Fuel Me Once by 4026
Drive a pickup truck about the desert! Strike Oil! Get Rich! Shop (awkwardly) for stuff!
An Xbox 360 controller will probably improve your experience with Fuel Me Once, but it's not required.
Controls:
Left Analogue Stick - Drive the truck with absolute controls (like a twin stick shooter).
WASD or Arrow keys - Drive the truck with relative controls (like the old GTAs)
Right Analogue Stick or Mouse - Position targeting reticule.
A Button or Q - Launch detector ball
X Button or E - Launch drill
B Button or Spacebar - Trigger scan pulse from all detectors.
Left Trigger - Brakes, or reverse if you're already stopped.
Back or R - Restart
Start or Esc - Quit (Only useful for the Windows build)
Tips / Mechanics:
Detectors will emit a "ping" if their scan pulse passes over an oil deposit, and the pulse will leave a green ring behind indicating the range of the deposit from the detector. By combining the information from multiple detectors, you can pinpoint exactly where to target your drill.
A drill that is dropped correctly onto an oil deposit will start to produce oil! Carry oil in your spare inventory slots back to the shop to sell it for cash. The price of oil generally increases over time, and drops slightly every time you sell some of your stocks, so pick your moment to get the best price.
You start with 3 detectors, 1 drill and $50. Detectors can be bought in packs of 3 for $5, but another drill will set you back $100. If you miss with your first drill, you'll not be able to afford another, so make sure you're certain before picking your first drill site.
Make as much cash as you can before the time runs out!
Background / Caveats:
- My First Unity Project.
- My First Ludum Dare.
- It should be immediately clear to everyone that I'm no artist.
- Relatedly, inventory icons come from http://game-icons.net/
- Sounds courtesy of sfxr and freesound.org. I'm no sound engineer, either.
- If you manage to flip your truck / get stuck, wait three seconds and you should find yourself unceremoniously righted and flung into the air. If that doesn't happen, or if that fails to unstick you, you'll have to resort to the reset button.
- Because the oil deposits are BENEATH THE SURFACE, do you see?
An Xbox 360 controller will probably improve your experience with Fuel Me Once, but it's not required.
Controls:
Left Analogue Stick - Drive the truck with absolute controls (like a twin stick shooter).
WASD or Arrow keys - Drive the truck with relative controls (like the old GTAs)
Right Analogue Stick or Mouse - Position targeting reticule.
A Button or Q - Launch detector ball
X Button or E - Launch drill
B Button or Spacebar - Trigger scan pulse from all detectors.
Left Trigger - Brakes, or reverse if you're already stopped.
Back or R - Restart
Start or Esc - Quit (Only useful for the Windows build)
Tips / Mechanics:
Detectors will emit a "ping" if their scan pulse passes over an oil deposit, and the pulse will leave a green ring behind indicating the range of the deposit from the detector. By combining the information from multiple detectors, you can pinpoint exactly where to target your drill.
A drill that is dropped correctly onto an oil deposit will start to produce oil! Carry oil in your spare inventory slots back to the shop to sell it for cash. The price of oil generally increases over time, and drops slightly every time you sell some of your stocks, so pick your moment to get the best price.
You start with 3 detectors, 1 drill and $50. Detectors can be bought in packs of 3 for $5, but another drill will set you back $100. If you miss with your first drill, you'll not be able to afford another, so make sure you're certain before picking your first drill site.
Make as much cash as you can before the time runs out!
Background / Caveats:
- My First Unity Project.
- My First Ludum Dare.
- It should be immediately clear to everyone that I'm no artist.
- Relatedly, inventory icons come from http://game-icons.net/
- Sounds courtesy of sfxr and freesound.org. I'm no sound engineer, either.
- If you manage to flip your truck / get stuck, wait three seconds and you should find yourself unceremoniously righted and flung into the air. If that doesn't happen, or if that fails to unstick you, you'll have to resort to the reset button.
- Because the oil deposits are BENEATH THE SURFACE, do you see?
| Web | https://files.4026.me.uk/fuel-me-once/Web.html |
| Windows | https://files.4026.me.uk/fuel-me-once/FuelMeOnce.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34604 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 35% | 1798 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.29 | 325 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.00 | 393 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.00 | 361 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.00 | 514 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.52 | 147 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.11 | 338 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.29 | 303 |
Took me about 3 goes to get the hang of the controls on keyboard without catching myself dangling over a ramp.
Overall, pretty awesome. Splitscreen multiplayer?
Yes the driving is too clunky and I often get stuck by the platform... Which is a huge pain to get on to and then an even bigger pain to reach the stuff to buy.
Other than that - congrats on your first LD! It was my first one too XD
I really nice the way the physics work in your game. Great work !
the xbox controller option was completely useless, keys were ace.