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Someone called for an ambulance?

By bauke-regnerus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1804.0372
Fun664.1472
Innovation9583.4172
Theme6033.9573
Graphics5764.0573
Humor2323.8471
Mood3773.8770

Comments

robertino 2020-04-21 10:38

Awesome art style!

derparuni 2020-04-21 10:38

The sliding car controls add a layer of fun to the core gameloop of driving around. It feels cool to drift around corners with a patient loaded up and trying to not hit things. it would've been interesting if there was more to it than just back and forth transport

Great work!

mennod97 2020-04-21 10:39

Fun game! The fact that you drive a ambulance on roads that seem to be made out of ice, makes it a lot fun to play. The controls needs some getting used to.

kregames 2020-04-21 10:39

Pretty cool game. Like the AI cars, the indicator, the artstyle. But the movement feels a little strange. Would be better to have the up arrow for the car forward, not the view.

matsuya 2020-04-21 10:55

Really liked this, the tricky gameplay, the cute art style and the small bits of humor add to this. Really hope to see more

shayan-ebz78 2020-04-21 12:21

cool and fun, liked it. well done!

mathis-bressaud 2020-04-21 12:48

The game is really fun and surprisingly playable even with a keyboard. The bigger flaw I see is the lack of visual and audio effects mostly on the collision that fill a beat weak. Overall it is a great game.

poupi 2020-04-21 14:04

Fun little game, but in my opinion having the controls relative to the game view is not very enjoyable, the game feel could probably be improved by having the directions relative to the car facing direction. Nice work !

megamiley 2020-04-21 14:06

Loved the art style! Felt nice and arcady to control (used an XBox controller), really wished the cars had some basic sound effects though, that would have made it pop!

willypa 2020-04-21 14:07

i liked the graphics and gameplay was good. Good job :)

dconn537 2020-04-21 14:07

Very fun. I find it cool how you managed to create nice models and a nice style only using minimal stuff

hillelgo 2020-04-21 14:10

Really good art style! I enjoyed driving around the world and really liked the little arrows pointing out of the ocean when falling in.

For me, the controls were really uncomfortable with the keyboard... I would much rather have W go forward and direction keys rotate the ambulance.

png 2020-04-21 14:20

very cool entertaining game with coherent graphic style and music. the controls are a bit confusing, i think i prefer controls relative to the car. :)

doodlebrisk 2020-04-21 14:22

Loved the graphics. Loved the idea. Controlling the ambulance was a pretty big challenge at first, but by the end, I was drifting off of cliffs, speeding through taco lines, and narrowly missing trains. Fun, funny, cool.

dmars 2020-04-21 14:25

Fun, and looks really good. The driving mechanics were pretty hard to get the hang of, but maybe that's part of the challenge. It also took me way to long to discover the second hospital.

timetravelhamster 2020-04-21 14:27

I got smile when i play this game. Great game, the world feel alive also secrets are nice touches. Great visuals and audio. No major issues with gameplay.

tortoisegames 2020-04-21 14:47

Really loved the game, the low poly art style is defiantly a good choice. I love the controls and the not to easy but not to hard vibe. Congrats!

pythooonuser 2020-04-21 14:55

Really liking this one! I wanted to keep on exploring. The drive mechanics were really well executed. Great idea of gradually opening up the map.

loganthemanster 2020-04-21 14:55

Basically my favoruite ld46 game so far. Awesome job!

simonl 2020-04-21 15:38

Very cool entry!

At first I thought the controls are a little wonky, but after some time I got a hold of it. Then it felt really awesome racing though the city, jumping from the highway down to the streets and sliding around corners.

Music was neat and reminded me of theme hospital.

Room for improvement could be sound effects and somewhat funnier symptoms of the patients.

wxzuir 2020-04-21 16:15

The map-design is so great!

demkimos 2020-04-21 16:53

Great game. One of my faves. Lovely music and cute poly objects. Movement was confusing at first but renders itself to some insanely fun drifts later on and once mastered, gets really exciting. The map design is great, nothing like jumping off a cliff or running down the runway to the great sea below. The unlockable regions are a nice touch, as well. It lacks a bit in the sound effects but overall, a splendid job by the creators.

devastus 2020-04-21 18:55

Very entertaining! And I like the art style, fits this game very well. The floaty drive mechanics lend itself to fun drifting stuff once you get the hang of it. Only thing it's missing is some more sound effects.

Very well done!

tricky-fat-cat 2020-04-21 18:55

Crasy ~~taxi~~ ambluence. Funny submission and enjoyable.

coolguy6316 2020-04-21 18:55

Love the design and gameplay! would love to rush for icecream while zooming to work girl lol

hkspadez 2020-04-21 19:03

really fun game. personal favorite ive tried so far!

zezel 2020-04-21 19:08

Very cool and funny game ! Not too short and I didn't feel bored at all very good job !

kaelxd 2020-04-21 19:13

Game was fun it reminds me of crazy taxi!

bauke-regnerus 2020-04-21 19:53

@kaelxd Nice. I wanted the name the game "crazy medic", but there already is a facebook game named like that.

