Right here within the UK, bus conductors are largely extinct so the motive force has to deal with all the things solo. Which means keeping track of the highway and coping with the drunk passenger projectile vomiting all around the again seat. Double Positive’s upcoming launch, Thank You Bus Driver!, takes that double responsibility and dials it as much as 11.
Did we are saying 11? Extra like 12.. or 13.. or 14. As a result of, going by its trailer, Thank You Bus Driver! is ready to be totally, amazingly chaotic. Loopy Taxi meets Papers, Please, it’s important to get your passengers to their locations on time, all of the whereas implementing justice in opposition to rule-breakers.
The foundations in query look set to differ between journeys and embody no cellphone calls, no toenail clipping, no consuming, all method of different arbitrary pronouncements. Spot an offender? Flip spherical and provides them a slap or ban them from the bus totally. The massive benefit of being a solo bus driver is that your phrase is legislation.
And, slappee apart, your passengers are unlikely to object. They’ll begin fuming for those who’re late however othewise you’ve obtained carte blanche. If, like us, you felt like an outlaw racing throughout fields in Forza Horizon 4, you’ll be blissful to listen to you’re free to take any shortcut you need. “Avoiding pedestrians, incoming visitors, or the fence instantly in entrance of you is non-compulsory,” Double Positive explains.
Throw in a suitably quirky aesthetic, your complete sport happening in black and white, and also you’ve obtained a title that completely ought to be in your radar. Sadly, it doesn’t at present have a launch window, however you possibly can wishlist Thank You Bus Driver! on Steam.