Acrobatic Train Browser Game Draws Hard And Addictive Responses
A free browser game built around a tilt-and-jump scoring quirk is getting passed around on social media mainly for how punishing it is, which is the kind of word-of-mouth a small developer cannot buy.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Todonero released Acrobatic Train on October 4. The browser game puts the player in control of a train that runs on three rails across a grassy plain, collecting points while avoiding rocks, rival trains, and closed-road signs. Points between the rails require tilting the train diagonally, and some points need a jump over steps. Speed rises as the run goes on, and one collision derails the train and restarts the run.
The train has wheels at the front and back, and each wheel moves left and right independently. That is what makes the diagonal body tilt possible, and the tilt is not cosmetic: points placed between the rails cannot be collected without it.
Steps on the course change height depending on whether the body is straight or tilted at the moment of the jump, so scoring well means timing the tilt and the jump together. The train also accelerates as it advances, and a single collision with an obstacle derails it and sends the player back to the start.
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