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Wild West Canyon Crusher by chocobyte

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made by chocobyte for LD35 (COMPO)
Hi, this is my Ludum Dare 35 Entry. Thank you for playing!

CONTROLS: Hold SPACE to Jump with your train. Crazy, huh?

STORY: A train driver in wild west gets crazy about all those stones on the railway so he goes into rage mode (shapeshift!!) and jumps with his train over them. He discovers that there are tons of treasures on the lost way, so he collects them. - You are the train driver.

ABOUT: I used Unity and Blender to make this game and got too lazy to do sfx or further polish :/.
Web (itch.io) https://chocobyte.itch.io/ww-canyon
Source https://github.com/cbyte/LD35
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=17858

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1448
Overall 2.91 712
Fun 3.13 467
Graphics 3.64 195
Humor 3.15 138
Innovation 3.05 507
Mood 2.95 458
Theme 1.95 922

Feedback

HawkSandwich
17. Apr 2016 · 22:22 UTC
It's buggy, kind of hard to see, and the camera rotates weird. Also sound would be nice. It's not a terrible game but it's not the best.
thnewlands
18. Apr 2016 · 00:47 UTC
Pretty! The rock arrangements make it really difficult. Managed to get the train to fly a bit by mashing the space bar.
Brian Mayberry
18. Apr 2016 · 02:50 UTC
Really nice to look at, love the style. It's hard to tell when the train is jumping, and it just feels weird that it still follows the tracks. With all the crazy twist and turns, it might be more fun to jump the tracks, so to speak.
MintArcade
18. Apr 2016 · 18:04 UTC
Definitely one innovative and fun game. Learning curve is really curvy. Nice game, want to play more.
Gamescalation
18. Apr 2016 · 20:00 UTC
Nice idea, but the camera behaves very weird... (maybe it should be relocated behind the train faster?)
Some sound would be nice, too - even it was just to feedback the player when taking damage.

Also, I started with less than full health several times and it is often hard to see which rocks are obstacles and which are just for decoration...

[I don't really know if "going into rage mode" does qualify as shapeshifting :P]
Hyoga-3D
19. Apr 2016 · 00:18 UTC
The camera complicates a bit to see if I needed to jump or not, but nice idea, well done.
JALgames
19. Apr 2016 · 13:00 UTC
This is a really simle game, but I still liked it. As the others have already siad, the camera is not really placed in a good way, but I still like the basic idea.
fakeyou
19. Apr 2016 · 13:03 UTC
Funny idea but can be improved upon. The camera was too far away and too high. The game was also stuttering and I think it would be nice if the turns were more gradual.

But overall it was funny game and it looks very good!
siryakko
19. Apr 2016 · 13:05 UTC
The Graphics are really cute and fun. But the mechanics needs some rethinking, especially the camera. Some great ideas that just need polish and testing.
andyman404
21. Apr 2016 · 21:01 UTC
A jumping train!! Very cool. Congrats on finishing the compo!
mightymarcus
23. Apr 2016 · 16:20 UTC
This train can jump around the curve. :)
Aaranos
23. Apr 2016 · 16:41 UTC
Would of been nicer with a closer view point, it is extremely zoomed out.
Alexandre Szybiak
24. Apr 2016 · 11:20 UTC
There was a huuuge boulder I couldn't avoid ! Not sure how it fits the theme but I like trains so... :) Also sometimes I die and I don't know why
Jerre
29. Apr 2016 · 16:05 UTC
Fun idea, but as said, not clear what was happening. Also the screenshots look nice, so I think you made some nice assets, but they're also hard too see. Nice little game!
BSODDevTeam
30. Apr 2016 · 15:34 UTC
I can spam Space to pass through in air. Nice feature. Cool game.
Rock Eaters
01. May 2016 · 21:31 UTC
fun idea but i dont understand why sometime im dying
alsantour
08. May 2016 · 19:40 UTC
Cool concept, but short game and the camera angle could use some improvement
tomlum
08. May 2016 · 19:40 UTC
There's something about a train jumping that will never not be entertaining to me