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Boat Train

A chess-inspired roguelike with flash-inspired graphics. As King, accumulate and command your army across a series of procedurally generated train carts. Outsmart a variety of unique enemies, capture them, and add them to your army... but one wrong step, and you lose them forever!

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November 25, 2022
3 years and 251 days ago
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Developed by students at the University of Utah

A chess-inspired roguelike with flash-inspired graphics. As King, accumulate and command your army across a series of procedurally generated train carts. Outsmart a variety of unique enemies, capture them, and add them to your team... but one wrong step, and you lose them forever!

What are you willing to sacrifice in order to reach the front?

Monkey Barrel Games, LLC is a nonprofit organization run by students at the University of Utah. All internal proceeds go to providing opportunities to aspiring game developers!