Bugfixes, testing and balancing, a camera movement feature which will (hopefully) help in getting some good trailer footage and... A color pattern update.
Here's how I changed the colors.
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Simple Trains
New Color Pattern
Bugfixes, testing and balancing, a camera movement feature which will (hopefully) help in getting some good trailer footage and... A color pattern update.
Here's how I changed the colors.
Before:
After:
Added Effects
I added an effect to overcrowded Stations to grab the players attention. This was absolutely necessary as the count down and red exclamation marks just weren't enough to alarm the player to the fact that the game WILL END if no action is taken.
At this point in time, overcrowded stations can be dealt with by either increasing the capacity of that station (a station specific upgrade) or by moving a train to the station to get the crowd to disperse.
New Game Objective and Work on Main Menu
Two big things come to mind:
- I changed the main objective to "keeping stations from overcrowding." I played around with a different approach until a few days ago, but it just didn't feel right.
- I'm putting in some work on the main menu. It's still a work in progress, but it's coming together rather nicely.
I want to end with a pic so here's a new map:
Smooth Movements
Well, quite a lot. But here's one tidbit I can share:
I finally made the trains accelerate smoothly. Yay for smooth moving trains!
Added Water
Adding water, mostly.
Adding water was high on my todo list for two reasons; It is visually pleasing and adds another thing that needs to be considered when thinking about how to Route the trains around.
Added Hover Animations
Animations, mostly.
Imagine you want to drop a train on one of your routes. You drag your train and pull it over a route. Now wouldn't it be nice if the route grew a bit bigger once you start hovering it? That's the thing I've added.
Added Teleport Animations
Animations, mostly.
You see, every now and then, a train or train cars might need to teleport. For instance, imagine a train running on a track, but you are changing the track and now all of a sudden the train is stranded at a station with no way out. It's teleport time!
