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Runner Up

By jnikolai

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Humor2622.50
Fun2772.97
Theme3193.00
Mood3212.85
Innovation3322.88
Overall3692.94
Graphics4762.61

Comments

whiteravens 2013-08-27 01:57

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jnikolai 2013-08-27 05:51

should be fixed now.

farfromsleep 2013-08-27 06:11

It seems to be a/f nor a/d for steering, at least for me anyway. Other than that, it's a smooth little racer that works well.

khaotom 2013-08-27 06:19

Nice concept, I'm glad to find one (so far) that used the theme not related to time. 2 problems: I don't know where the finish line is. The game (windows version) seems to crash when hitting the skip buttons after the first playthrough.

mrblade 2013-08-27 06:19

Hm, overall pretty great! A few small problems when first playing: I couldn't steer with A/D,Left/Right works fine, though. The power-ups were not well described by their images. And I do not understand how this fits the theme. Music would have been nice since this is a Compo entry, but oh well. The second time I played this, it randomly crashed hm. Nice job for the most part! With just a tiny bit of polishing, this game could be turned into an amazing title. KEEP. IT. UP.

jnikolai 2013-08-27 07:09

@jay, you're right -- thanks. I always use IJKL, so I had typo'd it and never even noticed it.

reuploaded, with A/D input and the crash on second playthrough fixed.

udrian 2013-08-27 08:13

The cars were cute, but i had no idea why i lost...

raincole 2013-08-27 09:06

Neat racing game.
@Typedeaf you have to be the second, not the first.

alvaroh 2013-08-27 10:13

Very nice! I like retro racing car games

vandriver 2013-08-27 17:00

I love this control scheme on racers. Super Sprint was one of my favorite nes games. I feel like there needed to be more powerups or a wider view to see more racers to really feel like I was more in control of orchestrating a second place finish. Also I'd randomly drop from first to fourth.

alvivar 2013-08-27 20:39

nice gameplay!

keyboardmonkey 2013-08-27 21:05

Love the back story involving virgins and volcano's! Can I get the source anywhere? I cannot execute 64-bit.

sh1rogane 2013-08-27 21:08

Good entry, had fun with it

jnikolai 2013-08-28 00:08

@keyboardmonkey, added a 32-bit windows build... I don't have a machine to test it on, so let me know if it works.

namrog84 2013-08-28 00:47

haha, totally missed the part where I Was supposed to come 2nd.

Loved it

sound?

it was very smooth, I liked it a lot

shockedfrog 2013-08-28 00:50

Nice alternative interpretation of the theme, and the racing was quite well made and fun, though the teleport powerup was kinda strange and the results seemed weird - twice I was in second place going into the last straight and suddenly my position was rapidly changing to 1st or 4th, so I ended up in a volcano. :/

epiphane 2013-08-28 05:08

Fun, clever little idea. It controls extremely smoothly. Trying to get into second is funny but kind of stressful; also the teleport and anvil powerups are all but useless. Also, might want to make the intro screen buttons say "Next" instead of "Skip."

naufr4g0 2013-08-29 15:55

woow! I love retro racing games! :)
I like steering wheels, collisions and controls in general.
I'd like a more sliding car, but I also like current behavior.
Another word... Where can I find the interpretation of the "10 seconds" theme?

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-29 17:25

Good gaem

diptoman 2013-08-29 19:29

I like the word play around the theme, but you're treading through dangerous grounds.
In any case, the fact that we have to lose the race is quite interesting and difficult to manage for me. :P
Loved the "You didn't get 2nd place, and got tossed into a volcano" bit. XD

cthulhu 2013-08-29 22:28

I really like this game. Your interpretation of the theme is very interesting I haven't seen anything close to yours this far.
Being second is more challenging that it seems at first sight!
Sadly I have noticed a bug in the rank, and sometimes it says I am 3rd or 1st while I am really second. Also the AI seems to struggle in the second race (counter clock-wise). But maybe this is intended (which is fine).

Anything else is great. Maybe some different tracks would have been a good addition (I only reached race 2).

Great job.

kevinworkman 2013-08-30 16:53

I like this take on the theme, and the controls worked perfectly which made it really addicting.

I did encounter a few bugs- one when I kept "bumping" after driving through the grass, and another where I was in 2nd place the entire race but still lost. That one happened twice, so I'm pretty sure I can't win. :c

But like I said the controls worked perfectly, and I could see this being a really fun little racing game. The wheels on the car even changed direction when you turned, nice touch!

bitowl 2013-09-03 12:50

wow! I really like your take on the theme and how the controls feel :)
The only thing that is strange to me is why its so "glibberish" when you are of the street. would be better if you'd just be slowed down

nthird 2013-09-11 04:58

Nice interpretation of the theme, cool to see something different. I found it very difficult however. Maybe some more powerups? The AI was so consistently clumped together I had a hard time sneaking in. I oscillated between 1st and 4th most of the time. If you keep working on this (and I recommend you do) it would be interesting for the different AI cars to have different goals. Like some also understand that being second is ideal but otherwise are looking to win. That and some obstacles or more powerups would significantly spread out the racers and improve strategy in my opinion. Very unique and interesting mechanic!

jacob123 2013-09-13 13:27

Fun little game, although I am not sure how to use the powerups on my android device.