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Light Runner

By avi, nzkieran and apokrypha

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5063.3523
Fun3403.4223
Innovation5023.0723
Theme5023.5023
Graphics2494.0023
Audio1123.9023
Humor6362.2621
Mood2613.7623

Comments

jipark 2025-10-05 18:32

I'm stuck... a little tricky to control, but very cool neon

ira-baciu 2025-10-05 20:33

Finally a web game, thank uu

trevor-mae 2025-10-09 20:08

The bike was a bit difficult to control, but it was still fun! I like the feature to download your trail image. The music was also very cool! Very awesome game!

redphoenix2412 2025-10-09 20:08

Really cool art style and the music fits perfectly! I had a lot of fun playing :)

grummelchen 2025-10-09 20:09

Love the sound and the J.J. Abrams level post processing :D

tomrijnbeek 2025-10-09 20:12

Fun little game to play with for sure. It would be nice if there was a bit of a reason to collect the score, it felt a bit random right now, but storing the result as an image was a cool unique idea!

xahon 2025-10-09 20:12

I guess the authors were inspired by Tron Legacy film :) Graphics is very good, like that neon. A little bit hard to control and I expected the world to be infinite, so that you can enjoy just riding some direction and collect cubes on the way

solvenoff 2025-10-09 20:49

Very meditative — I just relaxed and drove around. Sharing what I ended up with :)

trail_capture.png

kafuuchino 2025-10-09 22:36

Awesome! Finally got some TRON fans here. Love the graphics and super cool BGM. Just found that driving back is actually easier to collect coins, while driving forward is faster and feels better if you don't think about points and simply enjoy the driving experience.

kagegona 2025-10-10 12:40

Nice idea to have the pitch of the sound linked to the vehicle's speed and the esthetic is coherent! Maybe for me, trying to have a more original idea about how to exploit the theme would have a great plus but well done!

mahalis 2025-10-10 12:41

I’m a sucker for the neon aesthetic so I had to check this out. It’s fun and meditative—I like games that just give you something to engage with and experience, without pushing you towards a particular goal. Could have used some more variety in the environment: I enjoyed jumping the ramp things, but once I’d jumped a few it felt like I’d reached the end of the verbs I had available. Great music. Well done!

noahro 2025-10-10 13:22

That was very fun! Very cool and unique idea with generating a PNG of the trail!

For collecting points, I preferred to drive backwards, I found the fluid physics were much easier and more fun to control, if you're going for points. Here's my backwards image:

trail_capture_backwards_drifting_for_score.png

But driving forwards was also super fun because of the speed. The objects in the map were fun to use as ramps, especially when I nailed the landing :) I think it would be even more fun, if I could better control getting clean landings more consistently! I loved racing around the map in large circles, trying to round the corners without crashing into the walls haha Sadly the generated image for this seems to not quite capture the whole map, you can see the corner trails and a lot of edge trails are missing:

trail_capture_forwards_racing_along_borders.png

Had a lot of fun riding around, and the trail colors changing over time also helped with fun and to keep the visuals interesting :) Cool game!

yueyang-tian 2025-10-10 14:01

An interesting game! The idea of trajectory is great.Music is also exciting, which is very suitable for the style of this game! Thank you for your great work!

nomelu 2025-10-11 03:39

Fun game, I like the idea of saving the image afterwards. Would be nice if there was a highscore saved, or some goal to beat. I found that the best method was to just hold spacebar the whole time, since you get more control and the cubes are close enough together. The music was nice too. Here is my trail capture. trail_capture.png

b0guslaw 2025-10-11 07:35

Very TRON-y, nice idea and very relaxing game. I could have done without the timer in the top and just keep it chill and cozy. Nice soundtrack too!

ludicrousdare 2025-10-11 18:54

rad

mar-zockmeister 2025-10-12 00:33

Nice retro visuals and synth soundtrack. Liked the atmosphere. I would love to drive along a longer track(or grid) instead just in around in the small area and maybe a closer more third-person style camera. So an extension of the game would be really cool. :smiley:

pschichtel 2025-10-12 02:05

Game wise a little lacking, but still fun to just drive around. I can imagine what could have been.

praccen 2025-10-17 12:13

Nice that you can save the trail as an image, fun addition! Looks nice :thumbsup:

thegrottman 2025-10-21 07:39

Pretty chill game, lovely vibes, the idea of saving the trail is really fun!