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If you fall asleep while playing Truck Simulator, nobody dies.
That depends upon where one is playing Truck Simulator
Ender’s Truck Simulator
Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
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Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#42The game in question is https://store.steampowered.com/app/4630570/RUNNING_TRAIN/
Link added to toptext. Thanks!
Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#43> including support for the Zuiki MASCON, a bespoke peripheral for train driving sims. This just makes me feel so glad to be alive today!
Yeah, love that is just works.
I'm working on a bit of a hobby project to rebuild a beefier Mascon. Mainly inspired by how much I enjoyed Running Train
Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#44I never got the appeal for these sim games. From the screenshots, it looks like a beautiful game and I guess I could enjoy the visuals for an hour or 2. But I don't see how it'd entertain me for hours on end. If someone here is into these sim games, what's the reason you keep going back to them?
The simple pleasure of a job well done, even if the job is completely imaginary, because my real job is complex and stupid.
Driving the train is a little technical, but not overwhelmingly so. You need to pay attention to the gradient, speed, train weight and rail slipperiness to brake with perfect accuracy every time you come to a station. Signalling is not overly complex but you can benefit from tabbing over to a reference sheet every so often (Ah, double flashing yellow means we’re on a diverging route ahead with a reduced turnout speed so I must brake soon). Learning the german safety systems (PZB and LZB) was interesting. Guiding a 3000t freight train down a mountain isn’t something that can be rushed, it forces you to slow down and be patient.
So relaxation mostly. I can launch the game, drive something somewhere for an hour or two, get some endorphins because I did it all right, etc.
Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#45Windows only? :-(
2026 Steam hardware survey [1]:
Windows: 94.10%
Linux: 3.68%
macOS: 2.21%
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#46Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#47Windows only? :-(
Nowadays most games will run on Linux thanks to Valve's Proton compatibility layer.
Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#48Windows only? :-(
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Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
If the Touhou games or Cave Story were released today, all of Hackernews would be like "dude, I wonder what their LLM workflow is like!" Japanese solo hikikomori devs have been putting out insane stuff since long before LLMs emerged.
This place has become an AI-focused hellscape. It really is sad.
It actually seems to be a relatively small vocal group. I've marked most of them red (as I previously did the one above) with https://hackersmacker.org
Re: Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
#50It’s beautiful. I wonder how much an LLM was involved if at all.
If the Touhou games or Cave Story were released today, all of Hackernews would be like "dude, I wonder what their LLM workflow is like!" Japanese solo hikikomori devs have been putting out insane stuff since long before LLMs emerged.
the (physical) zuiki mascon seems like a labor of love too.