Pick up your room when you're done!

April 2, 2017 10:12 PM

Politics got you down? Want to just play with a wooden train set for a while? Dr. Whoop to the rescue with Tracks! (Windows-only, sorry.)

Currently under development and pay-what-you-want (or free) on itch.io, you can build your own rail system, then switch to train mode and navigate it with WASD. Listen to the soothing clickety-clack of the wooden wheels. Marvel as you loop around the giant stack of pancakes as only Unreal Engine 4 can render them. Switch back to edit mode while your train runs, and follow it around pretending you're in a helicopter. Build elaborate loops around vaguely Scandinavian furniture, or don't load the furniture and just make a huge ramp to let the train drive off into the white void.

Optionally, play your own train sounds in the background. Carriages, a living room, and furniture clipping are apparently in the works.

(via Rock, Paper, Shotgun's weekly Free Loaders roundup)

posted by sysinfo (2 comments total)

You can only have a single saved track at this point, but if you want a slightly more elaborate layout than the starter set, you can grab my last track and place it in TrainSet\Saved\SaveGames.
posted by sysinfo at 10:22 PM on April 2, 2017

I've got a couple nephews that would lose their minds over this. Get a Thomas the Tank Engine licence on it and you will make all the money.

Hi back, sysinfo!
posted by Rock Steady at 5:43 AM on April 3, 2017