gamepopper 2016-12-13 13:21
The visuals look great, and the game feels like a classic Wipeout title. Not sure if being able to drive on the walls was intentional but it was fun doing so!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD37 → Velocity Glyph
By sudorossy
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics | 332 | 3.76 | ||
| Audio | 423 | 2.96 | ||
| Humor | 611 | 2.00 | ||
| Overall | 740 | 2.91 | ||
| Mood | 743 | 2.68 | ||
| Fun | 775 | 2.54 | ||
| Innovation | 835 | 1.92 | ||
| Theme | 858 | 2.29 | ||
| Coolness | 1003 | 44 |
The visuals look great, and the game feels like a classic Wipeout title. Not sure if being able to drive on the walls was intentional but it was fun doing so!
The feeling driving the ship were great ! I felt like the ship was a bit too slow (or the tracks too long ?), but it still a good experience ! Good job !
Great F Zero like game!
Graphics are nice, and the sounds, although a bit annoying and too loud sometimes, fit the game well. The game is working well, that is a clean work :)
However I think the game is way too easy, and the vehicles are really too slow to really make the game fun and challenging. The theme is not really used too, if you set the circuit in a bedroom, it would have been fun to use elements of the room as part of the circuit for example.
Good graphics, but when racing it feels like we are slow. It's a good racing game anyway.
Already mentioned, but was the game overall faster (I'm talking like 4x speed here) and the AI more aggressive (even if it has to cheat a little), this could be really fun.
The AI opponents are fairly stable, if really slow. (though that seems to be mostly from taking turns as wide as possible). Had a bit of fun watching them go, then I accidentally went past them, and then one of them was gone. Probably fell off the track, and didn't really restart until I turned around to check on them.
The normal checking for staying level with the ground could use a little more work, it's a bit wobbly when passing over the seams along the track. Otherwise everything runs really smoothly.
Fairly simple design graphically, but it still looks great. The hovercars in particular. Sound design is really good. Had fun playing.
Good job!
Would love faster ships! Great game overall.
Like others have said, it feels very slow! Would be loads more fun with a bit of speed to it. However, its very good and I feel like it has potential to become a very competent racing game with some tweaks here and there.
Nice game!
I expected more.. Speed? Maybe action. But for 72h is a great product!
Well done!
Looks and feels good, but it's just too slow to be really fun
I like the crafts, but the sfx is annoying
I like the idea a lot, it reminds me of when I used to play with RC toys like this as a kid, or when I used to play with my hotwheel set. I like the bedroom in the background and I think the textures for the track represent the idea you're going for pretty well. However, as far as improvements, I think something may need to be done about the sound. As mentioned before a lot of them are quite loud and loopy, the controls for me felt a little odd as well, I almost fell out of the stack when I first started, but then I was able to get through most of the rest of the track I played with only one other similar incident when I got stuck at a wall due to missing a sharp turn. However, most of the time was spent just holding forward and making minor adjustments to travel the minimum distance since there didn't seem to be any way to actually speed up to pass anyone in the lead. It would be nice to have an in-course map, as well as a way to look behind you, I'm pretty sure those are staple features for a racer. Hope that all helped in some way, nice work on the project!
Good work. Love the graphics. SFX and speed need a bit of work. Also enjoyed chasing a ship named after me - turns out I'm not a very good pilot ;)
I really liked how the ships started hovering in the title screen and then too their feel during the game, but as others have noted. It was way way to slow speeds and the AI fell behind very quickly because it was so slow and thus easy to maintain near perfect heading.
I think it would be nice if the ships had a boost that was recharging over time and that also made it more precarious with staying on the track/not flipping around and generally being able to do anything but going straight forward.
On my screen I couldn't really see the UI elements when standing ready to start, so I would suggest having the camera be more distant when the ship isn't moving and closer later. Possibly the faster you go. Possibly also changing field of view with speed and/or acceleration.
The ride was also more bumpy than I would expect from hovering. Maybe this would solve itself with higher speeds...Else, whatever mechanism that causes the ship to stay on the track should probably not accelerate it that fast towards its optimal position when overshooting it.
Good start on a racing game though!
Had to check out a game by a fellow penguin~
The graphics and presentation are top notch, but most of the issues other players brought up showed up for me too. I also found that in addition to sticking to walls, you can fall off sideways, which was a bit odd. Very interesting style, though!
good game, make faster
:P