2017-08-01 02:12
Great game! A better-than-expected gameplay and a great theme for race with beautiful scenery 10/10
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD39 → Night Driver
By nbitsstudio
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 84 | 3.96 | 127 | |
| Fun | 84 | 3.84 | 125 | |
| Innovation | 538 | 2.87 | 126 | |
| Theme | 323 | 3.64 | 127 | |
| Graphics | 36 | 4.54 | 116 | |
| Audio | 76 | 3.91 | 14 | |
| Humor | 457 | 2.28 | 97 | |
| Mood | 84 | 3.99 | 111 |
Great game! A better-than-expected gameplay and a great theme for race with beautiful scenery 10/10
Really nice game with great visuals.
This game was pretty cool, crazy awesome visuals, really liked it. Was a little slow on my computer but that's probably just a me issue. Game was cool. Like the jumps
Goes all out for the aesthetic and basically nails it. Racing is really fun too, fast - and drifting is really fun. A lot of jumps too, which made me feel really cool. Physics is a little wonky, but I had almost as much fun wrecking my car as I did racing. Also, it lets you keep playing even after you run out of power, which was nice of them.
Great and Beatiful racing game :)
You can never go wrong with musclecars, neon and synthwave.
Massive props on the soundtrack and on the visuals.
I also noticed you have something in place to automatically flip cars that get stuck. That feature is much appreciated and makes tail ending fools at 150mph much less frustrating.
Very satisfying racing physics, and nice graphics. I couldn't tell what the power was doing though, and it was much too easy to keep it in the high 90s constantly.
I really like the look of this. I think it's a pretty good start to a racing game, so glad to hear that you're planning to continue working on it post jam.
One thing that could really help the gameplay would be some way to do a powerslide, or some kind of braking. The directional controls felt pretty good, but I kept feeling like there should be some other kind of control to combine with them.
Also...not sure if it was intended or not...but the guitar pick shaped raindrops are really cool!
Beautiful! The controls and feel are really solid, and the graphics & sound are perfect. It looks like what we were attempting to do in the GMTK jam a few weeks ago (https://zre.itch.io/turbo-phoenix-overdrive if you're interested).
I don't have much to constructively criticize-- I guess the theme probably could have been explored with more depth, since I never really felt in danger of running out of power and the challenge of the game came from avoiding the walls/other cars rather than staying charged up. Maybe the city itself could darken on a longer straightaway, making it harder to see until you charge up?
Glad to see you guys are planning on continuing work on it :)
Well it looks cool. Nothing revolutionary in terms of design but the gameply was quite tight. Good job! Visuals were great but it seems you opted out of graphics voting,
Visuals are great, music is great, and everything works really well stylistically. My biggest gripe is with the physics. More realistic car physics are fun in sandbox games, but in a racing game I want control and speed. Feeling somewhat out of control because of how physics is going to resolve a bump or collision takes away the enjoyment for me of a solid racing experience. I would also like to see a course with more variety. More vertical change would be a nice bonus, and some varying scenery (would love to know what a beach and bay looks like in that style). All in all stylistically great, but physics and course design can use some work. Thanks!
I saw neon. I clicked and played. Great job! Love the visuals, controls, UI, and music!
Sorry, I've checked some checkboxes wrongly. I think it's fixed now.
Btw we have 7 other cars and more different curves. It was time that not help us hahaha. Only two guys at full work on this game. The difficulty is not quite set due time too, we decided to let more easy for at least the game can be finished. Thanks for the feedback!
If you played our game, please let a feedback, that way we can play yours too!
Amazing music, beautiful visuals and great controls (important too, hehe). Glad to see a LD game from a local studio (BR-RS).
I love the aesthetic, the game ooze style! One of the best looking games of the dare I've seen so far. The rain screen effects and break light blur really look downright beautiful on-top of the tron like setting. The game-play reminds me of those old school arcade racers, where you had to get from checkpoint to checkpoint before the time ran out (such as Outrun). So the game-play hits a soft spot for me.
My only real complaint is the car handling. The car flips too easily, and the car's too stiff, making it hard to drift on turns, which is odd, seeing how the game's graphics and "arcadey" game-play seem to scream PGR style drifting. But, handling is something that takes time to tweak and get right, so it's forgivable to not have it perfect in 72 hours. It's something that even if it's 95% right, that 5% will over-shallow it. So make sure you spend time tweaking it if you do indeed continue to work on it!
