Meina's Train Cruise by Oradimi
Guide Meina to her goal! But beware of speed restrictions!
Hold left click on the handle and drag to change your train's speed.
Recommended to put on your favorite chill music in the background on your way to the destination.
- Patch 1 (playable here)
- Make randomness less random
- Fix a certain message not appearing correctly
- Patch 2
- Add daytime tint to speech bubbles and the train's smoke
- Adjust train's "physics" (toppling over should feel more fair now)
- Fixed some typos or speech bubble behaviour
- Increase refuel station spawn rate
- Other minor adjustments
- Post-Jam Update (only on itch.io)
- Add ability to pick up Lyara
- Add new content
- Add new dialogue
- Add dynamic weather
- Add optional music by Hagali
- Add train whistle
- Add more varied background mountains
- Add trees and forests
- Change clock display
- Other balance adjustments
| Play on itch.io | https://oradimi.itch.io/meinas-train-cruise |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/meinas-train-cruise |
Ratings
| Overall | 538th | 3.423⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 632th | 3.029⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 556th | 3.163⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 599th | 3.356⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 440th | 3.731⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 266th | 3.255⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 246th | 3.933⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 45🗳️ | 74🗨️ |
I didn't know if had reached the end of the content.
Edit: Nvm i continued and there was a hint "we're close". I drove 35 in a 30 and died...
Very cute and nice game was interesting challenge and concept. Cool!
Enjoyed it, definetly got a little boring at times on some of the longer stretches, but being a gamejam and all I can't complain much. Would play a full version of this on my ipad or something on a day I want to de-stress.
I assumed the train would auto refuel at the station and ended up driving right past it, then I ran out of fuel just after Meina said she was almost there. But I don't mind, I enjoyed it still!

I really like the character art, the cresting hill always rolling towards us, the little refueling stations breaking up the simple gameplay. But mostly, I like the simplicity. Simplicity can be a negative, but this a situation where it really isn't.
I recommend playing this at night with your lights off. Hell, if you can take your laptop out to the countryside and play it under the stars, even better.
Thanks for the game!
it’s impressive how such a simple idea can be this engaging. nice work!

A simple but charming sim-like game, and the fake 3D design is really cool!
(Though I couldn’t help worrying Meina's hair might get caught in the wheels awawawa...)
My thoughts are shared in the VOD.
Here is the [train game I tried to remember](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinytitanstudios.TrainChu).
Hope we see you back for LD60. ✌
Thank you everyone for playing! I'm glad a lot of you resonated with the atmosphere of the game.
I've taken some of your feedback into account to create a post-jam version!
## [Play the latest version on itch.io](https://oradimi.itch.io/meinas-train-cruise)
In this update, you will find more interaction with Lyara, a dynamic weather system, ambient background music that matches with that weather, and more!
Feel free to leave your thoughts about this post-jam version on the itch.io page!
This is only the result of working more on the game for a few days, as I wasn't able to keep working on it for the entire rating session's duration.
I'm planning more updates in the future, including different paths, more NPCs, more environments and hazards.
Until then, you may follow me on Twitter to stay updated with the latest developments on the game if you are interested.
I'll also try to make devlogs on the itch.io page.
See you in next Ludum!