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

A good simulation, that does require some practice to become proficient. I find the steering and power responsiveness a good representaion of real life (on canals in UK and France). I'd like to see mooring on approach to locks being the trigger for lock controls, not just proximity and the use of lines when in locks would be an added authentic touch, watch those sills! A map of the navigations would also be useful. (I don't want much do!).

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.

The game is good and the maps are good and also could you add a multilayer function and the map using the whole UK canal area or other places with canals, add some chat system to it, add a simple and a professional server(for the simple you are not required to complete all missions on the 2 maps and the professional you need to finish all missions). You could add these or no but I hope that there will be a multilayer function soon or later..

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)