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One Button Racer

By badlydrawnrod

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness291
Fun423.75
Theme953.67
Overall1583.50
Innovation1613.48
Audio2413.02
Mood3143.03
Humor4692.30
Graphics7602.38

Comments

ultravisitor 2013-12-16 19:46

This is a neat idea and its fun to play. I hope you make a version with two buttons and put it on kongragate or something. It would also make an excellent touch screen game. Good luck!

ob6160 2013-12-16 19:56

Really nice idea could do with more complexity though :D

wojworks 2013-12-16 20:22

Very nice! One of my favorites so far. Very inventive and fun

lizzip 2013-12-16 20:40

Uses the theme well and works nicely!

jimmypaulin 2013-12-16 20:44

Really enjoyed this one! The music was amazing and the gameplay was really smooth and almost puzzle-like. Would you believe I actually have a one-button racing game for iPad? It's called Spline Racer if you are interested :D Vroom!

timtipgames 2013-12-16 20:46

Like the idea. Feels like it would actually be a two button game if it wasn't for the theme ;)

captainkraft 2013-12-16 20:54

It felt great playing the game. The music was fitting and it was cool seeing that little car zoom around.

The core mechanic worked great and was easy to pick up. Good game

zconnelly13 2013-12-16 21:29

Wow!!! What an excellent game. It reminds me of that old real life game with tracks where you just controlled the speed of the car with and tried to race around as fast as possible. Plus I definitely have a thing for one-button games. One of my favorites so far :) well done!

parapup 2013-12-16 21:44

Really good job it's cute and fun :3

pavelzuk 2013-12-16 21:51

This was a rather fun little game, almost gave me a seizure trying to follow the lines, but overall fun 5/5!

garygreen 2013-12-16 23:01

That was really tricky, but good fun too. :-)

mystakin 2013-12-17 03:57

I never knew a racing game with one button could be that fun. What this game lacks in flare, it makes up for in enjoyment.

ludusamo 2013-12-19 22:55

Very nicely done, the music was pleasant. The names of the tracks were pretty clever and put a smile on my face too :)
Good job!

agram 2013-12-19 22:56

Nice idea, nice realisation and cute music.

thevideogamemechanic 2013-12-19 23:04

Nice idea! I Like the aesthetics when you go through a curve.

davisan 2013-12-20 03:16

Nice game! It creates a pleasant and nostalgic mood.

frogcheese 2013-12-20 20:21

Nice idea and a fun game - when I saw "one-button racing game" I was sure it had to do with acceleration, but the lane-changing thing was pretty clever. I liked the music, too - relaxing :)

01101101 2013-12-20 20:22

Cool idea, not as easy as it looks, but quite fun. I second doctorscientist's idea of pushing it a bit further! :)

beardogames 2013-12-20 21:20

Whoa, I loved this! It's got a really basis, primal fun about it that reminds me of some of the best early games on the Atari 2600. This could easily be made into a full game-- in fact it's practically there already! Really great, and one of my favorite LD games so far!

nyytroh 2013-12-20 21:58

Very interesting idea. Music is good.

rnlf 2013-12-20 21:59

It's fun :-) Might need an indicator for the finish line and/or best time high scores or something to make it even better!

liamlime 2013-12-20 21:59

Adorable that you and your daughter both participated :)

I like the idea in this game too, and it's surprisingly, uh, playable. If someone presented the idea to me, I'd consider it too disorientating, but it turns out it's not. Good idea and good job.

codecranker 2013-12-21 03:29

pretty cool. never seen anything like this before.

I understand you did only one button because of the theme but in actual the player should be allowed to move in both directions. It'll be fun to play. keep making this.

thalikoth 2013-12-21 08:35

Nice use of the theme, sweet music.

lorniebear 2013-12-21 18:43

Very fun

supremefist 2013-12-22 12:12

Nice and solid! Liked it a lot!

yoanndeplo 2013-12-22 17:41

A very funny game, well done.

dustystylus 2013-12-23 15:58

Excellent concept, well done! Nice music as well. Great use of the theme as well.

ViliX 2013-12-23 19:34

Enjoyed this :)

mmickyman 2013-12-23 20:27

The music kinda don't fit the genre I think. The one-way to slide your car is a good twist of that kind of game (where usually you can going left and right).

capitals 2013-12-24 12:22

I really liked the idea and implementation. The only thing that lets you down is the graphics, but only by a bit.

radmars 2013-12-26 20:49

Awesome concept! Definitely makes for some cool gameplay.

jprogman 2013-12-29 01:24

I like it! It would had been nice to freely move up or down a lane instead of having to wait until a certain direction was set. Just working with one button isn't that friendly. Another button would make it more funner!

postmodestie 2014-01-02 14:11

fun game, graphics a bit shaky..

cardboard 2014-01-05 07:49

The perfect blend of racing, relaxing music, and the 'A' key. Very well done.