That being said, it's still really fun to drive! The classic racing game-play still holds up, and it's just plain fun.
I also found an odd bug, the place you finished gets stuck between races. Meaning if you finished 8th the first time, and 1st the second, it'll still say you placed 8th the second time through. It works fine upon restarting though.
I look forward to seeing how the full game turns out!
Really dig the art style! Nothing special in terms of gameplay but what's there works really well. Great job!
I'm not sure how to rate this. The game is very polished, but nothing feels fresh and interesting. It is pretty cool for what it is though!
Very cool game! Loving the colours and the geometry style. Car feels great! very arcade like and fast! overall a nice easy to play game and a well done Jam!
Visuals, mood, fun, theme, all great. I really enjoyed it. There could be some keyboard key to take the crashed car back to the road, I stucked this way.
The Game was fun with nice visuals the driving and the AI were good! But,when it said i ran out of power i just kept on going and more than a few times i ramped over the sides and fell into what i can only call the abyss. There's allot going for this and was a great game for the time limit.
There's nothing wrong with this game but allot could be improved.
The Game was fun with nice visuals the driving and the AI were good! But,when it said i ran out of power i just kept on going and more than a few times i ramped over the sides and fell into what i can only call the abyss. There's allot going for this and was a great game for the time limit.
There's nothing wrong with this game but allot could be improved.
The Game was fun with nice visuals the driving and the AI were good! But,when it said i ran out of power i just kept on going and more than a few times i ramped over the sides and fell into what i can only call the abyss. There's allot going for this and was a great game for the time limit.
There's nothing wrong with this game but allot could be improved.
The Game was fun with nice visuals the driving and the AI were good! But,when it said i ran out of power i just kept on going and more than a few times i ramped over the sides and fell into what i can only call the abyss. There's allot going for this and was a great game for the time limit.
There's nothing wrong with this game but allot could be improved.
The Game was fun with nice visuals the driving and the AI were good! But,when it said i ran out of power i just kept on going and more than a few times i ramped over the sides and fell into what i can only call the abyss. There's allot going for this and was a great game for the time limit.
There's nothing wrong with this game but allot could be improved.
I love the music. The graphics is very good. But I think it can even be improved by adjusting the colors and make sight focus on the picture center. The camera is very professional. The grapics looks very cool, but I worry that the flincker lines might make player sick. I can still drive my car even I lost all energy. Bumped road is an interesting idea. This game worth play many times. And I want more rock and roll
I love the music. The graphics is very good. But I think it can even be improved by adjusting the colors and make sight focus on the picture center. The camera is very professional. The grapics looks very cool, but I worry that the flincker lines might make player sick. I can still drive my car even I lost all energy. Bumped road is an interesting idea. This game worth play many times. And I want more rock and roll
this game... is... really... really... cool !
Love the graphic style :)
From a guy who has also tried to make a racing game in a jam I am super impressed by how tight the controls are!
Really good work guys! However the art style, while cool, is rather distracting because of how much it strobes and flickers. I thing it downplays the most effective part of the game which is the strong racing element.
Hope you guys do well! I really loved this entry.
Great stuff guys, very polished, very nice audio-visually, not much to complain about! Only thing I found SLIGHTLY annoying was the camera panning weirdly during jumps which made the jumping a little bit confusing. That's a very minor complaint however. AI drivers too?! Sheesh guys. Stellar job.
Please make a full version. This is more fun than any racer EA pulled off in the last twenty years.
Good job on the car handling it's good!
I Really love the shader used in this game and music really fits the scenery.
But i still feel it's missing something?
It looks very pretty and drivin' through the streets aiming for the energy was a real fun time!
This is a really great game! I had a great time driving (and crashing) my car around the track and the jumps were very cool. Even though you could still drive after running out of power, that didn't bother me too much because I was having too much fun driving around and crashing into other cars. One thing I would suggest improving would be the message that says you ran out of power, since it pops up in the middle of the screen and can be pretty distracting. Other than that, I really liked the graphics and the music too. It really set the mood well and made it look professional. Great job!
I think I broke the game, looks cool though. Side note, in this picture it says I ended in 8th place. But in reality I ended in 2th place. Weird bug. screenshot night.png
Anyway, I really enjoyed your game. I haven't played much racing games, I don't have any reference, but the driving felt good. Furthermore, the graphics and the mood where great. However, the energy system you added to the game felt forced and didn't really add anything in my opinion. I never ran out of energy. It just felt forced because the theme demanded it. Overall, a polished and well made game with some minor bugs!
