FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD41 → Click for Speed

Click for Speed

By borodar, BruSD, Hubal Oleg and BatReg

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1064.0140
Fun2073.7740
Innovation2813.6940
Theme1594.1440
Graphics294.5640
Humor8042.5030
Mood1453.8636

Comments

maxime-catel 2018-04-23 20:48

Really cool game, with nice flow ! Music is top, art too ^^ Maybe your left and right buttons are quite small, but after some games I was used to ^^

gilborn 2018-04-23 20:54

Beautiful game & Sound. Struggled with the controls but I guess this was intentionally if you look at the theme :-)

nicholas-balanda 2018-04-23 20:56

Cool game, it is not so easy, maybe if you could click on the center of the screen to speed and the sides to turn? Just an ideia...Anny whaycongratulations!!! :v:

blinkenlights 2018-04-23 20:57

I LOVE the speedy, action-packed atmosphere and unlockables, don't think I've ever seen that sort of thing in a racing game. Funnily enough, I made an entirely different game also using a racer/dodge mechanic, thoug it isn't half as well-done as yours. I would appreciate any feedback if you find the time, though. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cruise-co

raffe 2018-04-23 20:59

Very nice piece! Audio is very good, controls were a bit hard to master but by time the got easy to use, overall a very cool game, also the graphics are good looking and the concept is nice ! Good job !

lost-dutchman-software 2018-04-23 21:01

Wow! I love the environment assets and the music choice was tops! I found it a little difficult to hit the left/right while frantically clicking but I can accept that as a legit difficulty curve!

benskca 2018-04-23 21:03

The game looks absolutely incredible, its kind of wipeout-esque and suits the game perfectly. I love the atmosphere of the game but it did get repetitive quite quickly, that said with a bit more variety in obstacles I think the game would be great.

5-pyr 2018-04-23 21:03

Can't accelerate and move at the same time, everything else seems good tho :)

valden 2018-04-23 21:05

Really nice game, and the graphics and music are top notch. Could make a really fun mobile game (but it would become a little bit easier) !

alex13 2018-04-23 21:51

Very nice! But splitting left-right control from acceleration will be better.

kichex 2018-04-24 00:46

Loved it! excelent presentation and let me say that you DESTROYED the theme. Very well done.

azargaz 2018-04-24 10:06

Pretty good. I have touch screen in my laptop and I think it plays much better with touch controls.

sinemual 2018-04-24 17:41

Cool graphics, cool music and cool theme interpreting)

john-timora 2018-04-24 17:56

I really like the game I just wish I could use A & D for the movement other then that great job.

baubau 2018-04-24 18:15

Nice graphics and idea. Got used to the controls after a while :)

yinyin 2018-04-24 18:37

*This is my jam.* If only it loaded up on my phone. Good thing I've got a tablet. Would hate to play it with a mouse.

But I gotta nitpick some things!

First of all the procedural generation rules were lacking.

Jumps frequently led right into blockades rather than over them. Thus I didn't see much use taking them, ever. You don't want to make your player avoid the fun jumps!

But worse than that, I frequently spawned right into a barrier after a scenery change. At speed there was no way to dodge or destroy them.

Besides that the barrier collisions felt a bit too wide. In my first play through I didn't realise that the target highlight on them indicates that I can click and destroy them. Instead I thought those were just a heads up and was annoyed that it didn't instead only come and stay up while being on a collision course and requiring me to steer (feedback on being clear or not), have I steered enough?). I had a hard time getting around them all and it made the game *slow*, but at least I got a lot of pickups that way.

Then I read up that I can destroy them, which sped things up and completely removed steering from the equation. Swapping between clicking an upcoming barrier and the ship is infinitely easier than steering, where clicks need to come in the right dosage (and hit various areas of a moving *and* rotating target). Even at later stages when the track wobbles all over the place, barriers remain the easier targets you can just mash on. And on top of that it guarantees that the upcoming game over threat is entirely eliminated. The consequence being that I no longer went out of my way to collect anything.

serious07 2018-04-24 20:45

I'm will be honest there, controls are just anoying, with that cool grapgics and music waht you done game is realy just ruined by the controls. I'm guese the main problem is gui controls just binded to the ship. Your tehnical skills is wery high, but this is just not unplayable, with this controls, it killing all fun... So sad.

fiote 2018-04-25 13:41

Saw on jtn191's stream. Looks really fun! Mouse clicking for steering looks hard. Mobile users would enjoy this a lot, tho. Interface is slick, low-poly graphics are on point, the music is as well. Nice job!

richard-n-silva 2018-04-25 13:51

Really gorgeous artstyle! I felt that the game should be a little fast-paced though.

And lastly, I know that the audio is not being rated but the volume was a little bit loud for my tast. Congratulations on the project!

goat-toaster-games 2018-04-25 16:04

This was beautiful. Awesome graphics and theme incoporation!! It's going to give me carpel tunnel but it was worth it XD

joemid 2018-04-26 02:59

Awesome racer. I played on Mac via HTML (touchpad-argh) and PC with a mouse. I am going to try a tablet next- which made me think of gyro/accelerometer input for the turning? With the touchpad it reminded me of Pole Position- with mouse, I was thinking less of the controls and more about the graphics. Gorgi graphics. Took me back to StarFox and Wipeout. Fantastic use of the theme! PS- love the palette/terrain/decoration change power-ups. Great job- thanks for the game!

mintarcade 2018-04-26 14:01

Really nice art. Would look great on mobile. Very vert cool game.

huminaboz 2018-04-28 04:46

Awesome. Lots of fun. Once I realized you could click the obstacles, it was on.

palsina 2018-04-28 14:57

Clicking to turn making you loose speed is kind of frustrating! I did like the game though

krunoslav 2018-04-28 15:20

Nice graphics, specially the water and the portals! C'était bien de pouvoir changer les couleurs et le paysage ! Le seul hic est que c'est ne pas encouragé faire la cours vite.

jackrugile 2018-05-01 05:01

I was absolutely blown away by the polish on this game, in all categories. You really know your game dev craft and you've created an amazing experience here.

niterich 2018-05-04 16:10

I think this is one of the better entries for this jam. It's just great on so many levels: fantastic music, gorgeous visuals, polished gameplay, everything just fit together really well! That being said, I didn't like how you lost so much speed when turning; seems like it would be more controllable if you could click on separate buttons to increase speed OR turning rate, and then control the car normally with A and D.

Also, I found a glitch where, if you click on reset while the music is fading out, you start the next attempt without any music.