If you like TTD or railroad tycoon, you will love Mashinky. It's currently a bit rough, as the game is still a bit early on and only being developed by one person (with a bit of help in the art department from a handful of people.)

Pros:

- Finally a modern alternative to TTD!

- Takes the same base gameplay formula from TTD, with more complexity added on top, such as station and industry upgrades, and more resources to manage than just cold, hard cash. I also really appreciate the addition of more than one grade of slope. It makes much more of a difference than you would think.

- YOU CAN RIDE YOUR TRAINS OH MY GOD

- YOU CAN DRIVE YOUR TRAINS OH MY GOD

- The game melds the isometric gameplay of TTD with the 3D, smoothed look of games like Railway Empire, Train Fever, and RRT3. It does a pretty good job of making the isometric building appear smooth!

- One of if not the only modern transport tycoon games with proper multiplayer!

- Mod support!

Cons:

- Era system is a bit... odd. I'm not sure how I feel about it, compared to introduction-date type like in RRT or TTD.

- Time really blazes by. There is no time to really enjoy things like riding your trains around. I hope the timescale is scaled back somewhat!

- Mod support is good but the current variety of new locos and stock is a bit smaller than I'd like. I wish we had more stuff! Not really on Jan though, so I can't subtract a point for that. Just something I figured I'd bring up.

Things that are also of note:

- The soundtrack is okay. It gets pretty repetitive, and for some reason, the game has two copies of each song in the folder, so each song plays twice for a total of 20 minutes of repetition per each song. This is really grating. I ended up replacing my soundtrack with the soundtrack from railroad tycoon 2 and 3, which was really easy to do. Just replace the soundfiles in the folder. They play in order.

- The trains are a very odd mishmash of european and american trains, with american town names. I hope this gets separated out in the future, with more variety!

- There is no transparent glass anywhere. This bothers me more than it should.

Some comments about the graphics:

The graphics are nice. They're a good step above the graphics from RRT3, but not even close to Railway Empire. Flat maps are very visually boring. Mountainous maps are pretty nice, however. I hope that the graphical fidelity of the cabins of the trains and cars are improved at some point.

Updated 4/25/2022

If you like TTD or railroad tycoon, you will love Mashinky. It's currently a bit rough, as the game is still a bit early on and only being developed by one person (with a bit of help in the art department from a handful of people.) Pros: - Finally a modern alternative to TTD! - Takes the same base gameplay formula from TTD, with more complexity added on top, such as station and industry upgrades, and more resources to manage than just cold, hard cash. I also really appreciate the addition of more than one grade of slope. It makes much more of a difference than you would think. - YOU CAN RIDE YOUR TRAINS OH MY GOD - YOU CAN DRIVE YOUR TRAINS OH MY GOD - The game melds the isometric gameplay of TTD with the 3D, smoothed look of games like Railway Empire, Train Fever, and RRT3. It does a pretty good job of making the isometric building appear smooth! - One of if not the only modern transport tycoon games with proper multiplayer! - Mod support! Cons: - Era system is a bit... odd. I'm not sure how I feel about it, compared to introduction-date type like in RRT or TTD. - Time really blazes by. There is no time to really enjoy things like riding your trains around. I hope the timescale is scaled back somewhat! - Mod support is good but the current variety of new locos and stock is a bit smaller than I'd like. I wish we had more stuff! Not really on Jan though, so I can't subtract a point for that. Just something I figured I'd bring up. Things that are also of note: - The soundtrack is okay. It gets pretty repetitive, and for some reason, the game has two copies of each song in the folder, so each song plays twice for a total of 20 minutes of repetition per each song. This is really grating. I ended up replacing my soundtrack with the soundtrack from railroad tycoon 2 and 3, which was really easy to do. Just replace the soundfiles in the folder. They play in order. - The trains are a very odd mishmash of european and american trains, with american town names. I hope this gets separated out in the future, with more variety! - There is no transparent glass anywhere. This bothers me more than it should. Some comments about the graphics: The graphics are nice. They're a good step above the graphics from RRT3, but not even close to Railway Empire. Flat maps are very visually boring. Mountainous maps are pretty nice, however. I hope that the graphical fidelity of the cabins of the trains and cars are improved at some point. Updated 4/25/2022