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Sewer Rat Racer

By robber

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness372
Humor773.57
Theme1023.71
Fun1953.29
Graphics2453.70
Overall2453.40
Mood3083.18
Innovation3623.03
Audio4702.83

Comments

greysphere 2014-04-29 02:21

I like the fast paced,energetic music. The game was a bit chuggy on my end. Love the rats. There should be way more rats in games.

elforama 2014-04-29 03:06

1st place! Nice graphics and physics. Good job guys.

acehk 2014-04-29 03:54

Really cool use of the theme combined with polished visuals. The audio was pretty grating. Maybe it was bugged for me, but it was repeating the same little loop over and over. Still, really solid game overall.

olkeencole 2014-04-29 04:35

Very nice take on the theme. Really enjoyed the graphics. Controls could use some smoothing, but excellent job!

grooveman 2014-04-29 10:06

For a game about sewers and rats, this was really cute! The way the jumps work was a bit janky, but in a fun way. Add some sound effects (rat squeaking on collisions?) and you'd be golden.

jonochrome 2014-04-29 10:49

Despite how buggy and finicky this is, it's still fun to play and I find the concept quite amusing.

simonld 2014-04-29 10:56

Cool concept, nice modelling work. Love wall sliding (although it may not be the best tactic if you want to win :D). Maybe a little bit more variance in the sewer-look could be added, but overall i enjoyed playing!

marcus_siactro 2014-04-29 11:54

I really enjoyed the game. :) A few powerups would have been sweet but it was really great. At the end I used the giant gears to back to the startline to start over without the other rats ;)

popogames 2014-04-29 11:59

Liked the rats and their animations. Didn't really dig the music that much, after the drop its not clear where the track continues. Other then that fun game

theengineers 2014-04-29 13:09

Definitely needs polishing, but overall great feel! Try adding thngs like powerups and more intricate levels.

therrato 2014-04-29 13:23

Looks really nice, the jumps did feel really out of place though, maybe it would have been better to go for something that looks like trash (or something you would find in a sewer)
would like restart functionality next time and maybe multiple laps (btw you can get back to the beginning if you keep going over the cogs

hexagore 2014-04-29 13:43

Oh god I loved this. Rats on jetskis having a race. I mean, come on, it's basically genius. Thanks :)

kbm0 2014-04-29 15:31

Super sweet dirty rat energy action racing game sexyness! 10/10 hearts. Loved it!

zkenshin 2014-04-29 15:49

Fun game. Wasn't too big of a fan of the music, but did like the art. Would be neat to see it polished up. :)

mase 2014-04-29 15:50

Appealing models and scenario. Gameplay was a little basic. Also, I was hoping that I'd end up in some special secret place when I rode the gear... alas.

kuchalu 2014-04-29 15:51

I don't know why but the concept is hilarious and brilliant.

beavlgames 2014-04-29 15:56

Nice entry with polished graphics. Perhaps some crazy powerups could add some variety to the gameplay. Good job!

maniulo 2014-04-29 16:03

Nice game, I wish the rats could go faster.

v_n_j 2014-04-29 16:10

Good graphics, but there is in fact nothing to do. Making race somehow more dynamic would be great.

split82 2014-04-29 16:47

Nice models and idea. Good job.

botreats 2014-04-29 17:08

I really wanted to like this, but it's chugging to the point of being unplayable. Bummer! The gif on the front page had me very excited. Nice music, and hilarious concept. Wish it ran faster.

robber 2014-04-29 17:11

sorry to hear that, you could try the windows-standalone version it has quality settings

robber 2014-04-29 17:33

I've added a smaller web version - hope is it at least playable now

botreats 2014-04-29 17:52

It might just be my machine, I tried the smaller version and the windows standalone (low res, fastest quality settings) and it's still chugging along. I have an i7, 16GB RAM and a GTX 780 so I'm not sure what's up. Thanks for the added effor though!

robber 2014-04-29 17:55

you're very welcome, thanx for trying my game!

radmars 2014-04-29 18:06

XD just great.

helloworldstudios 2014-04-29 18:08

Fantastic XD
Funniest game so far.
Sound got on my nerves abit but don't care because of how awesome this is

samoojamies 2014-04-29 18:19

Second place 1:31
Jetski rats, hilarious! Quite nice controls but the water felt too rigid. Great use of the theme and nice audio and gfx.

davidc02 2014-04-29 19:18

Hillarious.

thegreentie 2014-04-29 19:24

Pretty fun idea! Controls are a bit off but the models and music paid off! :)

dominator_101 2014-04-29 19:25

Nice! I think the controls were a little looser than I expected (as in I sort of drifted more than expected), but pretty good!

I love how the other rats just hang around and do donuts on the finish line at the end :P

Note: Riding the cogs at the end may be hazardous to your health, but may also be hilarious.

Plus they take you back to start if you can survive.

catman 2014-04-29 20:27

Funny game and setting! Why are rats even racing? :D

gnutek 2014-04-29 20:31

Neat! The physics is a bit sloppy at times, but generally good idea and execution :)

pighead10 2014-04-29 20:55

1:32. Fun game. Could have done with some super fast speed boosts with motion blur!

anbreizh 2014-04-29 22:08

Great idea, nice graphics. Need more levels

arcturusdeluxe 2014-04-29 23:55

Funny concept. Really nice graphics and decent gameplay. It'd be nice to see it expanded into something bigger. I feel like the start of the race didn't need to count down all the way from 10, though.

1samuel4111 2014-04-30 01:09

I like the game but the camera movement could do some work :D

7hesama 2014-04-30 22:49

Overall it kind of lacks the feeling of going fast. Not really sure what, but that's essential to a racing game.

asotelo94 2014-05-01 03:17

Fun game! :) would have liked some sort of closure though. The concept of rats racing in jetskis cracks me up. XD Nice one. Cool graphics too.

_rilem 2014-05-01 08:02

Wow this game is amazing! The rats are hilarious. :D If this had multiplayer and mario kart style powerups it would be legendary. xD

neekobus 2014-05-01 16:28

You definitely should replace the jet-ski by rat-traps !

jimmyboh 2014-05-01 16:53

Very cool! The course needs a few more queues on where to go next, especially once it gets more complex.

managore 2014-05-02 03:12

Really fun game! I would have loved to see even more levels!

magicrat 2014-05-02 03:44

The mouse models are really cool, though the physics seems a bit weird. Overall a great submission, though~!

mintarcade 2014-05-02 11:09

Awesome. This is brilliant game. Bit more polishing and this going to be a cool racing game.

photon 2014-05-02 19:53

Even using the Windows version with graphics on "Fastest" it still lagged. :(

Based on what I did get to do, I think the actual jet-skiing could stand to be a little bit faster but otherwise this looks like you could really go some nice places with this (given you can figure out how to get the FPS up, of course.) Riding through the dark sewer backdrop on jetskis felt pretty cool.

crowbeak 2014-05-04 04:17

The music started off good, but got on my nerves in the middle. The way it was repeating made it sound like it was glitching out. The controls were pretty good, though.

robber 2014-05-06 01:17

thanx everybody for playing and commenting on my game, much appreciated, i'm working on the post game, already a lot of improvements..

zebi24 2014-05-06 23:56

Looks so good!! :) The game itself could use some improvements tho, especially with the camera (when you jump etc). Good job!

derosa 2014-05-08 11:57

Great graphics! Maybe the controls could get some more love, but overall a fun game!