An Unconventional Weapon by hypp

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made by hypp for LD32 (COMPO)
An Unconventional Weapon

Background:
FACT: The worlds reserve of fossil fuels is depleting.
FACT: As you most likely have heard, fossil fuels consists of dead dinosaurs.
FACT: The only living relative to the dinosaurs are the birds.
CONCLUSION: Logically, to refill the reserve, you must kill as many birds as possible.

Instructions:
The exhausts from your car will make the birds sick so they fly lower.
When they fly low enough you can run over them with your car.
But if you go to fast you use up more of the worlds fuel reserve.

Use arrow keys to control the car.

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This time I decided early on that I wanted to do an Outrun-style racing game,
using techniques from the 8-bit/16-bit era. So that is what I did,
there is no 3d in the game, just the illusion of 3d.

You need a fast computer and a fast browser.

* Tested on Windows with latest Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
(Internet Explorer runs slooooow).

* Tested on OSX with latest Chrome and Safari.

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.03 693
Audio 3.13 321
Fun 2.89 696
Graphics 2.44 901
Humor 3.88 62
Innovation 2.92 670
Mood 2.92 562
Theme 3.32 564

Feedback

dreadzilla
19. Apr 2015 · 23:15 UTC
Nice music and sound effects! Plus it's a car game! Thumbs up!
Mano
20. Apr 2015 · 19:56 UTC
Not that unique weapon, but A+ on the humor.
Jakob37
20. Apr 2015 · 19:57 UTC
I really liked the humour in this game. I smiled the whole way through it. The visuals might be the weaker part of the game, but they still made their job well. Nice job, I liked this!
thumbgarden
20. Apr 2015 · 19:58 UTC
Funny little game. Nice work
OnErrorResumeNext
20. Apr 2015 · 20:01 UTC
C64. Outrun. Flashbacks from my childhood. Nice. :)
tanjent
20. Apr 2015 · 20:48 UTC
"This sure does look like outrun!" #thingsinmyhead ... Plays one round of the game and reads text below, sure enough there it is!! I thought I should avoid the birds so I only got 3 kills :) For a real clone there should be the "world map" with splitting levels and a goal at the end... probably something oil related :P
Tommislav
20. Apr 2015 · 21:18 UTC
I couldn't play the game embedded on this page (if I try to speed up the web page just scrolls away), but the link works fine.

I love the way you managed to capture the feeling of the wind blowing in your hair... only the coughing, the fumes and the bumpy road makes it a bit less glamorous. A bit. =D
Anshul Goyal
21. Apr 2015 · 04:22 UTC
*cough... cough... cough*... I am such a horrible person... *cough... cough... cough*
suppi
21. Apr 2015 · 21:26 UTC
you made me kill innocent birds. i hope you are happy with yourself.
fleegle2000
22. Apr 2015 · 22:56 UTC
Bit hard on the birds, no? Funny game, audio is pretty good, though I found the way the birds moved in relation to the road a bit unusual, and I wasn't sure that my accelerating was actually helping me get any closer to the birds. First car game I've played this competition - not sure that a car is all that unconventional a weapon, but hey. Anyway, good work!
Martin Vilcans
24. Apr 2015 · 12:15 UTC
Unconventional weapon indeed. Great voice (cough) acting BTW. :-)
gillyadrien
25. Apr 2015 · 05:48 UTC
Nice music, and fun game! I'm loving the *cough* sounds.
Good work!
celisoft
25. Apr 2015 · 09:09 UTC
Love the game, it reminds me Lotus / Crazy Cars on my Amiga !!
grillaface
25. Apr 2015 · 19:50 UTC
Haha yeah stupid birds come get some!
hunttis
25. Apr 2015 · 19:51 UTC
The logic is infallible in the description! Nice work on the road-illusion. Reminded me of outrun!

Cough cough :D
coderitual
25. Apr 2015 · 19:54 UTC
Super graphics style but as a bird, I have some doubts about the mechanics :)
OnlySlightly
26. Apr 2015 · 06:10 UTC
The perspective made me nostalgic for old racing games. Even though the subject matter was kind of gruesome it was kind of pleasant driving in the summer day, to no destination in particular. I appreciated all the particle effects, the smoke and blood. And cute touch with the coughing along with the smoke :) Great job!
Nilq
26. Apr 2015 · 17:25 UTC
Woah. Nice! It's pretty satisfying, to run the birdish thing over. x3
muumeroinen
26. Apr 2015 · 17:33 UTC
Cough cough cough
Sergi Montaner
07. May 2015 · 23:12 UTC
Quite a strange game you have.
The idea is interesting and the programmer art is lovely.
I would critic that the gameplay is quite repetitive and the kill sound feels like someone is knoking on the door.
Anyway nice implementation on the old school racing games map.
Druid
08. May 2015 · 10:32 UTC
Really interesting idea!