[COMPLETE] BAKE SALE: The Rail

[Technocrat]

On a tidally-locked world, the only way for resources to be moved under the deadly sun is by high-speed train. The management refuse to automate it entirely - after all, then there'd be nobody to blame when things go wrong - and it's been your uneventful duty for the past several years to see the train back and forth along:

THE RAIL

So naturally, things are going to go wrong on your watch. Things like, oh, maybe hijacking? And bombing? And all of the above?





Featuring:
- a train
- a man
- animations
- another man
- a desert
- guest starring Castle Bravo as itself.

An exercise in art and timekeeping practice, I decided to try this as an effort to prove that I could, and to take my mind off Technobabylon, because I really wasn't pleased with how that was going.

So, since I've been sticking to my plan, the game is essentially finished. Barring music, it'll be complete on Sunday, four weeks and two days after starting on it. And I intend the first place for people to be able to play it to be AdventureX, on the 17th of December.

So, yes, anyone fancy giving it a test-run after Sunday, for an objective opinion on the matter?

[Fitz]

Hmm the story reminds me of my job... which should make me hate it - but instead, I love it! Looks just gorgeous. And I can easily identify with the grumpy-faced main protagonist. Does he get a gun to fend off hi-jackers, btw?

[arj0n]

Nice graphic style, TR.

[Dualnames]

This looks terribly interesting!! 

[Technocrat]

Nice graphic style, TR.

Thanks, it's called "anti-alias the hell out of everything".

Does he get a gun to fend off hi-jackers, btw?

Not a gun, but if I told you what he *does* get, I'd be spoiling a puzzle.

[NickyNyce]

This has all the makings of an awesome adventure. Highjacking, bombing, great looking backgrounds and character, what appears to be a lady knocked out on the floor of the hi-speed train.

Looks great Technocrat, looking forward to stopping all this mayhem without a gun!

NickyNyce

[Darkdan]

Nice backgrounds, nice characters and a train, that makes me want to play...

[Chicky]

Oh cool, sounds like Moon. Looks pretty too! Gj

[Dualnames]

So, yes, anyone fancy giving it a test-run after Sunday, for an objective opinion on the matter?

ALSO YES PLX.

[Ilyich]

Oh cool, sounds like Moon.

More like Source Code.

And yeah, looks good. I like the big character sprites - they give the game a slightly different feeling to the Technobabylon ones. Look forward to playing it.

Do we use that small blue cup instead of a gun?

[cianty]

Beauty! Love the character art.

[Tabata]

Cool â€"  Murphy's Law strikes again! 

Clean bg's,  interesting story and a well done character - I am already chained! 

[AnasAbdin]

this I LOVE.
but I'm still trying to understand what's going on in the first screen shot near the dead body's head?

[Technocrat]

this I LOVE.
but I'm still trying to understand what's going on in the first screen shot near the dead body's head?

The walkbehind is a little too big. That's been corrected now. Now she just bleeds everywhere.

[Jackpumpkinhead]

i am interested in playing this one, but i am still waiting for the latest Technobabylon

[ShiverMeSideways]

Sweet jesus... All I read in that post is

The Rail

Trainstrainstrainstrainstrains.

Screenshot of a train.

Trainstrainstrainstrains.

Trains.

As such, it gets the original Transport Tycoon seal of approval from a 13-year old me.

Unfortunately, the 20-year old me also feels the need to step in and say that your art style has improved significantly, I dig it, and I also think that starting the game off with a dead corpse is brilliant. @GUI: I see what you did tharr, mister!

The best of luck to you, Technocrat, can't wait to play, if I have time in-between baking, I mean. Speaking of, why don't you try to get the game in the Bake Sale? It seems you'll fit in the time frame, and the level of quality is definitely up there with anyone else's in the sale (maybe even higher than some of them!).

Trains.

[LUniqueDan]

OMG  :o I love the cockpit. THAT'S EXACTLY the kind of room I love to play in. Everything is neat. Zero ambiguity and the graphic are apealling. Can't wait to play this game, Techno.

[Matti]

This sounds and looks great, looking forward to it!

[m0ds]

Looks great, and thanks for having it ready for the show!

[Stupot]

Can't wait to play this one