This is a great entry! I loved the overall aesthetic of it. The graphics reminded me of 80s virtual reality movies and the soundtrack was very 80s sounding as well. The rain effects and ambient sound effects definitely added to the fantastic mood as well. The driving was very standard and nothing really out of the ordinary but it was still a great deal of fun. Nothing really to critique here other than the suggestion of adding more features and mechanics and polishing up general game feel. Overall, great entry!
Great graphics, great sound, great fun! Incredibly slick controls and a very atmospheric game. Very well done! :)
I love the art style and the rain effect! The music was good as well, but was a bit repetitive over time. And the controls were good, but I couldn't go really straight after a drift, I think a boost you can activate, to stop your drift would have been a good idea! Anyway, great game!
very nice graphics and music. Good
Wow, this looks amazing, the glows, the raindrops on the camera, the emissive everything. the car handles nicely feels like your slipping around wet streets. music is nice. track design is nice. I thing it would be nice is crashes were not as devastating. Great work.
Not a fan of the art style, probably because I found the buildings to be very distractive. The audio aspect was awesome :D and although I am not a fan of racing games (bcz I am horrible at playing them), I still enjoyed the game-play much more than I expected :)
8th place here. Excellent execution of controls and visuals. Great work!
These graphics are beautiffuffuuul
One of the best looking games I've seen yet and the gameplay wasn't lacking either!
This was quite a good game!
- Graphics: Very good graphics! I like this neon style, kinda reminds me of Blood Dragon :) - Sound: I don't exactly know why you opted out but I suspect that you didn't made it. Shame, cause it really contributed to overall feel of the game - Gameplay: I'll disagree on this one with others. It was really extremlly hard to control the car, but I think that if you would have more time you could make the controls better. Anyway, I could finish the race after few tries so that matters :) - Overall: I had my fun with this game. Surely not the best control-wise from all the games I played, but graphics kept the game interesting enough for me. Also, I don't know how time flew by so that's always a good thing :)
GJ guys!
Thanks, the music credit is on the post. And we have great news! The Midnight let us use their music in the game. It will be on a next version with more cars and tracks too.
Solid racing game. I also loved that everything is wire framed. Even the tire tracks. Well done.
Dat bloom!!
I had a lot of fun playing this.
As it has been said, aesthetics are awesome! Even if it is a racing game (I'm not very used to it) i had a lot of fun! Great work, and long live the 80's!
Fun game :). Quiet similar style to my racing game aswell.
I'm a huge sucker for these neo 80's style games so i definitely loved the art and music in this one. The game handles really well too, the car is weighty and satisfying to drive. Really great job on this one!
Cool game! The retro graphics are gorgeous and the gameplay is fun. I personally found the control scheme to be difficult to use, but maybe that's just me.
Wow, that was a really incredible game, well done! I can't think of any really significant flaws in your presentation. I would've liked perhaps one or two more features on the track (the ramps were fun, I was hoping for more satisfying things like that). Maybe some curvature to the road would make the environment feel a little more Wipeout-ey, but those are small issues.
Real cool! The bug fixes are really neat. The energy pack are well distributed, I didn't have a too hard time despite sucking at driving games, it stayed fun. The music is badass. The visuals and menus are cool. Maybe an epilepsy disclaimer? I know it's kind of obvious with most video games and stuff, but yeah this is quite hardcore and the flashing lights made me super dizzy.
I like the atmosphere. It's not often that you see a game with wireframe-style visuals, and this one pulls it off quite nicely. Good art, nice music. The style and heavy use of pink kinda reminds me of Hotline Miami. Nice work!
Love the Artstyle here, great choice of music to fit this style! solid entry..
Great game i loved the graphics
Amazing graphics, really good audio and physics (although I'm not really a good judge on that since I never play racing games). Everything is well done, the only drawback is that I couldn't feel the theme here. Great job anyway!
Stunning visuals!!
This is great in every term! Thank you for this game! Very inspiring!
Please play, rate and comment our game aswell: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/disaster-on-nebula-one
Fun times! The implementation of the aesthetic was spot-on!
Sadly though, it was a bit too difficult for me to get through after a few solid attempts. >,<
I got first and it said I was eighth :( - It may because I got eighth the first couple tries, maybe it didn't reset properly or something? Good job, love the visuals.
