All Aboard! The Train Defense Express News

I've pushed a small update for some bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug with the Cannon carriage which caused it to sometimes not do damage.
  
• Fixed a bug with the volume sliders which caused them to not work when operating it with a keyboard or controller. (Thanks, fodder!)
  
• Fixed a bug where the bottom mute buttons didn't update when updating the mute settings in the Options dialog. (Thanks again, fodder!)
  

Enjoy!

Welcome, gamers!

First, some important news: All Aboard! The Train Defense Express will be in Early Access starting 3/3/2025! The base price will be $4.99 (USD), but there will be a discount for early buyers. The current planned release date is 6/26/2025. I'll post a road map of the planned features once the game is released to Early Access. The patch next week will also include 2 new carriages.

Also, don't forget: All Aboard! can be played on Steam Deck!

Now, for the patch notes:

• A new text pop-up now appears whenever a boss spawns, which shows the name and description of that boss.
  
• New Power-up: Air Support - Frequently drops bombs on large groups of enemies for a short period of time.
  
• Improved the visual effects on the "Pulser" and "Cannon" carriages.
  
• Added 2 new songs (thanks, Ozzed!) to the rotation.
  
• Added a new remappable button to toggle game speed (Keyboard: G, Controller: RB).
  

• Hand of Midas was nerfed a bit to reduce its exponential scaling with star level. If you were generating 1,000,000 gold per minute, a level 3 Hand of Midas was probably responsible for 900,000 of that!
  

• When an upgrade is at MAX level, do not show a preview of the next level upgrade.
  

As always, thank you for your continued support, and I hope you enjoy!

Lots of new little things in this patch!

First of all, the demo timer has increased to 42 minutes. The 2x gameplay option means the game will go by faster, so I wanted to give you extra time to play a round.

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• New Carriage: Chain Lightning (super rare) - Bounces to target creatures near the initial target. Stuns creatures who get hit.
  
• New Gameplay Option: Sticky Targeting (Gameplay options) - Choose whether or not carriages should stick to their current target until it dies, regardless of which targeting they're using. It's enabled by default.
  
• New Gold/Minute Label - Pause the game and select a gold-generating carriage to see how much gold they generate per minute. (Give it a minute to warm up.)
  
• Show Total Carriage Number - In the chest dialog when purchasing new carriages, the 'Upgrade' label will now indicate how many in total of the given carriage type you have, and it's progress toward the next carriage level.
  
• The "Pause Game" Button Closes Dialogs - Your "Pause Game" (default: Space Bar/Start) button will now close 'purchase carriage' and 'upgrade' dialog pop-ups. It will also activate the 'Skip' button in the carriage dialog. This is a convenience so that you don't have to reach up for the Esc key.
  
• Critical Strike > 100% Bonus - If a carriage has >100% chance to critically strike, the extra percentage points over 100 will count as bonus % damage on each attack.
  
• Remember Targeting Configuration on Upgrade - When combining 3 of the same carriage type into a single, more powerful carriage, it will remember your most recent target setting (e.g. Nearest, Strongest, etc.) and use that for the upgraded version.
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• / Buff "Income" and "Hand of Midas" - Greatly increased their gold generation.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fix Damage Numbers displaying too quickly at faster game speeds
  
• Fix Damage Numbers being hidden behind certain projectile effects
  
• Fix race condition causing 'Largest Clump' to fail in rare cases
  
• Fix hotkey label display not properly updating on remap in Roll Dialog
  
• Fix Controller remap keys becoming corrupted in rare cases
  
• Fix "Money Generated" information not carrying over on Hand of Midas upgrades
  

Please enjoy!

For the Steam Deck owners out there: All Aboard is totally playable on Steam Deck! 100% controller support was part of the plan since day 1, which made it pretty easy to get it working on Steam Deck.

I played it myself without issues, and a friend of mine also tried and it reported that it worked well with no issues.

Enjoy!

Hello gamers,

I've added the option to set the game speed to 2x, as requested frequently through the in-game feedback option! Click the "2x" button next to the "Pause" button to toggle it.

Other changes:
- Hand of Midas buffed: it can now generate money on kill (instead of only on crit), and the value of the gems is also increased. The gem value increases exponentially with star level.

- New power-up: Regenerate life when creatures fall!

- Fixed a display bug with the critical strike chance upgrade which caused it to incorrectly preview an upgrade as going from 6% to 6%.

Looking forward to NextFest!