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Great Job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":731706,"author_name":"Drunk Wizard","author_uid":"drunk-wizard","epoch":1633461152,"text":"Cool game, nice take on the theme and given the few hours it took, it is a solid entry :) The music is absolute banger, I constantly felt like I am running away from a chasing train, only for my doom to slowly creep closer and closer. However I had some issues with the controls, the grabbing felt inconsistent and if I pushed a box to the right side, it quite often floated up and over the railing, falling off :\/","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":737009,"author_name":"Artyom Volkov","author_uid":"artyom-volkov","epoch":1633501598,"text":"Small and fun little game, the idea in interesting.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":740544,"author_name":"XCVZXC","author_uid":"xcvzxc","epoch":1633537199,"text":"Great idea for this theme and very well executed. Too bad you have to start over from first level when you die.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":742922,"author_name":"Wendel Scardua","author_uid":"wendel-scardua","epoch":1633554796,"text":"Nice game :) I wish it kept the \"score\" (current level, number of boxes delivered) on the game over screen, though. Also, I don't know if it was intentional to make it more difficult but whenever I landed over a box I couldn't jump from it. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":749677,"author_name":"MateusBoga","author_uid":"mateusboga","epoch":1633655881,"text":"Very nice game! It had a nice difficulty curve, and it felt intuitive. The controls were a bit junky when there were too many boxes, and I got stuck trying to move between them, I wish there was a way to grab them from the side too.. Overall, great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":751848,"author_name":"LadyMistLeaf","author_uid":"ladymistleaf","epoch":1633708761,"text":"Great little game, especially for being completed in only 9 hours, and for being your first game jam with Godot!  The music was really cool (as usual) and the concept fit well with the theme!  Great submission!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":751903,"author_name":"rufson","author_uid":"rufson","epoch":1633709737,"text":"The fact that you coded it in 9 hours in godot and made simple graphic is impressive. I like when the train go faster. Will you improve it later?\nI'm so sorry for your loss, it must have been tough. Take care.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":754321,"author_name":"Chris Dirkis","author_uid":"chris-dirkis","epoch":1633774348,"text":"The physics of the thing are a little wonky, but it's pretty endearing overall. I'd have liked to see the challenge more up front, as it is it's pretty hard to lose for a decent few levels.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":760498,"author_name":"Juanlu","author_uid":"juanlu","epoch":1633981645,"text":"Nice game! The physics are a bit strange sometimes, like the boxes just move like on ice and then go up the wall at the end and escape the train. Sometimes I had more fun just throwing the boxes away than trying to stack them (maybe it could add some boxes that you have to throw out as a mechanic?). The music is quite fitting and the sounds are simple but enough.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":762727,"author_name":"Barrier","author_uid":"barrier","epoch":1634130918,"text":"Great music! The idea is also pretty good. There are some things with gameplay that could be improved. Why can't I jump when standing on a box? And it takes too long to get to a challenging level. 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Try to balance weight for maximum acceleration and toss some crates onto the tracks if they get to be too much.\n\n![2.png](\/\/\/raw\/c5c\/z\/4408b.png)\n\nDeveloped using Godot in under 9 hours for the second half of Compo because I had a change of heart on game concept - mostly because I envisioned this one as complete whereas the first idea was heading nowhere fast.\n\nIt's a bit wonky, but I hope you'll get some fun out of it.\n\nI learned a lot of Godot and I see now why it's so beloved.\n\n## Concept\n\nDeliver the cargo as quickly as possible - and as much of it as you can save.\n\nThe train slows down if it touches the track. If it's too slow, game over!\n\nBalance weight on the train (including your own) for maximum speed.\n\nDistance from the center matters!\n\nWhat's the highest level you can reach? 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