Lazy Train Game

"Lazy Train Game" requires literally hours of doing nothing, waiting for resources to accumulate. It has a host of other small problems, but that's the issue that's going to be a deal breaker for most people. The issue's mostly Steel, which requires 1090 materials to make 1 unit. 50 stone and 10 energy to make 10 iron, 20 coal, 20 limestone, and an additional 10 energy at 50 materials per unit of energy. 2 of the 3 scenarios require that you build a tunnel to complete them, which is 30 steel and 100 concrete, or 72,200 materials. That takes a long, long time to accumulate, even playing constantly at 5x speed. It doesn't help that trains have a tendency to freeze at higher speeds. It appears that sometimes, at high game speeds, when a train is forced to wait for another one it doesn't resume moving after the first locomotive moves on. "Lazy Train Game" isn't much of a train game, either. Most layouts are basically simple loops. Typically you'll have a siding or two with lots of storage depots, and a main drag that manufactures materials. The game does include track switches, and you'll use them, but not nearly to the extent that you would in a game like the Train Valley series. Part of the problem here is that route switching is rudimentary: a track switch can be fixed to go straight or turn, or toggle after every train. It has a half-implemented system to match train colors, but since a switch can only recognize one train color, and doesn't have any way of specifying what happens when it's a *different* train, it's functionally useless. This isn't a game where your trains have routes, or can choose a destination based on what's currently needed. Gameplay is very simple. It's mostly just moving materials to storage depots. There's some simple manufacturing: put stone in a storage depot connected to an iron factory, and it outputs iron in an adjacent iron depot. The loop is mostly build storage for materials, build collectors or factories for new materials, which you'll need to build collectors and factories for more advanced materials. You cannot move any of the manufactured materials, which are iron, concrete, or steel. This is only real design complication, factories tend to be bulky because they need a lot of continuous output storage depots. On some maps you may need to build more than one factory of the same kind, just to fit enough output depots. The "puzzle" aspect of the game, such as it is, is that you need to run track to certain objects, and reach them will require that you build ramps, bridges, and or tunnels. Most of the objects you're touching are new ramps, bridges, and tunnels, which will let you reach other objects. There are obstacles on the 1st map that you cannot overcome until you unlock some pieces from the 2nd map. There are only 3 maps. If you play the demo, you'll see most of the first map, though you can't cross the wider river or reach the tallest plateau. This is about 80% of the game, really, since the 2nd and 3rd maps are much smaller, and there are no new resources, it's just figuring out how to reach various spaces. There are technically 2 "workshop" bonus maps, but one is just a big flat space, and the other one is a snowy version of map #1. I finished all 3 maps, but I spent a lot of time reading while waiting for the game to do it.

Nice little relaxing game, makes a change from playing TF2 which can get complex and this is nice and relaxing. Worth the cost compered to play value. xxxx

A nice stress free train game. More details here: https://youtu.be/7N2twtpbtw0

I enjoyed it. It's a solid automation + trains game. I was a playtester for this game, but it is one of my favorite game's I've playtested.

An hour in and I've seen everything you'll see. The building is frustrating and boring, very grindy

GoodGame train simulator.

To say that this game brings back fond memories is an understatement. This is like my childhood trainset on steroids. It rewards your expansion and it gets the gears in your head turning - in my case, "how can I make this as efficient and yet sophisticated as possible?" And sometimes just, "how can I make this look cool, efficiency (and sometimes train safety) be damned?" I have so much fun with this game. As someone who is now an adult with a full-time job, to be able to let my imagination run wild with such a throwback to my childhood is very comforting. Sometimes I just like to watch the train run for a bit. It's go-at-your-own-pace, so you put in the time you're able to into it. Just a very no-pressure, low-stimulation game. I started off by playing the demo, but it's absolutely worth the money for the full game. Highly recommend.