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Left-leaning

By tayl1r

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall114.29
Fun34.35
Coolness352
Humor483.81
Innovation583.99
Theme1244.15
Graphics1273.90

Comments

secularbaron 2015-12-14 15:25

I made it to the last level but I have to give up before I snap. I hit both red switches and crashed it right at the end. Good game. Original idea and fun.

thomz12 2015-12-14 15:27

Really fun game! love the art style.

cicanci 2015-12-14 15:31

Great art, very challenging game!

cgriff 2015-12-14 15:33

This is literally my favourite Ludum Dare game ever. There I said it.

adamwoolridge 2015-12-14 15:51

Super fun game! Great pick up and play. Neat art style :)

conk 2015-12-14 15:59

AWESOME! The feeling of accomplishment after that last level was intense, amazing design with the different surfaces, really made for some good levels. Brilliant!

ghostbomb 2015-12-14 15:59

Hilarious use of theme, really tight controls and a surprisingly robust amount of content.

I love how all the little cars start to pile up as you keep dying. It was tough at times but luckily skillful use of the honk button got me through to the very end.

tgrehawi 2015-12-14 16:03

Everyone has to play this game. I love the silliness of the concept and the beautiful execution; the last level had me trying over and over until I beat it and it was so satisfying when I did. Amazing job!

xwarzonex 2015-12-14 16:37

BEST GAME EVER!!! It was just so much fun, and the graphics were great!

hegemege 2015-12-14 16:52

Managed to beat the last level, was sort of hoping for a stats screen in the end (I probably destroyed 100's of cars lol)

Not sure what the red goals did, but I hit most of them. Good challenge

rob 2015-12-14 17:43

You get my first 5 for humor, just fort the idea of a car where the two buttons 'are turn left' and 'toot horn'.

Game was a bit laggy for me (firefox/win) but very playable.

aaants 2015-12-14 18:50

Awesome job, great fun

codecranker 2015-12-14 20:05

Amazing. So much fun and addicting. I like how different surface affect the car motion and add slipperiness. Very well done!

designernap 2015-12-14 20:49

Top marks for FUN on this! nice work :D

chunkybrewster 2015-12-14 21:02

Frustrating, but in a good way. Also I like the levels that have hard mode exits; you don't get anything for them, but I gave myself some victory toots on the next level if I got it.

tayl1r 2015-12-14 21:22

Going through the red/yellow gates means you'll skip the next level, but hitting them is much harder than the level you're skipping!

verrazano 2015-12-14 22:04

If you weren't tooting your horn every run, you were playing the game wrong.

z3 2015-12-15 02:16

Nice and challenger game. I could completed but it wasn´t easy. xp
I couldn´t understand is the difference between the red and black goal of the race. I imagined that it could be in the difference for going up to the next levels.
I think there could be some differences in the difficulty of the upper levels, because I felt that there was some levels more difficult before the ones that where before. I think is just changing the order.
Besides that everything was great.
Nice idea to use the horn x)

mshopf 2015-12-15 03:42

Super fun, but making me very aggressive after a while!
I love the way the crashed cars stay in the arena...

In fact this is a one-button game.

commodorekid 2015-12-15 12:15

Another last-level loser here.
I think it's really fun and simple. Maybe you could get rid of horn mechanic and add a left turn instead. But I know, no time. Great job. Only thing changed could be colors and graphical style but not necessary.

tayl1r 2015-12-15 15:28

No way, it's two buttons! The horn is very important!

scorched 2015-12-15 16:41

Congrats for *1-button*-controlled game! Took me a while understanding that Left Cursor is located on the keyboard, and not on a mouse :-) Would be nice if the game was slower (or had brakes on Z instead of horn :-P)
Graphics are pleasant too!

tayl1r 2015-12-15 17:03

Hey, hey! The horn is integral to the core experience!

tlansdale 2015-12-15 17:16

Why was there only one horn? There should've been a horn on each button.

Great game ;) Last level was a killer, I couldn't do it, but lots of fun and looked good too. Nice one!

