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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #58 | 4.588 | 4.588 |
| Overall | #472 | 3.902 | 3.902 |
| Creativity | #1043 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Enjoyment | #1464 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
Ranked from 34 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?
The train your drive is built to scale and you make it bigger as you progress
Development Time
96 hours
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I love immersive job sims, so this was right up my alley! Firstly, the visuals are AMAZING. I can't believe you guys got such a nice looking world and train interior in just four days! Next off, I appreciate the constant back and forth between keeping your engine and heater fueled, checking for obstructions, and taking it all in. Unfortunately, taking it all in got me killed twice, as I froze to death each time I was admiring the bleak, white void around me. The freezing overlay was too easy for me to ignore while using the binoculars, so I got caught by surprise both times. Perhaps a shivering sound, or a flash of red to indicate you're in immediate danger would help communicate how close to the threshold you are at that point. Otherwise, this is an awesome entry to the jam, and I'd genuinely pay money to see a fully realized version of it! Great work!
Hey thank you so much for the kind words! Really appreciate all the feedback and glad that you liked the game!
We do plan some edits and adding more feedback of course, just did some post0jam update on the game and fixed a bunch of bugs, will add more feedback on the freezing effect as well very soon. Hopefully will make it into a full release some day :)
So immersive, and looks great. Awesome stuff.
I think the brake didn't work for me, or maybe it was supposed to have a slow start, not sure. Minor issue.
Thank you!
Yes we are aware of some small bugs and the brake is one of them. We’ll try to fix it asap!
Great atmosphere!
Bugs
The temperature was low despite the fuel I was adding?
I got stuck in the stairs, when trying to go up from the opposite direction.
I jumped above the control panel and ended up below the map! Cold!
Hey thanks for playing!
And thanks for letting us know about the bugs, will fix them after the jam :)
great style
Thank you! :)
This is amazingly well realised given 96 hours! The grimy visuals and the way you interact with your environment makes it feel very physical and tactile. I also really liked the sound FX and mixing, it may be my mind playing tricks on me but I like the detail of the furnace playing a sound effect when full! Overall the gameplay and presentation marry well to achieve that feeling of long stretches of mundanity broken up by emergencies in a cold world.
I only have minor issues: the collision seems a bit finicky and there was one time I got stuck on the pipes and had to restart (could extend collision above them or just remove their collision), and there wasn't good feedback on the brake lever. I wasn't even entirely sure which position was 'on' or 'off' haha, just needs a sound effect and some screen shake.
Hey thanks for the feedback! To be honest we didn't think of adding a sound effect for the full tank on the furnace but it is such a great idea that I'm going to steal it haha
For the bugs and feedback on the brake, we are aware of them, just didn't have time to finish everything. The scope was way too big for a jam game so a lot of stuff are incomplete unfortunately. For example there is a system to alert the player before getting to an obstacle on the road which wasn't completely finished. Hoping to work more on the game after the jam and fix all those things :)
As everyone has already said, the visuals and atmosphere are terrific. I really like the gameplay of resource management using physical instruments in the world. My small suggestions: allow the player to turn off the tv once you've heard everything (or only play the same thing a handful of times), and decrease the time between events/stations. Really cool game!
Hey thank you very much! Glad to hear you liked the game :)
Yes I must admit the TV gets annoying after a while, I have in mind to make a radio with switchable channels that you can use to listen to music or completely turn off (or throw off the train)