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Electric Trains

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The short version

What is Electric Trains?

Electric Trains is an arcade train simulator game with subjective camera. The main idea is to make game more dynamic than train simulators.

Electric Trains is an arcade train simulator game with subjective camera. The main idea is to make game more dynamic than train simulators. The game in which the completion of the level will take 10-20 minutes. You could register to save the progress. Controls: Accelerate/Brake - ArrowsSwitch track - Z Reverse train - X Open/Close doors - C Whistle - short VHorn - long VMap - B Message history - NCouple - ADecouple - QActivate/Deactivate crane - WTurn On/Off headlights - 1Turn On/Off interior lights - 2Activate/Deactivate power of all locomotives - 3Activate bottom part of the snowplow - short 4Activate bottom and side parts of the snowplow - long 4Deactivate snowplow - 4Start track repair - 5Grinding mode On/Off - 5 Rail Clean On/Off - 5Turn On/Off cruise control - 6 Activate/Deactivate track measure device - 7Activate/Deactivate free decouple - 0 Change railcar target path at hump yard

Controls

Electric Trains controls

The developer does not list specific controls on the game page. Click the play frame above and try the keyboard, mouse, or touch; most jam games show their controls on the first screen.

Questions

Electric Trains FAQ

What is Electric Trains?

Electric Trains is an arcade train simulator game with subjective camera. The main idea is to make game more dynamic than train simulators.

Who made Electric Trains?

Electric Trains was made by m_iden.

Can I play Electric Trains on mobile?

The game lists mobile or touch support on its itch.io page.

From the developer

About this game

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Electric Trains is an arcade train simulator game with subjective camera. The main idea is to make game more dynamic than train simulators. The game in which the completion of the level will take 10-20 minutes. 

You could register to save the progress. 

Controls:  

  • Accelerate/Brake - Arrows
  • Switch track - Z 
  • Reverse train - X 
  • Open/Close doors - C 
  • Whistle - short V
  • Horn - long V
  • Map - B 
  • Message history - N
  • Couple - A
  • Decouple - Q
  • Activate/Deactivate  crane - W
  • Turn On/Off headlights - 1
  • Turn On/Off interior lights - 2
  • Activate/Deactivate power of all locomotives - 3
  • Activate bottom part of the snowplow - short 4
  • Activate bottom and side parts of the snowplow - long 4
  • Deactivate snowplow - 4
  • Start track repair - 5
  • Grinding mode On/Off  - 5
  • Rail Clean On/Off - 5
  • Turn On/Off cruise control - 6 
  • Activate/Deactivate track measure device - 7
  • Activate/Deactivate free decouple - 0
  • Change railcar target path at hump yard - , and .
  • Add train in free hunt mode (after 20 missions) - M
  • Change camera position - S
  • Change camera view - D
  • Pause - P
  • Restart - R
  • Move camera - Left mouse button + drag
  • Zoom - Mouse Scroll wheel or Right mouse button + drag

For Mac Users: It may be some rights issue. Please use the command: chmod -R +x ElectricTrains.v0_910_Standalone_MAC.app/Contents/MacOS

For better performance use the standalone version. Browser version may have low FPS.

Description from Electric Trains on itch.io, by m_iden.

Screens

Screenshots

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