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Traffic Cop by ondrejbalas

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made by ondrejbalas for LD31 (COMPO)
Traffic Cop is a riveting game where you watch traffic that behaves in unpredictable ways, but like a real traffic cop are powerless to impact change.

It was my first attempt at a Ludum Dare, and while I learned a lot in the process I was ultimately unsuccessful. If you "play" it, I hope that it amuses you for at least a few seconds!
Web (click to play) http://obalas-ld31.azurewebsites.net/
Source https://github.com/ondrejbalas/ld31
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=43743

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1896
Overall 2.19 1194
Fun 1.76 1193
Graphics 2.36 1012
Humor 2.07 816
Innovation 2.32 1047
Mood 1.94 1098
Theme 3.09 1026

Feedback

FrozenCow
08. Dec 2014 · 19:17 UTC
It amused me for a minute or so ;) It looks very nice for a first attempt. Hopefully good luck next time!
Tokw
09. Dec 2014 · 13:06 UTC
It's a funny little game, the AI pathing seems to work quite well, maybe after the Ludum dare you can expand off this.
hazzahazzam
10. Dec 2014 · 05:49 UTC
Nifty little AI running. I could use this as a screensaver!
AdventureIslands
10. Dec 2014 · 18:21 UTC
Aw, was expecting cars to start crashing around. Hope you are more successful next time.
Just Tom
10. Dec 2014 · 18:39 UTC
It's an interesting little system, it's nifty but I left it running for a while and they started off roading! Crazy drivers!
rantt
10. Dec 2014 · 19:31 UTC
Interesting to watch, grats on your first Ludum Dare and getting something out there :)
ehtd
11. Dec 2014 · 02:39 UTC
It is nice you give it a try at ludum dare. Add tapping to destroy each car and you can have a playable game.
Snail_Man
11. Dec 2014 · 04:26 UTC
It actually was pretty amusing for the first little while. I think this would make a great screen saver.
One improvement I would make is making it so that the cars actually avoid each other. It was cool as it was, but the thing I like the most about watching real life traffic patterns is seeing how thousands of cars flow in and out, but not a single one hits another (at least usually). I hope you keep working on this though, it's cool!
🎤 ondrejbalas
11. Dec 2014 · 05:15 UTC
Thanks for all the comments! I actually spent most of Sunday trying to get cars to not hit each other (with success, actually), but wasn't able to get the cars coming on from the on-ramps to predict when there would be a gap for them to fit into. I am hoping to refactor the code and finish the "game" itself at some point soon. If I do I will post a link to the post-compo version.
oranebeast
11. Dec 2014 · 06:10 UTC
Seems like russia. When people crash, they just keep going.
lase
12. Dec 2014 · 02:29 UTC
I love that no cars ever leave. I've just been watching it for a while now. Actually, when I tabbed back over, everyone had stopped a few trucks were in the grass :) Keep workin on it!
BMacIntosh
12. Dec 2014 · 02:46 UTC
I love the idea of exploring interesting AI and sharing that with other developers. Best of luck to your future entries, I hope they continue to have neat AI.
psychomonster
12. Dec 2014 · 08:00 UTC
Funny :) Its a nice start for a simcity-like traffic engine :D COngrats for the first dare :D
hbocao
17. Dec 2014 · 21:32 UTC
Very cool to watch! Too bad you didn't finished in time :(
maxmetallica
28. Dec 2014 · 02:54 UTC
really nice work