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Mashinky Free Download Unfitgirl Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which we explore the wilds of early access. This week, Fraser’s filling the British countryside with railroads and smoke in train tycoon sim, Mashinky. Disaster! I’d barely begun my first foray into Mashinky’s magical world of locomotives when my very first attempt to manage a whopping two whole trains — carriages and all — ended in calamity and death. And also fire. My brand new steam engine had just left the depot near Leicester and was beginning its journey to Kirkcaldy when it rather unexpectedly collided with the only other train in the world. All that was left was a smoking, smouldering wreck. That’s what signals are for, I realised too late. Mashinky’s brief tutorial ends after you set up your first passenger line, before the need for signals even arises, so I was a wee bit unprepared for catastrophe. Signals have haunted me ever since. They’re everywhere. Crossings and junctions and one-way systems — they all need signals. And when you’re not sure exactly how they work… well that can be a problem. After such an inauspicious beginning, I started on a new random map, hoping for better fortune. An hour later and that map was in the bucket too. I’d plonked down a neat ring that hit several towns, and with only two passenger trains on the go, things were going smoothly. But then I started getting quests tasking me with delivering manufacturing materials, requiring new trains and stations. Unfitgirl.COM SEXY GAMES

While running a passenger train company is a relatively simple task, connecting towns by rail and letting the trains do the rest dabbling in manufacturing is considerably more involved. Wood can be picked up from stations near forests, then that wood can be delivered to a sawmill to create lumber. Resources like lumber and coal can then be dropped off at a variety of factories that finally transform them into tokens — that’s what you’re doing this for. Tokens are spent on trains, carriages, station extensions and investing in new technological eras. The system sits somewhere in between a resource management board game and the gathering and refinement cycle from an RTS. Unlike something like Age of Empires, however, the challenge isn’t in hunting down resources and funding expansion; it’s in setting up a rail network that allows trains to make their pickups and deliveries without obstructions or delays. As more trains left the depot and joined their pals in circling my infinite transport network, I lost control. There were jams at every station, trains going in the wrong direction, stops being missed and routes falling apart. Even when I added new lines so multiple trains could use a station, barely anything moved. 140 passengers spent a week trapped between two towns. Thank god I didn’t give out refunds. I could feel the ghost of the Fat Controller hovering over me, judging.

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“You need to whip those trains into shape, Fraser, like a real capitalist.” Then I remembered he bricked a train up inside a tunnel, alive, just to teach it a lesson. Screw that guy. But I did need to do better than this. I’d give it one last attempt, I decided. For the trains. It was 7am when I finally stumbled out of my study, my eyes red and my head full of trains. A quick browse of a Steam guide for signals made all the difference and attempt number three got its hooks in me deep. Once I had a one-way system set up, everything started to fall into place. With the trains actually running, I could start to delve into the minutiae, fine-tuning routes, obsessing over details. Constant tweaking is at the pedantic heart of Mashinky. At 3am I upgraded all the carriages in 10 of my trains, increasing their capacity. At 4am I realised that the trains were running slow, unable to handle the increased weight of the new carriages, inspiring another shopping spree. An hour later and I was deep in junction territory. Even once I’d technically finished the game, completing the early access quests and the three eras, I continued to muck around, rebuilding, renovating and terraforming. It’s perfecting rather than problem solving — getting from A to B is a doddle but making sure that the rail network runs like a ballet is what necessitates late night obsessions and lost sleep. FAIRY TAIL 

The three currently available eras introduce new trains and carriages, but they also litter the map with more resources. The advent of the diesel era, for instance, adds oil and refineries to the map, which all require new routes and stations and probably trains. Growth is constant, then, with the game always pushing expansion, but that progress never comes at the expense of the early stuff. Coal and wood never stop being relevant, as even later factories need them to create their products. So nothing becomes superfluous, but that also creates another wrinkle: every new route has to be connected to the old rail network, and all those new trains transporting oil and steel have to compete with all the old trains. Once the modern and future eras are added, I’m not sure if this will continue though. I can’t see a future for coal in an age where maglev trains are all the rage. Constant tweaking is at the pedantic heart of Mashinky. At 3am I upgraded all the carriages in 10 of my trains, increasing their capacity. At 4am I realised that the trains were running slow, unable to handle the increased weight of the new carriages, inspiring another shopping spree. An hour later and I was deep in junction territory. Even once I’d technically finished the game, completing the early access quests and the three eras, I continued to muck around, rebuilding, renovating and terraforming.

