Narrowboat Simulator

Michael Donning

About this game

Control Britains typical narrowboats in 3D

This application brings the simulation of narrow boats on your android phone or tablet.

A tutorial will teach you some minimal aspects of how to control these boats on the canal.

When you've managed the basics you'll move to the "Drifting Badger Marina" where several tasks await you.

To advance you'll have to collect Canal Karma by displaying your navigating skills.

Having completed the tasks with a high enough Canal Karma will unlock the the Cruise Free mode and unlock up to two additional narrowboats.

This app is free and contains no ads. (May change on future releases)
This app ask for the right "INTERNET". This is required for an optional experimental function to use a second android device in the same network as VR/Touch-Controller.

Features of the current version:

- Three narrowboats (54ft, 70ft and 27ft) a Rubber Duck and a historical boat.
- Several control possibilities:
- Throttle/Gear control and Tiller (naturally)
- Mooring dialogue to tie/untie your boat
- Pushing off (when run aground or at the dock)
- Different point of views
- Basic Joystick/Gamepad support
- Experimental VR support (gyroscope sensor required)

- A short stretch of a canal with:
- Marina
- Winding hole
- Junction
- Bridges
- Bends
- 4 locks
- Tunnel
- Aqueduct

- A 2x2km stretch of the Llangollen Canal around the Poncysyllte Aqueduct with:
- Lift Bridge (28W)
- The famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Boat traffic

Visit the website for additional information and help:
https://sites.google.com/view/narrowboat-simulator

Ratings and reviews

Truly an awesome game michael. I mean truly! The concept behind the game is so simple yet so captivating. The controls are second to none. The realistic vr is not of this world. The addition of the cat really bring realism to the game and gives a warm touch to it. The only thing michael is my boating buddies and I cannot enjoy the experience together, what I am saying michael I would throughly enjoy a multiplayer experience. Yours sincerely a new friend.

Very nicely observed - clearly the developer knows narrowboats! I live on one, so I really like the little touches like the cat and the wash. The different camera angles are fun too. Obviously you don't get the physical sense of the weight of the boat as you are hanging on the tiller & praying she'll turn in time, but the controls and movement are very good. I clunked the app boat just as often as I clunk my real one! Nice little game.

It doesnt really add anything new to the genre of narrowboating games. But it is optimized well enough. I think my main problems are with the ui - it doesnt look professional, and is unintuitive - also, having buttons everywhere just looks messy. They need to be organised more. It has a little bit of its own character due to okay art direction and graphics, and a non-moving cat, but nothing really quirky. It otherwise has decent focus and you get into the action pretty fast.

What’s new

V 1.10:
Just some minor adjustments:
- Touchscreen controls updated
I hope it does now work slightly better on smaller screens.
- Background music and title screen updated.
- Added Maps (See Maps button before starting a task).
- New Game Engine version (Godot Engine 3.2)
(If you see wrong colors on older devices then try to change Shadow Range to 0 in Options - Performance)