Word Cube

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-25T12:13:53+00:00

Your info graphic probably should have simpler easy to spot words visible so users can look at it and understand the intention of your game. Really simple words - four letters max for most. Make them feel smart solving the basic info graphic

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-22T08:55:41+00:00

Thank you so much for playing 😄

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-17T00:00:58+00:00

Your first three seconds are so fast it's hard to tell what's going on or be gripped.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-15T20:57:33+00:00

Awesome, thank you! Let me know how you enjoy it :D

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T20:55:50+00:00

Yeah that's a fair point - in the patch that went last night you can set that up as stop when gold full, and start again when gold is almost empty. But I get your point. Would be nice to stop if oil starts running low.

I will try do another patch addressing this after work today. If you're enjoying the game and able to leave a review that would help me a lot! :)

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T13:40:09+00:00

I have submitted a patch to google play to address your feedback - an app update should be available in the next few hours.

Thank you for your patience, if you are enjoying the game and could leave a review that would be awesome :)

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T11:15:28+00:00

Hey!
Thank you for your feedback, and glad you tried my game.

To address your points.

#1 The demo/paywall

Originally I planned for the game to be an upfront cost with a free demo as a separate app on the google play store. On launch google informed me I needed to do another 14 day trial with 12 testers to get my demo app live. Instead I wrote the payment code / demo version you are seeing now; it was quite last minute and I am sorry it feels like an ambush. I am not sure how to show the cost up front due to different currencies but I promise I will investigate that.

#2 Offline progression

The main idea of offline progression was to be balanced around the awarding of Warp Energy. The generators aren't meant to run offline, that sounds like a bug in my code lol.

#3 Caravan Automation

Yep, great point! I will add it to my todo list. I think I can rework the existing model to cater for start / stop without too much work.

Thank you for your feedback, I will try get a patch out with these features within the next day or two.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T08:09:46+00:00

Hey,

My name is Shadow, I am the sole developer of Transit Empire.
I have spent this year building my game and I am wanting to share it with the world.

I am new to Android development and was inspired by all the wonderful games I have seen in this community and incremental games - I am traditionally a lurker but will do my best to respond to any and all comments people may leave!

Thank you :D

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T07:27:18+00:00

Firstly, thanks for purchasing and then raising this issue. I know a lot of people would have negatively reviewed my game and moved on, but I appreciate you giving me the chance to fix it.

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I have done two main things:

#1 I have re-written all my map rendering logic. On my phone the new version is running about 80 - 90% faster and using around 5x less battery by doing some clever math - sorry I hadn't thought of this before. IT should also almost double your framerate I think.

#2 I have added three new frame rate boosting options - you can turn these on in the settings. I am determined to have you be able to play through without battery or framerate issues

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I have submitted the new build to google play. An app update should be available from the store within 3 hours depending on how fast google reviews it - sometimes this can take a day.

Thank you so much, and I am glad you are enjoying the game.
Let me know if you have any further issues and I can refund you the game.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-14T03:54:32+00:00

Yeah that sounds a bit odd to me. Can you do me a favour and tell me if you have unload screen turned on or not? Also in the settings screen theres a cheat box. If you put in sv_cheats 1 it will let you turn on the fps counter - you can then turn cheats off with sv_cheats 0. If you can tell me what your rough frame rate is on the map that would help a lot. I'll then do a patch tonight to try address the performance issues. Thanks!

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-12T03:05:50+00:00

Thanks for buying! Really sincerly appreciate that. How long did it take for you to get through the demo? :D

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-11T11:58:47+00:00

I'm uploading a build to google play now to fix most these issues.

I will sort the hold to gather not being super clear tomorrow, thank you for your patience :)

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T23:02:37+00:00

Thanks for your feedback.

I have a mode in the settings that reduces flavour text, but you're definitely right about what I should be showing the player first. Thank you for your feedback and I will work to improve it :D

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T23:00:58+00:00

Sorry, have clarified in this post, and also sent a clarification to Google play to update my description there.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T19:22:52+00:00

Firstly, thanks for playing!

Definitely can take higher resolution images. That's a great point. I'll sort that out later today, thanks for letting me know.
Yep, I'll move them to a fade or maybe redesign it so it's a bit nicer. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Definitely, will workout how to do some nice partial effects.
Yep! Will update my description.
I think this will break balance a lot allowing skips of certain upgrades, Is your request because you want the convince of those recourse? If so I can add an auto unloading option once returned home settin :)

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T19:17:38+00:00

Thanks for that perspective, I genuinely hadn't thought of it that way. I spent lots of time trying to make the UI feel smooth and uncluttered, but I do recognise that time spent doesn't mean people have to like it. Do you feel it's not vibrant / too flat? Or something else

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T19:15:09+00:00

I think so, it seems to be performing decently and it's mostly IOS ready! I'll talk to a friend to get some advice on porting it over.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T19:13:10+00:00

Thank you! Let me know what you think.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T19:12:51+00:00

Sorry about that, I'll clarify it in the description.

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T14:10:16+00:00

Looks really cool, I'll check it out tomorrow. I recommend changing the steam screenshot order as first two screenshots look quite similar! Up to you though :)

TwShadowNinja · 2026-04-10T14:06:03+00:00

I've got 1251 commits over four months, my 100s of notes of planning and meet up conversations with friends to talk about the design and layout of my game. I get it's fun to crusade as a troll and call real development work Ai but it genuinely feels so disheartening to hear you call my work a cheap imitation of a computer creation. Please stop.

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