FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD41 → Speeddating

Speeddating

By piotrmi and Elbcore

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1044.0156
Fun514.0856
Innovation534.1556
Theme294.4256
Graphics4883.6156
Humor264.2555
Mood1383.8851

Comments

imanol-pina 2018-04-24 10:49

Your game is very fun and dangerous xD It's a very original idea!

iak 2018-04-24 10:51

This is so silly it's amazing. This should be the new standard for speeddating around the globe.

psilocybegames 2018-04-24 11:16

I really liked it! The questions were a bit silly. My feedback: - you can always drive safely behind date's car - a little bit more time for the conversation or faster text scrolling would be useful

la-mecanique-du-plastique 2018-04-24 11:22

Okay, this was really fun ! I thought that it would be similar to TEXT AND DRIVE, but the idea of literally approach someone on the road is a fantastic twist. The surrounding gameplay/art details are nice (the road panels, the road curvature, the increasing speed...). Would have loved some sound design.

The angle allowed to look at the other face is maybe a bit too permissive, as we can find a sweet spot where the questions are asked and the incoming traffic is visible. It would be evilish but maybe nice to force looking straight to the face, forcing the player to make quick stressed looks to the road.

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elbcore 2018-04-24 11:39

@La-mecanique-du-plastique Thank you for the feedback! The balancing was really hard on this one, since we weren't sure how long it should take for the questions to pop up, therefore having stricter angles had a huge impact on difficulty since you cannot answer questions before their textbox animation has played out.

@PsilocybeGames thank you for the feedback aswell! The driving behind the Date's car was originally planned not to be safe, but we realized we had no real pause button/ pause menu and too little time to make one, so we settled on keeping a little safe space.

Also you can skip trough most of the statements using the Left Mouse Button

bitten-toast-games 2018-04-24 11:53

Really fun cute concept.

re-markable 2018-04-24 13:04

Wow this game is awesome! I absolutely love the concept of this and I think your choice of style fits perfectly with this game! I think the way you combined a Racing Game and a Dating Simulator is extremely well done and you definitely deserve a top spot for this Ludum Dare!

those-30-ninjas 2018-04-24 19:12

BAHAHAha I love the concept. Great work guys. check out our entry if you get a chance. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/mulligun

gexalmighty 2018-04-24 19:15

Still less stressful than dating IRL. Loved it, I was disappointed lack of sound effects though, could have made it seem even more chaotic

jamie-slowgrove 2018-04-24 19:24

Nice game! Fun to play and a good level of difficulty. Frustrating enough to be challenging but not enough to make me want to give up 😆

rulrite 2018-04-24 20:17

Such a fun game! I'm glad that you managed to get yours much more finished than mine; it's cool to see someone successfully pull off the 'date whilst being distracted by something else' thing. In fact, I think you did a really fantastic job... It wasn't too easy, it wasn't too hard, and I had a great time overall. Plus, I have to say that I really love the visual style - there's something extremely charming about it.

Great work!

troll-tamer-games 2018-04-24 20:30

Absolutely hilarious and really innovative game. When I first pulled up beside my love interest and the game-show style question board popped up I cracked up. This game is super funny and a hoot to play, but I experienced some bugs in the questions with stored "favorite" values changing and being inconsistent. Aside from improving the questions the pacing, polish, and gameplay were excellent.

elbcore 2018-04-24 20:54

@troll-tamer-games thanks for playing our game! We really appreciate the feedback and I am glad you enjoyed it! I really speeded most of the textboxes code, and it seems to be sometimes skipping important messages. At some point I gave up looking for all the bugs, and just tried to patch things up by having the street signs give you the right answers. Actually I am really relieved that this is the only kind of bug that the Dialog system produces. :smile:

rolfvankleef 2018-04-24 21:14

I thoroughly enjoyed this game. The graphics are exactly what they need to be and the theme combination is derpy but absolutely awesome. I had a great laugh playing this game. Very bloody good job!

lereveur 2018-04-24 21:32

The worst way for a speeddating, but for a game, it's a very neat use of the theme, I found it fun and hilarious. Plus, the combination is not only on the gameplay drive and dating : it's a memory game too. Very well done!

wallie 2018-04-24 21:46

It is very good, funny use of theme. Good job!

barbaarian 2018-04-24 23:04

I think a crash to almost every car! Fun and challenging game.

