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Volcano soother

By maximeg

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall15112.3823
Fun15072.2123
Innovation14602.4023
Theme13942.6222
Graphics13292.5422
Humor12051.9721
Mood14122.0220

Comments

vhalenn 2021-10-05 11:56

Your Itch IO page seems restricted, I cannot access it :/

fernando-sydenstricker-c 2021-10-05 12:41

cant play the HTML version

achef122 2021-10-05 13:02

Can't acces either of the links

gabrielgamedev 2021-10-05 13:29

Link is broken

maximeg 2021-10-06 01:06

@vhalenn @fernando-sydenstricker-c @achef122 @gabrielgamedev Sorry, didn't pay attention, but the link is now working ! Hope you will enjoy what I made.

vhalenn 2021-10-06 07:19

This is a very ambitious game to make a 3D vehicle ! Maybe signs can help understand what road to take because actually the ice factory is putting us in the direction where there is no road to the top of the volcano. We can go into the Volcano but once there we are stuck. A good advice I think is do less things and try to polish them as most as you can. If you want to make a 3D vehicle, do a game with just one very fun to control !

Have a great day :smile:

achef122 2021-10-06 10:47

i played the game now, the vehicle physics are good. Trawling ice behind also works good, could only use a bit more polish on textures/sounds imo, but its understandable that time runs out quickly, especialy for 1 person projects.

gabrielgamedev 2021-10-06 14:24

It would be interesting to add sound effects and some music. The rope gave me some bugs but I thought the idea was interesting

alex-chertilin 2021-10-08 08:40

Thank you for the map here, it would be good to have it also in the game. I got so much fun to ride on lava in mouth of a volcano)

ashtheevil 2021-10-08 08:52

I really like the idea! With better defined roads to the objective and some variaty of challenge (different ice shapes or melting it by time) it may be even more fun to deliver. Good job done!

afells 2021-10-08 08:52

I like the car design. I think the game would have benefitted from more obstacles. Must have been a lot of hard work making a 3d game Great job:).

vivyhasadream 2021-10-08 20:18

I was surprised that the car could go on the lava. and then I was trapped there... WeChat Screenshot_20211008161721.png

binaryprinciple 2021-10-14 01:03

I like the car model a lot, reminded me of Tron.

It's a cool idea of having a rope to drag the ice to cool the volcano. Here's my feedback about that mechanic, what if we can launch it? like a cannon, and you need to make sure you hit the best spots like in a darts game.

I recommend adding sound (with random pitch to avoid repetition) and music. Also, a minimap. Nice entry.

negator2vc 2021-10-20 09:49

Fun game with excellent vehicle controls and good visuals! Good use of the theme with the volcano/ice mechanic. Great job!

fromthechasm 2021-10-20 17:46

​Driving around a desert always reminds me of San Andreas. Felt like the germ of an idea fora GTA mini-game, driving around unwieldy objects. I instantly binned the jeep into the lava once I'd dropped off the load. A map in game, would have been nice, and a chance to change view. Very cool.

thatdevhuddy 2021-10-20 22:20

the vehicle controls are so amazingly amazing

hawkin 2021-10-20 23:23

I had fun driving around at the beginning! From your screenshot, I expected this to be a top-down driving game, which I thought could be fun also. At least having that map accessible in the game would help with navigation (could be accomplished with a 2nd camera!)

I had a hard time getting up the first dirt road to the volcano. Maybe you intended it to be not traversable? I was also disappointed that hitting the Unstuck key also deleted my ice :(

vladadamm 2021-10-20 23:50

It feels a bit like you tried to be too ambitious there. Vehicle physics and controls are a very hard thing to do well, and the ones here aren't bad considering the time frame they had to be done within. The game would benefit from some indication to where to go (minimap or arrows to indicate the direction ?)

pcmaster 2021-10-21 09:35

Hi! I drove immediately to the yellow circle at start and pressed E but nothing happened. At least I couldn't tell. Did I pick up the ice? Then I got lost, had no idea where to drive :( Also pressing space does nothing, just U works.

It needs a minimap, as everybody suggests and any kind of a feedback.