Wow ! I enjoyed the depth in the layers. The music was great, and the game, while simple, was polished in its goal - collecting mail lol - the only thing that was jarring was how the trees get instantiated/deinstantiated right on the screen :)
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The Mail Train's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #38 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Audio | #42 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Visuals | #44 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #59 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Gameplay | #79 | 1.875 | 1.875 |
| Limitation | #80 | 1.500 | 1.500 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thank you for such a kind comment. I love playing Short Trip ( https://alexanderperrin.com.au/paper/shorttrip/ ) and I want to try and look at making a similar game. I know it's not perfect but I'm really happy that I got the tram to ride a randomly generated track that get hidden by generated scenery.
Very cute and comfy idea! Was a bit difficult to stop the train on time but at least there's no consequence! Great job :)
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Pumpkin CatchI definitely agree with tbleazy's note about the procedurally generated art waiting til after it passes off screen to despawn, I also would have loved to see more feedback to the player if a successful mail trip was done- maybe a green light on the mailbox or the mail flag changing in some way. I think it would have also been cool to have someone / something come out of the door when the letters are getting delivered. I like the concept though, and good on you for doing procedural generation for a game jam!! That's sick
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Ghost KitchenThis is a great concept for a cozy jam. More variety and gameplay elements would definitely go a long way towards leveling up your submission, but I thought that what you have now all ties in really well together. I'd be curious how your game would play differently if you waited until the art elements in the foreground were fully off screen before despawning them; the sudden popping of trees out of the foreground as it scrolled left was a little distracting and took away some of the coziness here. Nice submission!
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Scarecrow's PatchNice premise and aesthetic with the clean shapes and lines, however when I press the spacebar the train doesn't stop at the mailboxes so am a little stuck on that respect. Would also love to see more variety in the backgrounds. Thanks for sharing your game!
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