CityLab · 01

Shoreline Limited

One train runs between Granite Pass and the sea, back and forth all day on its timetable. Catch it at any station and ride it down through the pines, along the coast and into Calder, and step off wherever the view is good.

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Graphics Headphones help. The train is synthesised; the birds are real.

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Postcards from the line

Eight views between the snow and the sea

Point the camera at something worth sending home and press P. The album keeps the ones that count.

Seven's blueprints

Build something out in the country

Cut down trees for logs, branches and leaves. For steel, lamps and wire, go into Calder and cut down a street lamp (a drone crew grows it back in a day). Pick a blueprint, then drive to aim it on flat ground outside the city.

Calder jobs

Lend the town a hand

People all over Calder and out along the line post jobs when they need help. A gold marker means someone has work. Walk up and press E to talk. A green marker or ring is where your tracked job goes next, and Q sends Mote to show you the way. Jobs pay Calder marks, and three jobs for someone makes them a friend.

How to ride

Seven drives like a little tank

Drive	W A S D or the arrows · left stick · drag on the left of the screen
Look	Drag the mouse · right stick · drag on the right · wheel or pinch to zoom
Board, step off, doors	E · A button · the E button
Leave the station now	G, or the Depart button, when Seven is aboard
Cameras	C cycles Seven, Window seat, Chase, Nose and Trackside while riding
Postcard photo	P · X button · the photo button
Turn into a train	E while Seven stands on the track. Forward and back are the throttle, Space blows the whistle, E steps off when stopped
Boat	Drive into deep water, or E at the water's edge. Steer like the treads, Space hops, beach it to roll ashore
Fishing	E facing water, or E in a stopped boat. E hooks a bite, hold Space or E to reel, X to give up
Call Firehawk or Redline	1 or 2 (or the buttons) on or near a road. Walk up to the parked car and press E to become its engine. E stands it up as a robot and folds it back, Space is the handbrake, X climbs out
Cut and build	E at a tree or a Calder street lamp to cut it down, or at a small to large boulder to break it up for stone. B (or the Build chip) opens the blueprints. Drive to aim, R turns, E builds, X cancels. E twice at your own build takes it apart
Power	Build a power pole within 55 m of the telegraph poles by the railway, then keep going pole to pole. Anything within 32 m of a powered pole lights up after dark
Jobs around Calder	Walk up to anyone with a gold marker and press E to talk. N (or the Jobs chip) lists your jobs, who needs a hand and your friends in town. Q asks Mote the way. June at the East Side garage trades parts for marks
Visit a project	E in front of a billboard: it opens that project from the site in a new tab
Speed up the ride	Hold F · right trigger · hold the » button
Time of day	T · the clock chip
Sprint, hop	Shift and Space (on the ground)
Ask Mote the way	Q · left shoulder · the Mote button. Mote flies toward your tracked job, someone with work, the nearest open door, a platform or a postcard view, and lights a beacon there.
Album, sound	J for postcards · M for sound · L for full screen

Mote, Seven's drone, rides along. It hovers off Seven's shoulder, nets Seven's hops, lights the way after dark, and docks on Seven's back for the ride.

On the train, push the stick along the aisle to roll that way, or toward an open door to step off. At a platform you can also drive straight up the ramp and through the doors.

Walk the train: the gangways between the coaches are open. The observation car at the back has the best windows and a glass dome.

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CityLab 01 · complete

Eight postcards, one robot, one very patient train.

Every view on the line is in the album. The Shoreline keeps running, and Seven still has a seat.