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-15 19:10

Fun, challenging little game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/G4-JCtlxKuU

tayl1r 2015-12-15 19:34

Thanks, Jupiter Hadley!

mrnyarlathotep 2015-12-15 20:10

Very fun, and I 100% agree with the design decision that honking a horn absolutely deserves its own button no matter what. NO MATTER WHAT.

rico-albe 2015-12-15 23:35

Wow, great game! Controls are super solid, gameplay is really good, quick and to the point. Graphics do their job more than well, and in general it's a quite enjoyable experience! You should have a stat counter for how many times I pressed the right arrow just before crashing xD

Good job!

fxtagn 2015-12-16 01:51

Fun & challenging! I really want to smash keyboard sometimes =) Good gfx sense. Breaking sound annoying at some levels where the distance to nearest obstacle is too short.

blohod 2015-12-16 02:11

very fun, love the art, however the horn should of been better

adsilcott 2015-12-16 02:40

Brilliant and challenging, the horn cracked me up!

radmccool 2015-12-16 03:00

I totes beat it :D my index finger hurts, my eyes are crying from not blinking but i did it. :D

drury 2015-12-16 03:22

The best part is that this is practically a variation of Desert Bus.

omaha 2015-12-16 04:23

All games should have a horn button.

pjimmy 2015-12-16 14:19

Excellent, very original and entertaining, one of the best, well done :D

matiasbontempo 2015-12-16 14:21

Loved the idea. I just wanted to keep playing.

danidre14 2015-12-16 16:20

Really fun! And ONE DIRECTION! xD Really challenging too, nice entry.

Which level, exactly, was the hardest for you? :D - response for your comment on my entry.

necromac 2015-12-16 21:13

Controls are very hard, but that and level design create the games challange

trexmix 2015-12-17 23:55

Wow! What a fun game.

jamesmowery 2015-12-18 00:18

This has been my favorite Ludum Dare game so far. I enjoyed it very much!

leuthil 2015-12-18 00:29

I swear if this game didn't have a toot button I would have killed myself. I finally beat the game and I was surprised that my computer didn't start lagging from all the dead car carcasses lying around. I cannot say enough how great this is. Great use of the theme, great mechanics, great polish.

tayl1r 2015-12-18 01:54

Aw, shucks.

evannex 2015-12-18 03:52

I... Can't stop playing this!! Every time it goes to a new level I feel like I have to beat it! I Incredible job! I have no idea how you made this much in the time frame. Best game I've played so far.

logon13 2015-12-18 04:37

Brilliant game. I loved the last level. This game would work great on mobile.

kennethlng 2015-12-18 07:55

This game is so hard, I played way longer than I thought I would. I hate you so good. Gj on the game. It was addicting.

evergreen-games-ludum-dare 2015-12-18 08:06

Wow so addicting. The last level is impossible though.

gins 2015-12-18 16:14

Oh god, best game! I love how you wasted the second button on tooting a useless horn :D

rfgpfeiffer 2015-12-18 16:20

My biggest criticism is that the horn sounds boring. I know you give it a button because it is a joke. But it needs a funny sound like a clown nose. Other than that I really like it!

- bob

gamedevextreme 2015-12-18 16:55

Cool game! I really liked how the "dead" cars remain on the road with the wheels separated. I think that the screen shakes help you to get in the mood and not give up. But how hard would it have been to go to an actual car and record it's horn? the sfx was a waste of a button as it wasn't a horn. Also I like the cube based walls, did you place it manually?

randomhuman 2015-12-18 18:06

Simple but challenging. There's a good variation in the gameplay even with such a simple concept. Great entry.

chaoscult 2015-12-18 19:06

Wow, awesome mechanics. I don't like puzzle games, but this... this is something. Thx. 5 stars Overall

vortex 2015-12-18 19:19

Your game is just plain evil...

rjhelms 2015-12-18 20:05

Wow, great entry! The progression of difficulty was really nice, up to the absolutely fiendish last level.

This plays like a demented version of Super Off Road - and that's a very good thing!

thecatspajamas 2015-12-19 10:18

Lots of fun. (Honk)

sir-magic 2015-12-19 21:55

I liked this game, nice gameplay and graphics make a nice challenge.

tapehead 2015-12-19 22:46

it's a very simple and addictive game. fast to learn and hard to master. great!!!

zenmumbler 2015-12-19 23:38

All of the levels have sort of a good frustration/skill/reward cycle going except for the last one I feel, which is unfortunate because it now leaves a bad association instead of a good one for me. Good compo quality stuff with pixel-based levels and simple, but consistent look and feel.

robert_steiner 2015-12-20 02:40

You made a totes great game. Congratulations on that.

lekochen 2015-12-20 08:50

Last level is so hard! Really minimalistic and fun. Yayifcations!

split82 2015-12-20 12:26

Tons of levels and variety of surfaces makes this game really great :) Great job.

