Dads Gold by Crushenator

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made by Crushenator for LD31 (JAM)
Take your Fathers Jeep on a perilous Journey through Deserts & Canyons to find your great grandfathers treasure.

Whew! My first Ludum Dare since #LD24

I felt limited by my skill in Unity as I've only been using it for a week or two now. There's some very ghetto game play elements because of that.

I've opted out of the compo & Graphics category because I used some public domain textures and the vehicle is of course from the Unity asset store. I also ran out of time pursuing my own attempt at a 3D model which turned out to be a total abortion.

For the 2D map and letters I used GIMP.

For the music I used FL Studio and my trusty M-Audio Keystation 88es.

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.73 131
Audio(Jam) 3.07 372
Fun(Jam) 3.52 176
Humor(Jam) 2.36 616
Innovation(Jam) 4.18 18
Mood(Jam) 3.58 165
Theme(Jam) 4.32 30

Feedback

purplelilgirl
08. Dec 2014 路 16:55 UTC
I love this! :) The gameplay is really creative and fits the theme really well, you managed to fit a story and instructions all on one screen.
I am unfortunately not that great at driving :)
MikeTheWayne
08. Dec 2014 路 16:58 UTC
Very enjoyable game, controls got a bit clunky near the end, and it took me a while to figure out what the magnifying glass was for, but when I did find out, I was astonished at the amazing innovation of the idea. Too bad I couldn't rate based on innovation. However, still a great game.
馃帳 Crushenator
08. Dec 2014 路 17:03 UTC
I accidentally got the ratings categories mixed up. Woops.
voxel
08. Dec 2014 路 17:55 UTC
Nice. The magnifying glass works pretty well and i flipped that jeep like a pro. I'd like to see you belly dance to this music for me next time
TriSquare
09. Dec 2014 路 01:59 UTC
This Game Is Great :)
Coconut Mage
09. Dec 2014 路 02:13 UTC
Super Fun Super Creative
billrizer
09. Dec 2014 路 02:15 UTC
Creative gameplay although a little hard at first!
sweenist
09. Dec 2014 路 03:44 UTC
Overall pretty interesting idea. I had a hard time controlling the vehicle, but I always have trouble with WASD movement. Nice graphics and theme! Very clever!
Asaratha
09. Dec 2014 路 04:07 UTC
This game is really, really cool! This mechanic is awesome and I'd love to see it expanded upon in the future. Keep up the awesome work!
Shivur
09. Dec 2014 路 06:11 UTC
Wow that's what we call a good game!
sorlok
09. Dec 2014 路 07:18 UTC
Loved the "zoom in" idea, and I feel like it really fit the theme perfectly (which is very tough given this theme). I felt like "space" should have been mapped to "flip the jeep", or maybe I just rolled it too much. :P

Would love to see this polished up and the concept extended upon!
MrBadIvan
09. Dec 2014 路 11:13 UTC
Adorable, little bit hard to play, but nice idea and realization.
dieblume86
09. Dec 2014 路 11:20 UTC
Great idea, i like it.
bogdan.tana
09. Dec 2014 路 11:26 UTC
Really original way to traverse a treasure map! A bit difficult to control the car across the river. Twitch is heavily influenced by crazy physics. I often pilot the car vertically, pretty fun to watch though:D Good game!
Reyn
09. Dec 2014 路 11:42 UTC
The best use of the theme that I'v seen so far. I ran into a couple of situations where the jeep stopped responding after I flipped it. AFAIK there is no restrictions to using public domain models and texture for the Jam, your art is great. Music fit perfectly. Welcome back :P
Tuism
09. Dec 2014 路 12:16 UTC
Really cool, interesting mechanic there, I like the way you actually made sure each part was necessary during the journey with different situations.

Was it fun? Not sure, but it was certainly memorable :)

The writing was also a great touch :)
Manderxan
09. Dec 2014 路 12:17 UTC
Very nice! Interesting concept. Would make for an excellent mini-game in a larger game. Makes me think of Indiana Jones.
Team-KwaKwa
09. Dec 2014 路 15:21 UTC
Good idea, it was challenging to follow the car and also to follow the correct path. Music is a bit repetitive, but add to the mood. Good concept for the theme.
bushmango
10. Dec 2014 路 02:21 UTC
Wow, this is an awesome concept! My son and I race. I happily won.
Yarek
10. Dec 2014 路 07:39 UTC
I loved it! It's really original and amazingly well done! Congrats!! I almost fell down the clift, but I got my treasure :P
Demy
10. Dec 2014 路 21:49 UTC
Spent half of game driving upside down. Looks like car feels good anyway. Smart idea with the magnifier and map.
Coolway99
11. Dec 2014 路 00:19 UTC
Really neat entry! It suffers from what all the entries tend to suffer, which is repetitive sounds. Other than that, it's actually really neat. I love the concept, though the flip jeep button put me in a canyon wall, shot me out of it, and made me sink into the river.
Newt_
11. Dec 2014 路 00:25 UTC
WOW! Love love love! Fantastic job!
Justin Mullin
11. Dec 2014 路 00:31 UTC
You nailed the look of this game (the map, etc. are lovely), and I love the setup. The actual driving bit is maybe not so fun, but the concept is so novel I didn't really care. =)
Murchurl
11. Dec 2014 路 00:32 UTC
Really cool idea!
hbocao
11. Dec 2014 路 00:40 UTC
This was pretty clever! Very, very unique. Awesome job!
psychonull
11. Dec 2014 路 00:50 UTC
This is a great idea! it fit the theme perfectly. Graphics and sound are awesome. Good job.
jtpup0
11. Dec 2014 路 01:36 UTC
Really cool idea, I understood what I had to do right away with little to no instruction, the truck flips a lot though the gameplay mechanic is stellar
skulioskarsson
11. Dec 2014 路 23:47 UTC
Well done, I really enjoyed it :)
vinull
12. Dec 2014 路 01:08 UTC
Love the idea, good job using the theme. I had trouble crossing the water - it seemed like I was supposed to go between the rocks, but I just sank if I tried. I ended up make it across the first river by riding on the rocks, but this was too difficult on the lake.
StMatn
12. Dec 2014 路 13:10 UTC
Very nice game!

The idea with the magnifying glass is really awesome!

The game would be even more awesome, if you could find a way to procedurally generate levels or provide more than one level. That would give it more replayability value, which would be great, since gameplay is really fun!

The physics could be improved a little bit, since the truck can sometimes drive on its side and made a huge jump one time, when i hit a wall ;)
It would be great, if you made the "flip jeep" button more visible. When the truck was unmovable one time, I got pretty mad, when I noticed the button after reloading the game-page (played the web version) :D Well, in fact thats not your fault, I just didn't scroll down to look for such a button. Maybe you can make any profit out of this info ;)

The graphics look very nice and the music is really fitting. That made the game even more enjoyable!

Great work!
Warboys
13. Dec 2014 路 10:51 UTC
Very creative and unique, nice job with the idea. Of course, I went left because you told me not to ;)
pkenney
15. Dec 2014 路 06:12 UTC
Dang I got my truck stuck! Flipped it over once and was able to recover. Second time I really blew it and it got stuck forever, so I never made it to the end.

Very clever idea for the theme and a really nice feel to the presentation. Good job!
MaesK
22. Dec 2014 路 20:43 UTC
Great idea! Reminds me of the lens of truth of Ocarina of Time... but with cars that can flip and drive while sideways :D Nice work!