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Speedrun

By jmk

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall74.10
Fun93.97
Graphics174.34
Coolness351
Audio383.61
Mood2772.95
Humor2952.73
Innovation3862.81
Theme3983.14

Comments

aldenc98 2012-12-17 06:49

fun game! you must have been hacking though, because i can't get anywhere near :42.28

aneeslol 2012-12-17 06:55

Pretty fun and addicting. Nice work!

fireblend 2012-12-17 06:58

Survived for 36 glorious seconds! I think this might be seriously among my favorites. Spot on sound effects, excellent visuals, addicting gameplay, the controls feel responsive enough to know it's my fault when I lose, yet frustrating enough to add to the difficulty, and it's really addicting. Great job!

joyboxed 2012-12-17 07:00

Chasing down the highway trying to escape the cops, thats just like playing what I dream every night! =D

chainedlupine 2012-12-17 07:01

Awesome graphics and car sounds.

Only real complaint is that it kills you way too quickly at the start. You should start closer to the right side of the screen at the beginning (and delay the starting cars).

Add some powerups (that repair you, give you bumpers for knocking cars out of the way for a brief time, etc) and this could be a fun little endurance game.

I've made it around 35 or so!

vrav 2012-12-17 07:16

Though I don't really feel like a villain, this game is quite polished and very fun. I like that it has short rounds - nice balance and depth. For some reason I feel nostalgic playing this.

leafo 2012-12-17 07:26

This is a really well made game. The graphics are great and the audio is great too. And of course it's fun :)

It would be nice if you had to press a button to start, just to avoid being killed right a way when you start up the game.

jmk 2012-12-17 07:40

Yeah, I didn't have time to polish up the intro/start. :( But thanks for playing/rating!

rylandalmanza 2012-12-17 07:45

So satisfying forcing buses off the road!

jezzamon 2012-12-17 09:27

lol I almost said "ProTip: Rename the download file to something like speedrun_by_jmk or something." but then I unarchived the file and was like hahahah

Anyways this game is very good, good graphics, fun, good level of difficulty for a game you are meant to play several times, good audio... basically: GREAT JOB

Only lacking category is theme really. Because you're not that much of a bad guy. Still you took an original approach which is better than a generic game.

tomk32 2012-12-17 10:24

Super fun, I like the rectangles for collision debugging :)
But: No police sirens? That's a minus for the mood. And I think on starting the race the cars should be standing and only slowly speed up. I got killed trice before I realized that I should hit space.

gemberkoekje 2012-12-17 10:24

I liked this. It's quite simple, but well executed. I liked how getting damaged decreased your acceleration, which eventually destroys you.

- You really should've added a bit of info in-game; at least that you should use space. I had to go back to this page to find out how to start.
- I'm also fan of a menu; at least to make sure the game doesn't start right away.

Other than that a fine first attempt.

munchor 2012-12-17 11:07

Like someone has said before, you should start further to the right.

Impressive entry, loved it!

jmk 2012-12-17 11:23

@Gemberkoekje: Yes, all valid points. I wanted to add a menu and some on-screen instructions, but totally ran out of time. :'(

But thank you all for the comments!

skywolf 2012-12-17 11:44

Mate, i want this on my Android phone, do it! :D
Very nice graphic style and very polished game in general.

starspell 2012-12-17 13:17

Not sure why but it seems to be running extremely slowly on my computer. As such I can't really play it correctly. But the sounds, the graphics and the game idea is really cool. Well done on your first entry!

cardboard 2012-12-17 21:45

:) http://puu.sh/1C5xm

Awesome game, one of my favorites I have played so far. I couldn't stop playing until I beat 42.48

mokujin 2012-12-17 22:18

Nice game! It took some time to figure out how to start game before i die)

cassio 2012-12-18 13:42

It's fun, but its very hard.

cappagames 2012-12-20 04:07

My best was 46 Seconds. This game is a lot of fun....I was compelled to keep trying and get the best score. It's also nice to see a driving game.

nisshoku 2012-12-21 13:34

Pretty fun. Should wait for a keypress at first startup and a menu would have been nice as well.

blob 2012-12-25 04:40

Hehe, great art and nice difficulty curve with good, simple controls.
The first time you play is pretty surprising...
36 secs.

fr_automatik 2012-12-26 15:20

Fun game! I've done 35 secs.

krutech 2012-12-26 15:39

Wow. cool game. A bit difficult at first.

samoojamies 2012-12-28 08:48

30:56 only. The car's engine audio is awesome. Very challenging (a good thing). Very good pixel art. Fun gameplay. Good job!

tinytouchtales 2013-01-08 09:32

OMG - this is super nice, make this thing an iPhone Game, plx!