure they get enough coal and water to transport elephants and cargo.
Place depots next to rail sections by clicking and dragging the round magnets. Strategically place the water, coal and combined depots.
If a train breaks down between stations, you will receive a telegraph about it.
Elephants spawn at stations when they want to take a train. Ensure that the trains are running fast and reliable enough, so they don't get angry.
At regular intervals, the network gets expanded - with more stations, more track sections to manage and more elephants waiting on trains. Once the network is fully expanded and is running reliably, you will win the game 🚂
Controls:
- _pan the view_ with [W] / [A] / [S] / [D] or arrow keys - _place magnets_ by click and drag with the mouse - _open and close the stash_ by clicking on the "Stash" writing with the mouse - _discard a telegraph_ by clicking on it with the mouse - _change zoom of the view_ with the mouse wheel or [+] and [-] on the numpad - _reset the view_ with [Home]
Made with: Godot 4, Inkscape and Gimp With original music by Losch
I'm sorry, I tried to play this but I don't really understand what I'm meant to do. I appreciate that some features are missing but I see in your screenshots that the map seems to open up or more train connections appear? I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not. If you @ me with a reply and let me know how I'm supposed to play it, I will come back and give it a fair rating.
I couldn't figure out how to play this. Description says the core feature of attaching carts together is broken but the screenshots show some gameplay so I guess, I did something wrong. The intro had too much text that I only skimmed briefly, so I think I missed the instructions 😃 I liked the elephant theme though 🐘
@human-writes-code@evil23 Thank you for your feedback - we've just updated the description here to explain the game loop - hope it is more understandable with this context.
The rail network in the screenshots can be achieved by waiting for the network to expand and zooming using the mouse wheel 🚂
The railway drawn across a chalkboard gives this a nice planning-room feel. Supplying coal and water depots sounds like a workable game even without the train-planning feature. Making the inactive train magnets visibly unavailable could save some confusion while learning the depot system.
If you have a moment, I'd appreciate a rating on my latest game, Robot Workshop.
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The intro had too much text that I only skimmed briefly, so I think I missed the instructions 😃 I liked the elephant theme though 🐘
The rail network in the screenshots can be achieved by waiting for the network to expand and zooming using the mouse wheel 🚂
If you have a moment, I'd appreciate a rating on my latest game, Robot Workshop.