Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD43 → Runaway Bus
By thegamedev
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 295 | 3.30 | 36 | |
| Fun | 208 | 3.35 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 289 | 3.08 | 37 | |
| Theme | 444 | 2.72 | 36 | |
| Graphics | 241 | 3.37 | 37 | |
| Audio | 330 | 2.62 | 35 | |
| Humor | 165 | 3.04 | 35 | |
| Mood | 365 | 2.79 | 34 |
Really cute idea. Reminds me of that old but gold Cyanide and Happiness short.
One thing that may be a bug though, if you run over corpses you still take damage. This probably isn't a bug but certainly does feel like one.
Also a bit of invincibility time at the start and maybe when transitioning sides would help.
Your game was a lot of fun! I love how the bus handled. I was just wondering why there are crosswalks if half of the pedestrians ignore them
Haha I think this should be called the Running over Pedestrian simulator. My first few attempts were pathetic...I didn't even make it around 1 corner. Got the hang of it though after a few tries. Really neat idea and fun.
Great game! I wanted to play this one since I saw it on the main feed :)
@evan-overly can you link the short?
It seems realistic to me nice game made by not bad graphics loved your game 5/5,,,well this is my first time jamming and feel the competitive environment here
Awesome idea and nice simplistic graphics and sound! My main problem is that the bus is too responsive, so when the bus is off screen it is too hard to predict the amount the bus will turn
That's a really nice game with a pleasant art style and fun simple physics. The only downside I see is that hitting pedestrians takes damage. You could easily ignore this and rather relay on obstacles on the road which would destroy you. Throwing tiny pedestrians around would be cool factor, instead it tries to break that fun.
In any case, good game - you should work on it after the compo and make it into a full game :)
I wish we could run over the people without penalty, after all sacrifices must be made to defuse the bomb!
Simple to understand gameplay is a plus for me. I knew what I was supposed to do and knew what I did wrong when I died. Unfortunately that's not always the case with jam games.
Nice game, really hard tho. There is too much people. Good controls to the bus.
Who knew that being a bus driver is so much stress? Cute entry. :slight_smile:
Amazing entry, I loved the little sounds and the great concept for the game, keep up the good work!!!
Really enjoyed the game but took a bit time to be able to drive properly
I really like this game , it gives a lot of fun. i like idea and match to the topic. graphics is simple , but it cool i like this art style. I like the physics of rejecting people. Game is hard for me, but i'm noob so ...
Good job :) (sorry for my bad English)
I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down."
Well, if nothing else, it proves that I'm fit to be in neither the bus driving nor the bomb defusing career.
Another case of "I don't get it, I'm afraid". Quite aside from the pedestrians being complete maniacs, the green coin doesn't seem to do anything, and it's almost impossible not to get your wheels clogged up with the limbs of those not cautious enough to look both ways before crossing.
It's always fun to run over civilians, but I felt like there was too many of them xD Very fun to play though, and definitely difficult to master! Good job!
Interesting game, but i think instead of the game ending when running over 3 civilians, it should just like affect your end score, as now it is very difficult to not run over civilians. Graphics are good though and controls work well. I just would like to play this a bit more, but it is so difficult to not die in this game.
awesome, a bit too challenging maybe
Haha, tough little game! Likewise, I like the way the bus steering handled, but perhaps a mechanic where the civilians at least attempt to avoid if they are a certain distance from the bus. So it really would be more down to bad driving than random civilian movement. Well done though!