Pressure Valve Madness

Keep an eye on the tricky pressure valve or your steam engine might explode!

It is just a little gameplay prototype we've made for Down2Jam 2025.1. Sadly, we've never managed to turn it into a fully playable game, still, there are a bunch of working systems in place - you can drive the train by using controls on the bottom panel and sometimes the boiler could explode in a glorious pixelated explosion.

How to control

* Use the "Switch" button to select the type of fuel and the refuel button (displaying fuel type) to put fuel into the firebox. Once the pressure is high enough, the steam train starts to roll.

* Use the "Break" button to slow down. Be aware of the breaks temperature shown nearby.

* There are several controls in the middle, showing the current speed (a round indicator), boiler temperature, water level and boiler pressure (semi-circle indicator).

* Make sure the pressure is below critical level by pressing the "Valve" button and releasing some steam.

The Goal

The game has no purpose except for steaming as long as possible. There are checkpoints offering resupplies, but there is no indication of current supplies, so those are almost pointless. We planned for stations you are supposed to stop at and a shop to exchange goods and get resupplies. But all of that was left on paper for now