Voxel Tycoon, a new strategy game about transportation, building factories, and mining will come to Linux

I've been waiting a long, long time for a good, modern OpenTTD-like or Railroad Tycoon-like game, and they just keep missing the mark a bit.

Hopefully someday someone delivers.

This looks like something I might lose countless hours to when it arrives

I play OpenTTD quite regularly and Factorio occasionally, but even after looking at the company's web site I don't understand what is new or better that they are bringing to their game.

Hopefully someday someone delivers.

Same same. I doubt this is it :(

So back in the 90s they managed to show the ground with angled surfaces so that the game wouldn't look so blocky. Yay for 25 years of progress?

One of the first things that I noticed in the video is that they created a closed loop and added a train... But, the distance between signals on the curves was significantly smaller than the train they added.

While this is only a quick demo and it made no difference in this specific case, I fear that someone that fails to grasp the concept of having signals fit a train length inside them, is not going be creating any rail simulation that will have the kind of depth of mechanics that I crave.

I hope that they surprise me, but I doubt it will happen.

EDIT: grammar


Last edited by stretch611 on 29 Jan 2018 at 1:26 pm UTC

Hmm. Like others previously said: I only want a new, more modern OpenTTD with some new features, like underground/subway systems, more realistic proportions of towns and trains/vehicles and traffic. Among other things.

Then again, when I write it down like this I guess this isn't actually something that is easy to do. And the market for such a game is probably not that big so no one has attempted to make such a game.

I'll have a look at Voxel Tycoon but I am not holding my breath.

I just realised I've been playing Transport Tycoon (the original, Deluxe & OpenTTD) regularly for 24 years, there's not many games that can hold my attention for that long, it's safe to say I'll be seriously giving this one a look.

I'm a big fan of Transport Tycoon and I must say that I've had a lot of fun with Transport Fever.
It has some technical flaws (like some graphical glitches on Linux), but the fun far outweight these flaws.
One thing that I particularly like (out of the mere simulation of course), is the voice of the narrator. You remember the old fashion pictures of CEOs in Transport Tycoon? Well it feels the same, but with sound (a good ol' Texas accent and a passion for capitalism :D )

Edit: like that guy



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I'd love to see this gameplay:


combined with the train and rails system of this:


And the gfx and building (props!) possibilities of this:


I'd throw money at my screen...

nice! my son will appreciate this I think.. I introduced him with openTTD while back, and he quite fast started killing everyone in that .. so maybe this could offer some more of a challenge.

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One of the first things that I noticed in the video is that they created a closed loop and added a train... But, the distance between signals on the curves was significantly smaller than the train they added.

While this is only a quick demo and it made no difference in this specific case, I fear that someone that fails to grasp the concept of having signals fit a train length inside them, is not going be creating any rail simulation that will have the kind of depth of mechanics that I crave.

I hope that they surprise me, but I doubt it will happen.

EDIT: grammar

Stickler for details are we ? :P

One of the first things that I noticed in the video is that they created a closed loop and added a train... But, the distance between signals on the curves was significantly smaller than the train they added.

While this is only a quick demo and it made no difference in this specific case, I fear that someone that fails to grasp the concept of having signals fit a train length inside them, is not going be creating any rail simulation that will have the kind of depth of mechanics that I crave.

I hope that they surprise me, but I doubt it will happen.

EDIT: grammar

Stickler for details are we ? :P

I'm old... now get off my lawn... :P

I'd love to see this gameplay:

combined with the train and rails system of this:

And the gfx and building (props!) possibilities of this:

I'd throw money at my screen...

hi all,

how about cities in motion 1/2 in that order? i think it works like OTTD but only for public transport - but includes underground, tramway and round corner railways and a polished grafic (as prequel of cities skyline).

i also think it would be somehow possible to make more modern skins/buildings/vehicles/industires for OTTD or maybe they allready exist.

greets, tom

hi all,

how about cities in motion 1/2 in that order? i think it works like OTTD but only for public transport - but includes underground, tramway and round corner railways and a polished grafic (as prequel of cities skyline).

i also think it would be somehow possible to make more modern skins/buildings/vehicles/industires for OTTD or maybe they allready exist.

greets, tom

The first one is a decent builder, I've had quite a few hours enjoying it (not as many as OTTD, but enough.)

I bought both 1 & 2 at the same time with many DLCs on sale as part of a huge bundle... However, the 2nd is not as good as the first. While they tried to fix some of the problems of the first, they really added a bunch of tedium. Pick up the first one if you can, I would pass on the 2nd though.

I got cities in motion 1 a long time ago due to very positive feedback everywhere but somehow never got really into it. Dunno what puts me off :-/