Multiplayer co-op campaign
This was the most requested feature, so I'm happy to announce that it's now possible to play the entire campaign in multiplayer mode!
And when someone leaves the game, their passenger stays in the game as "offline" and can be grabbed and moved by other players.
Also, when you reconnect to a game, you get reassigned to your previous passenger, keeping your health, tools, hats and score!
Restart menu
What if you barely pass a level, but you are stuck at the next one, missing water, having a train in bad condition? Restarting the current level won't solve your issue...
With the new restart menu window, you can now choose from which completed level you want to restart!
Save & load multiplayer games
The host of a multiplayer game (campaign and quickgames) can now save the session, so you can play it in parts across multiple days!
Attack has it's own button
A recurring feedback I got was about the fact that the attack button was the same as the interaction/use button. While the goal was to make the game easier to learn and play, it was more an annoyance that anything else. Player would often grab things by mistake after an enemy was defeated, or could not eat a fruit too close to an enemy.
These actions are now separated, fixing all these issues!
New items
There's a bunch of new items that have been added to the game: 3 new locomotives, a new turret, a new weapon, multiple hats, and more.
The bullet
Introducing "The Bullet", a fast & powerful but expensive electric-powered locomotive! It was largely inspired by the Japanese Shinkansen Series 100 built in the 80s.
Class J - The Queen of Steam
Inspired by the Norfolk and Western J Class form 1941, this steam-powered locomotive is quite strong and robust. But most importantly, it looks super cool!
Darkstar - Top secret locomotive
It's top-secret, so I can't tell you much about it. I hope you'll understand.
Rocket Launcher
That's right, things are getting serious! With a high range, rockets give quite a bad day to any encountered enemies!
Armored Wagon Turret
This is a stronger and more powerful turret that can be attached on wagons. It can also hold a rocket-launcher!
More items variations
Some items such as the blimps have more visual variations.
There is also a new character skin to choose in multiplayer mode!
New hats
The crates contain a new collection of hats to wear!
Secret items
Not saying a word about those. You'll have to discover them by yourselves!
Collect multiple items at once
As pointed out by many people, it was tiresome to collect resources one by one from a storage or a pile. But not anymore! Now, holding the action key will prompt an incrementing counter indicating how many units of a resource is being collected. Simply releasing the key will complete the transaction!
You can adjust the speed of the increment in the settings (Hold Action Delay).
Minor improvements
- Passengers can sprint. When there's no targeted enemy, use the new Attack Key/Button for a quick dash!
- There is now a special "locomotive" category in the blueprint inventory.
- Passengers can now be attached to wagons without being boarded in single player mode. Useful if you don't want them to run to follow the train when it's moving.
- Pipeline can't transport water anymore, reducing confusing with thirsty passengers
- It's now clearly indicated which item is selected to be repaired in the hint bubble
- Locomotives and wagons upgrades can't take damages anymore. They will still be destroyed with their parent.
- Wagon turrets can't be moved once attached to a wagon.
- Consumables (fruits, potatoes, seeds) are being eaten one unit at a time, for better control.
- Passengers can hop on free flatcars that are attached on the train.
- Furnaces automatically pulls coal from nearby coal storages each time it's needed.
- The animation of Barbara was improved.
- The blueprints of Howie and the coal storage are already unlocked by default in new games.
- Derrick pumps, pump jacks and windmill don't spill resources once their attached storage is full.
- There is now a slider in the settings to control how much the camera can be tilted with the mouse movement or gamepad joystick. Set it to zero if you have motion sickness when moving the mouse.
- Fruit pies, popcorns and gratin can be stacked.
- The campaign contains more crates.
- The smelter pops two irons each cycle.
- Some tutorial windows have images to clarify their content
- Quick games maps contains save point near train stations.
Bug fixes
- Threats (wild fires, enemies) countdown hints are being correctly removed between levels.
- Map editor eraser works properly. This is not an ideal fix, but at least it should work.
- Multiplayer restart and reconnect work consistently.
As always, let me know in the comments what you think, and if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions join our Discord! I try my best to take as many feedbacks into consideration as possible.
Cheers and Choo-choo!
