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Street Spark Racing

By bytinggames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1543.8336
Fun654.0036
Innovation943.9736
Theme5893.3536
Graphics3033.6736
Audio2783.4536
Humor34.6136
Mood2573.5934

Comments

nicholassoen 2021-04-26 15:38

Great stuff. Love how you mixed 2D and 3D

trexxak 2021-04-26 22:21

Tough, ngl, it was work to push that stupid car :D I guess that was the idea behind the whole game though.

Fantastic humour, I laughed so much with all the serendipitous circumstances under which this unlikely racing-style comes to be. The continuous "deepening" after every round was hilarious, too.

Oh, also: :)

systemeffect 2021-04-27 18:33

"Go deeper..." "Impossible." "But it is...

Hilarious gameplay, though frustrating at time, I feel that's part of it. Like at the end I was going to win at all costs, I don't care if that makes me a crappy friend. I love purple guy though, he seems like a chill and reasonable dude.

Well done! That was a lot of fun and unexpectedly goofy.

trabitboy 2021-04-27 19:20

I love it, just the right length, funny story, funny to kick your car, visually surprisingly pleasing ( everything fits together )

binaryspark 2021-04-28 14:22

Fun to play, looks cool, absolutely hilarious, thanks for sharing! I didn't expect to be playing a game where I'd be kicking cars, but here we are.

oligue 2021-04-28 14:29

That was really funny, enjoyed it a lot :)

verysoftwares 2021-04-29 06:53

this game is hilarious! :DD

gaminghamster 2021-04-29 17:25

Definitely a creative way to interpret the theme ^^ Can't say that I expected to kick a car to the finish line when the lights turned green :D That dialogue was great!

Well done! ^_^

peachtreeoath 2021-04-29 22:18

This game exceeded my expectations around every corner lol, amazing job.

The first twist of how to play was awesome, you had really good pacing there because I most definitely thought the controls were messed up. Even kicking around the car was well done because it still (mildly) adhere to car physics so there was a bit of skill involved in it. If you COULD align the car correctly with the road, it felt very satisfying to blast it.

Going deeper each time, yet another clever and hilarious twist.

And like others said, the jokes didn't get repetitive nor did you overstay your welcome. This game was an excellent package overall and probably will be one of the main ones I remember from this jam.

kunonooni 2021-04-30 03:50

I really like games that go outside the box with the theme! You did an amazing job creating this, and it was a blast to play. Congrats on a great entry!

linky439 2021-05-01 07:57

Haha, great game!

I admit it, I did kick my buddy's car at the last race... Had to get to the finish line first, you know? :D Overall, a great entry. Good graphics, very good idea (even if a bit frustrating since it is super hard to push the car in the right direction with the character "sliding" off), funny dialogs...

Congrats!

noble-robot 2021-05-01 08:21

I really loved the unique mechanics and the silly story, even though the game would frequently brake. It wasn't just that the car moved unpredictably (I loved that!), it's that it would often get stuck or move in the opposite direction, or get glued to a wall in pretty much every race. 🤣

I also I have to admire (if not reward) your attempt to explain how you used the theme, if for no other reason for the sheer audacity of it. I gave the game a high score for "humor" and a low score for "theme."

Overall, great work! I'd love to see this expanded. Maybe a multiplayer version?

fenderbate 2021-05-01 08:36

It's so stupid I love it 😁

iaandrei 2021-05-01 10:07

Lovely game, great work!

quetzakol 2021-05-01 11:12

Really funny game, I liked the dialogues and that car being lowered to an absurd level :laughing: Graphics looks neat too.

Gameplay-wise, it's interesting, though it was quite hard to get used to the controls. I kept thinking that the direction in which I was walking would be the direction of the push, having to set the direction with the mouse additionally felt a bit unintuitive. Except that, it was quite fun!

rolly 2021-05-01 13:17

Ok now that's the kind of humor that I LOVE! You got me laughing out loud so many times. Good job on the story, the dialogs, the gameplay, that was really great.

I liked your pixel art and your music too.

I don't know what I would have done differently, everything was really good, nice work !

crispybun 2021-05-01 18:42

This is the best, I love how you can just punch any car you want. On the last level you could just win by going up through the cars instead of on the proper track tho, which I'm not sure is intended. Either way, gj!

bentglasstube 2021-05-03 19:56

The lowering was just top tier. Loved the gameplay, the dialog, and the art. The music didn't quite fit with the rest but it wasn't annoying or anything. Great job.

japes 2021-05-03 20:01

this is hilarious and actually a fun mechanic too. the graphics and sounds are great, nice 90s DOS games nostalgia! Thanks for the chuckle!

choppers 2021-05-04 07:49

Very humorous. The car was fun too kick around as well; the controls felt well-tuned.

the-baldur 2021-05-08 20:39

I was so hyped for the race...and then the car did not move. What came next was even more fun and funny than the race could be! Amazing and funny little game! I hope I won't go missing now...

icefallgames 2021-05-10 23:28

Ha! One of the best ones I've played so far. I just wish the controls were better! I was enjoying the strategies of taking shortcuts and kicking my friend's car back, but still had too much trouble maneuvering and kicking to be able to finish the final race. Really clever and polished (except for some of the controls).

nick-rafalski 2021-05-12 02:40

This was really well done! the 2d/3d mix is really great, the narration is hilarious, and the mechanic is super novel. I just loved playing it. Great job!

pierce-brooks 2021-05-12 03:29

It took me a while to realize that the direction from your character toward the mouse cursor was of great importance when kicking any vehicle. Once that was noticed, every race became a piece of cake. This game turned out to be very cute. Well done!

fabula-rasa 2021-05-14 21:42

That was hilarious :). Graphics are pleasant, and the fake music is kinda fun as well!

Kicking your car is surprisingly fun and gets challenging in the last race. Very impressive piece of solo work.

trexxak 2021-05-15 23:45

so... while recording some footage, I felt curious and tried to push the other car instead :D

https://youtu.be/3_ZbljU8SYc

bytinggames 2021-05-16 08:18

@trexxak Haha, well done! That poor friend... but don't tell him 🤫

But nevertheless, you nearly helped him get a shortcut xD

honey-pony 2021-05-17 04:46

I gotta love how many twists the game has in it. Like, okay, I can accept that making my car lower will make it faster. But then the game immediately throws a curveball and the guy starts pushing his car... but then I don't even get to *push* my car, I get to *kick* it! It's like, the most my expectations have ever been subverted.

I feel like it might even be worth it to take that idea farther... the next round, your car is so deep that the wheels are sticking through it, it seems like that could lead to a whole new mechanic!

That said, I feel like the game makes good use of the kicking mechanic. The level design is exactly what it needs to be... the second level shows you that you can shove your car through other cars, and then the third level has a shortcut that consists of pushing through the other cars. It really doesn't need much else.

Overall, really good entry. Short, to the point, still has some super incredible moments.

100th-coin 2021-05-17 16:14

Ha! This was a lot of fun! The story and dialogue are fantastic, and the humor is brilliant. I love how the guy chops off parts of his car just to lower it even more!

I love how I was also able to kick the other car, giving me quite the advantage, ha! Seriously great work.