We are proud to announce the initial release of the evolution of the Honest Jam 6 submission: “The Cévennes Express”:

Branch Line Adventures – The Cévennes Edition

Compared to the original, this release has the following changes:

• Creative Game Play Mode: Chose the tile you want to place from a list instead of getting it randomly selected by the game. It is also possible to replace or delete tiles afterwards as well as choosing the next tile you want to place from a tile already placed on the board.
• New User Interface Design: The User Interface has been updated to be more complete, polished and user friendly as well as prepared for the planned Controller Support.
• Updated Tiles: The Artwork has been slightly updated as well as new Railroad Infrastructure related elements added (Platforms and Station Buildings).

In upcoming releases, the following features are planned to be implemented: Score-based Game Play Mode, Game “Load & Save” Mechanism, In-Game Screenshots, more supported Platforms (MacOS, Android), additional supported Input Methods (Keyboard only, Controller, Mouse only, Touch), additional Localisations (German, French), User Remappable Controls, Accessibility Features (dyslexia-friendly Font, customizable User Interface) and Modding Support.

The goal for the next major release is to have a basic version of the score-based Game Play Mode implemented, a functioning Game “Load & Save”- as well as In-Game Screenshot-Mechanism, more different Landscape Tiles included, working Controller Support and UI Localisations in German as well as French available.

In the mean time until the next major release, we will share what we have learned so far in a series of Postmortems, starting from next week, when we will give insights how the project came to be.