Railway Tycoon Web Browser Project
Posted: 04 Sep 2021 09:19
Hi Guys,
I'd like to introduce everyone to a project I've been working on called Railway Tycoon.
The game is loosely inspired by the original Railroad Tycoon (1990) game (-yes, waaaay back when), hence the simplistic style, but it's really quite complex under the hood. Anyhow, it's my modern take on the original game but instead of using a game-engine specifically and releasing via the likes of Steam .etc (my coding skills aren't fantastic), I can write javascript to some degree, hence the game is being built to the best of my abilities and runs entirely in the web-browser, much like an old school browser game.
I've spent a lot of time working on this project and I feel the game is in a very playable state... it's definitely not finished, but I offer it here for anyone interested in taking a look. It's a very niche project and one which is very much personal to myself. My inspiration for starting this project comes from fond memories of watching my grandfather play the original version of Railroad Tycoon some 25yrs ago which is ultimately how I became so interested in tycoon games generally.
As the sole developer on this project and being at best an amateur at that, my goal (of which I hope others will share) is to create a timeless railway-only-focused tycoon simulation which is both challenging to play, but can stand the test of time to not become outdated, or boring.
I've no intentions of following any trends or rules that are generally prescribed to game development, and for this reason Railway Tycoon will never become a pay-to-play or pay-to-win game.
There will never be any "coins" or "in-app-purchases". In fact, the popularisation for many games these days to use this as their primary business model is a contributing factor (for at least myself) to why for the most part I simply do not play games at all these days.
The only pay model which shall ever be used throughout the development of this project is one which is based solely on donations in support of the continued and ongoing progress through the Patreon page.
If you do wish to check it out, you can play it for free at:
www.railwaytycoon.co.uk
If you want to watch me play it before checking it out I've also posted a video on YouTube (though skip to about 7mins in for actualy game-play).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocknpXirCD4
All the best,
Jason
I'd like to introduce everyone to a project I've been working on called Railway Tycoon.
The game is loosely inspired by the original Railroad Tycoon (1990) game (-yes, waaaay back when), hence the simplistic style, but it's really quite complex under the hood. Anyhow, it's my modern take on the original game but instead of using a game-engine specifically and releasing via the likes of Steam .etc (my coding skills aren't fantastic), I can write javascript to some degree, hence the game is being built to the best of my abilities and runs entirely in the web-browser, much like an old school browser game.
I've spent a lot of time working on this project and I feel the game is in a very playable state... it's definitely not finished, but I offer it here for anyone interested in taking a look. It's a very niche project and one which is very much personal to myself. My inspiration for starting this project comes from fond memories of watching my grandfather play the original version of Railroad Tycoon some 25yrs ago which is ultimately how I became so interested in tycoon games generally.
As the sole developer on this project and being at best an amateur at that, my goal (of which I hope others will share) is to create a timeless railway-only-focused tycoon simulation which is both challenging to play, but can stand the test of time to not become outdated, or boring.
I've no intentions of following any trends or rules that are generally prescribed to game development, and for this reason Railway Tycoon will never become a pay-to-play or pay-to-win game.
There will never be any "coins" or "in-app-purchases". In fact, the popularisation for many games these days to use this as their primary business model is a contributing factor (for at least myself) to why for the most part I simply do not play games at all these days.
The only pay model which shall ever be used throughout the development of this project is one which is based solely on donations in support of the continued and ongoing progress through the Patreon page.
If you do wish to check it out, you can play it for free at:
www.railwaytycoon.co.uk
If you want to watch me play it before checking it out I've also posted a video on YouTube (though skip to about 7mins in for actualy game-play).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocknpXirCD4
All the best,
Jason