Forcing those last few steps

This week I first decided to scrap the whole 'trains have to wait for each other' mechanic. I came up with too many cases where my system would fall apart and I did not see any value in trying to make them all work. I decided to just make a menu and get that out of the way so that the only things left are really to add some sounds to it and to update the graphics. I will also make some resolution options so that you can play the game properly on a variety of different resolutions. Here's the new build if you're interested:

http://gamejolt.com/games/strategy-sim/futransport/33035/

But really, I am sick and tired of FUTransport. If there's one thing I took out of the whole development of FUTransport it's that I don't want to make games in Microsoft Visual XNA anymore. Not only does it limit me to releasing games on windows, it's also a lot more difficult to get the most simple things working. I don't want to worry about how my code draws objects on the screen, I just want to worry about the gameplay elements and program how objects interact with each other. I will most likely be using something like Unity or another existing engine to make games with in the future.

Lastly I'd like to add that I played my first game of 'Furego'(that name does not sound right), the card game I've been developing with a friend of mine. Here's the design document of it if you'd like to see what it's like:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bOKhu-Td0tC7P8vgDwI-t6drv7-Epbh8-wPsxm8D4X8/edit?usp=sharing

I can say that the mechanics were quite fun, but getting the cards balanced and pinpointing the flaws in the game is quite difficult!

That's it for this week's update.

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