Hi everyone! Spectrail is back with a couple changes:
⛅ Flash not required This new version of Spectrail uses JavaScript, not Flash, so all you need to play it is make sure your browser allows JavaScript. ⛅ Works on Mobile! If you are playing on mobile, tablet, or touchscreen, you can control your character by tapping the screen in the direction you want it to turn. ⛅ Some minor tweaks If you are extra attentive, you'll notice some small changes from the previous version, for example: the score is shown in the bottom left instead of bottom right, there's a spiffy new loading screen, etc. These changes are intentional and should not affect the actual gameplay.
Other than that, the game is mostly the same as it used to be! I hope it is a little less glitchy than the old version when it comes to the rocky corners (as in, I think the collision detection is more accurate, so you won't die unless you actually run into the rocky part)
I am seeking feedback on the following:
And if you encounter any bugs:
KNOWN ISSUES (i will edit this)
Last but not least, the High Scores tables for Spectrail have also returned. :)
Tubular Tiles update: For those who are wondering, Tubular Tiles will be the next game to return. I can't provide an ETA at this time, but I can reassure you it's being worked on. I appreciate your patience as we work on updating these older games <3
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Thanks for the update! I'm glad these are being worked on. :)
Just wondering, is there any info on whether Omen Raiders is a game that will be coming back or not? It also broke some time ago, and I haven't seen anything about it in quite some time.
There's still an achievement for it, so if the game isn't going to come back this probably needs to be retired: https://subeta.net/achievements.php#/achievement/18
Amazing! Thanks a lot. Slow but steady wins the race. I am trying to load the game and it's stuck on 100% for me, tho. I'm using Firefox, updated. And I don't have any script-blocker nor java blockers, which makes this all the more weird.
Can we play it in Firefox? if I'm not wrong Java is not supported anymore for over a year?? or a I mistaking and it's not related to JavaScript? At this moment it's stuck on the 100% screen.
Ugh, Firefox is having a problem with the sound files for some reason. Looking into it!
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I'm sure I recall when I first tried to play the game that it was too fast for me? I don't know. Well, I just tried it on easy and it was a reasonable speed. Thanks for letting us know, and I can't wait until the tiles game returns since I played that a few times some years ago.
Ooh, nice update! Been wanting to play Spectrail again for a while. :D
A few possible bugs:
Colours appearing in impossible places (right side of screen, in the border)
Also, I don't have a screen recording but sometimes I can do a u-turn and go back along a line directly adjacent to the line I had been traveling on and don't die. Other times I do (I'm assuming due to collision with the trail). It seems inconsistent as it does seem to be the same action. I could be wrong, though. Not sure if it's intended behaviour that we can't travel on the line directly beside the trail or not.
Otherwise, no problem loading on Chrome (version 75). Sound works and game loads quickly. I am wondering if the speed is slower, though. I feel like hard mode was faster. Haven't tried easy or medium yet because if hard is this slow I feel like the easier modes will be way too slow for my liking.
Yep, using the latest Firefox and it loads to either 96% or 100% but will not actually load the game. Ad Blocker is not enabled on subeta and there's no way for me to more actively enable javascript.
I also cannot play it on firefox on my laptop because it won't finish loading, but I tried in chrome on my phone and it works fine there, but after a while the music stops playing (not sure if that's supposed to happen) and I got a payout of just a bit over 500 sP with a score in the 300s (didn't remember the exact numbers sorry), is it supposed to be that low compared to the other games?
thank you! But, er, question where's the sound button to turn off the sound? Am I missing it? [edit] i'm on chrome And also got a glitch with no splotch
omg bless u bug!! thank you so much for doing this ' v '
also dat ha tho 👌 👌 👌
I'm also noticing an issue in Chrome, it's happened to me a couple of times now sometimes after I collect the paint splotch or whatever it won't give me a new one on the screen.
Screenshot:

The payout is the same as it always was. All the game payouts are a bit low nowadays, and has been looking into this and will be changing the payouts to be better in a future update :)
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I hate listening to games, it's distracting, can we have the sound toggle button back, please?
Also, did gameplay start immediately upon picking the difficulty before? I seem to recall it starts when you hit the directional keys. Maybe I'm wrong lol. I find once I click with my mouse to start, I have to scramble to get to the directional keys on my keyboard.
Okay, weird errors while trying on Chrome:
Got to a score of 223 and no paint blob appeared after I picked one up. It wasn't like...up against an edge or anything, there was just no splat for me to collect (had to run into a wall).
Not an error but a point of issue: The score (both the word and the numeral) are covering part of the playable screen, so if a paint shows up there, it's very difficult to see (and also hard to see the edges of the play area in that corner).
[edit] Apparently I cannot collect points on my score after the first time either without a page refresh in between. Clicking the button does nothing - no pop up or anything at all. Or, at least, it's not registering to me that I've clicked it. It does look like my sP went up accordingly.
Also the High Score Table isn't adding new scores at all - Bug is the only user on it.
First off - thank you!! I'm especially excited about tubular tiles coming back, I love that game.
I'm also not seeing a button for this. I'm on chrome using mobile. (Also - really cool that it works on mobile!!)
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Thank you SO MUCH for the reports and the screenshots <3
I am embarrassed to admit I forgot about this. I'll make sure it gets added back in!
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Yay! I think Spectrail was the first game I played when I started subeta 9+ years ago lmao
9 years later, I still utterly suck at this game, but it definitely does run a lot smoother and doesn't make me 'lose' the game when im near (but not hitting) the rocks! (for info, im on a mac and use chrome, works for me!)