Open-World Driving Title Transmission Gets a Night-To-Day Timelapse

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Towards the end of November just gone I covered news regarding Transmission, a game that puts players in the driving seat of a car, driving from point-to-point to deliver packages. That news focused on the teased footage of the driving in action, showing a night-time setting with a strong purple hue as the driver casually drives down a fictional motorway set in the UK.

Another Tweet has popped up on Sea Green Games’ Jon Dadley’s Twitter, this time showing off a night-to-day timelapse in Transmission, and it certainly looks wonderful. We already know that you’ll be working a night shift, returning home to manage vehicles and your garage. The Tweet tells us that when dawn arrives you’ll sleep until nightfall.

Here’s the Tweet with a short video attached showing the night-time traffic passing by as the dark sky slowly transforms into golden dawn.

Here's a time-lapse of Transmission's night-to-day cycle. When dawn arrives, you sleep until nightfall. Sign up for the Transmission mailing list here https://t.co/yHVJpja5XH #madewithunity #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/3loscekXLQ
— Jon Dadley (@JonDadley) December 21, 2018

What should be interesting is how the night-to-day cycle works should the player be nowhere near home when dawn arrives after a night of driving. I replied to the Tweet to ask if there was anything in place to allow players to pull over and have a snooze, Dadley replied stating that it’s still a process he’s figuring out, but players will be able to purchase garages across the world.

That's something I'm still figuring out. The way you explore the world is by purchasing garage locations around the world and you return to the nearest one at dawn - I'm still figuring out how that 'returning' process works though.
— Jon Dadley (@JonDadley) December 21, 2018