So the scrolling background image in the original Jam version of Desert Express occasionally goes all bananas after the player completes the first run.

Any questions? :)

Well, actually, this has nothing to do with whatever substances the train driver may or may not be abusing. It is in fact a bug with the way the tilemap texture in the background is cached by the game. I knew about this bug at the time we published the game, but was foolishly hoping nobody else would find out. The issue reproduced only once or twice on my system and so debugging it, especially hours before the deadline, would've been quite problematic.

Some of the players did in fact experience this bug. (Thank you @Luther for providing the screenshot of the issue.)

The original Windows and Linux versions also have a tiny problem with stability: due to shoddy memory management on my part they sometimes crash when the player clicks somewhere on the screen after loading the next run. In a game entirely controlled by clicking. Whoops?

While I was adapting the game's code for macOS, in order to make the game run properly on that platform, I introduced a workaround, which removed both of these issues, so the macOS port is in fact more stable then the originals.

Since we are not entirely clear on where to draw the line between a game-breaking bug and just-kind-of-a-nuisance bug, to be on the safe side of the rules, we decided not to modify the originally uploaded Win and Linux builds.

Today we uploaded additional bugfix builds for Windows and Linux to itch.io, which include said workaround and are therefore on par with the macOS port in terms of stability. For the sake of consistency, there is also a bugfix build for macOS, but it is currently identical to the original port version (save for the version change in the window title).

All of the builds are identical in terms of mechanics and content. The only difference of bugfix versions is that they're (hopefully) no longer affected by the crash and the graphic glitch mentioned before.

So if you haven't tried Desert Express yet or if it crashed on you last time you did, now might be a good time to give it a go.

Have fun and best of luck with post-LD polish of your games!