Midnight Train (Game)

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* Key Visual (Remake)

**Midnight Train: New Moon** (formerly known as **Midnight Train**) is an episodic mystery/adventure game with horror elements made using RPG Maker VX Ace. The game is focused on exploration, story and puzzles.

The original game is completed with four chapters in total. A remake and epilogue are currently in development and will be released in the future.

## Synopsis

Luna is a traveller that is looking for a certain place. Suddenly, while she’s travelling in a train, the people around her disappear and the train stops in a mysterious place. She finds there a pocket watch with some instructions; she needs to find the next train before time runs out or she will be trapped in that world forever.

## Plot

The story follows Luna Wyndell, a mute girl that communicates using a notebook who is transferred to a mysterious dimension while traveling via the Midnight Express. The train stops at a mysterious building, in there she finds a pocket watch with some instructions; she has three hours to find the next train before time runs out or she will be imprisoned in that world forever. Meeting up in the train with the wannabe detective Neil Lawton - who too has a pocket watch, and several other characters in the process who are also trapped and seek freedom, Luna must work with Neil to traverse the four buildings filled with dangerous traps, solve the many puzzles within, and escape from the clutches of the Midnight Express itself.

## Gameplay

The game has a major focus on solving puzzles, quick time events and is mostly story-driven, though there are some mild combat elements depending on the story. While player mainly controls and observes the story through Luna, at some point they can play as other characters as well, utilizing what strengths they have that Luna lacks to solve a puzzle and progress.

Each chapter has a special gameplay sequence called ***Neil’s Deduction***, where the player as Neil will pick between options to answer questions based on story details in order to make deductions. Failure to make the right answer thrice will lead to an immediate Game Over; in Chapter 4 however it will only take one wrong answer.

The player can only save by finding the save point in the area - a blue music box that can be seen at various places.

## Warning

The game contains ***small jumpscares, blood, suicide, abuse and** **torture***. People sensitive to any of these topics should proceed with caution.

## Trivia

* The game shares its creator, Lydia, with *Aria’s Story*.
* Charlotte from *Trick & Treat* and Charlotte from *Cadeau* appear as train passengers in the prologue.
* Wendy, Lewin, Clyde and Dahlia from Aria's Story appear at the end of Chapter 4 as passerbys.
* The 3-hour time limit of the characters was originally considered to also apply to the player. However, Lydia discarded this idea since it would cause pressure and prevent the player from actually enjoying the story.

## External Links

* **Game Download Link**
* Official Tumblr
* Lydia’s Twitter
* Lydia’s Instagram
* Lydia’s Ko-Fi

## Reference List

1. ↑ https://midnighttrain-project.tumblr.com/post/182556267948/is-the-time-in-the-game-like-the-time-in-reality