Heavy Trucking (for playdate)
A downloadable game
Trucking sim for the Panic Playdate reminiscent of similar games from the mid-90s.
Controls: A - Select B - Go Back D-pad - navigate menus / steer truck Crank - steer truck for further instructions, please consult the included manual.txt file.
If you play on your playdate, please send me a photo on my Mastodon as I love seeing new photos of the Playdate.
If you run into any issues, please let me know by leaving a comment or reaching out in any way you feel comfortable.
Also, if you are so inclined, please consider donating here on my itch, on Patreon, or on my Ko-FI. Thank you and have a wonderful day :)
Length of game:
Story Mode:
- easy: 30 minutes
- normal: 1 hour
- hard: 2 hours
Tucson to Vegas:
- 8 hours
You can also increase the difficult by adjusting the number of potholes you will experience during gameplay. With modes ranging from rarely seeing potholes to continuous, never-ending potholes.
Source code:
The source code for this project without assets is available for free to download here or on github. You also get a full copy of the source code with assets if you purchase the game.
Please consult the github README for more information about licensing and terms of use.
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:
Sideload onto playdate:
- unzip
- go to https://play.date/account/sideload/
- sideload the pdx file
- run on your playdate
- have fun!
Run in simulator:
- unzip
- go to https://play.date/dev/
- accept the user agreement and download the sdk
- install it on your computer
- go to where you install it and run "\PlaydateSDK\bin\PlaydateSimulator.exe"
- open the pdx file in the simulator
- have fun!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Heavy Trucking 1.02 - bugfixes and NEW CONTENT??Mar 06, 2024
- System Update Causing SlowdownMar 05, 2024
Comments
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Hello! I need help with the game :( I don't know why but something is making the game veeeery slow and laggy. I press the buttons, but it takes a while for the game to register, so it's simply unplayable :(
Even in the menu when I try to select something, I press and it takes a while for something to happen.
Can you please help me? Thanks!
Hello! I am very sorry to hear you are having issues. I am going to investigate and see if something is causing the slowdown.
Hello again, I tried the game before and after updating the console and it seems as though something changed on the system that is causing the game to slow down.
I am pretty confident that I can optimize game to be faster on this new update, but it will probably take me a about a week to get an update for the game.
I am sorry for the inconvenience.
No problem!! I can wait, the game looks amazing 😊 Thanks a lot!!
Hello again,
I am currently talking with someone from Panic to try to figure out what happened to cause slowdown after a system update.
Until then I made a slightly more optimized version of the game that will be more playable. The menus should be more responsive. However, the map screen might still be pretty slow but you can still experience the game until I figure out a more robust fix.
The download is titled Heavy Trucking 1.01 (temporary slowdown patch).
Hello!!! Ohhh, thank you! I'm going to test it right now, and I hope Panic can help you!! Please let me know when you have the "final version" too :) Have a good night!
Funnily enough, like an hour after I commented that someone from Panic got back to me with a solution and now there is a fully fixed version up.
Thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy the game :)
I like this game a lot. I also planned to drive the whole Tucson to Vegas tour but the potholes take away the fun in this mode. I think playing eight hours in this mode is already enough of a challenge.
oh, huh, i thought i added an option to turn off potholes but i just checked and I didn't. sorry about that :)
Haha. No problem. Looking forward to an update if you still want to add the option. It’s still a fun game if not :)