kurt-roembke 2018-04-25 16:38

Definitely the funniest use of the theme that I've seen so far. I love the road signs, too. Great job!

lucas-carvalhaes 2018-04-26 01:58

Dude. 5/5. In every aspect. Simple yet VERY WELL executed! I had a blast haha.

nander 2018-04-26 09:41

Great graphics, fun concept. Mood is one of the best I've seen in a LD game.

pixelome 2018-04-26 17:22

Great idea, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Although I was a bit confused what happens with the hearts at the top at the start. I also used a dating sim as one of my genres so I like seeing what others have combined it with.

doswosh 2018-04-26 17:28

Fun game! Great work!

maijauleberg 2018-04-26 17:35

I really enjoyed the cross between dating and driving. It was nicely polished and a good execution of the idea, had fun playing through it :)

sticmac 2018-04-26 17:39

I liked the idea :)! You perfectly match the theme and found a great idea through it! Nice job!

PS: I think the game would be more enjoyable with a bit of music. You didn't want to be rated on audio of course, so it doesn't count in my ratings, but for a post-jam version maybe… :)

iluvatar 2018-04-26 17:48

This was really hard, but so much fun. Them graphics are so cute and dialogs funny as hell. It got a bit frustrating in some parts, but overall one of my favourites :)

captainpilot 2018-04-26 17:48

Love it! Strikes the perfect balance of avoiding the obstacles and trying to pay attention. Was satisfying to finish it!

howard-duong 2018-04-26 17:52

This is a great idea! Very fun and unique concept, I love it.

aruculadomal 2018-04-26 18:12

Loved the game, unique, innovative and very funny! Also the graphics were a good fit!

elbcore 2018-04-26 18:32

Thanks for the feedback everyone who I did not mention specifically yet! We really appreciate every single comment!

julink 2018-04-26 18:32

The concept is really good! The first time I touched a car i was:"Wow, what was that ?!" ^^ It's really good. If you want another version of a dating sim, check out our game, "Date Fighter", only for 2 players.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/date-fighter

siuler-lm 2018-04-26 18:34

"Are you paying attention to me?", hahaha! The idea is awesome and so hilarious. The toon graphics are perfect for this game. Congratulations!

asbelgrants 2018-04-26 18:54

It was really fun, I loved it. I managed to win, but now I want to kill my date (always asking the same silly questions, oh god). x'D Great work. o/

mil 2018-04-26 19:44

Love the idea! But now I am imagining that all the other drivers in the other cars tried to find love too and I just killed them 😨

elbcore 2018-04-26 19:52

@mil Thanks for the feedback! I can assure that no love seeking slow drivers were hurt in the process of making this game! :smile:

bradalli 2018-04-26 21:17

What an adorable game! Such an interesting idea, I had a lot of fun playing it :) only slight issue I had was accidentally clipping cars when I didn't realise I would but I suppose thats part of the difficulty :p Thanks!

ribout-horace 2018-04-26 22:25

A cool game, but the fact that you have to stay at an exact spot don't really help to mixed the two gameplay. Most of time, we dodge car until we have an oppening to go talk with her. But the global idea and the way to make it graphicly was fun, and the sign to help you is REALLY a great idea ! And the control was smooth and easy, and I love the menu ! Like yeah, it' work !

samusoidal 2018-04-27 03:49

That was funny! I love the concept and the art and writing were spot on. It could have used some sound, though. Good job!

dovakla 2018-04-27 16:48

This is really funny! The graphics are fantastic for its tone and the gameplay is really polished!

A very minor issue is that one time I had to drive away while they were talking to me, so I didn't get to see their favorite personality trait.

elbcore 2018-04-27 18:05

@Dovakla thank you for the feedback! Yeah i really did not want this to happen. I tried to patch it up but it ended up consuming alot of time and after 48 of nosleep i just felt too tired to deal with it so i gave up fixing that :smile: I hope it did not bother you too much!

dovakla 2018-04-27 18:27

@Elbcore it wasn't too bad! I guessed the right answer anyway.

nedstormfish 2018-04-28 05:43

Pretty good. Audio would really help, make it a lot more tense.

lemonbalmgames 2018-04-28 19:23

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In all seriousness though, there could've been a few more questions in the pool but other than that a great entry!

cristiano-m-garcia 2018-05-07 03:32

Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

jedeen 2018-05-15 06:14

This premise is absolutely absurd. I love it.