Locomoto News

Hey all you conductors!

As a part of the Future Game Show we’re happy to announce that the game will be released April 8th here on Steam, so get your coal shovel ready for embarking and make sure you wishlist to get notified the moment the train arrives.

We’re also incredibly stoked to announce that the game is coming to Switch later this year! Keep a look-out for more information in the coming months!

Our Demo is still available to play if you want to give the game a try before release! We also welcome you to join our community on Discord.

You can watch the new trailer here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

I know you just got a patch in the beginning of the week - but here come another one!

One thing that we kind of urgently wanted to tackle since then was the issue where some expressed they experienced nausea during their playthroughs, so in an attempt to combat this we've done some pretty drastic camera changes. Please let us know what you think about this - if it helped, if you miss how the last camera worked or anything of the likes!

As you know we're still in full development of the main game, so we want to thank you a little bit extra for the patience you've shown when encountering these issues. Your feedback and bug reports has been soo helpful so far, thank you! You're awesome 😍
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Changes 🔧[/h2]
[h3]Camera[/h3]

• You now don't have to right click to move the camera - it follows your mouse movement automatically
  
• Auto rotation of the camera is now disabled by default to prevent nausea - please give it a feel and see if it helped!
  
• Added some camera settings:
  
  • Option to invert horizontal and vertical axes for mouse and controller cameras
    
  • Camera sensitivity
    
  • Option to enable auto rotation of the camera
    

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Updated the pockets to visually show how much you can stack
  
• The travel map now shows stations that have recycle bins
  
• More UI translations has been added to the existing languages
  

[h3]Delivery[/h3]

• Delivery parcels now show the name of the destination station (try saying that five times in a row) when you hold it
  

[h3]Character customisation
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• Adjusted where the eyes are looking so they represent how they look in game better 👀
  

[h2]Known issues 🔍[/h2]

• Luggage and some objects have been known to spawn on the tracks
  
• Sound settings does not currently save when quitting game
  
• If name field is not selected with mouse and keyboard input, you will currently not be able to write your name
  
• You'll get a nose even though you exit character customisation without a nose
  
• When leaving a station with a suitcase in your inventory and then putting it down on a seat, that seat will forever be blocked 🫣
  

Me and our designer Vanja sat down and had a little discussion about Locomoto where we dove into the thoughts behind creating this cosy little train experience that you've all gotten to know, all while playing through the demo from a dev perspective.

Hope you enjoy!

- Sara

[h3]Next fest is here...[/h3] ...and so has an update for the demo! Ahead of Next Fest we’ve listened to your feedback and done these changes:

Levels and Quests

• Changed location for Dorian and Milo's missing wheel - hopefully it's easier to find now!
  
• You will not be able to break the cardboard box found in Barrenpyre Junction anymore. Now you always have something to give poor Dorian in the Another One's Treasure quest
  

Customisation

• The top part of the locomotive is now also painted with the paint bucket (disclaimer: this fix might have reverted the color on the locomotive in your save, please reapply your preferred color)
  
• Also changed the color of the miniature locomotive to match the red one you start with
  

Sound

• Added some sweet, sweet metal footstep sounds to the train
  
• Added reverb in McGruffs workshop for that juicy workshop experience
  

Pockets

• When using keyboard and mouse; you can now navigate your pockets using your scroll wheel!
  

Rubbish Bag

• When using the Rubbish Bag on the Recycle Stations there's a new cool UI
  

Camera

• Removed the first person camera feature (for now)
  

General
We’ve also done general bug fixing implemented partial language support for the following languages:

• Simplified and Traditional Chinese
  
• Japanese
  
• Spanish
  
• French
  
• German
  

[h3]We want to thank our community[/h3] for providing us with these bugs so that we can make the experience playing even better. If you want to be a part of that community you can join us on Discord .

Hope all of you are onboard this next fest train and, if you havn't already, maek sure to wishlist our game!
[h3]🚂Choo-choo!🚂[/h3]

[h2]Welcome aboard the Locomoto Demo, arriving today! [/h2]

We’ve put together a small slice of the game for you to try out! A sneak preview of the Demo available during the Steam Next Fest. Here’s just some of the features you can enjoy:

• 🐨Experiment with the many options of our unique animal character creator
  
• 🌄Visit a small selection of our many stations and get to know some of our quirky passengers
  
• 🚂Manage, customize, and expand your very own charming locomotive
  
• 🎧Chill out to our lo-fi beats and try to find the many secrets we’ve hidden around the world
  

Next stop: Steam Next Fest!

Join us on our journey through the fest when it begins 24th February, running through to 3rd March!

Don’t forget to wishlist! It helps us out so much!
And let us know what you think about the Demo, either by leaving a review or joining our Discord


We’re looking forward to having you along on our journey, and hope you really enjoy your time with Locomoto
Wishing you all the best
- Ben