IGN 10/10
Thanks everyone for play our game! Hi @tifu, that is a bug fixed in the updated version (second download link). Of course, you have to avaluate us from the entry game ;D
Difficult for me to play, but extremely fun either way! Fantastic graphics and effects, great music, great concept, and perfect use of the theme.
great game, you did a good job
Wow that was really good driving .... in a game jam game. Well done not only was the driving good, the AI seemed pretty good too. Really like the theme/graphically style you went for and the audio just tied it all together so well. I think the camera when jumping was not great, and would have been nice to have "free-cam". Worked well on controller but would have been nice to have a trigger as the accelerator rather than up on the left-thumb stick, great job guys.
Hard to give praise that hasn't already been given, so I guess I'll note how awesome the little tilt is on the camera when you do a hard turn (at least, I THINK it's a tilt).
Love the style, although I might increase the thickness of the wireframe, it was sort of distracting with the aliasing on it. The driving was tight which is surprising given it was a game jam. I did encounter a sort of physics bug when rear-ending another car at high speed it flung me over them and pretty high up on a wall. It would have been nice to give the other cars different colors just for variety sake. Overall Excellent work.
@boats actually we have 7 another cars, but what we did not have was time to put it in the game :) so in new updates this things will coming up.
I didn't manage to win the race, I wanted to explore your world so much that I kissed the walls a lot. :p
Anyway, good music choice, the sounds effects are nice. As for the music, this kind of art / visual style is trendy lately, but that's a trend I can get behind.^^
I like that you can give a hard time to the IA by throwing them off. The RoadBumps (for lack of a better term, sorry) are a nice touch, coupling those with the energy boosts makes it a nice level / game design thing, giving variety to the game. I found the energy boosts' hitboxes a bit too small, some of them being at not so practical angles on the road, making them a bit hard to get without hitting the walls.
I would love to play more levels. :) Since I didn't see any information on your twitter / website / blog / telepathic network, I'll keep checking your entry's page.^^
Good Job! o/
@ogma if you want, you can follow us on twitter: @hadouvic & @benhurvillar we are fisnishing this game in our free time. We have so much ideas coming up. BTW thanks for your feedback.
The retro graphics and neon lights contributed greatly to the atmosphere! The mood of this game is one of the highlights of this LD for me.
I eventually beat the game, but took me quite a number of tries. The car handling could use some work, and collisions with other cars or walls can really throw you off. I found it easier to let the other cars go ahead and take my time completing the track. Missing a powerup can be fatal as well.
- Wow know making such types of games in 72 hours , is something that should be appreciable - i like how the water drops are falling on the screen - camera controller is nicely design - collision is very good - hats off to programmer and artist
Well, i have a lot of things to say, i've already worked on race game, and you shall take an eyes on this article ! http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134845/a_rational_approach_to_racing_game_.php
About the avatar :
- Export it on Xbox controller, the fun thing in driving, is to manage the speed - Wich bring me to the second point, you can made that the power lost depend on you'r speed. - What you can do is that the Max speed depend on your power gauge.
It's pretty arcade, so maybe you shall thought about element that can create spaces between players, like managing the gauge, with some "boost" system, or else.
Still, it's a real great job !
Hey @webster, thanks for comment. I've already read your article, before you posted here haha. It is a really good article. Thanks for sharing!
A solid racing game in a short timespan, nicely done!
We just updated the game (second link) with improvements on energy consumption (and colisors) and add full controller support - menu & gameplay!
Cool graphics! I really love the neon-themed environment. :D It was fun to play too.
I'm a sucker for the 80s retrowave aesthetic and graphics, so this is one of the best entries I've played! The racing felt really good for a jam game, drift was right, ramps were fun and the car was spinning out of control at the right places. There was one time where I got stuck and was unable to move the car, although that's kind of rare. I can't believe this is a jam game! Would be cooler with some light trails.
Great graphics and sound! The mood is fantastic. I think you can improve the race track by removing those edges of the buildings. If the player lost control over his car he gets easily stuck because of those edges. A bit frustrating though.
Hey @nbitsstudio - [you put your game on my list to play](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/end-of-time/whos-not-had-any-love-link-your-game-for-me-to-play), and [I streamed the play-through on Friday](https://youtu.be/-DEvWdMWCKk?t=5310), I'm not a very good driver, but I liked the mechanics, A little more feedback (maybe audio?) when you hit the breaks, would be cool, but otherwise it's nice! Very nicely done in the 48 hours, I was really impressed to see the car get reset when it ended up on its roof :) And the jumps were a really nice touch!
