SLC S27 Week3 - Let's Play OpenTTD:Ships

in Steem4Nigeria8 days ago

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✨TASK 1: Start a New Game and Build Passenger Ship Transport

Since I didn't perform the previous task, I Start a New Game by clicking on New Game on the main menu. You can see my available balance.

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After doing this, I then find two cities that are nearest to the coast: Josepha City and Steemit City.

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I click on the ship icon on the toolbar and select Build Docks, and place one dock in each of the cities. After doing that, I then built a ship depot by clicking on build ship depot, which I placed near the docks. To buy a ship, I click on the ship depot, then new vehicles, and buy a passenger ship before setting the orders.

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a5.PNGShip successfully transported

In this task, I started the new game with a balance of £200,000, which I then found two coastal cities and renamed them as Josepha City and Steemit City, and built docks in each of them. I bought a passenger ship and connected the two cities and the ship successfully transported passengers.

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✨TASK 2: Create a 3-Station Transit (Coast + Inland)

Honestly, it was difficult for me to locate and create a 3-station transit (coast + land). However, I was able to locate and create 3 stations which are divided by water

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After I have identified the 3 stations, I then click on Build station and build a road that connects both stations together.

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This is for the easy passage of goods or passengers. The transit route that I created connects station 1 (coast), station 2 (midpoint), and station 3 (island) together. The purpose of this is to allow the gradual connection of water regions and land regions for logistics improvement.

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✨TASK 3: Long Ship Route with Buoys

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At this point, I created a long ship route with bouts guiding the ship through deep water. This is so the ship doesn't get lost. To achieve this, I click on Build Bouy in the ship menu and place the Bouys along the water side so they won't get lost.

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✨TASK 4: Grow to 500K and Compare Ships vs Trucks

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To this, I open my profile, my game balance, the two coaster cities, ship depot, and ship route showing ship movement, three stations, buoy routes that show long water path with buoys, and a company chart.

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To watch my balance grow from £200,000 to £500,000, I built more transports where I added bus stations, cargo trucks, inland, etc. After this, I then open my company profile and watch my balance grow.


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1Everything seems correct, but the ship is going back and forth — without any assigned tasks? And where is the timetable? It’s not actually transporting passengers.1.8 / 2
2I only see a plan, an intention — but no actual implementation. The essence of this task is a transfer — and that hasn’t been shown.2 / 4
3I see the buoys placed — but no ships are moving there. Again, no timetable.1 / 2
4This is more of a fantasy — wishful thinking presented as done. I suspect the transport has no schedule — so where is the profit coming from? Even the graph shows not profit, but pure losses.1 / 2
Total5.8

Thanks for submitting your work!
Of course, the game isn't that simple — even for those who have already started to get the hang of it. Despite the eventual bankruptcy, I’ve still given a passing (positive) grade.

If anything is unclear, feel free to ask questions, or try to work it out on your own and finish the task completely.

The next assignment is similar, but with airplanes. I recommend starting it soon — I believe the result can be much better.

P.S. I’ve made a GIF showing how the first task should have been done.

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 6 days ago 

Thank you for your review. I will work harder on the next task. Although the game isn't easy and it's a bit confusing.

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Good to see you playing this game. It is full of fun but requires creativity to generate profit to avoid loss.

I am using USD currency in game but you are using euro.

I hope you enjoyed the game especially the task 2 where we cannot directly transport but with an intermediate station.

 7 days ago 

Yes I saw my currency in £. The game is indeed challenging and educative which I am learning from it. Thanks for your support

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