Community Update #9 - Exploring the rural countryside

Hi everyone 👋

We're back with another community update to shine a headlight on what's new in Truckful's development. This time, we're focusing on the rural outskirts of the strange countryside - its quirks, perks and many secrets to uncover. Buckle up, sit tight and lets dive in!

Countryside overview

The entire rural region lies within a valley surrounded by a dense, dangerous forest. Inside the valley, there are many fields, small paths, regular roads, a few towns, settlements, and facilities such as an abandoned school, a clinic, hotel etc. The fields and forested areas are fairly sunny, but there are clear signs of infrastructure decay: ruins of houses, wrecked cars, and occasionally abandoned military equipment left behind by the army can often be found.

The entire area is covered by dense networks of railway lines, which have been rusting for decades – along with them, numerous viaducts, railway tunnels, and freight stations. Players will also come across many mine shafts and underground shortcuts that run beneath the entire Valley.

How to find your way around?

Since our trusty pickup truck is not equipped with a fancy modern GPS, how do you find your way around the valley and forest areas? This is where road signs come along - your best friend, very helpful in exploration. Below are some of the models we're working on and please don't ask us to translate Zakuprze & Zadupie 😬

Abandoned Railroad Graveyard

In Truckful, countryside consists of locations connected by roads and paths - some of them are easy to traverse, other required special equipment. One of the locations hidden deeper within is the Abandoned Railroad Graveyard. Players will be able to drive through old rusty train wrecks, find clues and learn more about the its history.

Ruins & Gateways

Countryside has many secrets and stories to tell. While exploring, players will bump into many interesting places and landmarks such as ruins, gateways and other peculiar structures. Gateways may lead to uncharted parts of the forest and there is only one way to find out what lies beyond.

Natural Overgrowth

Apart from the dangers hiding in the forest, the valley is also filled with mystery - one of which is the natural overgrowth. Players will be given a task to discover its origin and see where it leads to. Driving on tree branches is surely challenging and you really don't want to loose all the cargo while being high above the tree branches.

Traversable locations

In Truckful, lots of the locations will be fully traversable with the pickup truck. For example, there is a School that you can not only drive around - you can actually drive into the school building and explore its interior - sometimes packed with treasures, field notes and things that explain the game's plot. Here is the early concept from the School:

Floral Diversity

We're constantly updating forest foliage, adding more types of trees, grass, plants and vegetation. Below you can see some of the early examples of both deciduous & coniferous trees:

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