Thanks for playing @tolmera! @marin0104 we will do improvements on that in next updates. Thanks for the comments!
And the game was developed in 72hs :)
Not to brag or anything but I got 8th place twice in a row (;
Very pretty, although the UI seems hardcoded for 16:9 resolutions: things become a little misplaced at e.g. 1920x1200. The physics are slightly overkill, but the driving controls are mostly alright (although I'd like to be able to brake while I'm holding accelerate, Trackmania style). Good work!
Cool stuff! Avast detected your exe as a malware on your 2nd version, the first one works fine!
@huitre Well, as far I searched on internet, this is a Avast issue. I sugest you deactivate the antivirus to play our updated game.
Great game, the controls are slick (maybe you should tell about space key to break though), global aesthetic (visual & music) is fine. My only comment is that the power bar just never fills. It stays here, empty and inactive, only the "running out of power" alert shows me I'm on trouble. Not a big problem though as of course you never want to avoid a power flash, you want them all! And of course the game was made in only 3 days, so terrific job guys, and fun game!
I see that you're using Unity, can you make a macOS build? Thanks.
What an excellent game! The visuals are stunning, the neon 80's tron style is absolutely great and the music goes very well with it. The car physics felt very good, and the controls were slick. It was a lot of fun to play!
My biggest issue with it is that the "running out of power" part seems like it's just kinda tacked on to a racing game, and it feels kind of unfair when only the player needs power. The AI cars just keep on driving without needing to refill their power, so it's pretty much just a tacked on mechanic that obstructs the player because otherwise it wouldn't fit the theme. I think you should've made it a little bit more integral to the game than it is.
I also got a bug where I was always 8th place, regardless of what position I finished at.
I still really liked it though. Extremely well made considering the time limit.
Wonderful graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XAlLzxVYeo
excellent work!! as pretty as it was fun!
Nice style! But roughness on road dont see cleanly. And I want`s same Physical reaction on crash. And when game over - i steal drive
Thanks for playing, guys! I suggest after you play the entry version and avalue our game, play the updated version. A lot of bugs are already fixed, including a more calibrated disposition of the energies. About the AI need to get energies too would be out of scope for a 3-day game development, but sure would be better with it.
Wow! That was awesome!! Insane visuals, awesome handling cars, fun AI, just an awesome experience! Thank you for creating this gem! :)
:musical_note: *Now playing: Kavinsky - Nightcall* :musical_note:
Awesome shaders work. So awesome -- even youtube video codec can't handle it.
I'm really bad at racing games and walls with obstacles make it really hard to play.
Small bugs I found: - sometimes tire tracks stuck in the air - there are a lot of gaps in walls so you can fall off - 1-2% of energy is consumed before you can actually drive - in some cases if you run out of power - arrows controls got blocked on a next try.
Here is my playtest: https://youtu.be/zte0CTmkRzw
[NeonRacing2.gif](https://youtu.be/zte0CTmkRzw)
Any chance for a Linux64 build?
Thanks for playing, @icxon! Yes, Youtube codecs doesn't know how to show the beauty of the game hahaha. I had this problem even with the Windows recorder. @ eremiell and @zenmumbler, we'll probably do Mac/Linux versions on the complete version of the game we are working on.
Great Game!! Graphics was really nice and I liked the car mechanics too!
5 stars! When I drove through the lightning bolt and saw the explosion I felt excited! The moment when I would continue to play is I wasn't sure what I could do to pass more than the slowest car. The cars got ahead of me and I wasn't feeling feedback on if I was driving faster or slower, since I was dead last most of the time and didn't see cars to indicate my relative pace.
You game is amazing. Nice graphics. Very good work. congrats
Fantastic aesthetic! @nbitsstudio The sounds in the game(especially the car engines) are very well done! It's extremely refreshing to see a racing game as a submission, especially one made in unity! The rain drop effects paired with the bloom creates a great mood and feel for the game. The physics are pretty good however it is quite easy to flip if you collide with anything else. Also if you don't mind me asking, are you using the unity wheel colliders? I know how hard it is to make a game like this, so I applaud you for how good Night Driver is!
@teammonumental Yes, we used wheel colliders. Also we used a tool to help put all the parameters in one inspector window, wich helps with time a little bit. The problems in physics are pretty much time-guilty, because it take much time to set all those whell parameters, weight, downforce and center of mass for the car gets harder to flip.
Wow. Didn't expect this amazing level of visuals on LD. Amazing entry!