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A jam submission

The Trolley ProblemView game page

Who lives? Who dies? The ethical dilemma in action.
Submitted by Heart Crafted Games (@ArocasJordi) — 19 minutes, 4 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#9203.5914.071
Fun#14933.0243.429
Overall#17723.0243.429
Presentation#20313.0243.429

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The trolley is out of control because it has no brakes, therefore it will run over anything in its path.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

Besides the little problem with the lever that switches paths, I actually had a great time with this. I wasn't sure if I had to kill everyone or not, but THAT PRECISELY THE TROLLEY PROBLEM. xD

We played it here in this stream, if you want to watch it! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/682566280

Developer

Oh great hehehe i'm really glad you enjoyed it :) i'm kind of... A youtuber could i use some snippets of your playthough in a video? Giving credit obviously hehe

Developer

coooooño si sois españoles tambien XD muy bueno hahaha muchisimas gracias, ahora le mando el stream a mi compañera hahaha

Submitted

I like the idea,
its fun do redirect the train and watch the consequences

Just the switching feels a bit unresposive,
Sometimes I need to click more often and sometimes it triggers but I didn't notice right away
becaues the lever is a bit slow

Maybe have a little sound feedback or a quick visual indication

Sound is great, background music seems to get a bit annoying after some time
some variety might help, or a mute bg music butten

All in all a fun little game and an interresting take on the jam

Developer

i have to adjust the collisions on the tiles to make the switching more responsible and add a soundeffect, okay hehe thanks for playing this game and helping us improve :) i hope everything that bothered to you would be fixed in the next update hehe.

Submitted

Ha, well that got dark fast but it was still fun. I do wish it was easier to change tracks though, I had to click so fast to get to the end

Developer(+1)

i'm glad you liked it hehehe, it needs some minor adjustments in some hitboxes and that issue will be fixed :) thanks for playing

Submitted

I really liked this game's concept, a nice way to combine the theme with a classic thought experiment/meme. I liked the art style of the game, and the audio was nicely used! Nice job! :D

Developer(+1)

in the name of both devs, we are very happy to hear those kind words sprites(not UI) and music were all made by us, so we're very proud hehehe

Submitted

I like how you took the out of control theme so literally. Literally had no control over the train but the death of eye patch lady is going to weigh on my concious 

Developer(+1)

tough luck hahaha, i'm really glad you liked it :) we will be expanding it further hehe

Submitted

I laughed so hard playing this!! What a great game!

The art is great and the music fits perfectly.

Really creative approach to the theme!

By far the funniest game of the jam! Nice job, really enjoyed playing it!

Developer(+1)

oh wao! Really?? We're really glad you liked it, hahaha were gonna keep expanding it

Submitted

Finally a game that shows you how hard it is not to run over the people...

Developer

hahaha maybe if they moved out of the way... XD

Submitted

Cool and nice idea. I think it would make more sense, since it's about the moral dilemma, if you had to kill someone in any case and you had to choose who, and if the game tracked how you took the choices (let the trolley go or change direction). Good game though

Developer (1 edit)

yeah, unfortunately unity crashed 2 times while jamming and erased some progress, so due to the lack of time we could only do some kind of tutorial, but... We'll be working further on the game hehe, thanks :) 

Submitted

Really cool seeing this in a game. I did find that if you let the trolley go down at the beginning, the game will sorta just sit there and not let you do anything. Other than that though, its has a really nice presentation.

Developer

yes, that's a bug haha, i'll upload a new version once the voting starts, but if you press quit, the train will go down and quit the game, thanks for playing :)

Submitted

Really cool and fun game, I did find sometimes if you click the lever it won't do it even when the track is clear of the trolley on the parts that change. Overall it was enjoyable!

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

oh really?! i'll have to check the tracks hitboxes, maybe they're too big. since they try to prevent changes while the trolley is on top, thanks for letting me know hehe