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GMTK Game Jam 2021

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Railway RoyaltyView game page

Submitted by LukeArchbell
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#30442.5343.400
Originality#32482.6093.500
Overall#33882.4103.233
Fun#37872.0872.800

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Join together train cars as you build a train worthy of your Engineering skills

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

IconoClastGamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really cool concept, and fun to play. Awesome work!

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Palette Knight (GMTK 2021 GAMEJAM VERSION)
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the kind words!

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Wei JiunSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Entertaining game, with art and music that certainly gives off that wild west ambience! Took a while to realise I shouldn't pick up any old carriage a long way, pick the ones with GOLD.. more valuable! haha! I like it that you took the time to include a tutorial, nice touch! Good job on a game well done! :D 

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Block Chainer
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! I was sure my submission had a terrible camera problem that prevented it from being played, but it's been heartening to see how many people have played and enjoyed!

The gold cars are certainly valuable, but sometimes I find grabbing a rusty car with two white ends can be very helpful! Especially when the train gets loooong.

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AquariiSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great Use of theme, fun gameplay and great presentation

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Joined Minds
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing!

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skallywagsSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

The idea here is crazy clever! I wish I had thought of something like this for my game. The execution is pretty good too for a game jam. I appreciated the music, the camera shake, the sound, the art. Only thing is I wish this was a level-based game rather than an endless runner type game. Other than that its very solid for a game jam.

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Kube a la Neon
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing!

There's definitely a good case for this to be a proper level-based puzzle game! In my head I was aiming for something closer to Tetris, where the increasing length of your train, the moving cars, and the random elements crank up the tension as you go.

Glad the game was playable for you, for some reason on my end, Unity shrunk the game screen to a postage stamp, and it can't be resized.

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SaturnTortillaSubmitted2 years ago(+2)

This game is pretty unique I liked it. But when I had long train I basically couldn't do much because other rails were full with carts so I could move there without loosing them :/

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Chained Arena
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago(+2)

Thanks for playing!

When your train gets long, switching lanes with a cart beside you will leave part of the train tail behind. This was intentional to make players think about how to slot a new train car somewhere in their existing chain. It takes a little getting used to, but you can split your train tail where you know a new car will be fit between two connected train cars and quickly snap it back together. 

I didn't have time to fit that in my little tutorial, especially without making it quite long, but that's a valid point that it may be very unintuitive to do so!

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SaturnTortillaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Still, it was solid gameplay!

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CycalSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I actually did find it playable. It was truly a lovely idea. Very fun too. Well done! (I got ~70 gold)

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MY LITTLE SNAKE
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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks so much for playing!

I've received a few messages now that the game is playable. I wonder why it shrinks so small on my end...

It's heartening to hear that my weekend wasn't spent totally in vain!

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LukeArchbellDeveloper2 years ago (5 edits) (+1)

Unity Resolution Settings may make the game tiny and unplayable, Rate as you will.

I am working on an HTML build that will be the right size and playable in browser, I will link here and in the game's description when that's working.

I need a nap.

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