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It’s perfecting rather than problem solving — getting from A to B is a doddle but making sure that the rail network runs like a ballet is what necessitates late night obsessions and lost sleep. The three currently available eras introduce new trains and carriages, but they also litter the map with more resources. The advent of the diesel era, for instance, adds oil and refineries to the map, which all require new routes and stations and probably trains. Growth is constant, then, with the game always pushing expansion, but that progress never comes at the expense of the early stuff. Coal and wood never stop being relevant, as even later factories need them to create their products. So nothing becomes superfluous, but that also creates another wrinkle: every new route has to be connected to the old rail network, and all those new trains transporting oil and steel have to compete with all the old trains. Once the modern and future eras are added, I’m not sure if this will continue though. I can’t see a future for coal in an age where maglev trains are all the rage. It took me a surprisingly long time to realise that Mashinky is currently missing what some might consider one of the genre’s fundamentals: competition. Fallen Doll 

Unlike Railroad Tycoon, Locomotion or even Ticket to Ride, Mashinky doesn’t pit players against adversaries. There are no other companies taking up space or competing for passengers or resources. Unexpectedly, I don’t miss it. The game could do with some more challenges and objectives — some procedural ones would be especially welcome — but pitting transport bosses against each other could run the risk of diluting the sense of freedom and experimentation that it’s fostered so far. If other companies do get thrown into the mix eventually, my hope is that they will mostly be abstract: invisible opponents doing their own thing on their own map, where victory is measured by individual successes rather than your ability to screw over opponents and get in the way of their expansion. I’ve lost a passport, had coffee spilt on me and ended a relationship on a train, so I don’t have many romantic notions about them, but Mashinky has seduced me. It’s already shaping up to be a promising successor to Railroad Tycoon, and it’s been ages since I caused any crashes. The train strategy simulation genre is one of those genres that are not among the most popular video game genres but has a dedicated fan base which has lead to quite a few games being released for the genre over the years. Growing up I wasn’t really a fan of the genre mostly because I had never really heard of it before.

Construction, realistic and driver view

As I have started to get to know the genre better it has really started to grow on me. It makes sense as I have always liked tycoon games where you run your own business and laying the train tracks kind of feels like a puzzle game another genre that I love. For these reasons I have looked at several different train games recently and today I am looking at another game in this genre Mashinky. Mashinky has been in early access since October of 2018 and is expected to remain in early access until 2020. Mashinky may have a few smaller issues that need to be polished up, but for this stage of early access Mashinky is already on pace to becoming a compelling train strategy simulation game. We at Geeky Hobbies would like to thank Jan Zelený for the preview copy of Mashinky used for this preview. Other than receiving a free copy of the game to preview, we at Geeky Hobbies received no other compensation for this preview. Receiving the preview copy for free had no impact on the content of this preview. In Mashinky you play as the head of a transportation company. You begin the game with some money and a dream of building your own transportation empire. The basic gameplay of Mashinky is to connect various cities, factories and sources of resources together so you can deliver goods between them. You will begin by creating a station at each location which is used to load and unload resources/people. Fallen Doll Operation Lovecraft

You will then lay railroad tracks between two or more stations in order to create a route to transport the resources between the connected locations. All you have left to do is purchase train engines and attach cars to them. Once the train is ready to go you send it out and it will deliver resources between stations along the tracks you laid. Having played a couple different train strategy simulation games in the past, this aspect of Mashinky should be quite familiar to fans of this genre. Pretty much every game in this genre utilizes a similar mechanic as this is the main premise of the genre. The genre is built around trying to create interconnected train routes to efficiently transport goods between locations. This naturally involves creating stations and laying tracks between locations to create routes. The track laying mechanics are pretty much what you would expect. You basically click and drag to place tracks on the ground. The game allows you to place tracks in smaller sections or you can just drag between two stations and the game will automatically create a path between them. This “snapping” mechanic works quite well. As long as you give the game a straight enough path or give it enough room the game will be able to make you a pretty smooth path between the two stations. In addition to making it easy to lay track, Mashinky does a good job giving you the tools to plan out how you want to design the routes.

The game basically has two different display modes. One mode is similar to your typical train strategy game as it is a top down view that removes everything from view that isn’t needed to lay tracks. This includes removing trees and other environmental elements that would get in your way while planning out a route. At any time though you can switch to the detailed view where you can see all of the details of the game world including trees and other environmental elements. This second mode even includes an option to ride on the trains as they move along the tracks you placed. On the topic of views I was actually a little surprised by how good the game looks. I will say that some of the menus look kind of outdated and I hope they are updated for the final release. The top down view also doesn’t show a ton of detail. This is to be expected though as the mode is mostly meant to show you the bare minimum so it is easier to plan your routes. This mode allows you to toggle on various features if you want a little more detail though. I was actually really surprised by the detailed view though as it looked a lot better than I was expecting. It isn’t going to compare to AAA games or the train games built solely around driving the trains. For a train strategy simulation game though I thought the visuals were quite impressive. Creating train routes between the locations is the main mechanic in Mashinky, but there is also a business mechanic as well.

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