"My 5 minute game took me like 5 years to draw by hand": one dev broke 50 pencils to make this gorgeous "interactive illustration"
Short Trip stays true to its name, even if it took the developer years to make
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For those unfamiliar, Short Trip is a side-scrolling game where you play as a tram-conducting cat that needs to pick up and drop off other trench coat wearing cats along a serene countryside-core world. You either hold the right or left arrow buttons to move the tram, and you can even ride right past the felines waiting at each station, making it more of a tranquil drawing to unwind with rather than an objective-fuelled game.
“Honestly, there isn’t really a goal!” Perrine continued in a Reddit comment. “The classic mode (which imo is the best way to play) is just an untimed, completely free way to play where you can pick up passengers… or not. I absolutely created the game to be more of an ‘interactive illustration’ than a goal based game. As you say, it won’t be for everyone, but I hope some people enjoy it for what it …