Shape Shift Racer by kivlor

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made by kivlor for LD35 (COMPO)
Shape Shift Racer is a simple, top down, infinite runner. The player has to shape shift before entering the next terrain while also avoiding obstacles. See how far you can get!

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall 2.77 802
Audio 2.25 571
Fun 2.88 632
Graphics 2.81 561
Innovation 2.32 858
Theme 3.38 452

Feedback

panurge
18. Apr 2016 路 22:21 UTC
Put me in mind of the great Spy Hunter right away. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

Smooth and engaging gameplay although I did find myself wishing I could see a little more of the road ahead. Solid sound and visuals.
馃帳 kivlor
18. Apr 2016 路 22:32 UTC
thanks panurge :) I stuck to the NES resolution which makes it had to see ahead at the sprite size I chose.
marod
18. Apr 2016 路 22:35 UTC
Nice game.
MrNyarlathotep
18. Apr 2016 路 22:40 UTC
yeah like the guy above said, major spyhunter vibes.
LOL at my fighter jet not being able to handle balloons though XD
rynti
18. Apr 2016 路 22:56 UTC
Nice entry, also cool visuals - although the background patterns get repetitive quickly. Liked the shapeshift for terrains idea!
foolmoron
18. Apr 2016 路 23:13 UTC
I love how a couple balloons will take out the jet
GrooveMan
18. Apr 2016 路 23:28 UTC
I immediately thought of Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed's rapid switching between car, boat and plane. The super bright and chunky visuals do wonders.

The engine noise I really wasn't a fan of, though. From what I played the sections of each type are the same length every time - maybe a way to take this further would be switching tracks of music alongside each transformation~
馃帳 kivlor
19. Apr 2016 路 02:22 UTC
thanks for all the feed back! have to admit, a jet being taken out by balloons is absurd :p
fprawn
19. Apr 2016 路 03:37 UTC
Hey, this is pretty fun. I had a little trouble distinguishing between what I was supposed to run into and what I wasn't, but only took a couple tries before getting that sorted.

This is solidly put together.
Beard
19. Apr 2016 路 04:03 UTC
I like the idea you chose. The first couple runs I didn't get the whole shifting thing. Then I noticed the icon :p
16BitsOfAwesome
19. Apr 2016 路 05:28 UTC
What kind of zany world is this? Road to sky to water to road again?! This is madness!

:P
馃帳 kivlor
19. Apr 2016 路 06:16 UTC
haha, @16BitsOfAwesome. lunacy I tell you, lunacy!
Suvidriel
19. Apr 2016 路 06:22 UTC
Really nice :) Totally reminded me of Spy Hunter
bagface
19. Apr 2016 路 06:23 UTC
Fun game.
I died when I ran into a box that spawned right after a shifter =(
馃帳 kivlor
19. Apr 2016 路 06:49 UTC
sorry @bagface, it's a known bug I thought I had squashed during development :/
馃帳 kivlor
19. Apr 2016 路 06:51 UTC
after all the spyhunter comments I decided to look into it and I see what you all mean!! one of the things on my idea list was to add guns... maybe I'll make a polished version and add them in :D
Jungle
19. Apr 2016 路 19:58 UTC
Simple and addictive game. Fits theme well. Ive made 611 points. Congrats.
martymon
22. Apr 2016 路 19:11 UTC
Nice sprites. It was a little confusing in the beginning which were the shift "powerups" and which were the obstacles but I worked it out. Would have loved to see and explosion or two when you hit something though.