doctorhummer 2020-10-06 06:07
This game is simple, but really interesting! I love the idea behind the ghosts, like you're become more experienced in driving and your next try should be always better than the last. Good job, keep it up!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD47 → Spectre Circuit
By theg
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 834 | 3.47 | 22 | |
| Fun | 523 | 3.57 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 771 | 3.36 | 21 | |
| Theme | 410 | 3.95 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 922 | 3.42 | 22 | |
| Audio | 966 | 2.78 | 21 | |
| Humor | 777 | 2.73 | 19 |
This game is simple, but really interesting! I love the idea behind the ghosts, like you're become more experienced in driving and your next try should be always better than the last. Good job, keep it up!
Nice little game, I like the simple graphics style and look of the car :) After a few laps the steering of the car becomes really difficult tho I also didn't rate audio because if I'm not wrong there are no audio in the game, so you should probably opt-out of this category :) Edit: Nevermind, got my sound settings wrong
nice simple idea and great execution! really like the cute little car model too
Super minimal, v up my street, weird how easy it is to zen out to. Would really suit a chill soundtrack!
Cool concept, I think that it is the most clever usage of the ghost in a racing game! The car handling is quite good! The only cristicism that I can make, it is the lack of music, it would have added more ambiance to the game. Overall very nice work!
I really like the ''racing with yourself'' idea haha! The theme fits well. Good job :)
cute car
great concept that does fit the theme really well.
Nice idea! I liked the car sound :)
cool idea with the changes in car stats. Cool experience to race agains yourself
this was a fun little game and a great idea. After a few laps i suddenly noticed the stats on the right improve and it adds a whole other layer. great job!
Sorry, I like the idea, but I feel like I broke the game. There's no incentive to go fast, just to go *faster than last time*, so if you go as sloooooooooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyy as possible, you can get a higher score.
I tried again, this time forcing myself to go fast, but I lost on my second lap, which downgraded my turning, but then my steering controls just outright broke and I could no longer turn... like, at all.
The graphics are pleasant, though! The track was really smooth and the 3D car (or pseudo-3D, can't tell) looks really cool.
@jamison What number was your turning at when it just wouldn't work, 50 or 60? there was an issue as you described that I thought I fixed. I agree that there's not too much incentive to go fast other than the slow increase in speed that comes with a winning streak.
The car is actually not 3D but a sprite stack generated from a voxel model that was generated from a standard 3D model and I'm happy with how it turned out.
@theg I'm pretty sure it was 60.
Ah nice, the car turned out great. What was your pipeline for going from 3D -> voxel -> sprite layers?
Btw, I ended up playing a few more times and forced myself to go fast, and it's definitely much more fun that way.
@jamison Magicavoxel can import polygonal 3D and export as slices so it's a very easy process.
I found the problem with the steering. The fix I did was to clamp the stat value above the point that the steering would stop working. The problem was I did the clamping AFTER the stat got applied to the car so it was basically doing nothing. I *think* the rules allow this kind of fix after the deadline so I'll probably update the game.
Gotta love racing against the ghost. Too bad I only made it to 8th after a few rounds.
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During our brainstorming session, we pitched the idea of racing endlessly in the same track. Not only am I impressed that the idea was easy to come by, but that a game like this actually took it to a far more creative level. I love the theme, and I love how you're your very worst enemy. I feel that I could cheese the game by starting slow and gradually get better, but I felt the game was so fluid that I wanted to go as fast as possible.
Simply put, this game was very good. Nice controls, excellent use of the theme. I'll be sharing it with my friends. Do continue enjoying this rating period!
This was surprisingly fun - such a simple concept but it shows you took time to make the controls feel good. It really clicked once I lost one of my laps and had to crawl back into a win. Loved the simple graphics too. No fuss, you got right to the point with this game and I love it!
Wow, honestly really fun game. Seen a few games where you face your previous life, but this one really clicked with me a lot. I think the use of stats and how they increase and decrease depending on whether or not you beat your ghost is awesome. I got to lap 18! really cool game, with cool visuals and an addictive loop! Awesome job!
A very classical game, and a very simple use of the theme. But it's clean. I didn't find any bugs. And even if it's a dejà vu, the ghost of the car is welcome to see the loop of the past.