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Wild Ride

By captaindreamcast

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2573.5027
Fun1893.5626
Innovation504.0226
Theme1044.0426
Graphics4013.1827
Audio3802.8427
Humor373.8627
Mood3533.0625

Comments

lestat 2020-10-04 23:42

Interesting concept to say the least. Cool graphics :p Good job!

nikos 2020-10-04 23:45

The game concept is very intresting, and the intro is absolutely hilarious! The music is cool, and the sound effects are satisfying. My only gripe with this game is how frustrating it is. I would appreciate more checkpoints(that don't check anything) and sometimes my rollercoaster clearly went in the tracks but didn't latch on. Great game overall

gironimo4 2020-10-05 16:16

Would love to see someone who is good at this play it out, because I can see it being hilarious/fun. But I struggled with it, couldn't get more than 3 or 4 different tracks. Solidly built though, just user error.

tpsy 2020-10-05 16:19

Really liked the game. One of my favorites from this Jam. The sound effects are good, the intro was fun, and it was challenging enough where finishing it was satisfying, but not too frustrating.

quinn-patrick 2020-10-05 16:21

This was a really fun experience. Obviously, it was pretty short, but I can excuse that. One complaint is that this game uses a few too many buttons for how simple it is, but that could be just me, I really like minimalist control schemes. I had a good laugh at the story, too, so good job!

untitled-studios 2020-10-05 16:26

Fun! I actually really like the weird getting stuck on a rollercoaster for generations idea. Feels like it could be a cool weird premise for a more story-focused game.

edomiyamoto 2020-10-05 16:26

That was really fun. Sure gravity does...things, but it adds well to the gameplay. Been flying around for much more time that I expected first !

barney25052 2020-10-05 16:45

Really difficult, but good concept.

big-pear-studios 2020-10-06 02:02

Wait, I don't get it. I got to the top and tried hitting Mr Bones, but it doesn't do anything. How do I win?

Nvm, I got it now. I guess I didn't hit him the right way.

big-pear-studios 2020-10-06 02:12

That was really fun. The art is charming, and the gameplay is surprisingly good. I don't know what it is about jumping from coaster to coaster that makes it so satisfying, but I ain't complaning. The music does get kinda grating, but I didn't spend long enough in the game for it to get annoying.

Good stuff.

loig 2020-10-06 17:09

I loved the humor of this game, really. Plus the game is fun.

The only thing I would like to change is the fact that the wagons are always going in the same direction: when you jump vertically and fall back to where you jumped from, the wagons should go in the other direction.

m8rix 2020-10-06 17:22

Both very addictive and frustrating. Amazing story. And the ending was very worth the struggle! :) nice job

freeworld 2020-10-06 19:32

Fantastic game, fantastic execution!

Really interesting concept with the rail breaking. I especially love speeding up like a madman and then just hitting random spots on the rails, hoping for the best :D

I'm guessing if you play this long enough it could get a little frustrating :P That's part of the game for me here though. The only thing I would complain about if you charged me for playing this would be the music that is getting repetitive with all the restarts I have to make :P

Thanks for investing time into the story aspect too, that made it all the more enjoyable :D

Again: great idea/concept and fun game you put together in such a short amount of time!

firegamer3 2020-10-06 22:15

I like the RCT theme of it, really good idea! I have never seen a Dreamcast port of something before ha ha

cryptomnesic 2020-10-07 02:36

Let me find a usb adapter for my dreamcast controller hold up

730 2020-10-07 14:33

I don't know why it took me so long to remember that the left/right arrow keys did something. When I remembered that it got pretty fun. Some stuff was a bit frustrating, probably due to being physics based but determining the uhh... launch-point is very uhhh... pixel-based, so like, it ends up not being very precise.

games-by-tom 2020-10-09 06:39

The story and intro are so well done. Every little detail has some (and if only tongue-in-cheek) explaination provdided ^^

The game itself is a bit too far in the "rage game" category for me (the games where you lose progress completely when you make a mistake), so I am yet to get to the fourth loop currently.

But I can say, this was an awesome experience. Especially the setting of the theme. ... and how it fits the theme ;) Very fitting music, (90s) professional dialogue and great jokes. And a port to Dreamcast! (as your name promised :D guess it's about time to buy one ^^)

gettingrekt 2020-10-13 20:08

Great mood, story, theme and even the mechanics even if it mostly ended up being trial and error and sometimes it was really difficult to successfully connect with a track. But overall, great game and I like the addition of a story, good job!

100th-coin 2020-10-15 17:41

This is by far the funniest compo entry I've played in a long time! The story is just flat-out hilarious, and the writing is friggin' genius. Great work all around!

evangreenwood 2020-10-26 11:05

Really enjoyed playing this game ! Good interpretation of the loop theme and the intro was quite humorous, well done!