Hello! My title is Luke and I’m right here to let you know a bit about our newest recreation – Railbound, a snug puzzle recreation a few pair of canine on a prepare journey all over the world.
On the Proper Monitor
To progress in Railbound, gamers want to position, reroute and take away railway connections in order that prepare carriages could be safely linked to the engine whereas sustaining the right order. The problem stems from the truth that you possibly can solely use a restricted quantity of tracks on every stage, in addition to from us regularly introducing new mechanics and reinforcing them by later puzzles.
With a purpose to obtain an optimum expertise we playtest the sport from very early levels. As an example, early on we realized that gamers had a number of hassle understanding that they will modify the course of railways they already positioned with out eradicating them, which led us to including particular puzzles that focus solely on that facet.
One other instance could also be how in early growth, the preliminary course of the prepare carriages was not seen sufficient, leaving gamers confused about which manner they’ll go – which is why we added animated arrows in entrance of them to alleviate that downside. These options have been redesigned by intensive testing, permitting us to make the preliminary expertise of taking part in the sport as enjoyable as potential.
Nearly everybody on our group has had a hand in designing puzzles for Railbound which presents a novel alternative since all members have a barely completely different strategy to creating new ranges. For instance, I are inclined to deal with the unexplored design house between mechanics (which interactions haven’t been coated in current puzzles?) in addition to onboarding the participant (in what order we educate the mechanics? Is the tempo of the tutorial too sluggish or too fast?). In the meantime different group members would possibly pursue different features, comparable to “ranges that look good and symmetrical” or “let’s simply make a very brutal puzzle” which supplies the ultimate recreation an attention-grabbing stability.
Connecting the World
In our earlier titles – inbento and Golf Peaks – we’ve at all times struggled with incorporating bonus puzzles that may be pleasant for extra skilled gamers, whereas not inflicting frustration to these in search of a extra informal expertise.
For this reason in Railbound, we’ve divided our 200-plus puzzles into “base” and “bonus” ranges that are linked collectively on the world map. The primary kind are ranges which must be accomplished in a linear vogue, and we normally make the most of them to show mechanics that you just’ll want in your journey. Additionally, for fixing all base puzzles in a given world you get handled to a cute illustration that includes our in-game mascots! (And sure, you can pet the canine).
Bonus ranges current comparable, however extra complicated challenges, typically designed as a variation or extension of the bottom ones. Fairly often these additional ranges have been really designed first, however after realizing that they have been a bit too difficult (but nonetheless attention-grabbing sufficient), we designed less complicated variations of them to function base puzzles. Usually it seems that altering a single tile in a stage or eradicating one piece of railway could make it a lot, a lot trickier to resolve!
Our intent is that almost all gamers ought to deal with the primary path; however for those who ever end up in want of additional problem or can’t discover a strategy to crack a base stage, be happy to take a look at the bonus ones too!
Trains for Everybody
As talked about earlier, a giant focus for us on Railbound was ensuring that each one gamers can benefit from the expertise; which is why we’ve added a slew of accessibility options to accommodate all types of gamers.
First off, from the beginning of the sport you possibly can determine to unlock each single stage in Railbound and skip any puzzle that you just really feel is just too troublesome. That is additionally useful for anybody who needs to proceed taking part in on one other gadget… or who would possibly’ve misplaced save knowledge because of a youthful sibling.
If skipping puzzles altogether feels like a bit an excessive amount of, we’ve acquired an non-compulsory trace system that implies placement for a number of tiles on the present stage, with out spoiling the entire answer.
We hope that you just’ll have a good time taking part in Railbound and our different puzzle titles – we’ve put a number of coronary heart into them and can proceed to take action sooner or later.
Railbound
7Levels
$12.99
$11.04
BEND RAILS TO MAKE THE TRAINS GO ‘CHOO-CHOO’
Place, take away and reroute connections in order that carriages safely hook up with the locomotive. However, watch out and don’t make them run into one another!
200+ PUZZLES TO COMPLETE
Major ranges will take you thru a wide range of areas at a relaxed tempo. Forks alongside the highway will lead you to spicy brain-teasers that’ll please even essentially the most demanding gamers!
TRAIN-INSPIRED MECHANICS
Use tunnels to cowl huge distances instantly. Delay trains utilizing well-timed railway obstacles. Swap tracks to reroute vehicles in numerous instructions. Decide up cute mates on the way in which and encounter much more challenges in your journey!
ART AND MUSIC FULL OF WHOLESOME VIBES
Throughout the sport’s world get pleasure from our comic-book-inspired visuals and a calming unique soundtrack by the group behind Golf Peaks and inbento.
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