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Thoughts of Trains

Thoughts of Trains

macOS Silicon · Windows
macOS
$6.99
Buy on itch.io
Windows
Coming soon

About This Game

One job. Route the trains properly.

You are the controller. Trains enter the map one after another, each carrying a shape and a color. Match it to the station with that same shape and color. Click a switch to send the train in the direction the switch points. Send it to the wrong one, or to a station that is closed, and you are done.

That is the whole game, easy right. Set open stations to 24 with a 3 second interval and see how you do.

Or make the settings very easy to help your kids with multi-tasking and attention span. Will your kid be better than you?

A busy map in summer with many trains on the track

Stations open as you progress

A map starts with only a few stations open. Based on your settings a new station opens up when you deliver x number of trains to the right station. Open stations only grow in number.

Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of maps.

Type any word or 16 character phrase as a seed, or hit Randomize for one of over a hundred train themed seeds. There are 19 different possible maps per seed based on your settings. The same seed always builds the same track, lakes, and forest. What shapes come out first and what stations are open are different for every game.

A winter map with snow, bare trees and frozen lakes

Four Seasons

Spring plants flowers around the open stations and along the ground. Fall drops leaves under the trees. Winter freezes the lakes and lays snow on the ground and branches of trees. Summer is green. Pick one, or set it to random.

Stats and more stats

Every game you finish is recorded and saved on your computer. Stats are compiled based on all the details recorded.

Controls

Mouse only. Click a switch arrow to change the direction it points. Press Escape to pause.

System Requirements

OS
macOS 12 Monterey or later
Processor
Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
300 MB available space
Display
1440 x 810 or larger recommended

Activity

Release

Version 0.5 is out

Thoughts of Trains 0.5 is released and available now for Apple Silicon Macs on itch.io. Windows is coming soon.

Installing on macOS

  1. Download the zip from itch.io and double click it to unzip.
  2. Drag Thoughts of Trains into your Applications folder.
  3. Open it. macOS will warn that it cannot check the app. Close the warning with Done (or Cancel on older macOS). Do not move it to the Trash.
  4. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom and click Open Anyway.
  5. Open the game again and click Open. This only needs to be done once.

If Open Anyway does not show up, open Terminal, paste this line and press Return, then open the game:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Thoughts of Trains.app"