I played Dirt Rally, Overcooked and A Short Hike recently. There a little bit of all these games in my jam entry.

abdurrahman-khallouf 2020-04-21 21:06

this game is fun. love the controls and everything. I like how polished it is for a jam game. I played it with a controller.. fun stuff :D I got bored after a while because of how easy it is. I think this is easily fixable . maybe add a timer or something

p-dude 2020-04-22 02:29

What a cute project! The map was way bigger than I thought at first -- great job with it! I would force the first few spawns in a new area though, since as soon as I unlocked the city, the spawns had me staying in the first little area. for the most part and I wanted to explore the city! I think it should also require the sub-mission like getting ice, medicine, etc. Or have a scoring system that encourages it. Overall, amazing job for your first 3D game and in such a short time period!

grizzliusmaximus 2020-04-22 10:22

I found breaking the rules really fun (Imma rebel) Love the music but it might be a bit too loud. Overall this game is a gem!

diinki 2020-04-22 14:11

Great idea and very polished/well executed. I wish there was more audio, It also got a bit repetitive so adding more mechanics to make it more difficult/interesting would also be a future goal! Great work:D

linluk 2020-04-22 14:58

the game has a fantastic visual style! i really enjoyed it. the controls were a little bit weird, but the music and the graphics are really awesome.

bauke-regnerus 2020-04-22 15:36

@diinki There is more to discover, but you stopped before unlocking any new areas. Thanks for streaming anyway!

@linluk IKR! I choose to have the controls relative to the screen, not to the car, which works great for a controller but not so much for a keyboard. Thanks for the feedback.

renrok 2020-04-22 20:55

This is super cute! The music is FUNKY :saxophone: Driving feels very nice. Sometimes I had a hard time understanding where the arrows were pointing. But enjoyed just going around and exploring.

I'd suggest using a bit brighter and saturated colours> so the graphics look cleaner. But that's details.

TaaTuu!

mateusboga 2020-04-22 22:21

Lovely game! Loved the CoF reference especially xD I only wish you could actually eat tacos..

Here's my playthrough of it: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/599709054

krassenstein 2020-04-23 16:34

Man this was pretty great! I loved the drift that cars had when turning. There was just enough to keep my mind occupied and it felt necessary to try to save every single person who had a little bruise. :)

Excellent job!

picusbgames 2020-04-23 20:54

Very cute little game! :) Saw it on stream and decided I had to try it! Good music choices, fits the theme, great interface, good controls (sure it's hard on keyboard but you say it up front lol). Could easily be an app store game, really great job in the tight constraints of LD!

fables 2020-04-23 21:06

Quite literally my favourite game of the jam. Very well done! Be very happy with what you've made. I played with controller and it felt incredibly smooth if that even makes sense. Also one of the most forgiving games of the jam if you end up in the water :P Great job

aurel300 2020-04-24 13:48

We streamed your game with Danae: [link to Twitch VOD](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/598538752?t=00h59m29s) (approximate timestamp)

Fun game! I was not totally clear on what to do to begin with – I expected the challenge to be more about delivering the patients to the correct buildings, but as far as I can tell, the only patients that were not just "go to the hospital" were the food and medicine ones? A somewhat faster progression in terms of areas might have been nice, but maybe I was just rushing due to the stream. I liked the secret medipacks around the map, and the verticality of the mountains and buildings offers a lot of options, similar to Roundabout. Sad that I got stuck on the roof x)

https://youtu.be/hqL7NjlJpoI?t=1792

bauke-regnerus 2020-04-25 15:26

@aurel300 Getting stuck is part of the open world experience. XD Thanks for playing, I really appreciate the streamers of LD games.

johnnysix 2020-04-28 22:25

Loved the island and the cute models. The subtitled ambulance siren was a fun touch haha.

I'd say - if you do continue this, is either make it traditional car steering, with Left/Right arrow A/D as steering with Up/Down / W/S for Accelerate/Brake, OR.. Align the 8-Direction style movement to a grid that fits the roads. I could navigate okay with the keyboard, but I was doing a diagonal move ( UP+LEFT) to go straight on a road ahha.

manadream 2020-05-05 02:02

Absolutely loved this game, please keep working on it if you feel inclined!

elysiagriffin 2020-05-09 19:19

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615928274?t=7h43m34s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

honest-dan 2020-05-11 19:01

The controls ended up being great - despite my initial reservations. Felt fun - really good within the limitations of a jam. I feel it became a bit repetitive - though I did enjoy the element of unlocking different areas and that some patients needed you to go to different places on the way to the hospital.

uchiro 2020-05-12 10:57

Thank you for the game. It's funny and has a good balance!

I like additional tasks for some mission, I would like to see the development of this idea. Also for the full atmosphere, the game doesn't have enough sounds.