Double Fine Action Labs To Release Thank You Bus Driver On October 15
The label is the studio's route for small, odd projects, and this one trades management-sim calm for rule enforcement and physical punishment, a narrower, stranger pitch than a conventional bus sim.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Double Fine Productions is developing Thank You Bus Driver, a bus driving game set for release on October 15 under Double Fine Action Labs, the studio's label for small-scale games. Players drive a town bus in a monochrome world, keep to schedule as rules accumulate, and deal with rude passengers by slapping them or throwing repeat offenders off. Whether it supports Japanese and its price are unknown.
The game runs on a loop of enforcement and reward. Time remaining to the next stop depends on passenger satisfaction, so rude behavior on board costs the driver schedule margin. Satisfied passengers thank the driver on the way off, and the Steam store description says more thanks lead to bus decorations and town variations.
Driving footage shows the standard is one-sided. The driver checks the map mid-route, cuts through cornfields to hold time, and smashes through fences and oncoming cars while passengers get slapped or ejected for drinking, talking on the phone, and making noise.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.