circa: 2001
genre: train simulation
developer/publisher: Microsoft

engine: Kujo proprietary

• atmospheric/environmental effects
  • weather: rain, snow
  • other: smoke, steam
• collision detection: move car (cars, container mover, train)
• lighting: dynamic, colored; day-night cycle
• particle effects: smoke, steam
• physics: gravity, friction, inertia
• shadows: in-texture, polygonal; vertical angle adjustment; trains, buildings
• texture: bilinear filtering, mipmapping

player character

• character: train (train engineer)
• moves: forward, back, breaks (locomotive + train), lights (dim, full), horn, bell, windshield wipers, raise/lower pantograph, sanders
• view: 1st- (cab)/3rd (multiple)-person
  • pan: keyboard & mouse

level/world design

• locations: 6 routes; USA: Northeast Corridor (Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC) & Marias Pass (Montana), Settle to Carlisle (England), Tokyo-Hakone (Japan), Austria
• level editor: route editor/extractor (based on USGS DEMs), cab editor
• environmental interaction
  • break: train derailments
  • move: train cab controls (levers)
  • other: deer move when train horn blows
• puzzles: meet time deadlines, sort freight cars, transport cargo/passengers
• traps/hazards: gravity/stress (train derails if too fast on corners, couplers break), other trains

other: sound: stereo, doppler effect