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Beautiful hand-drawn Cat Tram game arrives at station Steam todayA standalone release with a brand new mode
A standalone release with a brand new mode
Image credit:Alexander Perrin/2pt Interactive
Image credit:Alexander Perrin/2pt Interactive
Hand-drawn “over five years”, Short Trip is the work of developer Alexander Perrin. And in it, you use the left and right keys to drive a tram across a sketched mountainscape. As you trundle past trees and nice cottages, you’ll drop off cat passengers and pick up new ones. There’s no ultimate aim here, besides chilling out, absorbing the wonderful aesthetics, and feeling more zen once you’ve had your fill.
Short Trip - PC Announcement TrailerI really do love the patter of cat steps, the rumbling of doors sliding open, and the ding of the bell.Watch on YouTube
Short Trip - PC Announcement Trailer
The new “Scheduled” mode syncs up with your computer’s clock to create a “tram timetable”. This means you’ll need to reach each station at the right time, with a view to chasing a high score. I imagine this takes away a little of the zen, but then again, nobody’s forcing you to play the mode. Who needs to follow a timetable, anyway? I know that UK-based trains certainly don’t.
It’s worth noting that you can still play the free web version over onAlexander Perrin’s official site- it just won’t contain the new scheduled mode.
Short Trip looks like a really nice way to decompress and you can find it over onSteam here.