ewchap 2015-12-20 15:50

Love it. Such a great concept build out so well. I instantly got it and was having fun at the same time. I would have loved about .5 seconds of delay longer between crash and spawn to avoid crashing my next car after adjusting too late. This game could easily be called Overcompensation the game. I cant tell you how many times I over-adjusted right into a wall right at the finish line. Awesome work.

arcturusdeluxe 2015-12-20 16:22

Cool little game. The mechanics are really simple but deceptively challenging. Pretty fun stuff!

shellfishgames 2015-12-20 20:15

Really cool. Didn't expect the switches.. quite a puzzle game actually. Certainly very difficult, but I somehow made it to the last level. Great concept and well executed, and it seems we had a somewhat similar idea regarding the useless dedicated horn button.. :)

dx0ne 2015-12-21 14:46

Is hilarious. Even my non-gamer friend from office got sucked into it.

Like the pacing, craziness, graphics. Great mechanic with different ground type.

Btw. to make it true 2btn you could have levels with gate that opens only if you horn at it.

Definitely will go back to play more.

saintheiser 2015-12-22 12:52

Cool game! Frustrating and challenging! But sometimes hard to see behind walls.

blobo 2015-12-22 15:10

Really well done! i loved the art and the tooting of the horn was a beutiful addition. gotta make it have two controls somehow! i tooted the horn way more then i should have.

pat-aftermoon 2015-12-22 16:46

Fun, addictive, with graphics that fit perfectly...

But where is the "Mood" category in the votes? Are you afraid of us being too aggressive after playing your game ;)

zulman 2015-12-22 17:07

A W E S O M E! Can't wait for it on my iPhone :)

sergicollado 2015-12-22 19:06

Great game, very polished and fun

kai20 2015-12-22 22:54

it don´t work i can´t press the left mouse button looks good

jeroenwimmers 2015-12-23 00:29

I feel like everything in this game is mocking me. and I can only toot to express my anger.

seriously, great game. really funny and entertaining mechanic. and you executed well on it. I even finished the last level, and yeah, that took some time... but I enjoyed it. a lot of stars for you

dayko 2015-12-23 01:22

Really good entry ! I loved your take on the theme :D

tayl1r 2015-12-23 01:32

Thanks, everybody!

WERT Studio, it's left arrow (cursor keys) rather than left mouse button!

mukult 2015-12-23 02:59

Omg...it gets super difficult after around level 6-7!1 Overall awesome game...would love to play this on the phone with one touch gameplay :P

cimbaman 2015-12-23 09:49

Interesting game...

dinnerinthedark 2015-12-23 12:00

Very coool!!!

wooltech 2015-12-23 13:59

Brilliant. Last level took forever, but all fun.

f7f5 2015-12-23 14:17

Linux executable please!

publicidadeba 2015-12-23 16:30

This will be #1 for Fun. No doubt about it!

bensonance 2015-12-23 17:39

Absolutely brilliant!

I adore the way you designed this game - very simply mechanic and a slow introduction of level elements that change the gameplay. Great job on the death game feel - made the constant dying sorta enjoyable :P.

Congrats! :D

hybrog 2015-12-23 17:54

"Yayifactions" indeed! Very fun, lost 15 minutes of time without noticing it. I hope you expand on this more!

didi 2015-12-24 04:28

Fun? haha suffering here! =)
Abandon last map!
https://diasp.org/uploads/images/scaled_full_2bf120d2ec10270fb2cd.png

lugalias 2015-12-24 21:21

Great idea lol. Really fun and addicting!!!

chuigum 2016-01-01 00:16

Loved it! One of my favorite entries so far! Very innovative too. This game pissed me off at times, which I like! Well done! c:

kerdelos 2016-01-03 11:12

Cool game, nice mechanics and implementation. Lots a different grounds that provide a different challenge each time. It makes me think of super meat boy in a way !

frostvoid 2016-01-03 19:42

Awesome game! love the levels and the graphics. Definitely one of my top 3 favourites!

lereveur 2016-01-03 19:43

Nice idea, and fun concept. I'm too bad for this kind of games, but well done !

oparisy 2016-01-03 22:30

Gosh, I love your visual design! The work on lightning is great, very nice particles too. The super meat boy feeling (up to the disseminated red bodies) got me in a motivating masocore mood :-)

ellian 2016-01-04 23:25

Alright. This is the best game I've played so far, and DAMN the content is there too!
Amazing game, awesome idea, great execution. All kudos to you!

johnnysix 2016-02-27 22:39

Great mechanics, love the different surfaces, and the later levels where more of a puzzle element comes in with the buttons.